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What is Instagram's next big thing? Messaging, perhaps — Instagram, known as a visual communication platform, is looking for way to expand its appeal to its community of 200 million (and growing) users. First it was short-form video and next up is messaging.
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The Verge, Inside Facebook, Digital Trends, ReadWrite, Digits, AllFacebook, Ubergizmo, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone in Canada Blog, BestTechie, Pocket-lint, Business Insider, WebProNews, SlashGear, Mashable, PhoneArena, App Advice and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @sfiegerman, @monkbent and @pkafka
Thanks:@om| Jacob Hoffman-Andrews / Twitter Engineering Blog: |
Twitter enables forward secrecy to avoid snooping, joining Google, Mozilla, and Facebook — Forward Secrecy at Twitter — As part of our continuing effort to keep our users' information as secure as possible, we're happy to announce that we recently enabled forward secrecy for traffic on twitter.com …
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NYT Bits, CNET, The Next Web, ZDNet, PC World, TechCrunch, The Verge, AllThingsD and Gizmodo
Tweets: @eff, @mikeisaac and @sacca
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Sheryl Sandberg Says Facebook Totally Doesn't Have a Teenager Problem — Perhaps you've heard: Facebook may — or may not — have a teen problem. — It's been the talk of the town since Facebook's last earnings call, when CFO David Ebersman admitted that in the past quarter, the company …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple starts selling unlocked, SIM-free iPhone 5s in the U.S. — Apple today released an unlocked GSM version of the iPhone 5s on its online store for the United States. This version of the iPhone 5s includes the same exact capabilities of the non-unlocked models, but does not include a SIM card.| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Turntable.fm Shutting Down So Company Can Focus On Turntable Live Events Platform — Today, Turntable.fm has announced that it will shut down its ‘virtual dj’ product entirely to focus on its new Turntable Live platform, which attempts to replicate the ‘being there’ experience of live performances.
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Turntable Official Blog, The Verge, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Engadget, Valleywag and Consequence of Sound. Tweets: @stevekovach
| Michael McWhertor / Polygon: |
id Software founder John Carmack resigns — John Carmack, co-founder and technical director at id Software, has left the company to focus his full-time attention on his role as chief technical officer at Oculus VR, according to a statement from Bethesda Softworks.
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Tweets: @id_aa_carmack and @steveklabnik
| Joseph Volpe / Engadget: |
Motorola inks deal with 3D Systems to build its modular ‘Ara’ smartphones — When Motorola threw its weight behind Phonebloks' modular smartphone concept, it pretty much signaled to the rest of the industry that the Google company was dead serious about customization.| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Microsoft to win EU okay for $7.3 billion Nokia deal: sources — (Reuters) - Microsoft is set to secure unconditional EU regulatory approval for its proposed 5.4-billion-euro ($7.30 billion) takeover of Nokia's mobile phone business, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sift Raises $2 Million For Its Personalized Shopping App, Now On iPhone — Mobile shopping service Sift has closed on $2 million in seed funding, the company is announcing today, alongside its launch on iPhone. The startup first emerged almost exactly a year ago as a way to leverage shopping data found …
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Google in Talks to Create Prescription Lenses, Designs for Google Glass — Internet Giant Exploring Ways to Put High-Tech Eyewear in Optometry Offices — Google Inc. 's new computer-powered glasses haven't hit the shelves yet, but already efforts are afoot to keep them from becoming just a niche product for nerds.
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Stores start selling Retina iPad mini to walk-in customers as regional carriers launch cellular models — Regional carriers are starting to announce availability for cellular models of Apple's new Retina iPad mini just as the company today started offering the device to walk-in customers.
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Android 4.4 KitKat now rolling out to Moto X on T-Mobile and AT&T — Verizon Wireless stunned everyone earlier this week when it became the first carrier to bring Android 4.4 KitKat to the Moto X. The update — which came even before Google's own Nexus 4 received it — was a noticeable change …
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| Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal: |
Time Warner Cable Has Reached Out to Comcast to Discuss Deal — The Two Cable Firms Are Not in ‘Active Discussions’ … Time Warner Cable Inc. has reached out to Comcast Corp. to discuss a possible combination in recent months, in an effort by Time Warner Cable to head off a bid …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
FCC confirms it may allow mobile calls during flight, but airlines have final say — The FCC has confirmed that on December 12th, it will consider a proposal that would give airlines the option to let passengers make cellphone calls during flight. But the Commission is also attempting …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sir Tim Berners-Lee Blasts “Insidious, Chilling Effects” Of Online Surveillance, Says We Should Be Protecting Whistleblowers Like Snowden — The rising tides of online surveillance, and the lack of safeguards from governments to protect individuals against them, are having a disastrous effect … | Timothy J. Seppala / Engadget: |
Some of iWork's missing features return with the latest update — Some of the features culled during iWork's 64-bit transition have reappeared with the productivity suite's latest update. To start, Pages, Numbers and Keynote for OS X are regaining their sorely missed custom toolbars.
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| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
More Moolah for MOOCs: Coursera Raises Another $20M — After being founded just last year, online education startup Coursera turned heads this summer when it raised a $43 million Series B round. — Coursera's current business model is selling verified certificates that students have completed its classes.
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| Michael Kan / PC World: |
Foxconn invests $40 million in Pennsylvania to tap research, talent — Don't expect any U.S.-made iPhones yet, but electronics supplier Foxconn Technology Group is expanding its manufacturing presence in the nation with a new $40 million investment to tap research and talent in Pennsylvania.
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Examiner, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, The Verge, Bloomberg, CNET, AppleInsider and Reuters
| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
What Mozilla is doing with its big pile of new money (Q&A) — Mozilla has embarked on an expensive new effort to build an entirely new mobile operating system, Firefox OS, despite the dominance of Apple's iOS and Google's Android. It's a good thing Mozilla's got piles of new money on hand.
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The Next Web, The Mozilla Blog, Computerworld, eWeek, ZDNet, gHacks Technology News, Softpedia News and OStatic blogs. Tweets: @parmy
| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Google Play update showcases big-screen optimized apps on tablets — As promised a month or so ago, Google Play is implementing a few changes today that'll push tablet-optimized apps to the forefront. That is, if you're using a device not quite small enough to be considered a phone … | Spencer E. Ante / Wall Street Journal: |
Qualcomm CEO Says NSA Fallout Impacting China Business — Mobile Device Chipmaker Is ‘Definitely Seeing Increased Pressure,’ Paul Jacobs Says … Mobile device chipmaker Qualcomm Inc. expects to continue growing in China, but Chief Executive Paul Jacobs acknowledged U.S. restrictions …
| Scott Hanselman / Scott Hanselman's Blog: |
Introducing node.js Tools for Visual Studio — Just when you thought it couldn't be crazier in Redmond, today they are introducing node.js Tools for Visual Studio! — NTVS runs inside VS2012 or VS2013. Some node.js enthusiasts had forked PTVS and begun some spikes of node tools for VS …
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TechCrunch, eWeek and I Programmer
| Timothy B. Lee / The Switch: |
Here's how Bitcoin charmed Washington — The pair of Bitcoin hearings held this week by Senate committees could have been a disaster for the Bitcoin community. After all, Bitcoin first came to mainstream attention in 2011 when Gawker reported on Silk Road, an anonymous online marketplace …
Tweets: @stevesi and @btcfoundation
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