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| Alessandro Sabatelli / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter introduces live 360-degree videos on Periscope and Twitter from select partners — Today, we're introducing a new way to see what's happening on Twitter - through live 360 video. — Starting today, you can check out live, interactive 360 videos from interesting broadcasters and explore what's happening with them.
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As the list of SV startup scandals grows, entrepreneurs' “fake it till you make it” ethos garners continued scrutiny from reporters, while investors defend bets — As the list of startup scandals grows, it's time to ask whether entrepreneurs are taking “fake it till you make it” too far.
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Business Insider and Feld Thoughts. Tweets: @shiraovide, @raju, @ellenhuet, @anildash, @howardlindzon, @alexsteffen, @eringriffith, @rafat, @brentbeshore, @rapoportwsj, @vkopytoff, @asanwal, @davemcclure, @eringriffith, @patio11, and @oliviasolon
| Flurry Blog: |
44% of global smartphone and tablet activations from December 19-25 were iOS, down 5% YoY, while 21% were Samsung devices; Pixel, Pixel XL not among top sellers — With the dates of Christmas and Chanukah synced this year, smartphones were once again predominate on everyone's wish lists.
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Tweets: @glenngabe and @chrismessina
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Ford debuts upgraded self-driving car with extra compute power, better vision despite now having two LiDAR sensors, plans to triple fleet to 90 vehicles in 2017 — Ford has developed a new generation of autonomous development vehicle, a hybrid Fusion that uses the same essential platform …
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Ford Motor Company, Business Wire, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, CIO.com, TechSpot, SiliconANGLE, Ars Technica, CNET, Seeking Alpha, Detroit News, CNNMoney, USA Today, Electrek, Engadget, Ubergizmo, and SlashGear. Tweets: @benasmith
| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
Report: police sought Echo data with warrant in murder case; Amazon declined to share the data Echo logged on servers but did provide suspect's account details — Amazon's Echo devices and its virtual assistant are meant to help find answers by listening for your voice commands.
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USA Today, VentureBeat, Washington Post, The Information, CNET, The Guardian, Fort Smith/Fayetteville News, New York Times, Ars Technica, CNBC, Fox News, CIO.com, The Mac Observer, New York's PIX11, eWeek, SlashGear, TheStreet.com, NPR, Nextgov, Forbes, The Register, Hit & Run, Tom's Guide, Hackaday, SiliconBeat, NBC Bay Area, Michael Tsai, TechnoBuffalo, Fort Smith/Fayetteville News, AOL, Recode, Android Authority, Techdirt, BBC, TechSpot, TechCrunch, The Hacker News, Payment Card Security & …, TechEye, TWICE, Slate, The Merkle, New York Magazine, ResearchBuzz, Business Insider, Tech Times, SiliconANGLE, Mashable, Newser, Digital Trends, BuzzFeed, Ubergizmo, Fortune, gHacks Technology News, Android Central, GeekWire, Consumerist, BGR, International Business Times, internetretailer.com, Robotics Trends, and The Verge
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Oculus acquires eye-tracking startup The Eye Tribe — The direction you look could one day control your VR or mobile experience thanks to Facebook and Oculus' latest buy, The Eye Tribe. Oculus confirms to me that this is an official acquisition.The startup has developed …
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Tweets: @joshconstine, @spacekatgal, and @joshconstine
| Se Young Lee / Reuters: |
South Korea's antitrust regulator fines Qualcomm $850M+, says firm forced phone makers to pay royalties for too broad a set of patents on modem chip sales — South Korea's antitrust regulator said on Wednesday it fined U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc 1.03 trillion won ($854 million) …
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| David Barboza / New York Times: |
How China built “iPhone City”, the world's biggest iPhone factory, in Zhengzhou, with billions in perks, tax breaks, and subsidies to Foxconn — A hidden bounty of benefits for Foxconn's plant in Zhengzhou, the world's biggest iPhone factory, is central to the production of Apple's most profitable product.
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Tech Trader Daily, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @laurengoode, @jessepesta, @shiraovide, @nytimes, and @paulmozur
Thanks:@ravichandrans25| Brett Howse / AnandTech: |
Lenovo updates Thinkpad lineup with Microsoft Precision TouchPad drivers, Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, Intel Optane SSD support, unveils Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C docks — Today Lenovo is announcing a refresh of most of its ThinkPad lineup, and although the model numbers have only changed a bit …
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| Rachel Becker / The Verge: |
FDA publishes new cybersecurity guidelines for securing medical devices, but the recommendations lack enforceability — The FDA outlined how medical device manufacturers should ward off cyberattacks, but didn't include plans for enforcement — Today, the US Food and Drug Administration released …
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FDA Voice, Engadget, BBC, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, International Business Times, Modern Healthcare, CNET, and Tom's Hardware. Tweets: @sub8u
| Eileen Yu / ZDNet: |
Singapore will add iris scans as identifier for citizens and permanent residents starting January 1 — Singapore's immigration department will begin collecting iris images of citizens and permanent residents as an additional personal identifier, which is aimed at improving the efficiency of its operations.
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Singapore Ministry …, The Straits Times, TODAYonline, and Channel NewsAsia. Tweets: @digiphile
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon announces “Amazon Digital Day”, a sales holiday on December 30 with 1K+ digital deals on subscriptions, TV shows, music, movies, and more — Amazon is known for creating its own, exclusive sales holidays and events to boost its bottom line, as it has done with Prime Day …
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