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| Shimrit Ben-Yair / YouTube Blog: |
Introducing the newest member of our family, the YouTube Kids app—available on Google Play and the App Store — Like most parents, I love helping my kids learn more about something they're interested in. For example, right now, I spend a lot of time on YouTube with my 3-year-old son …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases second OS X 10.10.3 pre-release w/ latest Photos app version, new Emoji, more — Earlier this month, Apple released the first OS X 10.10.3 pre-release update to testers with a beta version of the iPhoto replacement app called Photos. Today an updated build is rolling out to testers through the Mac App Store.
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Tweets: @thenextweb, @anildash, @benedictevans, @thenextweb and @apollozac
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Siri learns Russian, Danish, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Thai and Turkish for iOS 8.3 beta 2 — In addition to Wireless CarPlay, more diverse Emojis, and improved logging in for Google services, iOS 8.3 adds a major new feature: several new languages for Siri.
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iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, The Next Web, ValueWalk, Inquirer, Computerworld, iMore and The Register. Tweets: @davidguldager
| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Google strikes a deal with Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile to pre-install Wallet on Android phones, buys some Softcard technology and IP — Google Strikes Mobile Payments Deal With Big Wireless Carriers, Buys Softcard Technology — Google has inked a distribution deal with the biggest wireless carriers …
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Tweets: @waltmossberg, @amir and @robpegoraro
See also Mediagazer| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple Acquires Popular Instrument and Effect Plug-In Maker Camel Audio — Apple appears to have acquired popular music plug-in and effect maker Camel Audio, based on information found on corporate registry site Companies House [PDF]. Camel Audio's address has been updated to 100 New Bridge Street …
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| Will Carty / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter announces that it is backing the FCC's net neutrality proposal — Why Twitter faves #NetNeutrality — The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to act on a “net neutrality” proposal that will put vital consumer and competitive protections back on the books …
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Backchannel, VatorNews, TechCrunch, RT, SlashGear, Ars Technica, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, CNET, TechSpot, ITworld.com, Consumerist, Gigaom, The Hill and Re/code
Tweets: @demandprogress, @fightfortheftr and @dliebelson
See also Mediagazer| Seth Fiegerman / Mashable: |
Behind three-day-old service Magic, which aims to fulfill any request sent via SMS “like magic” — We've just reached the logical extreme of the ‘Uber for X’ economy — Mike Chen is talking quickly even though he's tired. Unimaginably tired.
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Magic, Alex Iskold, Sonar Blog, VentureBeat, Business Insider and Re/code
Tweets: @mdudas, @ycombinator, @arrington, @balajis, @chrismessina and @invoke
| Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider: |
Gmail's autocomplete recommending infrequently used contacts, leading to missent emails — A weird Gmail bug has tons of people sending emails to the wrong contacts — Double-check the “To” field in the next email you send, if you're a Gmail user. — Google's mail service seems … | Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Edward Snowden just did a Reddit AMA. Here's what we learned — Update 2:05 p.m. PT: The AMA is over! We've updated the story accordingly. — Nearly two years after orchestrating the biggest leak in U.S. history, mass surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden sat down with journalists Laura Poitras …
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| Stephen Hall / 9to5Mac: |
New wider color-screen smartwatch appears on Pebble's website — We told you last week that Pebble is likely about to announce the next-generation of its smartwatch, featuring a thinner design, a color e-paper-like display, and a revamped OS. Now, thanks to an image hosted on Pebble's own servers …
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Tweets: @markgurman and @steqheu
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
MLB considers spinning off its powerful streaming business — MLB Advanced Media, the baseball league's booming technology division, is quickly growing into one of the most crucial companies in all of streaming. It powers MLB.TV. It powers WWE Network. It powers Sony's PlayStation Vue internet TV service.
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Wall Street Journal and Quartz
| Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal: |
Debate between Yahoo chief ISO and NSA director over backdoors illustrates growing disconnect between Washington and Silicon Valley — Yahoo Executive Confronts NSA Director Over ‘Backdoors’ — In one of the most public confrontations of a top U.S. intelligence official by Silicon Valley in recent years …
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ITworld.com, Reuters, RT, Washington Times, sputniknews.com and National Defense Magazine
| Barb Darrow / Gigaom: |
HP reorgs cloud biz as Marten Mickos cedes key responsibilities — Marten Mickos, the former Eucalyptus CEO who became HP's top cloud guy in September when HP bought Eucalyptus, is turning over key responsibilities to three other HP executives, according to an internal email message viewed by Gigaom.
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Chegg Will Outsource All Its Print Textbooks to Remake Itself as a Digital-Only Company — Six months ago, online education portal Chegg said it was starting to unload some of its print textbook inventory, in part to make investors happy. — Today, it announced it has reached an agreement … | Cade Metz / Wired: |
Meet the Team That Makes It Possible for the Blind to Use Facebook — Jessie Lorenz can't see Facebook. But it gives her a better way to see the world—and it gives the world a better way to see her. — Lorenz has been blind since birth, and in some ways, this limits how she interacts with the people around her.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Lenovo CTO Peter Hortensius apologizes for Superfish vulnerability, promises new security policy going forward — Still smarting from HTTPS-busting Superfish debacle, Lenovo says sorry — CTO pledges new policy to prevent similar mishaps in the future. — Lenovo's top technical executive …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
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