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Intel chips will replace Texas Instruments' in a new version of Google Glass coming next year — Google-Glass Deal Thrusts Intel Deeper Into Wearable Tech — Intel Corp. will supply the electronic brains for a new version of Google Inc. 's Glass device expected next year … | Rachel Metz / MIT Technology Review: |
Interest in Google Glass wanes, but display, lens and battery technologies it has spurred will continue to be developed — Google Glass Is Dead; Long Live Smart Glasses — Even though Google's head-worn computer is going nowhere, the technology is sure to march on.
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Vox Media raises $46.5M from NY investment firm General Atlantic at a $380M valuation — Yet Another Big Funding Round for a Big Web Publisher - This Time for Vox Media — Remember when investors didn't want to put money into content? — That was a long time ago!
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Every Cyber Monday tech deal we've found — Skipping the Black Friday crowds doesn't mean you have to miss out on the best deals. Lots of hot tech products are going on sale on Cyber Monday. We're tracking them all here.
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Sony's New Movies Leak Online Following Hack Attack — Brad Pitt's ‘Fury,’ ‘Annie’ among titles being downloaded — At least five new movies from Sony Pictures are being devoured on copyright-infringing file-sharing hubs online in the wake of the hack attack that hobbled the studio earlier in the week.
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See also Mediagazer| Chris Messina / Medium: |
Chris Messina, former UX designer for Google+: “Google+ is confused and adrift at sea” — Thoughts on Google+ — I f**ked up. So has Google. — It's been over a year since I left Google. Over 450 days, actually. During that time, I joined and left a startup; traveled to Paris (twice).
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| Emily Steel / New York Times: |
Netflix targets international audiences with “Marco Polo”: $90M original series debuts December 12 — How to Build an Empire, the Netflix Way — John Fusco, creator of the Netflix series “Marco Polo,” narrates a scene in which the 13th-century traveler enters the court of Kublai Khan.| Michelle Castillo / Adweek: |
BitTorrent to distribute its first original web series “Children of the Machine” next fall — BitTorrent Goes Legit With Its First Original Web Series — Peer-to-peer file sharing platform BitTorrent wants to change what the public thinks it does.
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Samsung's top execs will stay in place for another year, leaving J.K. Shin in charge of mobile — Top Samsung Executives Remain in Roles Amid Management Changes — SEOUL—Samsung Group announced annual management changes at its business units on Monday but said top executives …
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| Mark Harris / IEEE Spectrum: |
Google's first self-driving car and Street View cameras were developed by 510 Systems, a startup the company quietly bought in 2011 — The Unknown Start-up That Built Google's First Self-Driving Car — Two of Google's signature innovations, Street View cameras and self-driving cars …
Tweets: @om
| Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
European data regulator says “device fingerprinting” requires user consent, like cookies — Europe's next privacy war is with websites silently tracking users — European data protection watchdogs publish guidance on web tracking using device fingerprinting that could result in more ‘I agree’ forms
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PandoDaily and Out-Law News
| Mikael Ricknäs / PC World: |
Opera pitches all-you-can-eat app stores to mobile operators — Opera Software thinks users are ready to subscribe to mobile apps just like music and is pitching curated versions of the company's Mobile Store to operators. — With the Opera Subscription Mobile Store …
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