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Yahoo Mail is blocking ad-block users from accessing their email — Yahoo Mail is purportedly locking out people who use ad-blockers. — According to a post on Adblock Plus' message boards, a Yahoo user noticed the issue on Google Chrome when trying to access email this morning, posting this screenshot:| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Jawbone Lays Off 60, 15% Of Staff Globally, Closes NY Office — Some difficult news this week for Jawbone, maker of fitness trackers, speakers and Bluetooth headsets. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that the company yesterday laid off around 60 employees, or 15% of staff.
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Cisco buys conferencing software maker Acano for $700 million — Cisco said Acano's technology and expertise will bolster Cisco's development in the key collaboration areas of interoperability and scalability. — Cisco said Friday it plans to acquire Acano, a London-based tech firm …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook At Work Gets Its Own Version Of Messenger With Debut of “Work Chat” — Facebook at Work, the version of Facebook designed for chatting with colleagues on a private social network, now has its own chat client as well. Somewhat like Facebook at Work's version of Messenger, the new …
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Samsung Gear VR Review: $99 headset paired with a Samsung phone is the best VR experience available until dedicated systems arrive next year — Review: Samsung Gear VR — In the space of three and a half years, virtual reality has matured from a long-dead relic of '90s futurism …
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Google aims for China launch of Google Play app store next year -sources — Google, part of Alphabet Inc, aims to launch the China version of its Google Play smartphone app store next year, according to people familiar with the matter, its first major foray in the market since ending localized product support in 2010.| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
App Store's low prices, lack of free trials and refunds, and other limitations make small developers reluctant to create professional-grade apps for iPad Pro — The iPad Pro has an App Store problem — Much of the marketing around Apple's new iPad Pro has been centered on its ability …
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
LG cancels rollout of Urbane 2nd Edition LTE smartwatch due to hardware issues, says it's uncertain if the device will launch at all — LG Cancels The Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE Indefinitely Because Of Unspecified, Complex “Hardware Issue” — LG reached out to us moments ago with news …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Coinbase Partners With Shift Payments To Issue Bitcoin Debit Card — This isn't the first bitcoin debit card in the world, but this is the first one that works with your Coinbase account. Coinbase has partnered with Shift Payments so that you can get a Visa card for just $10 and pay everywhere with your bitcoins.
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| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Airbnb raises over $100M on same $25.5B valuation from summer fundraising, had Q3 revenue of $340M on bookings of $2.2B, roughly doubling year-over-year — Airbnb Raises Over $100 Million as It Touts Strong Growth — Home-rental service posted $340 million of third-quarter revenue
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| Rich Williams / Groupon Blog: |
Groupon's new CEO says company is misunderstood, dispels myths, and lays out future plans — Why We'll Win in Local — After two weeks in the CEO chair, a couple of things are abundantly clear... 1) Groupon is a misunderstood company. We're misunderstood by analysts. We're misunderstood by media.
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Lumia 950 review: great screen and camera, using phone as a PC is neat but limited; it's not the ground-breaking phone Windows Phone needed to attract new users — Lumia 950 review: Windows Phone finally has a new flagship—will anyone care? — Camera is great and Continuum is cool … | Steve Huffman / reddit: |
Reddit updating privacy policy to honor Do Not Track; CEO Huffman urges users to consider privacy browser extensions that block third-party scripts, cookies — We are updating our Privacy Policy (effective Jan 1, 2016) — In a little over a month we'll be updating our Privacy Policy.
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| Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire: |
Microsoft partners with Volvo to explore augmented reality applications in car buying and more — Virtual car shopping on a HoloLens? Volvo says it's coming next year thanks to Microsoft partnership … Volvo says I saw the future of car dealerships earlier today.
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