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November 19, 2014, 12:25 AM

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Shirley Sun / Facebook:

Facebook launches standalone Groups app for iOS and Android — Introducing the Facebook Groups App — People use Facebook Groups every day to stay in touch with family, collaborate on projects, plan trips and offer support to friends. — Today, we're introducing a new Facebook Groups app …

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

With some 650M MAUs, Facebook gives Groups its own app with more control over notifications, no ads for now

More: 9to5Google, GeekWire and Gizmodo. Tweets: @xdamman

Yi Zhuang / The Twitter Blog:

Twitter search finally indexes all public tweets since 2006 — Building a complete Tweet index — Today, we are pleased to announce that Twitter now indexes every public Tweet since 2006. — Since that first simple Tweet over eight years ago, hundreds of billions of Tweets …

More: Wired, MacStories, Computerworld, Daring Fireball, The Register, PC Magazine, The Verge, Mashable, The Daily Dot, TIME, Marketing Land, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, Engadget, ReadWrite and VentureBeat. Tweets: @mitlibraries

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Apple Seeds iOS 8.2 With WatchKit SDK for Apple Watch Apps to Developers — Apple today announced that its set of WatchKit development tools are now available for developers, allowing them to begin creating apps and software for the company's upcoming Apple Watch.

More: 9to5Mac, iMore, ReadWrite, The Register, AppleInsider, AppleInsider, Re/code, Mercury News, Gizmodo, ZDNet, iMore, TUAW, Mashable, Gdgt Arena, MacNN, Macworld, 9to5Mac, InvestorPlace, CNET, Wall Street Journal and Engadget. Tweets: @pschiller

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:

Apple WatchKit third-party apps require a connected iPhone to function, ‘fully native’ apps coming later in 2015

More: The Next Web, Pocketnow, Gotta Be Mobile, MacDailyNews and O'Grady's PowerPage

Ross Miller / The Verge:

Apple Watch will feature info-rich “Long Look” notifications if wearer keeps wrist raised, and static, non-interactive maps

More: The Next Web, Business Wire, Ars Technica, Daring Fireball, TIME, Cult of Mac, TUAW, MacStories, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, App Advice, TechnoBuffalo, Cult of Mac, iLounge, The Mac Observer, Tech Times and The Next Web. Tweets: @ohnorosco

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Apple Watch Screen Resolutions: 312 x 390 for 42mm Version, 272 x 340 for 38mm Version

More: BGR

Nitasha Tiku / Valleywag:

Ten good questions Travis Kalanick failed to address in his tweetstorm apology — Uber CEO Posts 13-Tweet Apology Without Answering a Single Question — Uber CEO Travis Kalanick just responded to privacy and ethics concerns about Emil Michael, after the top executive publicly suggested paying $1 million …

Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says exec's remarks on targeting the press “a departure from our values” — Uber CEO Condemns “Terrible” Comments — “We should lead by inspiring our riders, our drivers, and the public at large,” Travis Kalanick said in an 11-tweet tweetstorm this afternoon.

More: San Francisco magazine, Guardian, Fortune, Wall Street Journal, Mashable, The Next Web, Washington Post, Adweek, CNET, VICE, MobileSyrup.com, Businessweek, NBC News and The Huffington Post

Tweets: @travisk and @tomkrazit

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Nancy Scola / Washington Post:

Uber updates privacy policy, reiterating it will only use rider data for “legitimate business purposes”, says it is investigating recent BuzzFeed claims

More: BuzzFeed, Uber Blog, Wired, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, The Next Web, PandoDaily and Business Insider. Tweets: @caseynewton

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Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Apple will soon let third-party products use its Lightning port, opening up new possibilities for accessories — Last week at Apple's yearly briefing for accessory makers in its Made-for-iPhone/iPad (MFi) licensing program, the company unveiled new Lightning connectors and specs …

More: MacDailyNews, Pocketnow, Gotta Be Mobile, TechnoBuffalo, The Verge, TechSpot and Macworld. Thanks:@justinkahnmusic

David Meyer / Gigaom:

Nokia N1 will be made and sold by Foxconn, will include Google Play in markets where Play is available — Non-Microsoft Nokia launches Android N1 tablet with Foxconn — Here's a shocker — Nokia, not to be confused with its former handset business that is now owned by Microsoft, has unveiled an Android tablet.

