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Target to Pay $10 Million to Some Victims of 2013 Data Breach
New York Times - $10 Million Settlement in Target Data Breach Gets Preliminary Approval_)
A federal judge on Thursday gave preliminary approval to a $10 million settlement of a lawsuit brought by customers of Target, which experienced an online attack involving confidential customer data during the holiday season in 2013.
According to documents filed with the
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Vincent Laforet Flies Over San Fran
Vincent Laforet made a splash earlier this year with this amazing photo series of New York at 7,500 feet. Well, he’s back with more amazing photos of San Francisco. I’ll only tease a few, but check out the full set here.
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Matt Gemmell's Epic Overview of Windows Phone
Matt Gemmell - Windows Phone: A Guide for iPhone Users
I take my iPhone everywhere I go, and for the most part, it’s a satisfying device to use. […] It’s a little (dare I say it) boring.
Some of that feeling is just because of familiarity; I’ve never used a non-Apple smartphone for
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Why Jupiter Ascending's Failure is Bad for the Future of Hollywood
Variety - ‘Jupiter Ascending’ Flops: Why the Wachowskis’ Failure Is Bad for Movies
All the red ink that “Jupiter Ascending” will spill will make studios all the more conservative and risk-averse. There will be more reboots, retreads and revivals as companies try to give facelifts to geriatric franchises such as “Star Wars,” “Indiana Jones” and
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The Problem of Android Bloatware
Forget PCs. The Real Bloatware Problem is on Android - WIRED
Bloatware is a bigger headache on Android phones than it is on PCs for multiple reasons, says Irfan Asrar, a researcher with mobile security company Appthority. “Not only is it harder to remove (every time you do a factory reset it will come back), but
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More Comcast Bullshit
Seriously, Comcast? After reading headlines about the PlayStation 4 finally getting an HBO Go app, I turned on my console, downloaded the app, and was promptly greeted by an activation screen. Comcast was mysteriously missing from the long, long list of cable providers. Oh, it must be an error, I thought, but nope. Apparently HBO
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Get a Feel for Apple Watch Apps at WatchAware
WatchWare has quickly become one of my go-to sources for all things Apple Watch. And while their daily links are fun and thoughtful, this page winth interactive demos of Watch apps takes the cake. Seriously, check it out and play around with some of the demos. This is the most helpful resource for demystifying
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Do Fitness Bands Have a Place in a Smartwatch World?
David Nield on "Why Fitness Bands Will Continue To Thrive In The Smartwatch Era".
Against this rising trend, bands that simply measure steps, heart rate and sleep may seem increasingly irrelevant. But they're not, and here's why.
Smartwatches are really coming into their own. Last year's Moto
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The Second Generation of Xbox Live
Polygon put out this awesome piece by Russ Pitts about the history of Xbox Live.
For Eric Neustadter, who literally built the service from scratch out of server parts and Cisco routers, witnessing the birth and maturation of Xbox Live has been one of the most extraordinary experiences of his life.
I've never
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Samsung Might Have Some Culture Problems
Samsung seems like a great place to work
In fact, during one meeting with the global teams at Samsung’s headquarters in Korea, executives made the US team stand up in front of several hundred of their peers in an auditorium. The executives told the employees to clap for the US team as encouragement since
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Pebble Time Announced (on Kickstarter? Why?!)
Well, we all knew it was a matter of time, and Pebble announced their new smartwatch today. Interestingly, they’re going to Kickstarter again, which makes no sense at all to me. They sold over a million watches and from all appearances, seem to be a legitimate company now, so why are they wasting their
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Blogs Are Awesome! Write One, Follow Some
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Happy Sunday, everyone! I woke up today with a distinct feeling of joy that I have my little corner of the web that is all mine. I can write whatever I want and it will get seen by hundreds, if not thousands of people. It’
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SwiftDoc Is a Great Reference if You're Writing Swift Code
If you are using Swift at all, SwiftDoc is a fantastic site for learning about specific syntax questions you have as you work. The site is simple, but will quickly get you the information you need about any type, protocol. operator, or function in the language. It's also getting updates as Swift grows,
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Video Game Sales Are Strong...Really Strong
Good news for fan of video games[1], hardware sales of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are 60% higher at this point in their lives than the combined sales of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. 15 months into this generation of gaming, there have been 18.94 million PS4s and 11.33 Xbox
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Stephen Fry is Taking Some Time off From Twitter
Stephen Fry is taking a break from Twitter.
I do not attend at all to Direct Messages. Apologies to those friendly types who leave DMs for me, but I’m afraid they won’t be read. It is simply impossible for me even to look at them, let alone respond to them, and have anything
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Huck Gee Makes Some Amazing Looking Toys
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Huck Gee is one of the most active people I follow on everyone's favorite social whipping boy, Ello. He makes some of the coolest looking toys I've ever seen. His website
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TUAW Editors Return to the Web with Apple World Today
Steve Sande, Dave Caolo, and Kelly Hodgkins are back to writing about the world of Apple at Apple World Today. The trio used to work at TUAW which was shut down last week. If I'm being totally honest, I had stopped following the site a couple years ago. I thought they had lost