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New apps meet need for more privacy after over-sharing

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By Natasha Baker TORONTO (Reuters) – Consumers concerned about over-sharing on public social networks are turning to private messaging apps to share texts, photos and videos with a limited group of people. Downloads of private social messaging apps increased 200 percent in 2013 over 2012, making them the fastest-growing category of apps, according to San Francisco-based mobile analytics firm Flurry. The apps provide more private connections and allow users to express themselves without worrying about how they are perceived by their entire networks.

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China hackers target rights groups, say Canadian researchers

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By Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) – Chinese hackers are attacking activists, journalists and human rights groups using many of the same techniques they apply to steal state secrets and spy on corporations, a Canadian technology research group said on Tuesday.

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Unclear if China ready to sign IT agreement: WTO chief

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China is part of “intensive” talks on a global trade pact regarding information technology products, the World Trade Organization's chief said on Saturday, but it is unclear if a deal will be made at a meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders underway in Beijing. The United States and other countries have been hopeful that China would sign on to the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), which requires signatories to eliminate duties on some IT products, during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit that ends on Tuesday.

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California man sentenced to 37 years for raping women he met on dating sites

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(Reuters) – A California man described by prosecutors as a dangerous internet predator was sentenced on Friday to 37 years to life in prison for raping two women he met on dating websites including ChristianMingle.com, an attorney for one of the victims said. Sean Patrick Banks, 39, must serve 85 percent of the sentence before becoming eligible for parole, attorney Gloria Allred said

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Exclusive: Lyft board members discussed replacing CEO, court documents reveal

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By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Lyft board members had discussed replacing current Chief Executive Officer Logan Green, who was not aware of those talks, according to Lyft's former chief operating officer in a court filing obtained by Reuters on Friday. Ex-COO Travis VanderZanden eventually left Lyft and became vice president of international growth at rival car service Uber

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Uber looks to pick up another $1 billion in equity: FT

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(Reuters) – U.S.

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Exclusive: Ex-Lyft COO, now at Uber, says was in talks to replace Lyft CEO

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By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The former chief operating officer of Lyft had been in discussions to replace current Lyft Chief Executive Officer Logan Green as recently as August, the ex-COO said in a court filing obtained by Reuters on Friday. Travis VanderZanden eventually left Lyft and became vice president of international growth at rival car service Uber.

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Chinese social networking service Momo files for IPO

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(Reuters) – China’s Momo Inc, a mobile-based social networking platform, filed with U.S. regulators on Friday to raise up to $300 million in an initial public offering of its American Depositary Shares (ADS). The company said it was the No.

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‘Dark market’ websites seized in U.S., European busts

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By Anthony Deutsch and Nate Raymond AMSTERDAM/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S.

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U2’s Bono defends under-fire music streaming services

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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish rocker Bono has defended Spotify from criticism it pays too little to people who create music, saying digital music streaming services are opening up new ways for musicians to reach their public. “I see streaming services as quite exciting ways to get to people