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| Evelyn Kim / Google LatLong: |
Google Maps for iOS and Android revamped with Material Design, restaurant booking through OpenTable, Uber ride estimates — Google Maps: Your best accessory this season — Bold colors and textures are in—and Google Maps is on trend, with a slick new style to make traveling with Maps even easier.
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| Kara Swisher / Vanity Fair: |
Behind Travis Kalanick's fighting instinct, how Andreessen Horowitz missed the boat on Uber's Series B, and how Kalanick attempted to hamper Lyft's fundraising — Man and Uber Man — Uber, Travis Kalanick's smartphone-based car service, has been valued at $18.2 billion, but its C.E.O. still spends a lot of his time on the warpath.
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| Rachel Barton / Google Drive Blog: |
Google launches Chrome extension letting you open files from Google Drive with desktop apps like Adobe Reader or Photoshop — Launch desktop applications from Google Drive in Chrome — Browsers are pretty amazing things. Before, if you wanted to do any serious computing, you'd have to install software onto your computer.
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| Megan Geuss / Ars Technica: |
Google Wallet weekly transactions and new users signups increase thanks to Apple Pay launch — Google Wallet use grows after Apple Pay launch — NFC-based mobile payments have had a boost in recent months, possibly thanks to the launch of Apple Pay, which was announced in September.
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| Jemima Kiss / Guardian: |
Former NSA lawyer: encrypting user data led to Blackberry's demise, cautions Apple and Google — Former NSA lawyer: the cyberwar is between tech firms and the US government — Stewart Baker said that Apple and Google could be restricting their business in markets like China and Russia by encrypting user data
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| Husain Sumra / MacRumors: |
Apple Watch Pricing to Reportedly Start at $500 for Stainless Steel, $4,000 for Gold — French Apple website iGen.fr is reporting [Google Translate] that pricing for the stainless steel Apple Watch may start at $500, while the gold Apple Watches' pricing could start between $4,000 and $5,000. iGen …
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| Lauren Goode / Re/code: |
Jawbone launches $50 Move clip-on fitness tracker, preorder today, ships Nov 7; $180 Up3 wristband tracker with heart-rate sensor, ships within weeks — Jawbone Joins Pre-Holiday Wearable Race, With $50 Up Move and a New Up3 Wristband — Get ready for yet another activity-tracking device.
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| Robert Lemos / Ars Technica: |
EFF finds that only 6 of 39 messaging apps guarantee basic secure communications — Security scorecard finds messaging apps need more development — Only six out of 39 messaging applications have the features needed to guarantee the security of communications sent over the Internet …
| Reuters: |
Axel Springer, Germany's top publisher, grants Google license to index its news stories despite “Google Tax”, citing 80% drop in Google News traffic — Germany's top publisher bows to Google in news licensing row — (Reuters) - Germany's biggest news publisher Axel Springer … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Kobalt, which represents major artists, reports that royalties collected from Spotify in Europe in Q1 surpass those from iTunes by 13% — In Europe, Spotify Royalties Overtake iTunes Earnings By 13% — Spotify may be smarting from the removal of Taylor Swift's music catalogue from its platform …
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See also Mediagazer| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
EFF asks for the right to revive “abandoned” online games — While playing the original versions of classic games on aging original hardware can sometimes be difficult, it's at least typically possible. That's not the case for many online games, which are functionally inoperable once …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Viddy, Once Touted As ‘The Instagram For Video’, Will Shut Down On December 15 — Remember Viddy? The one-time red hot mobile video app is closing down. That's according to Fullscreen, the company that bought it for $20 million — a snip of its peak valuation — earlier this year.| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
Sonos adds multi-account support for streaming services to its internet-connected speakers — Sonos adds multi-account support to its connected loudspeakers — Sonos wants to make sure that your kids questionable taste in music doesn't ruin your Spotify recommendations.| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Swype keyboard for iOS adds 16 new languages, auto Emoji suggestions, more — Swype iOS 8 keyboard now available in 20+ languages, adds new layouts & auto Emoji suggestions — Nuance announced an update for its Swype keyboard for iOS 8 today that introduces support for a long list …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
LG G Watch R Review: voice commands too limited, circular display chops Google Now cards, software and hardware need refinement — LG G Watch R review — Watches are functionally boring. Their primary task of displaying the time has been figured out for centuries … | Paul Sawers / The Next Web: |
Amazon brings same-day deliveries to Canada, kicking off with Toronto and Vancouver — Amazon has announced that it's launching its same-day delivery service in Canada, kicking off with Toronto and Vancouver. — Today's news comes a few months after the e-commerce giant revealed …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Music competition app Chosen, founded by ex-Beats Music CEO, raises $5M led by DCM, expected to launch Q1 2015 — Ex-Beats Music CEO's New App “Chosen” Is A Mobile-First American Idol — Sing, yodel, or shred guitar into your phone, and get famous. That's the idea behind performance …
Tweets: @joshconstine
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