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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.
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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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| 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.| Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land: |
Default search engine for Firefox in Europe remains Google, Yandex in Russia, Baidu in China — Mozilla CEO: It Wasn't Money — Yahoo Was The Better Strategic Partner For Firefox — Mozilla CEO Chris Beard says when presented with deals of “equivalent economics” to power search in Firefox, Yahoo was the better partner.
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| 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 …
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| 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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| Martin Beck / Marketing Land: |
Forrester: brands should invest more on their own websites, and Instagram or Pinterest, instead of Facebook and Twitter — Forrester Says Marketers Are Wasting Resources on Facebook, Twitter — Because of low reach and engagement on the major social networks, report suggests that brands …
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| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Fitbit users can view their data in Apple's Health app with $0.99 3rd-party app Sync Solver — Fitbit users can finally view their data in the Health app thanks to 99 cent sync tool — A 99 cent app finally allows owners of Fitbit activity trackers to view their data in Apple's Health app.
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| 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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| 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| 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 … | 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.
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Getaround Gets $24M In Strategic Funding To Bring Peer-To-Peer Car Rentals To New Markets — After several years of building its business in San Francisco, peer-to-peer car rental startup Getaround is ready to make its marketplace available in more cities around the U.S. In preparation for that expansion …
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| Kevin Montgomery / Valleywag: |
Uber Wants to Be In Charge of Your Student Loan Debt — Uber is already pushing subprime car loans onto their drivers. Now the ethically-challenged on-demand car service wants to manage their drivers' student loan debt too. — Multiple tipsters tell Valleywag that the company quietly rolled … | 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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Re/code, Variety, DSLreports, CNET, Sandvine, The Huffington Post, Light Reading and TIME. Thanks:@srikardr. See also Mediagazer
| Ian Paul / PC World: |
Watching shows online is more common now, Flurry says, but TV's hardly dead yet — We're all spending more time with smartphones and tablets. So much so that the “second screen” may now be the “first screen,” depending on the data you read. — Mobile analytics and advertising firm Flurry released … | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Developers In China Can Now Make Money Via Google Play Apps (But Not In China) — Google has announced that developers based in China can now make money from apps listed on the Google Play Store. The update covers 130 international markets but not China itself, however.Sponsor Posts
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