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Former Apple retail chief Ron Johnson reportedly launching gadget delivery startup

Sep23
by on September 23, 2014 at 8:14 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

If you enjoy your local Apple Store, you largely have former Apple executive Ron Johnson to thank for it. According to The Information, Johnson is looking to make a comeback with a new startup offering “a high-end, on-demand delivery service for gadgets.” Johnson oversaw the rise of Apple’s retail empire and then left to become CEO at department store JC Penney. He attempted to relaunch JC Penney with more stable pricing and a micro-shop strategy, but the company ousted him after a year and a half. Johnson’s latest idea, as outlined by The Information, sounds a lot like a combination of…

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Hands-on with the $2,300 BlackBerry P’9983 Porsche-branded smartphone that you’ll probably never own

Sep23
by on September 23, 2014 at 6:12 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches, Product Reviews

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The thing about luxury smartphones – and if your phone says Porsche on it, it’s lodged pretty unarguably in the ‘luxury’ category – is that when you read reviews or opinions about them, it’s all a little far removed. I, nor (likely) you, am ever going to buy one of these phones. Take the once Nokia-owned Vertu handsets. They can cost tens of thousands of dollars, easily. Vertu’s not alone either, there are plenty of fashion and jewelry houses that are more than happy to bling up your standard smartphone with diamonds and other precious stones to catapult its value into the…

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Grooveshark partners with startup community F6S to offer deals to their members

Sep23
by on September 23, 2014 at 5:46 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Grooveshark and F6S, a community for startup founders, have announced a two-way partnership that will offer deals to their respective members. F6S members that sign up for Grooveshark will receive two free months of the music streaming service’s VIP subscription, which normally costs $9 per month. Users can head to grooveshark.com/redeem to enter the code they get from F6S. Meanwhile, Grooveshark members can also look forward to exclusive deals from F6S. Grooveshark has grown to 30 million active users, but its legal status still remains questionable. The service briefly launched Chromecast support last month, but Google shut down the feature within weeks, after receiving…

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Microsoft launches Online Services Bug Bounty Program, includes Office 365 with rewards starting at $500

Sep23
by on September 23, 2014 at 5:39 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Microsoft today launched the Microsoft Online Services Bug Bounty Program, offering security researchers rewards for submitted vulnerabilities. The program encompasses the various Online Services provided by Microsoft, and bounties for qualified submissions start at a minimum payment of $500, with more offered depending on the impact of the vulnerability. Eligible submissions include vulnerabilities of the following types: Cross Site Scripting (XSS), Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF), unauthorized cross-tenant data tampering or access (for multi-tenant services), insecure direct object references, injection flaws, authentication flaws, server-side code execution, privilege escalation and significant security misconfiguration. That being said, as with any such program,…

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Google transforms Currents for iOS into Google Play Newsstand with a Material Design makeover

Sep23
by on September 23, 2014 at 5:30 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

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It was only a matter of time. Google launched Play Newsstand for Android in November 2013, before closing its predecessor, called Currents, in February 2014. Today, it’s performing the same ritual with the release of Play Newsstand for iOS. The new app has a completely different look to Currents. Google is clearly incorporating its flatter, cleaner Material Design language here; the animations are tighter and more playful, with elegant typefaces and color-coded tabs. By default, the home screen splits the news into a number of different sections including Highlights, News, Business, Sports, Entertainment, Technology and World. Each contains a stream…

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