10 Things In Tech You Need To Know This Morning
Mar 21, 2014, 16:34 IST
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- Turkey threatened to ban Twitter then shut down access in most of the country. "We'll eradicate Twitter. I don't care what the international community says," Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly said. "Everyone will witness the power of the Turkish Republic." The plan has backfired spectacularly and residents are tweeting more now than ever.
- Netflix CEO Reed Hastings calls for net neutrality - the idea that ISPs can't block what consumers choose to see or do on the web - to be "defended and strengthened." He says he really didn't want to sign a deal with Comcast to ensure high-speed video streaming, and he worries what a lack of net neutrality will do to small businesses.
- Mt. Gox says it found 200,000 bit coins in a "forgotten" wallet that hasn't been used since June 2011.
- Samsung's new Galaxy S5 phone will cost $199.99 with a two-year contract. Its fitness-minded smart watch, the Gear Fit, will cost $199 as well.
- There's talk of Twitter ditching the @ and # symbols because a lot of people don't understand what they mean or how to use them.
- Microsoft authorized a search of a blogger's Hotmail account after it learned that the blogger was receiving leaks from an employee, according to an indictment filed in federal court.
- Three young men are about to become billionaires. Airbnb is fundraising at a $10 billion valuation. Forbes estimates that all three founders will maintain just over 15% ownership, making their shares worth ~ $1.5 billion.
- Female Github employees say they've never witnessed sexism at their company, despite former employee Julie Ann Horvath's claims.
- There's going to be another Steve Jobs movie and Christian Bale is the frontrunner to play the tech mogul.
- Pinterest, which has been waiting to pull the trigger on monetization, now wants to sell ads for $2 million.