More: VentureBeat, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, Ars Technica and Bloomberg

Rita El Khoury / Android Police:

Nokia releases Z Launcher adaptable homescreen replacement on Play Store with scribble search

More: Z Launcher, ZDNet, Geek.com, Phandroid and Business Insider

Ryan Smith / AnandTech:

Nokia launches iPad Mini look-alike 7.9" N1 Android tablet with Lollipop, reversible MicroUSB connector, launching in China next year for $250

More: Nokia, TechCrunch, BBC, The Verge, Lost Remote, PhoneRadar, CNET, Telegraph, TIME, Seeking Alpha and Associated Press

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Gruber says next year's iPhone may include a two-lens, DSLR quality back camera — Apple May Introduce ‘Biggest Camera Jump Ever’ in Next-Generation iPhone — Apple may introduce its “biggest camera jump ever” in the next-generation iPhone, according to Daring Fireball's John Gruber (via The Tech Block).

More: AppleInsider, VentureBeat, Business Insider, TechnoBuffalo, Phandroid and iDownloadBlog.com

Cliff Edwards / Netflix:

Netflix to launch in Australia and New Zealand in March 2015 — World's Leading Internet Television Network to Offer Original Series, Movies, Documentaries, Stand-Up Comedy Specials and TV Shows for Low Monthly Price — Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), the leading Internet movie and TV subscription service …

More: TechCrunch, The Next Web, The Register, Lifehacker Australia, Gizmodo, Ubergizmo, TechSpot and Engadget. Tweets: @netflix

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Bloomberg:

Apple told to pay $23.6M for infringing pager technology patents from the 1990s — Apple Told to Pay $23.6 Million Over Pager Technology — Apple Inc. (AAPL) was told to pay a Texas company $23.6 million after a jury found its iPhone and other devices used pager technology from the 1990s without permission.

More: SiliconBeat, BGR, Cult of Mac, Re/code, 9to5Mac, iClarified, AppleInsider, TechnoBuffalo, Ars Technica, The Mac Observer, iPhone in Canada Blog, iLounge, Electronista, App Advice and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @sudecker1

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

Google-owned Nest debuts first TV ads for its thermostat, smoke alarm, and Dropcam monitors — Come On, Put This Google-Owned Surveillance Device in Your House. It'll Be Great! — How do you convince regular people to buy Google-owned monitoring gadgets and install them in their homes?

More: 9to5Google, Adweek, Mediabistro, Android Authority, Mashable and CNET

Erin Kelly / USA Today:

Senate effectively kills USA Freedom Act, a bill that proposed an end to NSA phone metadata collection — NSA spying bill stalls in Senate vote — WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday failed to get the 60 votes needed to advance a bill that would stop the National Security Agency …

More: New York Times, Ars Technica, The Verge, Reuters, ZDNet, The Hill, Guardian, The Huffington Post, Senator Wyden's Press Feed and NBC News

Tweets: @govgaryjohnson, @levie and @ronwyden

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Google's mobile search results get ‘mobile-friendly’ label to show you which sites work best on your phone — Google today announced the debut of a new “mobile-friendly” label on its mobile search results page. The company says the change will be rolling out globally over the next few weeks, so don't fret if you don't see it yet.

More: Google Webmaster Central Blog, Search Engine Land, Gizmodo, Search Engine Watch and Google Operating System

Mark Wilson / BetaNews:

Microsoft unveils Office 365 Video for secure enterprise video sharing and streaming — Microsoft is giving Office 365 users an early glimpse of what it hopes will become the future of enterprise video sharing. Office 365 Video harnesses the power of SharePoint and Azure Media Services …

More: Office Blogs, WinBeta, SuperSite for Windows and GeekWire

Lucian Constantin / PC World:

EFF and Mozilla back new certificate authority “Let's Encrypt” offering free SSL certificates — EFF, Mozilla back new certificate authority that will offer free SSL certificates — A new organization supported by Mozilla, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and others is working …

More: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Gigaom, Electronista, The Hill, Tom's Hardware Guide, Boing Boing, Ars Technica, The Register, TechCrunch, eWeek and CNET

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

Far from killing it, native apps have made the open web even stronger — Native Apps Are Part of the Web — Christopher Mims, writing in the WSJ, “The Web Is Dying; Apps Are Killing It”: … I can't believe someone is still writing this in 2014. Users love apps, developers love apps …

More: Medium, Wall Street Journal, Alec Saunders and ParisLemon. Tweets: @timbray

Kevin Montgomery / Valleywag:

Yik Yak sued by former classmate of co-founders who claims he was pushed out of the company — Parents Forced Frat Boys to Screw a Partner Out of a Popular Startup — Yik Yak may not be a household name like Snapchat, but it's almost as popular. The anonymous college bulletin board app …

More: Forbes and Daily Mail. Tweets: @megan, @qhardy and @underoak

Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:

PayPal unveils Pebble app for notifications, watch-only payments at stores accepting PayPal — PayPal challenges Apple Pay with an app for the Pebble smartwatch — PayPal's mobile payments app is now available for the Pebble smartwatch, the company announced in a blog post today.

More: Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, BetaNews, Ubergizmo and MacRumors

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