AP phishing, CBS vs. Aereo, and Apple 'surprises' - 90 Seconds on The Verge
AP phishing, CBS vs. Aereo, and Apple 'surprises' - 90 Seconds on The Verge
2013-04-23
it's Tuesday April 23rd 2013 i'm evan
rodgers man muppet maybe both this is 90
seconds on the verge presented by virgin
mobile for a brief period this afternoon
the APS Twitter account sent out quote
breaking news about US President Obama
being injured in the White House don't
worry though it was fake turns out the
account was hacked it is subsequently
been suspended staffers have pointed to
a quote impressively disguised phishing
email that might indicate how the
account was taken over the Syrian
electronic army has claimed
responsibility for the hack the group
also took credit for hack against
reuters last year but if it really was
the AP then breaking would have been in
all caps syntax people just hours after
Aereo's expansion to Boston a CBS
executive has already threatened new
lawsuits against the company the Barry
Diller backed company enables people to
watch over-the-air broadcasts on pretty
much any internet-connected device each
customer is assigned a tiny antenna
house dude company facilities networks
say if Aereo is allowed to distribute
programming without paying for it then
the cable companies won't pay either CBS
and Fox have threatened to drop rock
casttv altogether if Aereo continues
that's well I wouldn't worry about it
finally apples earnings show a slowdown
in iphone growth but have you heard
about the next big thing during an
investor call this afternoon CEO Tim
Cook tease quote the potential of
exciting new product categories that
could launch this fall no specifics were
mentioned of course but rumor has it the
company is hard at work on a SmartWatch
so could be a watch could be a TV at
this point if Apple announced iowa's
powered furniture nobody would be that
surprised that's it for today's top
stories coming up tomorrow the Apple I
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