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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

The United States Marshals Service reportedly is grabbing data from thousands, if not millions, of Americans' cellphones using high-tech devices deployed on five Cessnas. The aircraft operate out of at least five metro-area airports and apparently can cover most of the U.S. population. They are equipped with DRT boxes, popularly known as "dirtboxes," made by a subsidiary of Boeing. The DRT boxes gather the IMSI numbers -- a cellphone's unique identifier -- and geolocation data from all cellphones within their range.

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US Marshals Have Their Own Cellphone Data Slurpfest

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The United States Marshals Service reportedly is grabbing data from thousands, if not millions, of Americans' cellphones using high-te...

Finexkap, a web platform offering working capital to small businesses in France, has now raised $22.5 million, comprising of a $7.5m Series A equity round and a further $15m, which will be used to finance the platform’s first flurry of deals. Finexkap is the first French working capital financing platform to purchase SMEs’ receivables on the web through refinancing The company… Read More

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Finexkap, Offering Working Capital to SMBs In France, Raises $22.5M

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Finexkap, a web platform offering working capital to small businesses in France, has now raised $22.5 million, comprising of a $7.5m Series ...

Sure, there have been plenty of attempts at re-thinking e-mail on mobile devices. But that’s no reason not to try, try again. A pretty experienced team of founders who have sold companies to or been acqui-hired by both Amazon and Zynga are tackling e-mail with a new mobile app called WeMail. Having been part of one of Y Combinator’s earliest classes, the pair, Philip and Gerald… Read More

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WeMail Raises $1M From Twitch, Reddit Founders For Intelligently Designed Mobile E-mail

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Sure, there have been plenty of attempts at re-thinking e-mail on mobile devices. But that’s no reason not to try, try again. A pretty exper...

Nokia unveiled a new tablet at Slush today in Helsinki. The part of Nokia that did not get sold off to Microsoft launched the N1, a iPad-Mini-sized tablet, with a 7.9-inch screen, running Android Lollipop OS. As you can see from the video Nokia is really pushing its Android homescreen, the Z Launcher which allows you to scribble a letter on the screen to call up a specific app, and has… Read More

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Video: Nokia’s New Small Tablet, The N1, Is A Showcase For Its Z Launcher

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Nokia unveiled a new tablet at Slush today in Helsinki. The part of Nokia that did not get sold off to Microsoft launched the N1, a iPad-Min...

There was an announcement last week that I think is far bigger than folks realize: Nvidia's free Netflix-like streaming gaming service for its Shield products. I think this is a precursor to an event that is similar to what cable did to TVs years ago, and that it will change not only how we use these devices, but also what we use them for. This may be the biggest step to something we used to call "thin client" computing, and eventually, it will expand vastly what we can do with products we currently use more for consumption than creation.

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Nvidia Launches a New Mobile Device Age

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There was an announcement last week that I think is far bigger than folks realize: Nvidia's free Netflix-like streaming gaming service...

Monday, November 17, 2014

FOSS fans perhaps may be excused if they've felt a bit confused over the past few days. Dizziness, headaches and vertigo also have been common. What strange new ailment is this, you might ask? Well, it's no ailment -- but that doesn't mean it's any simpler to remedy. The cause, it turns out, is none other than the news that Microsoft is open sourcing .Net and also expanding it to run on Linux and Mac OS. Yes, you heard that right: Steve Ballmer once may have called Linux a "cancer," but today Redmond has a newfound "love" for Linux.

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