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| John Case / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft Office users on iOS and Android can now create and edit content without an Office 365 subscription — More Office. Everywhere you need it. — In March, we announced Office for the iPad®, a major step in commitment to bring Office to everyone, on every device and anywhere they need it.
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| Office Blogs: |
Microsoft launches new free Office apps on iPhone and iPad, preview of Office for Android tablets — Bringing Office to everyone — Today is the next step in bringing Office to everyone and on every device with the start of Office for Android tablet preview, new Office for iPhone apps, updated Office for iPad apps and more.
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| Nick Wingfield / New York Times: |
In a major strategy shift, Microsoft offers mobile Office on iPad, iPhone, and Android for free — Microsoft to Give Away Mobile Version of Office Software — SEATTLE — Few golden geese in technology have survived as long as Office has for Microsoft. — The suite of applications … | Dana Wollman / Engadget: |
The new Office for iPhone is everything it should have been on day one — I remember when Microsoft first came out with Office for iPhone. It was actually kind of exciting. Here was this thing that for years had only existed in the form of rumors and leaked documents.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Silk Road 2.0 seized by FBI, DHS, Europol; alleged operator Blake Benthall arrested in SF, charged with narcotics trafficking, money laundering, hacking — Feds Seize Silk Road 2 in Major Dark Web Drug Bust — A year after the Silk Road 2 came online promising to revive …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Echo Is A $199 Connected Speaker Packing An Always-On Siri-Style Assistant — Amazon has a new product that doesn't really have any current equivalent form any other tech company - a connected speaker called Echo that's always-on, listening for commands that its virtual assistant …
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Tweets: @mikeisaac and @dannysullivan
| Danny Yadron / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple says it's blocking 467 WireLurker-infected apps from launching on Mac computers — Apple Blocks Chinese iPhone Hacks — Apple has blocked newly discovered apps meant to help prying eyes spy on Chinese iPhone users. — The software is hidden in downloads available from a Chinese app store for Mac computers.
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| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
New WireLurker malware targets Apple devices in China, attacks iOS, including non-jailbroken phones, through OS X via USB — Malicious Software Campaign Targets Apple Users in China — Researchers at a Silicon Valley security company said on Wednesday that they had found a new manner in which hackers can infect Apple products.
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Tweets: @jzdziarski, @jzdziarski and @jzdziarski
| Dennis Keohane / BetaBoston: |
Aereo shutting down operations, closing Boston office — Aereo, the upstart television technology that aimed to take on cable, revealed today that they are officially shutting down. The company announced that effective November 12, the company is shuttering its Boston office and laying off all of its 43 local employees...
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| Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom: |
Aereo imposes large lay-offs, but streaming TV service is not shutting down — There's more trouble for Aereo, which laid off the majority of its staff this week. The internet TV service will continue operations for now. — Aereo's bad year just got worse.| Naomi Gleit / Facebook: |
Facebook launches initiative to fight Ebola: prompts for user donations, health info, and communications services in targeted regions — Coming Together to Fight Ebola — By Naomi Gleit, VP of Product Management and Chris Daniels, VP of Internet.org — In times of crisis …
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Tweets: @joshconstine and @usaid
| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
LivingSocial Lays Off 400, Eyes Changes to Amazon Relationship — Onetime daily-deal darling LivingSocial is cutting a fifth of its staff as the company's new CEO attempts to lay the foundation for a turnaround of the Washington, D.C.-based company. The company said approximately 400 employees …
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| Brian Steinberg / Variety: |
CBS News introduces CBSN, an ad-supported, 24-7 digital streaming service — CBS Launches Ad-Supported Broadband News Feed In Effort To Vie With Cable-News Outlets — CBS launched what may be the modern media-industry version of a CNN with a new broadband-distributed news feed that will send live … | Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Former Zynga CEO Mark Pincus starts self-funded company Superlabs to begin work on two startup ideas — The Pincubator? Former Zynga CEO Mark Pincus Starts a Startup Factory. — Mark Pincus, the founder of Zynga who stepped down as its CEO amid troubles at the online gaming company …
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| Kellex / Droid Life: |
Moto 360 in Metal Available Today for $299 - New Bands, Watch Faces, Health Apps Too — Motorola just announced (and then pulled) that their Moto 360 watch will be available in metal later today for a price of $299. They will offer two colors initially - dark and light metal …
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| Steven Levy / Backchannel: |
Google pitches “Spotlight Stories” movie format to Hollywood: video captured by a 360-degree camera rig is viewed on Android with user-controlled perspective — Google's Bleeding Edge Interactive Movie Format Blows Minds, Seduces Hollywood A Listers| Derrick Harris / Gigaom: |
LinkedIn engineers launch Confluent to enable real-time data processing, raise $6.9M from Benchmark, Data Collective, and LinkedIn — The team that created Kafka is leaving LinkedIn to build a company around it — A trio of LinkedIn engineers, led by Jay Kreps, is taking the Apache Kafka technology they helped create commercial.
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| Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat: |
8tracks updates its website with better playlist curation & tools for DJs — Streaming music startup 8tracks is launching a new version of its website today that's focused on improving the discovery and creation of great playlists. — Unlike other services, 8tracks only lets you listen to music via user-created playlists.
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| Stephen Hall / 9to5Mac: |
WhatsApp update shows read receipts, leaked image suggests future VOIP feature — Although this isn't an actual update to the app, WhatsApp is now sporting a nifty new feature that—although small—might make a big difference in how users of the messaging app stay in touch with their friends.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Opera Brings Video Compression To Its Mini Browser For iOS — Last February, Opera acquired video optimization service Skyfire, and now it is starting to bring some of the service's features to its mobile browser, starting with Opera Mini 9 for iOS, which is launching today.
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