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Jack Dorsey’s digital payments company Square expands beyond North America, landing in Japan first

Red hot payments startup Square is invading Asia after it announced that its service has launched in Japan, which becomes its third market worldwide in addition to the US and Canada.

Jon Russell thenextweb.com 9 Hours Ago Read more at thenextweb.com
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Kim Dotcom accuses Google, Facebook, and Twitter of violating his two-step security patent

Hours after Twitter rolled out support for two-step verification, Kim Dotcom has claimed credit for inventing the security feature. In a series of tweets, the embattled Megaupload founder points to a patent dating back to 1997 as proof for his claim, and accuses companies including Google, Facebook, and Twitter of infringing his intellectual property rights.

Sam Byford theverge.com 13 Hours Ago Read more at theverge.com
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Microsoft recruits Siri to bad-mouth the iPad in new Windows 8 tablet ad

Whatever era you call it, post-PC or simply PC plus, the Mac vs. PC war has ignited once again today. In a fresh Windows 8 ad, Microsoft is directly attacking Apple's iPad on price, an approach it took during the early Vista days with low-priced laptops.

Tom Warren theverge.com 16 Hours Ago Read more at theverge.com
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Businessweek Profiles Google X

Brad Stone feature for Businessweek, “Inside Google’s Secret Lab”: While Teller runs the day-to-day operations at X, he reports to Brin. (“Sergey is Bruce Wayne, and I’m Lucius Fox,” Teller says.) Colleagues say that since Page became CEO in late 2011, Brin spends most of his time immersed in the technical details of several projects at Google X.

John Gruber daringfireball.net 13 Hours Ago Read more at daringfireball.net
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Yahoo Acquires Gaming Infrastructure Startup PlayerScale

Another day, another acquisition by Yahoo. Yahoo said this morning it’s acquired PlayerScale, a California-based startup that makes software infrastructure for cross-platform gaming. Financial details haven’t been disclosed.

Colleen Taylor techcrunch.com 1 Hour Ago Read more at techcrunch.com
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Facebook puts HTC First launch on hold in the UK to 'focus on making Home better'

The HTC First, an Android smartphone collaboration between HTC and Facebook, will not be coming to the UK — at least for now. Originally scheduled for a summer release via EE and Orange, Facebook confirmed to The Verge that it is "going to limit supporting new devices," and has asked EE and Orange to hold off deploying the HTC First while it works to make Home "substantially better." Continue reading…

Matt Brian theverge.com 2 Hours Ago Read more at theverge.com
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Facebook won't bring HTC First smartphone to the UK after all (update: due to bad feedback in the US)

After a series of rumors about the HTC First not selling too well in the States, we've now heard that the customized Facebook / Android handset won't be coming to the UK.

Sharif Sakr engadget.com 3 Hours Ago Read more at engadget.com
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Triaged Email at Tablet Scale: Mailbox App Comes to iPad

Mailbox, the iPhone email app that some folks really love — and that Dropbox loves so much it paid many millions for — is now available for the iPad.

Liz Gannes allthingsd.com 4 Hours Ago Read more at allthingsd.com
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Mailbox, The Innovative, Inbox-Taming Email App, Comes To The iPad

Mailbox brings its swipe-based brand of inbox nirvana to Apple’s tablets. To see just how badly people want a better way to deal with their email, all you have to do is look back a few months to the launch of Mailbox, the clever iPhone client that emphasizes triage over full-on engagement.

Kyle VanHemert fastcodesign.com 4 Hours Ago Read more at fastcodesign.com
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Mailbox Takes Its Email App To iPad, With Android Waiting In The Wings

What has Mailbox founder Gentry Underwood and his team been up to since selling the email-app maker to Dropbox for a reported $100 million in March?

Owen Thomas readwriteweb.com 4 Hours Ago Read more at readwriteweb.com
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Shazam Revamps Its iPad App For Second Screen Action, Can Now “AutoTag” In Background While You Watch TV

Although the majority of Shazam‘s over 93 million U.S. users still use the app on their smartphones to identify, tag and share the songs they’re “hearing,” a growing chunk of that user base – around 10 million in the U.S.

Sarah Perez techcrunch.com 5 Hours Ago Read more at techcrunch.com
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SoftBank pledges to work with US government as Dish sparks national security fears

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son wants Sprint, and he’s willing to make some significant concessions to get hold of it, like letting the US government choose one of the 10 directors to its board.

Jeff Blagdon theverge.com 10 Hours Ago Read more at theverge.com
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Telecom companies threaten to sue reporters for uncovering privacy breach with Google

After being made aware of a large and potentially costly privacy breach exposing more than 170,000 records containing Social Security numbers and financial information, the two companies responsible for the blunder are threatening legal action against the journalists that uncovered it.

Jeff Blagdon theverge.com 12 Hours Ago Read more at theverge.com
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Samsung Galaxy S4 hits 10 million units shipped, new colors coming this summer

Samsung has announced the Galaxy S4 has reached 10 million global channel sales less than a month after its commercial launch. The figure sets a new record for Samsung's line of smartphones; the Galaxy S III took a full 50 days to reach the same figure, while the S II took five months.

Bryan Bishop theverge.com 13 Hours Ago Read more at theverge.com
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Getting started with login verification

Every day, a growing number of people log in to Twitter. Usually these login attempts come from the genuine account owners, but we occasionally hear from people whose accounts have been compromised by email phishing schemes or a breach of password data elsewhere on the web.

jimio blog.twitter.com Yesterday Read more at blog.twitter.com
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HTC in disarray: staff departures, 'disastrous' First, and production problems cloud company's future

HTC CEO Peter Chou The Verge has learned that HTC's Chief Product Officer, Kouji Kodera, left the company last week. Kodera was responsible for HTC's overall product strategy, which makes the departure especially notable on the heels of the global launch of the make-or-break One.

Chris Ziegler theverge.com Yesterday Read more at theverge.com
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