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| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Source: Google Hangouts for consumers will be shutting down sometime in 2020 — According to source familiar with the product's internal roadmap, Google Hangouts for consumers will be shutting down sometime in 2020. That's not entirely unsurprising since Google essentially ceased development on the app more than a year ago.
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| Day One: The Amazon Blog: |
Apple Music will be available on Amazon Echo devices beginning the week of December 17 — Apple Music is coming to Echo devices in the coming weeks. — Music has always been one of Alexa's most popular features and today we're excited to announce that Apple Music will be available on Echo devices beginning the week of December 17.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Marriott International says 500M records from the guest reservation database of Starwood Hotels were stolen in a massive data breach dating as far back as 2014 — Starwood Hotels has confirmed its hotel guest database of about 500 million customers has been stolen in a data breach.
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| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
Since Satya Nadella became CEO, Microsoft has almost tripled its market cap to $850B+, and on Friday it replaced Apple as the world's most valuable company — Just a few years ago, Microsoft was seen as a lumbering has-been of the technology world. — It was big and still quite profitable …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram is launching a “Close Friends” list on iOS and Android to let users share Stories with a limited group of friends — They're Finstagram Stories — No one wants to post silly, racy, or vulnerable Stories if they're worried their boss, parents, and distant acquaintances are watching.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Apple approves Indian telecom regulator's “TRAI DND - Do Not Disturb” app that lets users block unwanted phone calls and text messages, avoiding iPhone ban — Fed up with years of waiting for Apple to implement anti-spam measures for iPhones, India's telecom regulator TRAI threatened …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
AT&T plans another, 3-tiered streaming service for Q4 2019 with a movie-focused entry level, a premium level with original programming, and a WarnerMedia bundle — AT&T may be ready to sell its stake in Hulu, the company revealed in an analyst presentation on Thursday.
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| Melia Russell / San Francisco Chronicle: |
DHS proposes H-1B visa rule changes that would prioritize workers with US advanced degrees and make it harder for outsourcers to hire cheaper staff from abroad — Stacked shipments of H-1B visa petitions outside a government processing center in Laguna Niguel, Calif., April 3, 2017.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Arlo, Netgear's security camera spinoff, announces its first 4K camera, Arlo Ultra, with HDR and a built-in spotlight, available in Q1 2019 for $399.99 — Smart person detection and 911 calling are available at launch — Arlo, the security camera company launched by Netgear …
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| Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News: |
Techmeme now publishing paid and free “Leaderboards” showing the most influential reporters around a specific news topic — Today Techmeme has begun publishing Topic Leaderboards, which list the top authors and publications covering 24 topic areas such as cloud computing, autonomous vehicles …
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| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: EU's antitrust regulators sent questionnaires to Google rivals last month, asking for details on Google's practices and impact on competing services — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators have asked Google's rivals if the internet search giant unfairly demotes local search competitors …
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| Liz Moyer / CNBC: |
SEC settles with Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled on charges of promoting ICOs without disclosing payments; Mayweather to pay $600K+ in fees, Khaled to pay $150K+ — Pro boxer Floyd Mayweather and music producer DJ Khaled pumped up initial coin offerings without telling investors …
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