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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Google backs off on previously announced Allo privacy feature, will store all non-incognito messages by default — The app will log conversations by default after all — When Allo was announced at Google's I/O conference earlier this year, the messaging app was presented as a step forward for privacy.
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| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Google launches Allo messaging app with Smart Reply and Google Assistant for iOS and Android — If you're going to unveil a new messaging app, it had better do something unique. At this point, finding a place amongst entrenched options like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and iMessage is not an easy task.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple in talks with UK luxury carmaker and F1 team owner McLaren for a full takeover or strategic investment; McLaren's valuation is said to be £1B+ — Apple has approached McLaren Technology Group, the British supercar engineer and Formula One team owner, about a potential acquisition …
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| Matthew Hughes / The Next Web: |
Researchers find North Korea has only 28 TLDs on .kp domain after misconfigured nameservers allowed TL;DR project to obtain all the top-level DNS data — North Korea is the most repressive, secretive state in the world. There's no free press, no independent media, and scarce few people have access to the Internet.| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
Developers behind Dark Sky app launch new free weather site with web-specific features like detailed microclimates, weather at different altitudes, more — If you use Dark Sky as their weather app of choice—or just happen to enjoy gloriously rendered maps of weather movement …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram rolls out a “Save Draft” feature to all users — Following tests earlier this year, Instagram today confirmed it's rolling out a “Save Draft” feature to all users. This addition means you're now able to begin working on a post, then save a copy of your changes to be completed later.
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| Jason Snell / Six Colors: |
macOS Sierra's Optimized Storage iCloud syncing for Desktop and Documents folders is buggy and may not suit everyone's workflow — So that's it for the era of the big X. Version 10.12 of the operating system that runs the Mac is here, and with it, a new/old name: macOS.
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| AT&T: |
AT&T unveils plan for multi-gigabit Internet delivered over shaped radio transmissions that are guided by power lines; field trials set for in 2017 — Urban, Rural and Underserved Parts of the World Could Benefit from AT&T's Innovative Wireless, Multi-Gigabit-Speed Internet Connectivity …
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft announces second $40B share buyback program, raises quarterly dividend by 8.3% to $0.39/share — Bloomberg Anywhere Remote Login Software maker raises quarterly payout by 8.3% to 39 cents — Existing repurchase program to be completed by year's end| Justin Duino / 9to5Google: |
YouTube unveils Heroes, a community program where users can moderate comments and videos for points that unlock access to new tools, early product reviews, more — With the release of YouTube's brand new “community” section on some channels, the company has also announced a new program …
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| Micah Singleton / The Verge: |
Standard International launches One Night, a same-day booking app, initially for select hotels in New York and Los Angeles — You won't find any major chain hotels in this app — HotelTonight or Expedia may be able to get you a room in a Hilton or Westin at the last minute …
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| Mike Klein / Sunlight Foundation Blog: |
Sunlight Foundation exploring merger or alliances with other organizations, will discontinue tool building and database maintenance — The board of directors of the Sunlight Foundation has reached some important conclusions about our future. We want to share them with our friends, funders …
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