By BEN FOX RUBIN and SAABIRA CHAUDHURI The Financial Times said its Tech Blog and various Twitter accounts were hacked on Friday by a group identifying itself as the Syrian Electronic Army. Hackers hit the Financial Times’ Twitter and website. There will be more hackings, unless CIOs take preventative steps. Steven Rosenbush says on digits. “Apologies, we have been hacked and you may see tweets not from the FT,” the Read More
ESPN, Twitter Expand Tie-Up – Wall Street Journal
By SHIRA OVIDE And KEACH HAGEY ESPN and Twitter Inc. are announcing a major expansion of their collaboration to post sports-related videos on the short-messaging service—part of a growing wave of tie-ups as TV networks and Twitter hunt for new advertising revenue. ESPN, which is majority-owned by Walt Disney Co., plans to show video-highlight clips on Twitter of major sports events in the coming year, including from soccer matches leading Read More
Track Your Lost iPhone and Other Gear With These Gizmos – ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナル日本版
By MICHAEL HSU Enlarge Image F. Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal From left: StickNFind, hipKey, Kensington Proximo THE MOST CHALLENGING part of getting my family out the door in the morning isn’t making sure my two preschool-age children are dressed, fed and groomed. It’s trying to figure out where I put my wallet and keys the night before. I often end up conducting a frantic search. My kids Read More
Apple’s Record Plunge Into Debt Pool – Wall Street Journal
By KATY BURNE and MIKE CHERNEY Apple Inc. sold the largest corporate-bond deal in history Tuesday, a $17 billion offering investors hungrily gobbled up. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG sold the debt for Apple to investors in all corners of the credit markets, from buyers overseas to municipal-bond investors to portfolio managers who typically prefer ultrasafe government debt. Pension funds, insurance companies and hedge funds also joined Read More
Pentagon Expects to Enlist Apple, Samsung Devices – Wall Street Journal
By WILL CONNORS Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. are bringing the smartphone wars to the Pentagon. In the coming weeks, the Pentagon is expected to grant two new security approvals for iPads, iPhones and Samsung Galaxy devices. Will Connors has details. The U.S. Department of Defense expects in coming weeks to grant two separate security approvals for Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones, along with iPhones and iPads running Apple’s latest operating Read More