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Apple Has Acquired Faceshift, Maker Of Motion Capture Tech Used In Star Wars — As the market for virtual reality technology continues to grow, Apple has made an interesting acquisition that could further its role in the space. TechCrunch has confirmed that Apple has snapped up Faceshift …
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Google expects to launch Accelerated Mobile Pages, its version of Facebook's Instant Articles, early next year — Google says its version of Facebook's instant articles will arrive early next year — Last month Google introduced Accelerated Mobile Pages, its open-source program designed … | Google: |
Google lists top 10 domains with right to be forgotten requests, says Facebook, YouTube, Twitter most impacted — European privacy requests for search removals — In a May 2014 ruling, Google Spain v AEPD and Mario Costeja González, the Court of Justice of the European Union found … | William Alden / BuzzFeed: |
Some Zenefits salespeople in at least seven states have sold insurance without licenses, leading to a probe by regulator in Washington state — Startup Zenefits Under Scrutiny For Flouting Insurance Laws — The $4.5 billion startup allowed salespeople to act as insurance brokers … | David Dayen / Salon: |
While under FTC scrutiny, Google donated $762K to George Mason University as it published favorable studies; GMU professor later became FTC commissioner — Google's insidious shadow lobbying: How the Internet giant is bankrolling friendly academics—and skirting federal investigations| David Pierce / Wired: |
Fossil Q Founder Android Wear smartwatch available November 25 for $275, favors fashion over tech — Fossil's New Smartwatches Favor Fashion Over Tech — The designers at Fossil have been making watches and jewelry for decades. When they set out to make their first smartwatch, though, they had to re-learn a few things.| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Tor launches its first crowdfunding campaign as it seeks to be less reliant on US government funds — With US government as top donor, Tor Project looks to crowdfunding — Following up on goals set earlier this year, the Tor Project launched its first crowdfunding project today to expand …
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| Roger Fingas / AppleInsider: |
Amazon Video, Microsoft OneDrive, and Google Drive for iOS update with 3D Touch support — Amazon Video, Microsoft OneDrive & Google Drive for iOS update with 3D Touch [u] — Amazon, Google, and Microsoft on Tuesday updated key iOS apps with support for 3D Touch on the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus …
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Jet.com lands $350M in funding led by Fidelity and says it has verbal agreements for another $150M, at a $1B pre-money valuation — Jet.com Lands $350 Million in Funding, With $150 Million More Coming — Jet.com has closed $350 million in new funding, and says it has verbal agreements for another $150 million.
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IBM makes its System ML machine learning software freely available to share and modify through the Apache Software Foundation — IBM Turns Up Heat Under Competition in Artificial Intelligence — Programmers of artificial intelligence software got a new tool to work with Monday …
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Microsoft reverses course: its media creation tool now installs latest Windows 10 version — Microsoft reverses course, restores downloads of Windows 10 November Update — Last weekend, Microsoft suddenly pulled its online tool for downloading the latest Windows 10 installation files.
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The Register, Inquirer, GeekWire, Thurrott.com, Tech Times, Computerworld, BetaNews, TechSpot, WinBeta, Neowin, Windows Central, Petri IT Knowledgebase, PCWorld, Forbes, SuperSite for Windows and ZDNet. Tweets: @maryjofoley
| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Google is burying results from competitors like Yelp and TripAdvisor beneath its own in local search; Google says it's a bug — Google Says Local Search Result That Buried Rivals Yelp, TripAdvisor Is Just a Bug — Over the weekend, executives from public Internet companies Yelp … | Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
Sources: EMC and VMware shareholders demand changes to Dell buyout deal including VMware stock buyback, shutting down Virtustream, more — EMC and VMware Shareholders Demand Changes to Dell Buyout Deal — EMC and VMware shareholders, who have watched their stock prices plummet …
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