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November 26, 2014, 5:40 PM
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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Twitter to Start Tracking Which Apps Its Users Have Downloaded  —  Twitter will soon be peeking in on your smartphone.  Literally.  —  The social network says it will start collecting data on which apps its users have downloaded onto their phones.  The update is opt-out …
Bloomberg:
Sony is developing an e-paper smart watch, entire face and band will function as a display  —  Sony Said to Plan E-Paper Watch in Test of Innovation  —  Sony Corp. (6758) is developing a watch made out of electronic paper for release as soon as next year in a trial of the company's …
Pocket Blog:
Apple's new phones taking screen time from iPads; iPhone 6+ owners open 65% more items than those with smaller phones, but iPads still popular at night  —  The Screen-Size Debate: How the iPhone 6 Plus Impacts Where We Read & Watch  —  Every day, millions of articles …
Kia Kokalitcheva / VentureBeat:
Lyft says it had record usage last week in wake of Uber controversy  —  Uber had a rough week following its PR meltdown involving a journalist, an Uber executive, possible threats against that journalist, calls to ban Uber, and the specter of possible privacy violations by Uber execs.
Ina Fried / Re/code:
In Another Fire Sale, Amazon Cuts Phone Price to $199 Unlocked, Still With a Free Year of Prime  —  It's no secret that Amazon has a lot of unsold Fire Phones, but the question has been how the retailer would look to sell its inventory.  —  Screenshot by Re/code
Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:
Unity Finally Releases Its Long Promised User Interface Creator  —  Good news, everyone!  —  Once upon a time, Unity promised to overhaul the way developers would build user interfaces in their Unity-powered games.  This was roughly around the time man discovered fire*.
Thanks:@grg
William Alden / New York Times:
Almost half of Airbnb's $1.45M in 2010 revenue in New York City was from 119 users with over 3 listings, who may have violated the law  —  The Business Tycoons of Airbnb  —  Two years ago, when the monthly rent on his two-bedroom apartment rose to $5,000 from $2,800, a 35-year-old real estate agent in Lower Manhattan had a quick fix.
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Arkansas PBS severs ties with the PBS network, the first state public TV system to do so since Congress cut CPB funds, citing the annual $2M+ membership cost

Financial Times:
OpenAI hopes the Disney deal boosts Sora, which has high costs and limited traction; Sensor Tower: users average 13 minutes per day on Sora vs. 90 on TikTok

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Netflix Sues a Former Exec — Now Yahoo's CIO — For Allegedly Collecting Kickbacks
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