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Facebook launches Sports Stadium, a hub for real-time chats, live scores, and more — Heads Up, ESPN: Facebook Built Its Own Game Hub for Live Sports Stats — Facebook has long argued that it's a great place to talk about live TV while watching live TV, including big-time sporting events.
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Apple to create first European iOS Development Center in Italy, plans to expand this program to other countries — Apple to create first European iOS Development Center — Apple is opening a dedicated iOS app Development Center in Italy, the company announced today …
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Sources: Foxconn offers $5.3B to take over Sharp, as Sharp reviews $2.56B offer from government-backed Innovation Network — Taiwan's Foxconn Offers $5.3 Billion to Take Over Sharp — Innovation Network Corp. of Japan also has competing offer for electronics maker| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
iOS cookie theft bug that allowed hackers to impersonate users fixed by Apple after 2.5 years — iOS cookie theft bug allowed hackers to impersonate users — Apple fixes vulnerability 2.5 years after receiving private report. — Apple has squashed a bug in its iOS operating system …
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Docker Acquires Unikernel Systems As It Looks Beyond Containers — Docker today announced the acquisition of Unikernel Systems, a Cambridge, UK-based startup that aims to bring unikernels to the masses (or at least the masses of developers). — Docker plans to integrate support for unikernels …
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Google blocked 780M bad ads in 2015, up 49% from 2014, 25K app accounts shut down — Google's 2015 “Bad Ads” Report: 780 Million Ads, 25K App Accounts Shut Down — In a semantic flip, Google has renamed what's been known as its annual “Bad Ads” report — a rundown of all the annoying … | Hamza Shaban / BuzzFeed: |
ACLU coordinates with lawmakers to help introduce 30 bills across 16 states to improve digital privacy — ACLU Takes Consumer Privacy Battle To The States — Lawmakers from 16 states and D.C. introduced 30 new privacy laws Wednesday as part of a bipartisan, state-led effort … | Steve Guggenheimer / Windows Blog: |
Dropbox Windows 10 app optimized for tablets rolls out this week, adds Windows Hello support and more, with Windows 10 Mobile support coming soon — Dropbox for Windows 10 is here — The Dropbox app for Windows 10 will begin rolling out in the Windows Store this week as a free download for Windows 10 customers.
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Google patches Linux kernel privilege escalation flaw on Android, says number of Android devices affected is lower than initially reported — Google creates fix for zero-day kernel flaw, says effect on Android is greatly exaggerated — After being caught off guard by the disclosure … | Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Verizon beats Q4 expectations with earnings of $4.4B on revenue of $34.2B, adds 1.5M customers — Verizon Adds 1.5 Million Customers in Q4, Tops Earnings Esitmates — Verizon on Thursday posted slightly stronger-than-expected revenue and earnings as it added 1.5 million customers last quarter.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
General Motors announces Maven, a new brand unifying its car-sharing services: City in Ann Arbor, Residential in Chicago, Peer-to-Peer in Germany and Campus — GM Unveils Maven, Its Big New Play In Car-Sharing Services — General Motors has taken the wraps off its latest move to put itself … | Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg Business: |
Cybersecurity firm ForeScout raises $76M round led by Wellington Management at a $1B valuation — ForeScout Raises Funding at a $1 Billion Valuation, Holds Off IPO — The cybersecurity company will wait on going public amid the recent market volatility.
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IBM Confirms Acquisition Of UStream, Forms New Cloud Video Unit — IBM confirmed that it has acquired video conferencing service UStream this morning. With several cloud video acquisitions in tow, the company also announced it was forming a new cloud video services unit.
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