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Microsoft to create a Cyber Defense Operations Center and an Enterprise Cybersecurity Group, with security experts for rapid response to security threats — Enterprise security for our mobile-first, cloud-first world — Today, I was able to join Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella in Washington …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google And ASUS Launch The $85 Chromebit, A Chrome OS Desktop On An HDMI Stick — Earlier this year, Google and ASUS announced the Chromebit — a full Chrome OS-based computer on an HDMI stick. Today, the two companies are officially launching this new way of using Chrome OS on any screen with an HDMI port.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Pay is now available in Canada with American Express, UK Apple Pay adds Tesco Bank and TSB — As expected, Apple Pay is now available in Canada. You can use use eligible American Express bank cards to make mobile payments at a whole host of retailers that support the NFC technology across Canada.
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| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Netflix open sources Spinnaker, its cloud resource management tool for AWS, with support for Google Cloud Platform and Cloud Foundry, Azure support coming soon — Netflix launches open source project ready for Amazon, Google clouds — Additional deployment support for Microsoft Azure was said to be … | Laura Shin / Forbes: |
Online lender Earnest raises $275M Series B led by Battery Ventures and has originated $400M in loans this year — Online Lender Earnest Raises $275 Million; Has Originated $400 Million In Loans This Year — Earnest, one of the new online lenders using smart algorithms to serve millennials … | Parmy Olson / Forbes: |
UK To Create £165 Million DARPA-Like Fund For Cyber Security Startups — The British government has announced a bold series of new programs to boost its cyber security defences, including a new, £165 million ($250 million) fund that will see the government buy or invest in cyber security startups.
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| Tim Peterson / Ad Age: |
Pandora plans subscription-based on-demand service because its ad revenue is not enough to offset content costs — Pandora Bought Rdio Because Ads Aren't Enough to Offset Content Costs — Content Acquisition Costs Growing at Faster Clip Than Ad Revenue — Pandora is acquiring key assets of Spotify rival Rdio for $75 million.
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See also Mediagazer| Chris Dixon / Medium: |
What media firms can learn from the PC video game industry's embrace of freemium models, remixes, mods, and crowdsourcing — Lessons from the PC video game industry — The future of media is here—it's just not evenly distributed — The success or failure of tech and media products depends …
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| Mike Ayers / Wall Street Journal: |
Oxford Dictionaries selects “face with tears of joy” emoji as 2015 Word of the Year — Oxford Dictionaries Selects an Emoji as Word of the Year — The Oxford Dictionaries has chosen its Word of the Year for 2015: An emoji depicting the “face with tears of joy.”
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| Ben Kepes / Computerworld: |
Are the container wars back again? CoreOS and Docker roll out container security offerings — It might seem like a lifetime ago, but it was only last December when Silicon Valley startup CoreOS dropped a bit of a bombshell with a full-frontal assault on Linux container kingpin Docker's hegemony.
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| Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: |
Foursquare Joins Apple Maps Data Sources As Company Builds Out Ecosystem — Apple continues to improve its mapping product by adding new features and content, albeit often under the radar. Last year, reviews and content from Booking.com and TripAdvisor began to show for locations and travel destinations, especially outside the US.| Jessica E. Lessin / The Information: |
Sources: Google wearable tech group Project Aura working on three prototypes, one with screen, and two without that rely on bone conduction like original Glass — Google Glass Successor Dumps Some Glass — So much for the screen. We've learned that Google's revamped Google Glass project …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Home Services Marketplace Angie's List Rejects IAC's $512M Acquisition Offer — Well, it looks like it might be a while yet before you swipe right to find your next bricklayer or painter. Angie's List, a marketplace for independent contractors, has formally rejected an offer from IAC …
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Nvidia's Shield Tablet is back on sale for $199 after fire hazard recall — Nvidia called its Shield Tablet the “ultimate tablet for gamers” upon announcement last year, but the company had to backtrack hard this summer when it issued a recall for every single unit due to a potential battery fire hazard.| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
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