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Uber investigating its New York GM Josh Mohrer for tracking journalist's location without consent; internal “God View” tool makes tracking customers easy — “God View:” Uber Investigates Its Top New York Executive For Privacy Violations — In the wake of a BuzzFeed News story …
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AVC, The Next Web, ReadWrite, CNET, The Next Web, SiliconBeat, The Verge, Re/code, TIME, Business Insider, Mashable, USA Today, TechCrunch, Gothamist, TUAW, Gizmodo, WebProNews, bizjournals, Washington Post, Poynter, Network World, Raw Story, TechPresident, Upstart Business Journal, New York Magazine, Medium, Nelson's Weblog and The Verge
Tweets: @aplusk, @jayrosen_nyu, @dannysullivan and @jeffjarvis
See also Mediagazer| Maya Kosoff / Business Insider: |
Uber investor Ashton Kutcher defends digging into “shady” journalists' private lives — Ashton Kutcher Defends Uber Against ‘Shady Journalist’ — Ashton Kutcher Lenovo's newest ‘product engineer’ — One day after Uber's SVP of business suggested his company spend millions …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple Relabels “Free” Download Buttons On iTunes And Mac App Store To “Get” Following Pressure from EC — Across the iTunes and Mac App Stores today, a minor but also notable change is taking place with regard to how Apple is marketing its iOS and Mac applications.
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9to5Mac, Six Colors, PC World, Re/code, iMore, InvestorPlace, Pocketnow, Mashable and TUAW
| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Beats Music to Be Bundled Into iOS Early Next Year, Will Remain Paid Subscription Service — As part of Apple's revamp of its recently acquired Beats Music streaming service, the company plans to bundle Beats directly into iOS, reports Financial Times.
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AppleInsider, PC Magazine, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, BBC, Engadget, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, The Verge, Business Insider, BGR, PadGadget, The Next Web and Electronista
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See also Mediagazer| Tim Higgins / Bloomberg: |
Apple still committed to bringing jobs to Mesa, Arizona, plans to repurpose the sapphire plant — Apple Sticking With Arizona Plan After Supplier Falters — Apple Inc. (AAPL) has told officials in Mesa, Arizona, that it's committed to bringing jobs and manufacturing to the area …
| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Android Lollipop's Trusted Places removes need to unlock device in select geographical areas — Google Play Services Update Adds Trusted Places Feature To Lollipop's Smart Lock — Smart Lock in Lollipop encompasses both trusted face and trusted devices, but a new option is joining the party—trusted places.
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google: |
RelativeWave acquired by Google, makes its mobile app prototyping software free for Mac — RelativeWave, the company behind the mobile app prototyping software Form, today announced it's joining Google. The company made an announcement on its website noting that it will continue working …
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RelativeWave, TechCrunch, iMore, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac and The Next Web
| Ross Miller / The Verge: |
Apple Watch will feature info-rich “Long Look” notifications if wearer keeps wrist raised, and static, non-interactive maps — 11 things we just learned about how the Apple Watch works — As of today, developers can now make apps for Apple Watch.| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Kik Messenger Takes $38 Million in Funding, Buys GIF Startup Relay — Messaging app Kik has raised $38.3 million in new funding and acquired Relay, a messaging network focused on sending and receiving GIFs. — The round was led by Valiant Capital Partners, and included new investors Millennium Technology … | Justin Fenton / Baltimore Sun: |
Prosecutors withdraw key evidence in robbery case to avoid revealing how police used phone tracking technology — Judge threatens detective with contempt for declining to reveal cellphone tracking methods — Baltimore prosecutors withdrew key evidence in a robbery case Monday rather …
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Ars Technica, Slate, Blog of Rights and PandoDaily
| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung shifts gears again with Tizen, now targeting $100 phone market, taking on Android One — Tsk, tsk, Tizen: How Samsung's OS stumbled — and aims to rise again — The Korean electronics giant is shifting gears again with its troubled mobile operating system, now aiming for affordability … | Dennis Fisher / Threatpost: |
