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Jeff Williams named Apple COO, Phil Schiller takes over App Store leadership — Apple Names Jeff Williams Chief Operating Officer — Johny Srouji Named to Executive Team; Phil Schiller Adds Ecosystem Responsibilities — Tor Myhren Joins Apple — Apple® today announced …
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Brazilian judge orders lifting of 48-hour WhatsApp ban, recommends WhatsApp pay higher fine instead; services restored after several hours — Brazil court lifts suspension of Facebook's WhatsApp service — A Brazilian judge on Thursday ordered the lifting of a 48-hour suspension …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Microsoft opens a HoloLens playground for developers at its New York store — Millions of people have seen Microsoft's astonishing HoloLens videos. Far fewer have seen the limited, but still impressive, reality. And that's something Microsoft wants to change.
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| Tesla Motors: |
Tesla, in a “correction” of Bloomberg that states it will continue using MobilEye chips, argues George Hotz's homemade self-driving car won't succeed — Correction to article: “The First Person to Hack the iPhone Built a Self-Driving Car” — The article by Ashlee Vance did not correctly represent Tesla or MobilEye.
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| Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg.com: |
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| Cade Metz / Wired: |
IBM, JP Morgan, and others build the Open Ledger Project, a blockchain for business services, overseen by the Linux Foundation — Tech and Banking Giants Ditch Bitcoin for Their Own Blockchain — Several major companies from across both the technology and financial industries—including IBM …
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| Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Microsoft forms joint venture with Chinese government to deliver a custom version of Windows 10 for public sector agencies — Microsoft aims to supply Chinese government with customized Windows 10 — After signing a deal with China's answer to Google in September, Microsoft is again strengthening …
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Facebook Messenger rolls out Photo Magic, its face recognition tool that suggests photos to send to friends, to all outside Canada and the European Union — Facebook Messenger's face recognition tool rolls out to everyone outside of Canada and the EU — The releases keep on coming for Facebook's Messenger service.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft updates SmartScreen tech to block drive-by attacks for Internet Explorer 11 and Edge on Windows 10 — Microsoft expands SmartScreen to block drive-by attacks in IE and Edge on Windows 10 — Last month, Microsoft rolled out the first major Windows 10 update for PCs and tablets.
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| Blake Ross / Medium: |
Facebook's former director of product on how media and investors overestimated Facebook's “Yelp killer” while overlooking a truly profound shift at the company — How to Swallow $200 Million Accidentally — Analyzing Product Launches for Fun and Profit
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| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Technology investors describe the cooling in Silicon Valley: lower valuations for top-tier companies, and trouble for weaker startups — Silicon Valley's cash party is coming to an end — Silicon Valley is cooling, not crashing. Valuations are falling. The era of cheap money is over.
Tweets: @mcwellons, @harri8t, @victorandrekong, @benwerd, @reformedbroker and @semil. Thanks:@mattmhunter
| Zineb Ait Bahajji / Google Webmaster Central Blog: |
Google search to start indexing HTTPS pages by default — Indexing HTTPS pages by default — At Google, user security has always been a top priority. Over the years, we've worked hard to promote a more secure web and to provide a better browsing experience for users.
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Wall Street Journal: |
Stiff penalties and ambiguous wording of new EU data-protection law raises daunting prospects for US companies — EU Data-Privacy Law Raises Daunting Prospects for U.S. Companies — Sweeping digital-privacy regime runs counter to practices that have become commonplace in the U.S.
Tweets: @privacymatters and @lizzadwoskin
| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
Tastemade Raises $40 Million From Goldman Sachs To Make Food Videos — Tastemade, the maker of food and lifestyle videos, has raised a $40 million financing round led by Goldman Sachs. Participating investors in the Series D round include, Redpoint Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Liberty Media and Scripps Networks.
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| Guardian: |
Revealed: how Google enlisted members of US Congress it bankrolled to fight $6bn EU antitrust case — US tech firm has stepped up lobbying efforts with $3.5m charm offensive to persuade Europe to drop punitive action over alleged abuse of monopoly position — Google enlisted members … Sponsor Posts
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