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Facebook hires Campbell Brown, ex-NBC News reporter and CNN prime-time host, to lead News Partnerships team, says she won't be involved in content decisions — Facebook is turning to a former television news journalist to help smooth over its strained ties to the news media …
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Samsung forecasts Q4 profits of $7.8B, up 50% YoY to its highest level in more than three years — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) said on Friday its fourth-quarter profit likely leapt 50 percent from a year earlier to its highest level in more than three years … | Michael Cooney / Network World: |
FTC sues D-Link over lax security in its routers and IP cameras, says D-Link used hard-coded logins, left private software sign-in key code online for 6 months — FTC: D-Link failed to take reasonable steps to secure its routers and Internet Protocol (IP) cameras, potentially compromising sensitive consumer information
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Sources: DJI acquires majority stake in Hasselblad, the iconic Swedish camera company — Jan 5, 2017, 10:19 amJan 5, 2017, 11:04 am — Last year DJI took a minority stake in Hasselblad, the iconic Swedish camera company. The companies also announced a partnership to work together …
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Renault-Nissan is the first customer for Microsoft's Azure-based, rebranded Connected Vehicle Platform — Company shifts away from Windows in favor of flexible approach that lets automakers pick the tech they need — Microsoft Corp. is rebooting its push to sell software for cars …
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Alpine announces iLX-107 aftermarket infotainment system with wireless CarPlay, available in February for $900 — While wireless CarPlay implementations have been supported since iOS 9, the functionality has so far been limited to a single BMW model. That will change next month, however …
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Misfit unveils Vapor, a touchscreen smartwatch with 1.4-inch full AMOLED display, GPS, and optical heart-rate sensors, expected to ship in late 2017 for $199 — Some people want to fill the world with smartwatches — Misfit, a maker of low-power, jewelry-like wearables that was acquired … | Nancy Watzman / Internet Archive Blogs: |
Internet Archive launches Trump Archive, a searchable repository of Donald Trump TV appearances, with 520+ hours of video from 2009 until now — The Trump Archive launches today with 700+ televised speeches, interviews, debates, and other news broadcasts related to President-elect Donald Trump … | Laura Entis / Fortune: |
Adobe report: US online sales reached $91.7B between November 1 and December 31, growing 11% year-over-year; sales from mobiles and tablets rose 23% to $28.43B — Brave the pre-holiday mall crush or kick back on the couch and order your gifts online? — Americans are increasingly selecting the latter option.
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The excitement for Amazon's Alexa at CES shows Apple is missing out on expanding its HomeKit suite — Apple never shows up to CES, but the last couple years, it's still managed to have a quiet presence through HomeKit. That's true this year, too, but it's been really quiet …
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New York-based SaaS HR firm Namely raises $50M, closing a $80M Series D led by Altimeter Capital and Scale Venture Partners — One of the big HR startup stories of the last year has been the trials and tribulations of Zenefits, but news coming out today from another company in the space shows …
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Cloud storage startup Bitcasa posts “goodbye” message on its site, implying it may have been acquired — CES seems to be making some bloggers a little trigger happy with posting. Just a little while ago VentureBeat published a story claiming that Intel had acquired Bitcasa … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Dell unveils Canvas, a 27-inch 2560x1440 sloped monitor to rival Microsoft's Studio, and Totem, an included peripheral that works with Surface Dial integrations — The most exciting part of Microsoft's Surface Studio — an all-in-one PC announced back in October — was its ability to fold … Sponsor Posts
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