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Yahoo and Google make search deal: Yahoo will call on Google to provide some results and ads for Yahoo search queries — Yahoo reaches search deal with Google after loosening Microsoft ties … : Yahoo just announced a search deal with Google, taking advantage an earlier revision …
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| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
Apple, Dropbox, Yelp, reddit, Twitter, Wikimedia, join Google, Facebook, and Yahoo in voicing opposition to current CISA proposal days before vote — Apple says it's against a key cybersecurity bill, days before a crucial vote — Apple said Tuesday that it opposes a controversial cybersecurity bill that …
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| Joe Palazzolo / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple tells federal judge it's impossible to access user data on locked iPhone running iOS 8 or higher — Apple Tells Judge It Can't Unlock New iPhones — Apple Inc. told a federal judge that it “would be impossible” to access user data on a locked iPhone running one of the newer operating systems …
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| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Nexus 5X review: great value, quick and accurate fingerprint sensor, but mediocre battery, and no microSD card slot — Nexus 5X review: Google's triumphant return to smaller, cheaper phones — While the Nexus 6 received plenty of praise when it debuted last year, it also got its fair share of flack.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Huawei Nexus 6P review: uncommon USB Type-C, photo processing can be slow, but great camera, fast and accurate fingerprint reader, the best Android phone yet — Nexus 6P review: the best Android phone — The Nexus 6P is a premium phone. — “Premium” is a funny word when it comes to phones.| Brad Smith / Microsoft on the Issues: |
Microsoft outlines four-step proposal in wake of Safe Harbor decision, to balance privacy, a global Internet, and public safety, in a new legal framework — The collapse of the US-EU Safe Harbor: Solving the new privacy Rubik's Cube — When people who care about technology look back at the year 2015 …
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Facebook launches TechPrep, a computer science resource hub, for minorities and women — Announcing the Launch of TechPrep — Exposing learners, parents and guardians to computer science — By Maxine Williams, Global Director of Diversity — Diversity is central to Facebook's mission …
| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
HTC's One A9 has a high-quality look and feel, similar to an iPhone, available this November for $399 with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage — HTC's One A9 is a $399 iPhone running Android 6.0 — The HTC One M9 introduced earlier this year was a disappointment, both to fans of high-end smartphones and, consequently, to HTC itself.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Misfit releases Shine 2 fitness and sleep monitor, with notifications and vibrations for “move” reminders for $100 — Misfit Debuts The Shine 2, A Bigger, More Powerful Version Of Its Flagship Activity & Sleep Tracker — Over two years ago, Misfit launched an activity monitor called … | Ravi Somaiya / New York Times: |
New York Times partners with Google on virtual reality project, will distribute over 1M cardboard VR viewers to subscribers, and will release new VR film — The Times Partners With Google on Virtual Reality Project — The New York Times announced on Tuesday a virtual reality project …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
EMC And VMware Spin Out Virtustream As Jointly Owned Company — In a surprise move today at its earnings call, VMware announced that together with EMC, it was forming a jointly-owned company under the name of Virtustream, which is the company EMC bought last spring for $1.2 billion.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sky-high valuations begin to backfire on some Silicon Valley companies trying to raise more money or go public — Tech Startups Feel an IPO Chill — Sky-high valuations are starting to backfire on some Silicon Valley companies that are trying to raise more money or go public; Dropbox stalls
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Business Matters, Inc.com, Business Insider, Gigaom Research, Adweek and PYMNTS.com. Tweets: @pmarca
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook rolls out instant articles to all iOS users and announces an Android beta — Five months after introducing its fast-loading instant articles into the News Feed, Facebook is now rolling out the format to all iPhone users, the company said today. Speaking at The Wall Street Journal's …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple TV Gains CBS All Access, NBC, and Made to Measure Channels — Just a week ahead of the launch of the fourth-generation Apple TV, Apple has added several new channels to the existing set-top box. As of today, NBC, CBS All Access, and Made to Measure (M2M) are available on the Apple TV.
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Uber nabs Jill Hazelbaker, the Snapchat communications head poached from Google just one year ago, to be VP of communications and public policy — Uber Nabs Snapchat Communications Head Hazelbaker for Key Policy and PR Role — Jill Hazelbaker, the high-profile Google communications … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
As Apple Music Trials Wrap, Spotify Snags The #1 Top Grossing Spot In US App Store For First Time — Apple CEO Tim Cook yesterday may have been touting the number of Apple Music music paying subscribers - 6.5 million, but at the same time rival Spotify was quietly hitting a milestone of its own.
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