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| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
New book outlines Microsoft's product roadmap: new Surface Pro and Laptop, “ambient devices”, and Xbox One S in 2019; updated Surface Book and Hub in 2020 — Next year will be a busy one for Microsoft's Surface division, if a new book about the organization is any indication.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Sennheiser's HeadSetup software makes PCs and Macs vulnerable to MITM attacks due to flawed self-signed TLS certificate, which users should now manually remove — Poorly secured certificate lets hackers impersonate any website on the Internet. — Audio device maker Sennheiser has issued …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Unredacted emails from Six4Three case show Facebook staff seeking to charge devs and advertisers for user data in 2012-2014; Facebook says it decided against it — Internal emails in court filings viewed by The Wall Street Journal provide a window into a document trove a British lawmaker plans to release soon
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Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Ars Technica, Business Insider, The Verge, ABC News, Engadget, Fossbytes, Telegraph, PYMNTS.com, and CNET
| David Barnard: |
How iOS developers game the App Store: naming apps with popular keywords, tricking users to sign up for subscriptions, buying fake ratings and reviews, and more — I've been pestering Apple for years publicly and privately about the manipulation and outright scams going on in the App Store.
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| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Facebook will exempt ads from eligible news outlets from its political ad archive in the UK, a policy it plans to extend to the US and Brazil pending UK tests — Social network to act against ‘dark adverts’ with compulsory disclaimers saying who paid — Every political advert on Facebook …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft debuts redesigned icons for Office suite, alongside other cosmetic changes, and says Outlook Mobile is getting a redesign soon — A new modern look — Microsoft is modernizing its Office icons as part of a broader focus on design for its various Office apps.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft rolls out a search function, powered by Bing, for SwiftKey on Android in the US, UK, India, France, Canada, and elsewhere — Microsoft-owned mobile keyboard company SwiftKey is today rolling out a search feature for Android users that lets them browse the internet for content directly from within the keyboard.
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| Jeff Barr / AWS News Blog: |
A summary of AWS launches, previews, and pre-announcements from AWS re:Invent 2018 — As promised in Welcome to AWS re:Invent 2018, here's a summary of the launches, previews, and pre-announcements from Andy Jassy's keynote. I have included links to allow you to sign up for previews, as appropriate.
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube begins rolling out Stories, which last for seven days on its mobile app and can be viewed by everyone, to accounts with over 10,000 subscribers — Amid some concern from the community — YouTube is expanding its Instagram-like Stories capability to more creators today …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Assistant adds Broadcast Replies, notes and lists integration, visual lyrics, and Pretty Please on Smart Displays and Google Home — With the holiday season underway, Google is announcing a slew of new features for Assistant speakers and Smart Displays.
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Engadget, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, CNET, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, and The Verge
| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Amid worries about demand for iPhone XR, Apple VP of product marketing Greg Joswiak says it's “been our most popular iPhone” every day since it became available — Apple's iPhone XR has been outselling the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max every day since the cheaper, colorful phone hit the market last month.| Mark Wilson / Fast Company: |
Airbnb's innovation lab Samara announces Backyard, an initiative to design and prototype new ways of building homes, starting in 2019 — After launching a home-sharing revolution, Airbnb's founders started asking themselves, “What's next?” They successfully created a global network … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Dell says it detected hackers “attempting to extract Dell.com customer information”, such as customer names, email addresses, and hashed passwords, on Nov. 9 — Company says it detected an intrusion at the start of the month, but financial data was not exposed.
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| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
South Korea charges nine people and two companies with illegally selling Samsung's bendable OLED screen technology to Chinese rivals — - Suspects accused of stealing tech used to bend Galaxy screens — Samsung spent 150 billion won on technology, prosecution says| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Asana, which provides work management and collaboration software for teams, raises $50M Series E led by Generation Investment Management at a $1.5B valuation — Asana, a service that teams and individuals use to plan and track the progress of work projects, is doubling down on its own project …
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Telegraph, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Bloomberg, and Forbes. Tweets: @jasonlk. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Bloomberg: |
Germany's Federal Cartel Office says it has opened an antitrust investigation into Amazon's “double role” as retailer and host for other stores — - German Cartel Office looking at how firm treats site's sellers — Probe focuses on terms, adding to EU scrutiny of data abuse
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GeekWire, The Hill, Reuters, VentureBeat, Associated Press, Fast Company, TechCrunch, Fortune, and Business Insider. Tweets: @aoifewhite101
| New York Times: |
Law enforcement authorities, working with Microsoft, have arrested dozens of scammers in New Delhi over fake PC virus pop-up alert ads during the past month — MUMBAI, India — You know the messages. They pop up on your computer screen with ominous warnings like, “Your computer has been infected with a virus.| Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg: |
The US Army says Microsoft won a $480M contract for prototypes of AR systems for combat missions and training which could lead to 100K+ headset purchases — Microsoft Corp. has won a $480 million contract to supply prototypes for augmented reality systems to the Army for use on combat missions and in training, the Army said.
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TechCrunch, Mashable, On MSFT, Inquirer, Investor's Business Daily, BetaNews, Silicon Republic, Forbes, Gizmodo, Road to VR, Reuters, CNET, UploadVR, Neowin, GeekWire, Windows Central, SlashGear, Axios, The Verge, and Thurrot
| DW.COM: |
CeBIT, an IT trade show with 850K visitors per year, has been canceled for 2019, after facing declining visitor numbers and space rentals — Despite turning the trade fair into a fun fair, organizers could not save the beloved but struggling trade fair. CeBIT once boasted 850,000 visitors a year …
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CEBIT Press, The Next Web, TSNN Trade Show News, Fudzilla.com, Guru3D.com, TechRadar.com, and TechSpot. Tweets: @cebit
| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
T-Mobile quietly launches T-Mobile MONEY, a mobile banking solution with an app available now for Android and iOS; T-Mobile ended a similar offering in 2016 — T-Mobile, the self-titled “Un-Carrier,” is further separating itself from the competition by getting into the booming world of mobile banking with “T-Mobile Money.”Sponsor Posts
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