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December 10, 2014, 9:20 AM

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Erin Griffith / Fortune:

HBO launching web-only service in April 2015, will outsource streaming tech to MLB Advanced Media — Exclusive: HBO to outsource streaming technology in blow to ‘backstabbing’ CTO — In a major strategic shift, HBO will license the technology underpinning the standalone streaming service it plans to offer in 2015.

More: TechSpot, Digital Trends, TechnoBuffalo, SiliconANGLE, Android Authority, GeekWire, Electronista, The Verge, Tubefilter, Inside TV, CNET, Mashable, Gigaom, Mobile Geeks, Pocket-lint, Gizmodo, Business Insider, Engadget, Cult of Mac and Seeking Alpha

Tweets: @nikcub, @pkafka and @cityofthetown

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Todd Spangler / Variety:

HBO's CTO Otto Berkes, co-creator of Xbox, resigns after HBO outsources the tech for its planned streaming service — HBO CTO Otto Berkes Resigns, as Network Enlists MLB to Build OTT Platform — HBO chief technology officer Otto Berkes is leaving the premium cable network …

More: Fortune, Ars Technica, The Verge and Pocket-lint. See also Mediagazer

Andy / TorrentFreak:

Swedish Police Raid The Pirate Bay, Site Offline — For many years The Pirate Bay has been sailing by the seat of its pants so any downtime is met with concern from its millions of users. — This morning, for the first time in months, The Pirate Bay disappeared offline.

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Google Hangouts For Android Gets Smarter, Adds Video Filters And More — Google's Hangouts app for Android is getting a major update today, as the company's VP of Product for Google+ Bradley Horowitz announced at the LeWeb conference in Paris this morning. Some of these new features …

More: Rhett Robinson, Digital Trends, Android Authority, 9to5Google, The Next Web, VentureBeat, The Verge, Phandroid, Lifehacker, SocialTimes, Android Central, Android Beat and SlashGear

Cade Metz / Wired:

Inside Facebook's one-year-old Artificial Intelligence Research lab, led by Yann LeCun — Facebook Envisions A.I. That Keeps You From Uploading Embarrassing Pics — Let's say you're out drinking with your buddies, things get out of hand, you pull out your smartphone …

More: SiliconANGLE, The Daily Dot, Neowin, NEWS.com.au, BGR, Business Insider and Tech Times. Tweets: @sarahfrier

Mike Isaac / New York Times:

Uber's Background Checks for Drivers Come Under Scrutiny — Uber champions its “industry-leading standards” for vetting its drivers. On its website, it describes its background checks as “often more rigorous” than those in the traditional taxi industry. — But in statehouses across the country …

More: Washington Post, Bloomberg, Business Insider, CNET and SocialTimes. Tweets: @nehanotes

Jeremy C. Owens / SiliconValley News:

SF and LA district attorneys sue Uber, claim it makes false and misleading statements; settle with Lyft for $500k

More: Los Angeles Times, Re/code, PC World, San Francisco Examiner …, SFWeekly, bizjournals, Engadget and Business Insider

Tweets: @lizgannes, @georgegascon and @mikeisaac

Apple:

Apple and IBM Deliver First Wave of IBM MobileFirst for iOS Apps — Big Data Analytics and Security Capabilities Arrive on iPhone & iPad — Apple® and IBM today deliver the first wave of IBM MobileFirst for iOS solutions in a new class of made-for-business apps and supporting cloud services …

More: AppleInsider, New York Times, BGR and TechCrunch

Stephen Shankland / CNET:

Sir Tim Berners-Lee: Europe's right to be forgotten rule is dangerous for history and free speech — Web founder: Europe's ‘right to be forgotten’ rule is dangerous — Tim Berners-Lee believes thinks scrubbing false information off the Web is fine, but the truth should be preserved for reasons of free speech and history.

More: VentureBeat, CNET, NEWS.com.au and ARC

Owen Williams / The Next Web:

Locked Apple ID accounts with two-factor authentication enabled require recovery keys, not just password and trusted device details, to be reactivated — The dark side of Apple's two-factor authentication — Earlier this week, a strange message popped up on my Mac that I thought nothing of.

More: iDownloadBlog.com, Lifehacker, TUAW, BGR, MacDailyNews, iPhone and 9to5Mac

Jason Pontin / MIT Technology Review:

Interview with Shanley Kane, whose Model View Culture publication offers a feminist critique of Silicon Valley — Shanley Kane of Model View Culture Challenges a “Corrupt” Silicon Valley — Shanley Kane challenges the assumptions and practices of the tech industry.

