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| Dante D'Orazio / The Verge: |
Google could launch ‘Nexus TV’ Android set-top next year, says report — Google isn't giving up its living room ambitions. The company is said to be working on a “Nexus TV” device that will run Android, stream video from services like Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube, and play a selection of video games.
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See also Mediagazer| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
Yahoo acquires live concert streaming platform Evntlive — Redwood City-Calif. based live concert streaming platform Evntlive has been acquired by Yahoo. Evntlive announced the acquisition on its website Friday, stating that the service will be discontinued, and that the Evntlive team will join Yahoo Video.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Smooth operators: why phone companies don't fight the NSA — Will AT&T and Verizon ever push back against NSA surveillance? Don't bet on it — Last week, the New York Times unearthed a troubling twist to the endless stream of bad surveillance news. Not only is AT&T handing …
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| Barbara Ortutay / Associated Press: |
Apple to begin using iBeacons at 254 US stores enabling in-store notifications in updated app — Apple guides shoppers inside stores with iBeacon — NEW YORK (AP) — GPS will tell you how to get to the nearest Apple store. With iBeacon, Apple hopes to guide you around once you're inside …
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| Chris Chavez / Phandroid: |
Prescription Google Glass pictured in the wild gives us our best look at the eyewear yet — Up until now, we haven't gotten a real good look at Google's plans for prescription eyewearers looking to outfit themselves with Google Glass. Sure there was the scruffy looking fella from months ago … | Bethany McLean / Vanity Fair: |
Is Marissa Mayer Helping Yahoo - or Hurting the Struggling Tech Giant? — As one of Google's highest-ranking women, Marissa Mayer became a Silicon Valley superstar, but inside the search giant her dazzle sometimes wore thin, with colleagues rebelling against her imperious style.
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
T-Mobile Taps MetroPCS' Spectrum to Boost LTE Network Speeds — T-Mobile has started rolling out higher-speed LTE service by tapping the airwaves it acquired as part of its MetroPCS acquisition. — Just before Thanksgiving, T-Mobile quietly turned on the faster service in parts of North Dallas.
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| Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom: |
Supreme Court to review patents on software — The Supreme Court announced Friday it will review if business methods implemented through computer software should be eligible for monopolies under patent law. — The decision to review software eligibility comes as U.S. courts continue … | Computerworld: |
Microsoft ends Windows 7 retail sales — Microsoft has quietly ended retail sales of Windows 7, according to a notice on its website. — Microsoft has quietly ended retail sales of Windows 7, according to a notice on its website. — The company's policies for shutting off sales …
| John Koetsier / VentureBeat: |
Americans opened 1.3 billion apps this year on Thanksgiving — a 68% jump — Thanksgiving is apparently the time to open apps as well as eat Turkey. — According to data released today by mobile analytics company Flurry, Americans initiated about 1.3 billion app sessions this year on Thanksgiving, a 68 percent jump from last year.| Akshat Rathi / Ars Technica: |
The metals in your smartphone may be irreplaceable — Shades of 60 elements that make up a computer chip. — intelfreepress — A few centuries ago, there were just a few widely used materials: wood, brick, iron, copper, gold, and silver. Today's material diversity is astounding.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Less Than 10% Of Twitter's Revenues Came From Promoted Trends In Q2 2013, SEC Filings Reveal — Twitter has been putting a lot of effort into its advertising business, which today is the newly public company's primary strategy for generating revenue. But it turns out that one of its earliest … | Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Google News mobile on Android and iOS revamped with customization options, simple navigation, weather, and more — Google today announced it has revamped its Google News mobile Web app for users running Android and iOS. The new version will be rolling out “over the next few days” in the US … | Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Facebook says ranking change is not targeting BuzzFeed and Upworthy in interview with News Feed boss — Like This if You Like Pandas! Facebook Says Publishers Shouldn't Fret About News Feed Changes. — In 2011, Google changed the way it ranked websites, in an effort to punish spammers and …
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See also Mediagazer| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Benchmark raises $425 million for new fund — Sand Hill Road stalwart closes eighth fund. — FORTUNE — Silicon Valley venture capital firm Benchmark has raised $425 million for its eighth fund, according to an SEC filing. — This is the same size as Benchmark's prior fund, raised in 2011 …
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