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December 22, 2014, 1:20 PM

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Steven Sinofsky / Re/code:
Steven Sinofsky predicts tablet resurgence, big enterprise challenges in 2015; sees 4K, beacons, payments, and more as technologies to watch  —  Forecast: Workplace Trends, Choices and Technologies for 2015  —  What's in store for 2015 when it comes to technology advances in the workplace?
Rich McCormick / The Verge:
Microsoft removes unofficial Snapchat apps from the Windows Phone store  —  Photo messaging service disables unofficial API to increase security  —  Microsoft has removed a host of third-party Snapchat alternatives from its Windows Phone store after the photo messaging service indicated …
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Google announces its self-driving car is now fully functional  —  Google today announced it has completed the first build of its self-driving vehicle prototype.  This is the first fully-functional self-driving car from the company.  —  It's one thing to modify an existing car to give it self-driving capabilities.
Megan Geuss / Ars Technica:
Coin, Wocket, Plastc: The all-in-one cards trying to sprint ahead of Apple Pay  —  Right now the United States is entering a transition period when it comes to how we buy things.  Magnetic stripe cards have become easy targets for massive fraud in the US, and major credit card issuers …
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google still surfaces news in search results in Spain after shutting down its News site  —  How Google News Lives On In Spain Despite Being Closed  —  Did Google News really close in Spain?  If you consider Google News to be the ability to browse stories by topic, especially from a dedicated home page, yes.

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