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| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Beats Music confirms it will fade out on November 30th — Now that Apple Music is firmly in place (and even on Android) it's time for Beats Music to go. An app update back in June greased the skids and an updated support page — as well as emails going out to Sonos users reiterating …
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Beats Music Support, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Computerworld, bizjournals, MacRumors, CNET, Pocketnow, The Mac Observer, VatorNews, The Next Web, Gizmodo, AppleInsider and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @pkafka
| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Inside Sequoia's Scouts, and a list of the program's 70+ well-connected entrepreneurs and academics using capital from Sequoia to fund startups — Secretive, Sprawling Network of ‘Scouts’ Spreads Money Through Silicon Valley — Sequoia Capital has funneled millions of dollars to scores …
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Bloomberg View and New York Times. Tweets: @roelofbotha, @joshu, @davemcclure, @joshu, @davemcclure, @jmcduling, @davidu, @hunterwalk, @scottmaustin, @jason, @ryan, @gaberivera and @rolfewinkler
| Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal: |
Watchmaker Fossil Group to acquire Misfit for $260M; Fossil expects to incorporate Misfit's tech into traditional watches as soon as 2016 — Fossil Group to Buy Misfit for $260 Million … Watchmaker Fossil Group Inc. has agreed to acquire startup Misfit Inc., a maker of wearable fitness trackers, for $260 million.
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Misfit Wearables Blog, ZDNet, GlobeNewswire News Room, Business Insider, PE Hub Blog, Wearable Tech Insider, bizjournals, ZDNet, Digital Trends, MedCity News, SlashGear, SiliconANGLE, Tech in Asia, TechNode, Android Police, The Overspill, The Verge, Pocketnow, Pocket-lint, Liliputing, Neowin, TechCrunch, Tech Times, TechnoBuffalo, The Next Web, Re/code, MobileSyrup.com, iMore, Ubergizmo, CNET, Droid Life, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, ReadWrite, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, VentureBeat and Engadget
Tweets: @rock_health and @stephaniemlee
| Ben Woods / The Next Web: |
Amazon launches Pantry to deliver groceries in the UK, but only to Prime members — Amazon has launched a new delivery option for Prime subscribers in the UK today called Amazon Pantry. — The service, which follows a limited trial of AmazonFresh, has around 4,000 items available at launch …
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Thomson IR, TechEye, TechCrunch, Business Insider, iMore, SlashGear and Engadget
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Gmail Will Soon Warn Users When Emails Arrive Over Unencrypted Connections — Soon, you may see a warning in Gmail that tells you that an email has arrived over an unencrypted connection. — Gmail already defaults to using HTTPS for the connections between your browser and its servers …
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Google Online Security Blog, The Verge, Fortune, BetaNews and FierceCIO News
| Office Blogs: |
OneNote can now record audio on iOS, embed videos on Windows, attach files on OneNote Online, more — OneNote in November—Embed video, record audio, insert files and more — It's been a big month for OneNote with updates across our web app to mobile devices to desktop.
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Android Police, ZDNet, Engadget, Phandroid, Macworld, SiliconANGLE, WinBeta, SlashGear, Droid Life, The Next Web, The Fire Hose and VentureBeat
| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
YouTube Music standalone app launches on iOS and Android; YouTube Red subscribers get offline listening and no ads — YouTube Music is here, and it's a game changer — YouTube is first and foremost a video portal, the world's largest and most popular online collection of moving images.
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YouTube Blog, Google Operating System, RCR Wireless News, Social Media Today, ZDNet, USA Today, Tech Times, Ars Technica, Android Police, BuzzFeed, Ubergizmo, Pocket-lint, Android Authority, TechRadar.com, TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, Phandroid, TmoNews, TechCrunch, RAIN News, BGR, SiliconBeat, Daily Mail, AndroidGuys, CNET, Tech Insider, PhoneDog.com, iLounge, Droid Life, Gizmodo, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, SlashGear, Digital Trends, iMore, Lifehacker, WebProNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, Music Industry Blog, Patently Apple, Pocketnow, Greenbot, Ubergizmo, Tubefilter, Fone Arena, iDownloadBlog.com, SocialTimes, MacRumors, The Technology Chronicles, Seeking Alpha, App Advice, Laughing Squid, 9to5Google, App Store, Billboard, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, Tech Insider, Re/code, TechCrunch and BuzzFeed
Tweets: @lexnfx, @drew, @jamestitcomb and @benpopper
See also Mediagazer| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
First Alert debuts Onelink, the first HomeKit-enabled smoke detector, available now from $109 — Apple's HomeKit now has a smoke detector to compete with Nest Protect — Nest is owned by Google, which means there's a chance its products will never integrate with Apple's smart home platform.| Ian Kar / Quartz: |
Sources: Apple partnering with banks for peer-to-peer payment program to avoid money transmitter licenses, company may use iMessage for money transfer — Apple is making a grab for Venmo's turf and might use iMessage to do it — Apple is wading into Venmo's main business … | Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Zenefits falling short of revenue targets, having hit only $45M of its $100M 2015 revenue goal by August, freezes hiring in some departments — Highly Valued Startup Zenefits Runs Into Turbulence — Health-insurance broker, once valued at $4.5 billion, is falling short of revenue targets, cutting costs| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Hulu in early talks to sell stake to Time Warner in deal valuing Hulu at $5B-$6B; Time Warner would invest cash, commit to license content — Hulu in Talks to Sell Stake to Time Warner — Deal could help streaming-video service compete with Netflix, Amazon| Greg Hartrell / Official Android Blog: |
Google Play Books improves comic book reading by adding vertical scrolling mode, curated pages for discovery, on Android in coming days, iOS soon — Solving the age-old question: Batman or Superman? — It's a multi-generational debate—are you team Batman or team Superman?| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Some apps installed from Mac App Store were temporarily unusable after Apple failed to renew security certificate — Some Mac App Store Apps ‘Damaged’ Due to Expired Security Certificates — A growing number of MacRumors readers and Twitter users have been experiencing an issue …
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Michael Tsai, Fortune, The Register, MacStories, C-Command Software Blog, Mac App Store, Tech Times, Computerworld, InvestorPlace, iMore, Network World, Guardian, MacNN, Engadget, FierceCIO News, 9to5Mac, Redmond Pie, The Verge, iMore, TechCrunch, The Mac Security Blog, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Inquirer, SlashGear, The Loop, iDownloadBlog.com, Tech Insider, MacDailyNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Next Web and Business Insider
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