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December 2, 2014, 12:20 AM

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Ina Fried / Re/code:
Microsoft Buys Mobile Email Startup Acompli For More than $200 Million  —  Microsoft is expected to announce later Monday morning that it is indeed buying e-mail start-up Acompli.  —  There may not be much surprise in this one thanks to an errant blog post, but Microsoft's purchase …
Scott Kirsner / BetaBoston:
Airbnb acquires Pencil Labs, creators of scheduling app Wyth  —  Airbnb picks up Pencil, Cambridge startup that built scheduling app  —  Airbnb has quietly acquired a small Cambridge startup, Pencil Labs.  Pencil Labs had built a scheduling app called Wyth that was intended to eliminate …
Trevor Cole / Globe and Mail:
Profile of Tobi Lütke, CEO of software maker Shopify, which powers over 120K online stores  —  Meet our CEO of the Year  —  Tobi Lütke wears his pink hard hat with pride.  “I like it,” he says.  “I'm the only person with a pink hard hat in the entire house.”  —  By “house” he means “building.”
David Carnoy / CNET:
Amazon Echo speaker review: uneven sound quality, voice control a mere novelty, no iOS integration  —  Amazon Echo talks the talk, but still needs a little work on walking the walk  —  The Good The Amazon Echo is an attractively designed speaker and its voice-control system …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Dropbox For Business Is About To Launch An Enterprise Tools API To Fight Box  —  Dropbox's frilly consumer brand and lack of hardcore enterprise security features has kept its “For Business” software from scoring more corporate clients.  But an internal-only Dropbox launch plan attained …
More: VentureBeatTweets: @joshconstine
Chance Miller / 9to5Google:
Google sold more Chromebooks to US schools than Apple did iPads in Q3  —  According to the latest data from IDC, Google, for the first time ever, has overtaken Apple in United States schools.  The research firm claims that Google shipped 715,000 Chromebooks to schools in the third quarter, while Apple shipped 702,000 iPads to schools.
Russell Brandom / The Verge:
Obama announces $75M funding for up to 50K police body cameras  —  Obama announces funding for 50,000 police body cameras  —  In an announcement today, the White House has pledged $263 million in new federal funding for police training and body cameras, enough to purchase as many as 50,000 cameras …
Brian X. Chen / New York Times:
Apple going to trial this week for decade old iTunes DRM lawsuit, faces potential $350M in damages  —  Star Witness in Apple Suit Is Steve Jobs  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Three years after his death, Steve Jobs is very much a presence in courtrooms across the country.  —  And that's not necessarily good news for Apple.
Reuters:
Sony hires Mandiant after cyber attack, FBI starts probe  —  (Reuters) - Sony Pictures Entertainment has hired FireEye Inc's Mandiant forensics unit to clean up a massive cyber attack that knocked out the studio's computer network nearly a week ago, three people with knowledge of the matter said on Sunday.
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Lending Club sets IPO price range of $10-12 a share, could raise up to $692M at $4B valuation  —  Lending Club Prices Its Share Offering, Seeking Up to $692 Million in I.P.O.  —  Lending Club shot to prominence nearly eight years ago by helping borrowers and lenders avoid big banks and find each other directly through the Internet.
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