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November 18, 2014, 12:40 AM

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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Uber exec, at NYC dinner with CEO present, suggested digging up dirt on critical journalists  —  Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt On Journalists  —  Senior vice president Emil Michael floated making critics' personal lives fair game.  Michael apologized Monday for the remarks.
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Snapchat's new Snapcash feature, rolling out on Android now and iOS soon, lets you send money to friends via Square  —  Snapchat to Let You Send Money to Friends, Thanks to Square  —  Snapchat unveiled Snapcash on Monday, a new payments feature that allows users to send and receive money …
Federal Trade Commission:
TRUSTe, which certifies websites for privacy protections, settles with FTC for failing to audit companies  —  TRUSTe Settles FTC Charges it Deceived Consumers Through Its Privacy Seal Program  —  Company Failed to Conduct Annual Recertifications, Facilitated Misrepresentation as Non-Profit
Larry Seltzer / ZDNet:
Wirelurker site in China taken down, suspects arrested  —  Summary: The Mac/iOS malware was able to install on non-jailbroken iOS devices, but was quickly neutered.  Three suspects are in custody.  —  Chinese authorities have shut down the web sites responsible for the Wirelurker malware …
Don Clark / Wall Street Journal:
Intel's MICA smart bracelet with built in GPS and sapphire touchscreen will be available in December with 2 year AT&T contract for $495  —  Intel Reveals Details of MICA Smart Bracelet … Intel CEO Brian Krzanich visited New York's Fashion Week festivities in September to drum up interest in MICA …
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Apple releases iOS 8.1.1 w/ bug fixes & performance improvements for iPad 2, iPhone 4s  —  Apple has released iOS 8.1.1, a minor update to last month's iOS 8.1 release for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.  The public release for iOS 8.1.1 follows a beta release to members of Apple's developer program.
Samuel Gibbs / Guardian:
Apple, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Microsoft, Dropbox, Evernote, Aol, LinkedIn, Twitter lend support to NSA Freedom Act in open letter to US Senate  —  Facebook, Google and Apple lobby for curb to NSA surveillance  —  A coalition of the biggest names in consumer technology have backed a US bill …
Mario Aguilar / Gizmodo:
NYC announces LinkNYC a free gigabit speed wi-fi network; construction will start in 2015  —  The Plan to Turn NYC's Old Payphones Into Free Gigabit Wi-Fi Hot Spots  —  Today, the New York City mayor's office announced the winning bid to transform the city's existing payphone infrastructure.
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google Brings Autoscaling To Compute Engine  —  Google continues to build out its cloud computing platform and today the company announced that its autoscaling service for Compute Engine, its infrastructure-as-a-service platform, is now available in beta.  —  Using this new feature …
Nik Cubrilovic / New Web Order:
Large Number of Tor Hidden Sites Seized by the FBI in Operation Onymous were Clone or Scam Sites  —  This post is the fist in a series dealing with the takedown of Silk Road 2.0 and Operation Onymous.  The data in this post was put together with @secruedmh and @imposter.
More: Gizmodo
Parmy Olson / Forbes:
Fitbit Data Now Being Used In The Courtroom  —  Personal injury cases are prime targets for manipulation and conjecture.  How do you show that someone who's been in a car accident can't do their job properly, and deserves thousands of dollars in compensation?
Jane L. Levere / New York Times:
Airbnb launches Pineapple, a quarterly print magazine focused on travel; $12 at select stores  —  Airbnb Introducing Print Magazine, Pineapple  —  Following in the footsteps of other digital brands like CNET and WebMD, Airbnb is getting into the print magazine business.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Hidden In Spotify's App Code Alongside Uber, Plans To Launch Podcasts And Something ‘Magic’  —  Spotify's upcoming integration with Uber — getting announced formally today — is not the only development the music streaming service has planned to grow its business.
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Luxe's on-demand valet parking service expands to Los Angeles  —  Luxe Valet App Eliminates the Headache of Finding a Parking Spot  —  Every few years, I come across a new tech service that completely upends how I navigate urban life.  —  It happened with Amazon Prime …
More: Business Insider, Wired and GigaomThanks:@cckarl
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Biz Stone's new app Super prompts users to share opinions and recommendations with images either with a username or as “anonymish”  —  Biz Stone's Jelly Launches Super So You Can Express Your Best, Craziest, Sexiest Opinions  —  Twitter co-founder Biz Stone's Q&A app Jelly didn't quite blow up …
Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom:
Google has free speech right in search results, court confirms  —  A San Francisco court ruled last week that Google has the right to arrange its search results as it pleases, which confirms the company's long-held view, while underscoring the stark difference in how U.S. and European seek to regulate the search giant.
James Niccolai / PC World:
Intel to combine PC and mobile divisions as market shifts  —  Intel will combine its PC and mobile processor divisions under one roof, reflecting a changing market in which the line between tablets and laptops has blurred.  —  The chip maker will form a new division at the start of next year called …

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