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November 27, 2014, 10:55 AM

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David Meyer / Gigaom:

EU Parliament calls on Commission to consider Google break-up — Credit: Shutterstock / Markus Pfaff — Credit: Shutterstock / Markus Pfaff — As expected, the European Parliament has passed a resolution that calls on the European Commission to consider a break-up of Google …

European Parliament:

EU Parliament urges EU Commission to unbundle search engines from other commercial services — MEPs zero in on internet search companies and clouds — PLENARY SESSION Press release - Free movement of services / Information society − 27-11-2014 - 12:58

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Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina is actively exploring a 2016 presidential run but faces criticisms from prominent Republicans amid failed 2010 Senate race — Carly Fiorina actively explores 2016 presidential run but faces GOP critics — On a Republican presidential debate stage expected …

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Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:

Microsoft Appears To Pre-Announce Its Purchase Of Email Startup Acompli — Whoops. Welcome to literal fait accompli. — A short, unfinished blog listed as written by Microsoft corporate vice president Rajesh Jha hit the RSS wires earlier today. Here's what it looked like:

More: BetaNews, GeekWire, Gigaom Research, Neowin, Business Insider, WinBeta, The Verge, Forbes and App Advice

Tweets: @chrisfralic, @katie_roof and @raju

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:

Apple Watch site refreshed to highlight Timekeeping, New Ways to Connect, and Health & Fitness — Apple has quietly refreshed its Apple Watch microsite with a few changes including more details about the upcoming wearable and newly added interactive images of the device.

More: iMore, AppleInsider, Neowin, MacRumors, App Advice, Apple Gazette and TUAW

Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

Twitter to Start Tracking Which Apps Its Users Have Downloaded — Twitter will soon be peeking in on your smartphone. Literally. — The social network says it will start collecting data on which apps its users have downloaded onto their phones. The update is opt-out …

Josh Lowensohn / The Verge:

Obama signs E-Label Act, allowing manufacturers to put labels such as FCC symbols in software menus instead of on hardware — The US bill to phase out wonky symbols on the back of gadgets is now a law — The legislation designed to do away with printing various symbols and regulatory compliance numbers …

More: The Hill, PandoDaily, BetaNews, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, The Next Web, PhoneDog.com, iMore, Gizmodo and Neowin

Pocket Blog:

Apple's new phones taking screen time from iPads; iPhone 6+ owners open 65% more articles and videos than those with smaller phones — The Screen-Size Debate: How the iPhone 6 Plus Impacts Where We Read & Watch — Every day, millions of articles, videos and web pages are saved and viewed …

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Eyeing Up O2, BT Is Also In ‘Exploratory Discussions’ To Buy EE — Earlier this week, it emerged that BT was eyeing up buying a mobile carrier to expand its existing fixed line business, and that O2 was one of the two under consideration. Today we have confirmation of the other one …

More: Reuters, orange.com and The Next Web

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

Tiger Global Raises $2.5 Billion For New Deals — Investment firm Tiger Global has been hunting down deals all year, and now it has a lot more cash to run down new prey. — According to an SEC filing, the firm closed $2.5 billion in new funding, that comes a little more than 6 months after it raised a $1.5 billion fund in April.

More: Reuters. Tweets: @jonrussell

Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:

Singapore marketplace app Carousell raises $6M series A led by Sequoia for Asia expansion — Mobile Marketplace Carousell Raises $6M Series A Led By Sequoia Capital — Carousell, a mobile app marketplace that lets sellers upload items with a few taps on their smartphones …

More: ZDNet

The Coinbase Blog:

Mozilla Now Accepting Bitcoin for Donations via Coinbase — We're pleased to announce that the Mozilla Foundation is now accepting bitcoin for donations with Coinbase's merchant tools. — Since it was founded in 1998, Mozilla has built great Web products while staying true to the core values …

More: Bitcoin Vox and SiliconANGLE

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