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Thursday, May 29, 2014

Snapchat in May agreed to implement a comprehensive privacy program and be audited for the next 20 years to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges that it had, among other things, lied to users when it said messages sent through its service would be erased after a designated period of time. However, Snapchat's privacy violation is infinitesimally small compared to the repeated violations perpetrated by major players such as Facebook and Google. Both companies repeatedly have flaunted privacy rules.

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Getting Away With Privacy Murder

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Snapchat in May agreed to implement a comprehensive privacy program and be audited for the next 20 years to settle U.S. Federal Trade Comm...

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Facebook cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been summoned by an Iranian court over privacy-violation concerns, according to news reports on Tuesday. The court in question, located in Iran's southern province of Fars, reportedly also opened a case against Facebook-owned social networking services WhatsApp and Instagram and ordered that they be blocked. Either Zuckerberg or an appointed attorney must appear in court, an Iranian official told state news agency ISNA.

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Iranian Court Wants a Word With Zuckerberg

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Facebook cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been summoned by an Iranian court over privacy-violation concerns, according to news report...

Payments company Swipely has announced that it raised a Series C round totaling $20 million. This round, led by the Pritzker Group and including previous investors Shasta Ventures and First Round Capital, brings the company’s tally to more than $40 million. Swipely had recently announced that its payment processing rate had doubled to $2 billion on an annual basis, but declined to… Read More

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Payments Firm Swipely Raises $20M More As Its Processing Tally Crosses The $2B Mark

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Payments company Swipely has announced that it raised a Series C round totaling $20 million. This round, led by the Pritzker Group and inclu...

3D printing is not yet a mainstream business activity, but the technology has progressed to the point where users can print three-dimensional objects and manufacture their own prototypes and replacement parts with relative ease. Three-dimensional printing is much more than a hobby industry today. Home users can download design files from websites and print a variety of products. Business users are creating functional products that let them jump-start their product lines with computer-assisted drafting software and desktop 3D printers.

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Next on the Open Source Horizon: 3D Printing

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3D printing is not yet a mainstream business activity, but the technology has progressed to the point where users can print three-dimensio...

Apple on Tuesday aimed to calm anxiety among its iCloud users with reassurances that the service hadn't been breached in a ransomware-style attack. "Apple takes security very seriously and iCloud was not compromised during this incident," reads a company statement. The referenced "incident" is a collection of reports on Apple forums by iPhone users, most of them in Australia, of early morning calls demanding they pay a ransom if they ever wanted to use their phones again.

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Con Artist Harasses Aussie Apple Customers in Ransomware Attempt

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Apple on Tuesday aimed to calm anxiety among its iCloud users with reassurances that the service hadn't been breached in a ransomware-...

The hottest tech rumor of the week is here, and it's only Tuesday: Apple is finally breaking into home automation -- connected lights, thermostats, security systems and home appliances. And the key? the iPhones that already are carried by millions of consumers. The rumor hit Monday, and it's exploded with a flurry of newsy posts and opinions. So where did it come from? And why now? The now is easy: Next week Apple will hold WWDC, the worldwide conference where it typically reveals new Mac OS X, iOS and developer-focused ecosystem initiatives.

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