Google Removes SSLv3 Fallback Support From Chrome — Google has released Chrome 39, fixing 42 security vulnerabilities and removing support for the fallback to SSLv3, the component that was the target of the POODLE attack revealed last month. — When the POODLE attack was disclosed … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Amazon's $39 Fire TV Stick starts shipping today, but new orders won't arrive before January 15 — As expected, Amazon today started shipping its $39 Fire TV Stick to fill preorders. Yet if you preordered the streaming device in the last few days or want to order it now, don't expect to see it before January 15, 2015.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Viber messaging app launches Public Chats to let you follow live conversations of celebrities — Messaging App Viber Takes A Step Into Social Networking With New Public Chats Feature — A lot of messaging apps have been highlighting how their services are a great way for people …
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TechSpot, The Drum, NDTV Gadgets, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, New York Times, Wired, Mashable and Webrazzi
| Andrew Grush / Android Authority: |
Report: Google hopes to launch Play app store in China, moderating its approach with Beijing — Google Play may be coming to China — For those in major markets like the United States, we tend to think of Android as a Google-powered OS that is centered around the search giant's services like Maps, Google Play and many others.
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The Information and Seeking Alpha
| Amy Gesenhues / Search Engine Land: |
Google News Displaying “Suggested For You” Stories Customized To Match Your Interests — Google News founder Krishna Bharat used his Google+ account to announce a new “Suggested for you” feature in Google News. — According to his post, Google News will now include a “Suggested for you” … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google's New Bookmarking Interface, Formerly Called “Stars,” Goes Live In Chrome Beta — Last month, Google quietly launched its new bookmarking service previously called Stars on the Chrome Web store as a free download. Today, the company says it's integrating the feature into the Google Chrome browser.
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The Next Web, VentureBeat, Google Chrome Blog and 9to5Google
| Gerrit De Vynck / Bloomberg: |
Toronto Asks Court to Shut Down Uber's Operations — Toronto is asking a court to order the mobile car-booking service Uber Technologies Inc. to shut down in North America's fourth-largest city. — Uber has been operating in Toronto since 2012 without a proper license …
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Globe and Mail, TechSpot, TIME, CTV News and CBC News
| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple's iPhone 6 Plus & iPad Air 2 lose out to Samsung & Surface in detailed color accuracy analysis — Following its detailed reports on displays used in the new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3, today DisplayMate published a scientific analysis of color accuracy for the six best mobile displays it's tested this year.
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| Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
Big numbers for Prezi: 50 million users, 160 million presentations created and $57m in fresh funding — It's a big day for Prezi, the Hungarian-American company behind the nifty cloud-based presentation platform with the same name. — At the Slush conference in Helsinki, Finland …
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PE Hub Blog, Webrazzi, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal and bizjournals
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Jolla Crowdfunds $380K+ To Build An iPad Alternative — Update: Well that was very fast indeed. Jolla's Indiegogo campaign to build an open source iPad alternative — taking its Sailfish OS onto the tablet form factor — has passed its initial funding target of $380,000 with around 2,450 backers putting in cash.
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The Verge, eWeek, The Next Web, Engadget, Electronista, Technology Personalized, BetaNews, ZDNet, Digital Trends, TechnoBuffalo, Reuters, Ubergizmo and CNET. Thanks:@riptari
| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
Barnes and Noble debuts Nook Audiobooks app on Android — For those times you'd rather have someone else read to you, Barnes and Noble is outfitting Android devices with an app that does just that. Nook Audiobooks taps into the retailer's library of over 50,000 titles via the aforementioned phones …
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Barnes & Noble, Inc., The Next Web, Android Central and Liliputing
| 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 …
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Ars Technica, New York Times, Guardian, The Hill, The Intercept, GeekWire and Bloomberg. Tweets: @ronwyden
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