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| Akarshan Kumar / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter and Vine rebrand favorites as likes, replace star icon with heart — Hearts on Twitter — We hope you like what you see on Twitter and Vine today: hearts! — We are changing our star icon for favorites to a heart and we'll be calling them likes.
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| Bálint Miklós / Gmail Blog: |
Gmail launches Smart Reply, suggests up to three responses to emails for quick replies — Computer, respond to this email: Introducing Smart Reply in Inbox by Gmail — With the holidays approaching and emails coming in at a furious pace, we can all use a little help.
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| iFixit: |
The Microsoft Surface Book earns a 1 out of 10 repairability score with RAM and processor soldered to motherboard and heavily glued components — Microsoft Surface Book Teardown — Step 1 — Microsoft Surface Book Teardown Just what is a “surface book”?
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Chromecast Can Now Stream Live Television With Added Sling TV Support — Sling TV, Dish's streaming live TV service that offers a variety of cable TV channels, including ESPN, is now available on Google's Chromecast. The forthcoming addition of Sling TV support was first announced in September … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Firefox 42 arrives with tracking protection for private browsing mode, tab audio indicators, and background link opening on Android — Firefox 42 arrives with tracking protection, tab audio indicators, and background link opening on Android — Mozilla today launched Firefox 42 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Pinterest rolls out buyable Pins on Android and launches dedicated shopping section — Pinterest launches dedicated shopping section — Pinterest started adding a buy button to pins back in June, and today those buyable pins are becoming even easier to shop.
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| Kevin Tofel / ZDNet: |
Merged wireless charging groups A4WP and PMA rebrand as AirFuel Alliance — The rebranding will help reduce confusion among consumers but we still don't have one wireless charging standard to rule them all. — Following their announcement earlier this year to merge, the Alliance For Wireless Power …
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| Lucian Constantin / Computerworld: |
Google researchers examine Galaxy S6 Edge and show OEMs add risky code as they find 11 vulnerabilities introduced by Samsung — Google researchers poke holes in Galaxy S6 Edge, show OEMs add risky code — Google's security researchers hunted for bugs in Samsung's Galaxy S6 Edge phone …
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| Peg Brickley / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple and GT Advanced reach new settlement on remaining debt of $439M — Apple and Sapphire Supplier Reach New Accord on $439 Million Loan — Deal calls for Nov. 23 auction of equipment and awaits bankruptcy judge's approval — GT Advanced Technologies Inc. has reached an accord …
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| Elle Hunt / Guardian: |
Australian model edits captions on her old Instagram posts, transforming her popular account into a screed against the inauthenticity of social media — Essena O'Neill quits Instagram claiming social media ‘is not real life’ — Australian teenager with more than 612,000 Instagram followers … | Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code: |
Amazon, Apple, and Google unite behind advocacy group Financial Innovation Now to promote tech-friendly changes to the financial services sector — Amazon, Apple and Google Unite Behind Financial Innovation Coalition — Three of the technology industry's fiercest rivals — Amazon … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Outerwall, owner of Redbox, Coinstar and ecoATM, buys gadget trade-in site Gazelle, which had raised over $50M, for $18M — Redbox, Coinstar And ecoATM Owner Outerwall Buys Gadget Trade-In Site Gazelle For $18 Million — Outerwall, the automated kiosk operator that runs Redbox …
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| Financial Times: |
Activision Blizzard to buy King Digital Entertainment, the company behind the Candy Crush games, for $5.9B — Activision to buy Candy Crush's King for $5.9bn — Activision Blizzard has agreed to acquire King Digital Entertainment, the London-based group behind the hugely popular Candy …
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