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Netflix to shut down third-party API access on November 14 for all but a few select partners — Netflix Will Shut Down Public API Support For Third-Party Developers On November 14 — Netflix is getting a lot stingier with the way that third-party developers can use its content … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple: We'll ‘soon’ begin encrypting iCloud email in transit between providers — Following the publication of an NPR article detailing the security of major email services, Apple has informed the network that it is working on an update to its iCloud Mail service that encrypts emails in transit from other providers.
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Twitter brings Bing translation to iOS, expands use on Web — Seeing the World Cup as a chance to lower language barriers, the social site enables translation in its iPhone and iPad app, and Twitter.com timeline. It's a win for Bing. — Twitter has begun using Bing-based language translation in its iOS app.
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China's Uber-like service Yongche launching in SF and NY with Mandarin-speaking drivers — China's Uber Targets U.S. With Mandarin-Speaking Drivers — Yongche.com, China's largest mobile car-sharing service, is preparing to challenge Uber Technologies Inc. on its home turf of San Francisco and New York.| Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom: |
Judge calls out LinkedIn over spammy invitations, says emails can harm reputation — LinkedIn users who are suing the company over its aggressive marketing practices got a big boost on Thursday, when a federal judge ruled they can go forward with a class action lawsuit that turns on the company's familiar … | Ellen Huet / Forbes: |
Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia pleads no contest to hit-and-run charge, “will likely not spend any time in jail” — Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia Pleads No Contest To Reduced Charge In Hit-And-Run — Tech CEO Nirav Tolia — originally charged with felony hit and run for his involvement …
| Matt McGee / Search Engine Land: |
Microsoft: No Plans For Ads In Cortana Yet; Debating Bringing To Androids & iOS — It's far too early to consider monetizing Cortana, Microsoft's new virtual personal assistant, but the company is already thinking about how to scale her across different devices, platforms and around the world.| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 8 lets apps access Safari AutoFill credentials for quick & easy login — In iOS 8, Apple is making the process of logging into apps a much smoother experience by allowing native iOS apps to access usernames and passwords stored in Safari. The new feature, which works by letting iOS apps tap …
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MacRumors, App Advice, PadGadget, Redmond Pie, iPhone in Canada Blog and MacNN. Tweets: @_jordan
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75% of Kindle Fire HDX Customer Questions Now Come via the Mayday Button—Average Response Time is Just 9.75 Seconds — Eight months ago, Amazon launched the Mayday button, connecting you to live, on-device tech support 24x7, 365 days a year—for free. Today, Amazon announced that the Mayday button …
| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Handicapping the Winners and Losers in the Twitter Shakeup — While companies are not games, it's not hard to want to handicap the winners and losers in any major management shift or executive shakeout. — So, let's dispense with the niceties and get down to the brass tacks of what happened … | Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom: |
SCOTUS Servo tweets unannounced changes to Supreme Court opinions after they're published — Clever piece of code exposes hidden changes to Supreme Court opinions — Supreme Court opinions are the law of the land, and so it's a problem when the Justices change the words of the decisions without telling anyone.
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Daily Dot, Techdirt and Boing Boing
Tweets: @juliepsamuels, @waldojaquith, @brkend, @aardrian and @archazrael
Thanks:@manticor24| Pat Wadors / Official LinkedIn Blog: |
LinkedIn employee demographics: Globally, 61% men; US, 53% white, 38% Asian, 2% black — LinkedIn's Workforce Diversity — Reflecting on the imbalance among women and minorities in the overall tech industry, along with Google's recent decision to publish their workforce diversity numbers … | Liam Spradlin / Android Police: |
Google's Quantum Paper framework to unify Android and web app UIs, will be available to third-party developers — Exclusive: Quantum Paper And Google's Upcoming Effort To Make Consistent UI Simple — There have been a lot of leaks and rumors leading up to Google I/O this year.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google and ESPN partner to put World Cup highlights in search — If you're stuck in a cubicle at work and unable to watch every minute of the World Cup, Google and ESPN will at least help you keep up with the latest highlights. The two companies have teamed up to pair both in-progress …
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The Official Google Blog, Re/code, GeekWire, Search Engine Land, The Next Web, Gigaom, Quartz, eWeek, LAPTOP Magazine and Pocketables
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