The Apple rumor mill is in full swing with claims that Apple’s Netflix killer is in the works. We’re a bit skeptical. Twitter & Google patch things up & now it’s time to blame the Russians for the Sony hack!

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Twitter Reaches Deal to Show Tweets in Google Search Results – Bloomberg Business

In the first half of this year, tweets will start to be
visible in Google’s search results as soon as they’re posted,
thanks to a deal giving the Web company access to Twitter’s
firehose, the stream of data generated by the microblogging
service’s 284 million users, people with knowledge of the matter
said Wednesday. Google previously had to crawl Twitter’s site
for the information, which will now be visible automatically.

Apple Talks to TV Programmers About Web TV Service | Re/code

Industry executives say Apple is in talks with TV programmers about deals that would allow Apple to offer an “over the top” pay-TV service, like the one Dish has started selling with its Sling TV product, and the one Sony is getting ready to launch.

The theory is that Apple would put together bundles of programming — but not the entire TV lineup that pay-TV providers generally offer — and sell it directly to consumers, over the Web. That means Apple wouldn’t be reinventing the way TV works today, but offering its own version of it, with its own interface and user experience.

Forget North Korea – Russian Hackers Are Selling Access To Sony Pictures, Claims US Security Firm – Forbes

The firm claimed it has evidence Russian hackers have been silently siphoning off information from Sony’s network for the last few months and may even be the ones responsible for the catastrophic attacks in November, which the US blamed on North Korea. The Russians may have just been working unwittingly alongside the Guardians of Peace hackers, however, who were thought to have shut down Sony for its role in the production of The Interview, a film that depicted the assassination of North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un.

Millions hit by health company hack attack

The attackers stole names, addresses, birthdays and social security numbers of customers from every one of Anthem’s business units.

So far, Anthem has not said how many records were lost or how many people have been affected.

Celebrate TechSNAP 200 with a new look! | Teespring

After 200 episodes of TechSNAP we’d like to introduce the official logo to represent the best systems network and administration podcast around!