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December 17, 2015, 11:20 PM

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Apple:

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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Tweets: @alexeheath, @bzamayo, @neilcybart, @viticci and @usatodaytech

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Analysis: Williams is the obvious successor to Cook, Schiller to relieve Cue of some responsibilities, Tor Myhren succeeds soon-to-retire Hiroki Asai

More: Adweek, 9to5Mac, Insanely Great Mac and Business Insider. Tweets: @markgurman

Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:

Apple announces Apple Pay partnership with China UnionPay, expects ‘early 2016’ launch — Apple on Thursday announced an agreement with Chinese card processor UnionPay to offer Apple Pay services in China, opening the vast Asian market to its in-house iOS-based payment product.

More: Apple, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, New York Times, TechCrunch, The Verge, iMore, Re/code, Associated Press, MacRumors, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, MacStories and iPhone in Canada Blog. Thanks:@mikeycampbell81

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Netflix announces rebuilt Universal Windows 10 app for PCs and tablets, coming to smartphones early next year — Netflix's new Windows 10 app embraces Microsoft's universal dream — Netflix is making the most of Windows 10 today. Netflix is updating its Windows Store app …

More: Windows Blog, The Netflix Tech Blog, Digital Trends, Mashable, PCMag Australia Feed, Tech Times, Lifehacker, Engadget, CNET, Thurrott.com, The Next Web, GeekWire, Neowin, Windows Central, WinBeta and BetaNews

Tweets: @gcaughey, @simevidas, @satyanadella and @reedhastings

Michael Mimoso / Threatpost:

Juniper discovers backdoor in its NetScreen enterprise firewalls that allows decrypting VPN traffic, admin access, recommends patching immediately — Juniper Finds Backdoor that Decrypts VPN Traffic — Juniper Networks today has released an emergency patch that removes what it's calling …

More: Juniper Forums, SiliconANGLE, PCWorld, Juniper Networks, ZDNet, The Register, Ars Technica, iTnews and Engadget

Tweets: @thegrugq, @binitamshah, @declanm, @jaimeblascob, @ioerror, @thegrugq and @thegrugq

Brian Fung / Washington Post:

FCC wants to meet with T-Mobile, Comcast, AT&T by Jan. 15 to discuss their zero-rating programs — Regulators want to talk to AT&T, Comcast and T-Mobile about sponsored data — Federal regulators have asked AT&T, Comcast and T-Mobile to meet with them to discuss a growing …

More: CutCableToday, The Hill, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, GeekWire, MacRumors, CNET, TmoNews, Re/code, Bloomberg Business, Phandroid, Ars Technica, Reuters, AndroidHeadlines.com, The Register, ExtremeTech, Pocketnow and BGR. Tweets: @counternotions

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Diane Bartz / Reuters:

ID theft monitoring company LifeLock to pay $100M fine for violating 2010 FTC settlement that required LifeLock protect customer data — LifeLock to pay $100 million to settle U.S. contempt charges: FTC — LifeLock Inc, which sells identity theft monitoring and fraud detection services …

More: Federal Trade Commission, New York Times, LifeLock, Ars Technica, The Register, CNNMoney, Fortune, Seeking Alpha, Wall Street Journal, CBS News, BuzzFeed, The Hill, Consumerist, Washington Post, SC Magazine, Bloomberg Business and Associated Press

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.

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: @joshmedia, @danprimack, @harri8t, @mcwellons, @victorandrekong, @benwerd, @reformedbroker and @semil. Thanks:@mattmhunter

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.

More: Facebook, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, Stan Chudnovsky, iPhone in Canada Blog, Marketing Land and The Next Web

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 …

More: Fortune, Bitcoin Magazine, Fortune, Crowdfund Insider, Bloomberg Business, PYMNTS.com, CoinDesk, The Stack, PYMNTS.com, NEWSBTC and Business Insider. Tweets: @marshallk

Nick Statt / The Verge:

Vine introduces personalized Twitter Moment's-like curated channel, For You — Vine will now curate a channel of posts it thinks you'll want to see — It can be a pain for new users to find stuff on Twitter, so the company spent a big part of its year trying to show users things from people they don't already follow.

More: Vine Blog, VentureBeat, Engadget and SlashGear

Reuters:

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 …

Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch:

Pinterest launches a tool that notifies users when a product they've pinned drops in price — Pinterest Launches A New Way To Track Price Drops On Buyable Pins — Pinterest has a new way to entice users to come back and buy things: keeping tabs on the price.

More: VentureBeat, Digital Trends, The Next Web, Marketing Land, SocialTimes, Seventeen and internetretailer.com. Thanks:@jamiefavazza

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 …

More: Windows Blog, Windows Central, PCWorld, Nextgov, Fortune, WinBeta, ZDNet, TechEye, Business Insider and Microsoft News

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.

More: The Next Web, Windows Blog, TechnoBuffalo, WinBeta, BetaNews, Pocketnow, Wired, SlashGear, Windows Central, Gizmodo, Neowin, Tech Times, TechSpot, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, TIME, ZDNet, ZDNet and Microsoft News

Jared Newman / TechHive:

Amazon Fire TV's new apps include NBC, Fox Now, Food Network, and GoPro — The battle for streaming-app supremacy continues. — The TV-app arms race is showing no signs of slowing down as a slew of new apps land on Amazon's Fire TV streamers. — The latest additions include NBC …

More: Amazon.com, VideoNuze Analysis, Digital Trends, BetaNews, Broadcasting & Cable, AndroidHeadlines.com and Android Central

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