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Uber won't face limits on surge pricing under NYC Council legislation; Mayor de Blasio releases $2M study saying Uber isn't to blame for worsening congestion — Uber Won't Face Limits on Surge Pricing Under NYC Council Legislation — The package of bills regarding the taxi …
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AOL considering changes to its brand, including a name change, to better reflect properties like Huffington Post, TechCrunch, ad platforms, CMO Allie Kline says — AOL's identity crisis: The company may ditch the ‘AOL’ brand — Verizon-owned AOL has an image problem.| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Sources: Fab co-founder Bradford Shellhammer's shopping site, Bezar is running out of money just 10 months after launch — Fab Co-Founder's Shopping Site, Bezar, Is Running Out of Money — About 10 months after Bezar launched as a reincarnation of Fab.com, the shopping site appears close to going out of business.| Wall Street Journal: |
Airbus CEO says it will provide helicopters to Uber's chopper service via pilot project launching in a few weeks — Airbus to Join Forces With Uber for On-Demand Helicopter Service, CEO Says — European aerospace company looking to expand its audience for helicopters| Steve Ragan / CSO: |
LastPass web design elements can enable a hard-to-detect phishing attack; company says it has released an update that mitigates most of the risks — ShmooCon: LastPass design elements create perfect Phishing opportunity — “There's a cool hacker technique called right click, inspect element...”
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Windows Phone's Word Flow keyboard is coming to ‘other platforms’ starting with iOS — Piece by piece it looks like the Windows Phone experience is being ported to iOS and Android. Some Windows Insiders are being asked to participate in testing the Windows Phone Word Flow keyboard on iPhones.
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The Verge, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, PCWorld, The Next Web, Fone Arena, iDigitalTimes.com, Neowin, Brad Sams, PhoneDog.com and Microsoft News. Tweets: @winphankyle
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
US Department of Transportation and 18 automakers say they'll share cybersecurity data and best practices, work with security researchers who expose flaws — Feds Prod Automakers to Play Nice With Hackers — The Department of Transportation and its automotive safety branch … | Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
Microsoft updates support policy: new CPUs will require Windows 10, a list of preferred devices will support older Windows versions, but only for 18 months — Microsoft updates support policy: New CPUs will require Windows 10 — In a change to its longstanding support policy …
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Computerworld, Windows Blog, The Verge, PCWorld, Forbes, WinBeta, Ubergizmo, Engadget, Windows Central, BetaNews, Tech Times, Neowin, Ars Technica, AnandTech, Thurrott.com and GeekWire. Tweets: @swiftonsecurity
| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Google X now just “X”, will focus on taking on ambitious projects, turning them into viable businesses, then “graduating” them into standalone operations — Google X Has a New Logo and New Plan to Turn Moonshots Into Actual Businesses
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The Next Web, TechnoBuffalo, 9to5Google, Tech Times, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, TIME, Search Engine Land, MobileSyrup.com and Business Insider. Tweets: @jillianiles
| Stuart Dredge / Guardian: |
Wikipedia launching $100m fund to secure long-term future as site turns 15 — Online encyclopedia reaches its 15th birthday preparing for challenges ahead around funding, mobile access and the developing world — As Wikipedia turns 15, its operator The Wikimedia Foundation is hoping … | Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Intuit sells Demandforce to Internet Brands — Demandforce was part of a trio of divisions Intuit included in divestiture plans back in August, along with Quicken and QuickBase. — Financial software giant Intuit has sold its Demandforce software business to Internet Brands …
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Alexa can now read Kindle books aloud from an Amazon Echo for free — You won't get the tone of a professional voice actor, but Alexa can read your Kindle books aloud: Best of all, there's no charge. — With so much recent focus on using an Amazon Echo to control smart home devices …
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