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Officials: Obama likely to OK phone record changes

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AP sources: Obama expected to back changes to NSA surveillance with Congress handling details WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is expected to endorse changes to the way the...
    






A Chat With The Host of ‘Brain Games’: Nat Geo’s Highest-Rated Show Ever

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Here’s the thing about Jason Silva, host of National Geographic Channel’s Brain Games: Off-camera, he’s exactly like you want him to be. (Disclaimer: I appeared on the unrelated Nat Geo series The 80...
    






Charity Begins At 50? Codswallop!

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Before he died this past December, hedge fund manager and philanthropist Robert W. Wilson had done many notable things. In the ‘70s, he’d survived what Forbes called “the most catastrophic short play...
    






5 Reasons Nest Sold To Google

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The big obsession yesterday was with why Google spent $3.2 billion on startup Nest Labs. But lost in the shuffle of the breathtaking price and lots of questionable speculation about whether this is...
    






App Tracker uTest Raises $43M From Goldman Sachs For Future Acquisitions And IPO

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A startup known for its mobile application testing, uTest, has more than doubled its funding to date as it pursues acquisitions and an eventual IPO, raising $43 million in a late-stage Series E round...
    






Proposed spy phone record shift draws resistance

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Proposal to shift surveillance phone record retention away from government drawing resistance WASHINGTON (AP) — Telephone companies are quietly balking at the idea of changing how they...
    






Nest Gives Google Its Next Big Data Play: Energy

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When Google bought Motorola in 2012, its mandate was to get more millions people on the mobile web. Now with its $3.2 billion purchase of Nest Labs, Google could get millions of homes connected to a...
    






Mobile Apps May Not Pave The Way To Developer Riches, Sales Average Less Than $1,250 A Day

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Less than 0.01 percent. That’s how many mobile apps will be considered a financial success by their creators at the end of 2018, according to new research from Gartner Inc. Of paid applications,...