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Microsoft says it's prepared to hand over Skype users' data to Russia(globalpost.com)
58 points by r0h1n 13y ago|49 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Maybe its a Cyanogenmod-only feature then. Because they do claim the app can make the choice transparently without user involvement: https://whispersystems.org/blog/cyanogen-integration/
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by r0h1n 13y ago
As I understand, you can use Textsecure as your default SMS app which means it will automatically send either a plain or encrypted message to a recipient depending on whether they have the app installed or not. Of course if you use a non-st
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by r0h1n 13y ago
This is an interesting bit: >> The lean startup methodology, the accelerators and the standardised term sheets for investments are all signs that the knowledge required to run a startup is becoming codified and commoditised. This has
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Guess Who Owns The Patent to RSA's Backdoor Algorithm? Blackberry(jeffreycarr.blogspot.com)
9 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
> If everyone bought $4 toast then all the coffeeshop workers would earn more and the tech workers would have less to spend on houses. That would be a good thing. No offense but that's just naive and wishful thinking. Instead, the i
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by r0h1n 13y ago
With De Castro's exit Mayer has 'aided' a massive transfer of wealth from Yahoo! shareholders in less than 2 years to people who appointed her, as well as people she appointed. Dan Loeb, who helped appoint Mayer as Yahoo! CEO
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by r0h1n 13y ago
This is already reality in some countries. Like India for instance. 1st Indian entrepreneur: I plan to launch a search engine that understands Indian languages and contexts better than Google. VC: Well since Google has already paid telcos l
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by r0h1n 13y ago
>> "Enabling revolutionary communications"? Eh? Wouldn't "Enabling secure/private communications" be a better, albeit less grand, descriptor?
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by r0h1n 13y ago
There is a lot of politics in these debates, but surely you don't think that as Internet users and technology professionals these revelations hold zero meaning for the HN community beyond "politics"? I think the current syste
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Can We All Just Admit Google Is An Evil Empire?(fastcolabs.com)
3 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
While there's a healthy debate in the US (and to a lesser extent in Europe perhaps) about the extent of spying being done by governments, I see hardly any concern in India among both media organizations (with probably the exception of
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Ken and Ben Lerer Fund 185 Tech Companies—and Counting(nymag.com)
4 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Dr. Harsh Vardhan was the BJP's (India's main opposition party currently) chief minister candidate for the recently held elections to Delhi - India's capital city which is also a state. You've tried to ascribe credit for
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by r0h1n 13y ago
I disagree. While nobody may read every single article in a paper, we can comfortably scan all of it and decide which ones are worth reading. That is what the author is referring to, not the act of literally reading everything in your infin
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by r0h1n 13y ago
A somewhat different perspective exists in India. Most large corporations (and a large number of startups too) dissuade people from eating at their desks. Because most Indians love and eat cooked food, which, well, tends to give off the odo
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Samsung’s secret mission to cut Google out of its Galaxy(digitaltrends.com)
11 points by r0h1n 13y ago|6 comments
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FINsix shrinks your laptop adapter to the size of a lighter(digitaltrends.com)
1 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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How Chrysler, Ford, GM, Others Use Auto Location Data(adage.com)
1 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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Growth Hacking Is Bull(marketingland.com)
55 points by r0h1n 13y ago|35 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Sure, but if one were to plot (a) the number of alt-tabs you do in a day, versus (b) screen size in inches...don't you think at some point the delta benefits would start leveling off?
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The $9 trillion sale(economist.com)
1 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
The article lists the "ideal size" for monitors at 50 inches, and the one for TVs at 100+ inches! While I'm sure it's great to have such massive screen real estate (I wanna get a 4K in 2014 too), I can't but help th
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Christie Fires Aide in Bridge Scandal as U.S. Opens Inquiry(nytimes.com)
2 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
I'm a card-carrying member of the anti-Google brigade, but Fleischer's actual blog post wasn't all that bad - http://peterfleischer.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/turning-our-bac... > Privacy is all abo
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Peers block law on being annoying in public(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Instead of attacking 1-2 cherry picked (and typical Monbiot) tangents from the article, it would be helpful if you'd point out if his representation of the new law is accurate or not.
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Xero and the precious petals of New Zealand funds mgmt(brontecapital.blogspot.ca)
1 points by r0h1n 13y ago|0 comments
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by r0h1n 13y ago
The key word there is "IMHO" Judging from the various anti-trust cases that have been brought on against Google around the world it's clear that proving that is nearly impossible too. More so because Google operates in a se
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by r0h1n 13y ago
Perfectly valid expectation with near impossible odds of coming true. Google has gotten so rich, entrenched and popular that IMHO no competitor can dislodge it. I say this as a thoroughly-disappointed user who's tried nearly all the al

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