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Sources: Lyft recently rebuffed acquisition approach from General Motors after consulting with other potential acquirers, will raise a new funding round instead — General Motors in recent weeks told Lyft it was interested in acquiring the company, according to a person briefed on the situation.| Lucia Maffei / TechCrunch: |
You don't need a Google+ profile to post reviews on Play Store anymore — The Google Play Store will not require you to have a Google+ account to write reviews anymore. — In an email to TechCrunch, Google confirmed the news that “a G+ profile is no longer needed to post a review.”| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook rolls out new code to nullify adblock workaround introduced by Adblock Plus — Adblock Plus launched a workaround to Facebook's ad block bypass today that ham-handedly removes posts from friends and Pages, not just ads, according to a statement provided by Facebook to TechCrunch.
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Former co-workers of GV's new chief David Krane describe him as energetic and politically savvy — The company swapped the dreamer for the networker. — At the helm of its venture arm, Google swapped the dreamer for the networker. — Friday is the final day for Bill Maris at Google Ventures …
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Ten former employees shed light on Twitter's 10-year failure to stop abuse on its platform — For nearly its entire existence, Twitter has not just tolerated abuse and hate speech, it's virtually been optimized to accommodate it. With public backlash at an all-time high and growth stagnating …
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BlackBerry DTEK50 review: solidly built $299 Android smartphone with a secure foundation is appealing to business customers, tough sell to consumers — BlackBerry's first Android phone was a curious, ambitious machine, so it's funny that the company's second turned out to be so ... practical.| Dan Roundhill / Simplenote: |
Automattic announces Simplenote iOS, Android, and macOS apps are now open source under GPLv2 license — At Automattic, we have a saying: … In this spirit, we are announcing today that all of the official Simplenote client apps are now Open Source Software under the GPLv2 license.
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Media brands, including many Snapchat Discover partners, are testing Instagram Stories and report solid early traffic — Media brands, including many Snapchat Discover partners, are seeing solid early traffic — Media firms are flocking to the new Instagram Stories … | Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
In-app payments for Pokémon Go crossed $268M within five weeks of launch, according to YouGov's survey of nearly 50K people from the UK, US, and Germany — Players of Pokémon Go have spent more than $250m on the addictive “augmented reality” mobile game in its first few weeks … | Megan Geuss / Ars Technica: |
ATM and PIN-pad hacks demoed at Black Hat security conference show chip cards aren't impervious to fraud — The good news? Hacks are limited for now. The bad news? Hackers will get better. — Security researchers are eager to poke holes in the chip-embedded credit and debit cards … | Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Minecraft launches on the Oculus Rift next week — If you own an Oculus Rift and are eager to play Minecraft on it, we now know roughly when it's coming. Mojang developer Tommaso Checchi tweeted that it'll arrive to the Windows 10 Beta edition (version 0.15.6) sometime next week.
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Researchers find cryptographic keys shared by millions of Volkswagen vehicles can allow them to clone key fobs using cheap radio hardware — In 2013, when University of Birmingham computer scientist Flavio Garcia and a team of researchers were preparing to reveal a vulnerability that allowed …
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