Michaels says breach at its stores affected nearly 3M payment cards

Playstation 4 leads Xbox One in sales, is catching up in sharing features Michaels says breach at its stores affected nearly 3M payment cards ITworld Today April 18, 2014 Share this email Twitter to promote app downloads in mobile timelines Twitter's new mobile advertising suite lets companies pitch their mobile apps in promoted tweets or place ads inside other apps. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Playstation 4 leads Xbox One in sales, is catching up in sharing features 2. Michaels says breach at its stores affected nearly 3M payment cards 3. Tor anonymity network to shrink as a result of Heartbleed flaw 4. Japan gets first bitcoin ATM, two more on order 5. China's Alibaba to offer mobile phone services in June 6. Unbounded Robotics launches robot platform for education, research 7. 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