More: BREITBART.COM. Tweets: @davemcclure, @pmarca, @nero, @lauralockesf, @grimmelm, @andrewthesmart, @glennf, @caseyjohnston, @arkmashton, @glennf, @techreview, @jason_pontin, @ginatrapani, @anildash, @roidrage and @nero

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:

Confirmed: Bose speakers returning to Apple Stores after removal earlier this year — It looks like Apple will indeed be cashing in on Bose speakers and headphones sales in time for the remainder of the holiday shopping season. Yesterday rumors surfaced that Apple was readying its retail stores …

More: TechnoBuffalo, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, iPhone in Canada Blog, Ubergizmo, Gizmodo, App Advice, Engadget, The Verge and Gigaom

Brian Fung / Washington Post:

A privacy policy for cars: What automakers know about you (and what they're doing with it) — The General Motors OnStar command center is shown in Detroit in this 2006 file photo. (Photo/Carlos Osorio, file) — If you use a road service like OnStar, you know that your car can track …

Tweets: @kashhill

Greg Gardner / Cromulent Labs:

Behind Apple's rejection of Launcher, and why it may never return to the app store — Launcher Followup and Thoughts on the App Store Review System — Since I still receive a few emails every week asking me if Launcher is ever coming back to the App Store, I figured it would make sense …

More: Business Insider, Marco.org and TUAW. Tweets: @thenewlou

Samuel Gibbs / Guardian:

Blackphone launching world's first privacy-focused app store — Firm says new software store will allow users to increase Blackphone's functionality while protecting data and communications — Privacy-first smartphone company Blackphone is launching its own app store for users concerned about privacy and security.

More: PR Newswire, SiliconANGLE, PandoDaily, PC World, Electronista, TechnoBuffalo, eWeek, The Register, TechCrunch, Digital Trends and CNET

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Restaurant Reservation Service Reserve Launches In San Francisco — Reserve, a mobile app that makes it easy to find reservations at top restaurants, announced today that it's now available in San Francisco. — The service, which launched in October, came out of Expa, the “startup studio” …

More: VentureVillage, Reserve, Associated Press, PandoDaily and The Next Web

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

T-Mobile launches $100 two-line family plan with unlimited data — New plan undercuts AT&T and Verizon by a wide margin — T-Mobile today announced a new two-line family plan option that provides unlimited talk, text, and data services for $100 per month. Additional lines (up to eight more) can be added for $40 per month.

More: T-Mobile Newsroom, Wall Street Journal, Re/code, CNET, MacRumors, Bloomberg, USA Today, Android Police, 9to5Mac, Engadget, GeekWire, Gigaom, PhoneDog.com, BGR, Droid Life, Windows Phone Central and TmoNews

Tweets: @inafried and @johnlegere

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Microsoft COO Kevin Turner on Windows: “We've got to monetize it differently” — Big changes ahead for Windows: 'We've got to monetize it differently,' says Microsoft exec — Microsoft Windows has made headway in the market for low-end laptops and tablets this year by reducing …

More: SiliconANGLE, BGR, Ars Technica, PC Pro, SuperSite for Windows, ExtremeTech, Business Insider and Network World

Napier Lopez / The Next Web:

LastPass follows Dashlane in letting you change loads of your passwords at once — Just a few hours after Dashlane incorporated automatic password changing, popular password manager LastPass can now do the same. — Now when you use the password manager, you'll see an option to change …

More: The LastPass Blog, ReadWrite, The Tech Report, Liliputing, PC Magazine, Lifehacker and MacRumors

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Glassdoor: Google dethrones Twitter as the best tech company to work for in the U.S., also tops new U.K. list — Career website Glassdoor today released its seventh annual Employees' Choice Awards, a list of the 50 best companies to work for in the coming year.

More: AllFacebook, GeekWire, Tech Times, SiliconBeat, Business Insider, Inc.com and ZDNet

Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web:

Intel introduces its own Internet of Things platform — In addition to entering the wearable market, Intel is also going full in on the Internet of Things. — The silicon-producing company announced its own IoT platform and reference design today with a focus on getting items …

More: Intel Newsroom, Inquirer, VentureBeat, The Verge, EE Times, Reuters, PCMag UK cpus-components …, Bloomberg and Forbes. Tweets: @sub8u

Kellex / Droid Life:

Google Mobile Results Now 100-150 Milliseconds Faster in Chrome for Android — According to Ilya Grigorik, a developer advocate at Google, when you tap on a Google Search result after performing a mobile search, the page will now load 100-150 milliseconds faster in Chrome for Android.

More: Ilya Grigorik, VentureBeat, gHacks Technology News, Phandroid, Android Central and Gigaom

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