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December 9, 2014, 12:25 PM

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
YouTube app on Apple TV gets YouTube's full video library, predictive search, and ads  —  YouTube's Apple TV Gets a New Look, More Videos ... and Ads  —  YouTube has spent the last couple years overhauling the apps it provides for different devices, but it has steered clear of Apple TV.
David Meyer / Gigaom:
Uber banned in Spain & Thailand, sued in Portland, hassled in Rio  —  On Tuesday, both Thailand and Spain banned Uber.  You know the drill by now: The company's drivers don't have taxi permits and/or insurance, and the authorities have had an earful from furious cab drivers who do have to pay for such things.
Taylor Soper / GeekWire:
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Amazon now lets shoppers ‘Make an Offer’ to negotiate lower prices with merchants  —  Taking a leaf out of eBay's book, Amazon has announced a new “Make an Offer” feature that lets consumers negotiate prices with merchants.  —  Similar to eBay's “Best Offer” feature, Amazon will also now let shoppers …
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Amazon Instant Video can now stream movies and TV shows in 4K  —  Amazon today announced Amazon Instant Video has gained support for Ultra HD picture quality.  Amazon Prime subscribers can now watch movies, TV shows, and Amazon Original Series content in the higher resolution.
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Cloud Foundry Foundation Launches With Support From Over 40 Companies  —  OpenStack, one of the largest open-source enterprise projects around, made a bit of a splash last year.  With Cloud Foundry, the Infrastructure-as-a-Service OpenStack project also has a counterpart in the Platform …
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David Gelles / New York Times:
Change.org raises $25M from star investors including Gates, Branson, Hoffman, Omidyar, others  —  Tech Figures Join to Fund Change.org Petition Site  —  In a twist on how Silicon Valley companies are financed, several technology luminaries have banded together to effectively do the work of a traditional venture capital firm.

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