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Android Pay now works in mobile apps, with discounts in select apps including OpenTable, Lyft, and DoorDash to encourage use — Android Pay Now Works In Mobile Apps — Following its launch this fall, Google's Apple Pay rival known as Android Pay is taking another notable step this morning … | Charlie Osborne / CNET: |
UK police arrest 21-year-old in connection with last month's VTech hack that exposed data of 6M+ children — Man arrested in VTech children's data hack — A 21-year-old British man is accused in the cyberattack, which stole data of more than 6 million children.
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| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Pebble rolls out free health-tracking system, Pebble Health, to new Pebble models except Classic and Classic Steel, adding native step counting, sleep tracking — The Pebble smartwatch finally does real fitness tracking — Pebble may have started out as a smartwatch for early adopters …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Takes On Angie's List And Yelp With New Site For Finding Top-Rated Local Businesses — Facebook is quietly testing a new feature that will direct users to the best-rated and reviewed local service providers in their area. At the easy-to-access URL Facebook.com/services …
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Facebook rolls out expected changes to how it enforces real name policy, starting in US — Facebook is changing the way it enforces its real name policy — After enduring more than a year of criticism, Facebook is making major changes to the way it enforces its real name policy.
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Facebook, The Daily Dot, TIME, The Register, International Business Times and BuzzFeed
| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
New EU privacy rules makes parental consent mandatory for kids under 16 to use social media, adds hefty fines, more; EU countries to have two years to pass laws — E.U. Expected to Approve Tough New Data Protection Rules — European officials are expected to approve long-awaited data … | Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
University of California launches $250M venture fund to invest in startups from the UC system — University of California Launches $250 Million Venture Fund — The University of California announced a $250 million venture fund to invest in startups “emerging from the University of California system.”| Oliver Ellrodt / Reuters: |
Facebook, Google, Twitter agree to delete hate speech in 24 hours: Germany — Germany said on Tuesday that Facebook, Google and Twitter have agreed to delete hate speech from their websites within 24 hours, a new step in the fight against rising online racism following the refugee crisis.
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Sources: Apple has a new unit in Taiwan working on display technologies that is staffed by former AU Optronics and Qualcomm display engineers — Apple Opens Secret Laboratory in Taiwan To Develop New Screens — Engineers developing LCD, OLED technologies for devices
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Project Fi now supports tablets and Internet-only devices, won't charge monthly device fee, lets you add up to nine data-only devices to your plan — Project Fi Now Supports Tablets And Internet-Only Devices, Won't Charge A Bogus Per-Month “Device Fee” — A Project Fi support page for tablets and …
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Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Gizmodo, PCWorld, iMore, TechCrunch, The Next Web, The Verge, 9to5Google, Phandroid, Pocketnow, Android Central, PhoneDog.com and TechnoBuffalo
Tweets: @dannysullivan and @dannysullivan
| Ry Crist / CNET: |
Latest Hue Bridge software update ends support for unapproved third party bulbs using ZigBee wireless protocol — Philips Hue cuts support for third-party bulbs — Citing “an increasing number of interoperability issues,” Philips is changing its policies and locking out third-party smart bulbs until …
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Digital Trends, Techdirt, Hackaday, FierceWireless, 9to5Mac, TechHive, TechCrunch, MacRumors, iLounge, App Advice, Ubergizmo and Engadget
| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Backblaze launches public beta for B2 low-cost cloud storage service after getting 15K private beta requests — Backblaze launches public beta for B2 cloud storage service after getting 15K requests — Cloud data backup company Backblaze today announced the beginning of a public beta …
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