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| Al Franken: |
Sen. Al Franken asks Uber CEO Travis Kalanick for answers on privacy, God view tool, discipline for Emil Michael, and tracking journalists — Dear Mr Kalanick: — I am writing in regard to reports of recent comments and actions by top Uber executives concerning journalists.
| Napier Lopez / The Next Web: |
Uber hires former IBM Chief Privacy Officer to carry out internal review — From controversial statements from executives to concerns over its users' data privacy, it's been a rough week for Uber. — It's now trying to do some damage control. The company announced today that it has hired …
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| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
| Mathew Ingram / Gigaom: |
Google launches Contributor, a subscription service that lets users contribute to participating sites and turn off Google ads — Google launches Contributor, a crowdfunding tool for publishers — Google is launching a new service for websites called Contributor, which allows users to sign …
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GeekWire, The Verge, Business Insider, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Engadget, BetaNews, Marketing Land, 9to5Google, The Next Web, Electronista and WebProNews. Thanks:@mathewi. See also Mediagazer
| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Former Fake Steve Jobs and HubSpot content marketer Dan Lyons to head up Valleywag in January — Dan Lyons Used to be Fake Steve Jobs. Now He's the Chief Valleywag. — Valleywag's chief editor Nitasha Tiku just left for the Verge. Here's her replacement: Dan Lyons … | Ben Sisario / New York Times: |
Billboard Top 200 album chart will incorporate streaming data starting Dec. 3 from services including Spotify, Beats Music, Google Play, Xbox Music — Billboard, Changing the Charts, Will Count Streaming Services — Streaming music services like Spotify have brought big changes to the music industry.
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Billboard, Billboard, AppleInsider, Engadget, MacDailyNews, Fortune, 9to5Google, Forbes, 9to5Mac, The Verge, SlashGear, VatorNews, App Advice, WebProNews, ParisLemon and Business Insider. Tweets: @mp3michael. See also Mediagazer
| Tim Culpan / Bloomberg: |
Foxconn will spend $2.6B to build dedicated Apple display plant in Taiwan — Foxconn to Build Dedicated Apple Display Plant in Taiwan — Foxconn Technology Group will spend NT$80 billion ($2.6 billion) over the next two years on a new factory in Taiwan to supply displays exclusively for a client.
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
iOS 8.1.1, iPhone 4S, and iPad 2: A little faster, kind of, sometimes — It took a lot of work to find the promised performance and stability improvements in iOS 8.1.1 for Apple A5 devices like the iPhone 4S, the iPad 2, the iPad Mini, and the iPod Touch. — Andrew Cunningham
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| Reuters: |
Google, Rockstar agree to settle patent litigation: filing — (Reuters) - Google Inc has agreed to settle litigation with patent consortium Rockstar, though terms of the deal were not disclosed in a court filing made public this week. — Rockstar, which counts Apple Inc as an investor …
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9to5Google, Ars Technica, BBC, iam-magazine.com and GamePolitics blogs
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Corning's Gorilla Glass 4 aims to protect your phone from deadly drops — It's unlikely we'll see a truly impervious smartphone screen anytime soon, but Corning says it's getting us closer. Today the company is announcing Gorilla Glass 4, the latest revision of its signature cover glass.
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Corning Incorporated, Re/code, Gizmodo, Tech Times, 9to5Mac, Android Police, Engadget, MacDailyNews, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, Technology Personalized, BetaNews, SlashGear, Android and Me, Windows Phone Central, Business Insider, MobileSyrup.com, iMore, BGR, Inquirer and App Advice. Tweets: @lukew
| Husain Sumra / MacRumors: |
Sony Drops Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs Movie, Universal May Take Over — Despite Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs movie being in the casting process and moving towards full fledged production, Sony Pictures has dropped the movie and put it “in turnaround”, which allows another large studio to purchase the movie and take over, reports Deadline.| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Dropbox's Carousel photo software comes to iPads and the web — In April, Dropbox launched Carousel, a standalone app for storing and managing photos and videos on your phone. Designed as a single place to view your life's memories, until now Carousel has only been available for the smallest screen in your life.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Amnesty International, EFF, Privacy International release an open source spyware detection tool for Windows — Amnesty, EFF, Privacy International Put Out Free Anti-Surveillance Tool — Resistance is digital. Human rights charity Amnesty International is one of several organizations behind … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Square Register, Sans Payments And Hardware, Now Works Globally On Android And iOS — Last week, when Square started pre-orders for new chip-based card-reading hardware to upgrade its older mag-stripe readers, we noted that it seemed only a matter of time before the company would finally turn …
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Town Square, TUAW, TechSpot, CNET, The Verge, iMore, The Next Web and Engadget. Tweets: @ingridlunden. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Netflix takes up 9.5% of upstream traffic on the North American Internet — ACK packets make Netflix an upload monster during peak viewing hours. — We've written a lot about how Netflix takes up a gigantic share of Internet traffic. During peak viewing hours, Netflix accounts …
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Sandvine, Re/code, TorrentFreak, TIME, Tech Times, Variety, CNET, Light Reading, The Huffington Post, DSLreports and VideoNuze Analysis. Tweets: @chairmanpowell. Thanks:@srikardr. See also Mediagazer
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Flickr Now Lets You Buy Wall Art From Professional Photographers And Creative Commons — Flickr today is expanding its Wall Art print service to include access to images from Flickr's licensed artists and Creative Commons. The expansion comes only a month after the launch of Flickr Wall Art …
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Engadget, The Technology Chronicles, Marketing Land, The Next Web and PetaPixel
| Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web: |
The Basis Peak can now share heart rate data with 3rd-party apps, notifications from phone coming in December — The Basis Peak's heart rate monitor now works with third-party apps — The Basis Peak doesn't try to replicate a smartphone on your wrist. Instead, it's meant mainly for fitness and sleep tracking.
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TechCrunch, Electronista, Engadget, Re/code and CNET
| Kia Kokalitcheva / VentureBeat: |
Amid Uber controversy, taxi-hailing app Flywheel raises $12M, adds new management — At the end of Uber's first full day of PR wreckage on Tuesday, one of my bosses announced she was downloading taxi-hailing app Flywheel and deleting Uber's app — like many have tweeted they have done.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Airbnb Rolls Out Million-Dollar Liability Insurance Program For Hosts — Airbnb today announced an additional liability insurance program that will provide U.S. hosts with up to $1 million worth of protection in the case a guest is accidentally injured anywhere in a host's building or on their property during their stay.
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The Airbnb Blog, Wall Street Journal and Re/code
| Jeff Barr / Amazon Web Services Blog: |
Amazon's enterprise storage and sharing service Zocalo gets iOS, Android apps, 5TB file support — Amazon Zocalo Update - Mobile Apps + 5 TB Files — I have a couple of pieces of good news for current and potential users of Amazon Zocalo. Both items are available now and you can start using them today.
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VentureBeat and InfoQ
| Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web: |
Twitter launches sharing public tweets in Direct Messages — Twitter is moving towards making DMs (Direct Messages) more like the messaging apps that have captured the globe. But first, it wants to make sure you can share public tweets privately with your friends.
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The Twitter Blog, Marketing Land, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Google, Engadget and VentureBeat. Tweets: @agarwal
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