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Vox Media acquires ReCode in all-stock deal, Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher to stay at ReCode after merger — Vox Media Acquiring ReCode — ReCode, the news website led by the veteran journalists Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, is being acquired by Vox Media, a deal that reflects …
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See also Mediagazer| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Recode's reviews team of Katie Boehret, Bonnie Cha, and Lauren Goode to join Verge staff, Mossberg to write reviews, columns for both sites — The Verge and Recode are joining forces — I'm excited to announce that The Verge's parent company Vox Media is acquiring Recode … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 9 to support Force Touch with haptic feedback for iPhone 6S, feature new keyboard, Apple Pay for Canada, iMessage read receipts on contact-by-contact basis — iOS 9 supports ‘iPhone 6S’ Force Touch, may enhance iMessage, Keyboard & Apple Pay — Some of iOS 9's more important planned …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 9 Maps Transit navigation to include San Francisco, New York City, Toronto, London, Paris, and Berlin, in addition to China, at launch — iOS 9 Transit Maps to launch in a handful of cities in North America, Europe & China — While Apple plans to debut its own mass transit directions service … | Joe Belfiore / Blogging Windows: |
Microsoft's bringing Cortana to iPhone and Android, announces Phone Companion app for Windows 10, which helps automatically sync your smartphone with your PC — Your Windows 10 PC will love all the devices you own — Whether it's a 3-year-old printer or projecting to your brand new TV with Miracast …
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| Stephen Ohlemacher / Associated Press: |
IRS says hackers gained access to tax returns, other info of more than 100K taxpayers by targeting “Get Transcript” service and using SSNs, birth dates, more — APNewsBreak: IRS says thieves stole tax info from 100,000 — WASHINGTON (AP) — Thieves used an online service provided … | Edmund Lee / Re/code: |
AOL was approached by three bidders other than Verizon, considered selling Huffington Post, TechCrunch; CEO Armstrong gets bonus of about $59M for making deal — AOL Was Approached by Three Other Bidders After Verizon — AOL was approached by three other companies for a possible acquisition …
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See also Mediagazer| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple replaces problematic OS X networking process discoveryd with mDNSResponder in new beta — Apple drops discoveryd in latest OS X beta following months of network issues — After many complaints from the developer community about poor networking performance on Yosemite …
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| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Android Auto review: maps, speech recognition, Google Now are great, but limited availability on Android and Hyundai Sonata is frustrating — Android Auto Review: The Smartphone Finally Finds Its Rightful Home in the Car — A future without slow, unintuitive in-dash navigation systems is on the horizon| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitter brings live-streaming app Periscope to Android — Periscope, the promising live-streaming app owned by Twitter, arrives on Android today. Like its cousin on iOS, which debuted two months ago to the day, Periscope for Android lets you watch and record broadcasts from your mobile device.| Bloomberg Business: |
Snapchat claims 60% of smartphone owners age 13-34 in the US are active users, says they watch 2B videos a day on the service — Evan Spiegel Reveals Plan to Turn Snapchat Into a Real Business … Evan Spiegel begins a conversation in the offices of his startup, Snapchat …
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See also Mediagazer| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook adds critics' reviews to select restaurant pages in a pilot with seven publications including Bon Appetit, Conde Nast Traveler, and Eater — Facebook begins adding critics' reviews to restaurant pages — Two weeks after starting to host news articles on its servers …
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