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Facebook launches Music Stories post format that lets iOS users listen to 30-second clips of music shared from Spotify, Apple Music, and iTunes within News Feed — Facebook adds song clips from Spotify and Apple Music to your News Feed — As part of its ongoing effort to surface every bit …
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Sources: Google seeking partners to co-develop chips to bring more uniformity and new features to Android phones, and better compete with Apple — With Apple in Mind, Google Seeks Android Chip Partners — Google recently talked with some microchip makers about developing chips based …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Pebble Time Round review: attractive design, good build quality, but app options limited, battery life is short by Pebble-standards, arriving Nov. 8 for $249 — Pebble Time Round review — Pebble, the company that had everyone thinking about smartwatches again, has had a busy year.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft Acquires Mobile Data Labs, The Company Behind Mileage-Tracking App MileIQ — Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Mobile Data Labs. While that name probably doesn't ring a bell, the company's MileIQ app is one of the most popular Android and iOS mileage-tracking apps for getting deductions and reimbursements.| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Full text of Trans Pacific-Partnership released, gets criticized by Internet privacy and consumer groups for threatening digital rights — TPP Trade Agreement Slammed For Eroding Online Rights — Measures agreed to in an international trade treaty between Pacific Rim countries threaten … | Colin Lecher / The Verge: |
Judge orders Sprint to keep WiMax network running until lawsuit from nonprofits is resolved — Judge orders Sprint to keep WiMax network up after nonprofits sue — Sprint had planned to shut down its aging WiMax network tonight at midnight, but after a last-minute emergency decision, that won't be happening.
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| Stephen Pulvirent / Bloomberg Business: |
Lytro debuts its Immerge video camera for virtual reality filmmaking, available in 2016 for between $250K and $500K — This UFO-Shaped Mega-Camera Might Be the Future of Virtual Reality — The Lytro Immerge is a next-generation VR camera rig for professionals that will start at $250,000.
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Google's note-taking app Keep for iOS now exports to Google Docs — Google Keep for iOS now lets you export notes to Google Docs — Google today announced that the iOS version of the Google Keep note-taking app now allows users to export notes to Google Docs.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Luma's new router system gives homeowners network activity tracking and better WiFi coverage; preorders start at half-price for $99, shipping expected in spring — This new router lets you spy on what everyone in the house is doing — Setting up Wi-Fi in your home has never really changed.
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Postmates acquihires team behind local discovery startup Sosh — Postmates Welcomes Sosh — Today we're very excited to share that Postmates has acquired the talented team that built Sosh, the social platform that has reinvented the way people discover places and events in their city.| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Sources: home improvement startup Porch struggling to find focus, reach revenue goals — Challenges at Porch: High-flying, heavily funded startup learns the lessons of rapid growth … From the start, Porch has done things big, and fast. — In a little more than two years … Thanks:@johnhcook
| Ruth Reader / VentureBeat: |
Medium lets any user hide all responses below their posts — Medium now lets users shield themselves from nasty comments — Blogging platform Medium, known for its interest in fostering intraplatform discussion, is now allowing writers to hide response posts. — Here's how Medium introduced the new tool:
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New York Times releases NYT VR, its VR app for Android and iOS, alongside initial VR stories — NYT VR: How to Experience a New Form of Storytelling From The Times — Today, The New York Times takes a step into virtual reality. NYT VR is a mobile app that can be used …
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| Allison Schiff / AdExchanger: |
Ad tech company Neustar to buy marketing analytics firm MarketShare for $450M — Neustar To Acquire MarketShare For $450 Million — Neustar will acquire MarketShare Partners for $450 million in a deal that brings together two major digital marketing measurement players.
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| Jeffrey Matulef / Eurogamer.net: |
Steam launches official developer-run Item Stores, allowing developers to sell user-made content and split proceeds with modders — Steam launches official developer-run Item Stores — UPDATE: Will allow devs to sell user-made content, split proceeds with modders.Sponsor Posts
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