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S Somasegar / MSDN Blogs:

Microsoft acquires cross-platform crash analytics and distribution service HockeyApp — Microsoft acquires HockeyApp, leading mobile crash analytics and beta distribution service for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone — Today I'm pleased to announce that we have acquired HockeyApp …

More: HockeyApp, PC Magazine, InfoWorld, Engadget, GeekWire, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, eWeek, The Register, TechCrunch, MSDN Blogs, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, WinBeta, Windows Phone Central, VentureBeat, MacStories, MacRumors and Neowin

Tweets: @msftnews and @scottgu

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Qualcomm, Intel, and others speak out against Title II net neutrality — Much of the fight over how to handle net neutrality has been between the two industries that have the most obvious stake in it: cable companies and web services. Today, though, 60 tech companies, including Intel …

More: SlashGear, FierceWireless, The Register, FierceTelecom News, CNET, Cult of Mac and Engadget

Edward Wyatt / New York Times:

Verizon says future investments in its networks will be unaffected by net neutrality policy

More: Gizmodo, Techdirt, DSLreports, Associated Press, Washington Post and Ars Technica

Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority:

Chromecast app's new Guest Mode option allows others to cast to your TV without a WiFi password — (Update: video) Chromecast update: screen casting for 4.4.2 devices, Material design, guest mode — Tired of updates yet? Neither are we! The Chromecast Android app is next in line, and the new update brings some awesome features.

More: Google Chrome Blog, Gigaom, TechCrunch, PC World, The Next Web, The Verge, Electronista and BGR

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

LinkedIn Rolls Out A Simplified Homepage With Analytics And News Feed Front And Center — LinkedIn, the social network for the working world, today gets around 45 million monthly unique visitors to linkedin.com according to comScore, and to help grow that number, LinkedIn is debuting a pared …

More: Re/code, Official LinkedIn Blog, ReadWrite, SiliconBeat, SocialTimes and TheStreet.com. Tweets: @ingridlunden

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft makes its MSN consumer apps available on iOS, Android, Amazon devices — Summary:Microsoft is continuing its cross-platform push, bringing a number of its MSN-branded consumer apps to iOS, Android and Amazon devices. — The team inside Bing that built some of the best “Metro Style” …

More: The Verge, The Fire Hose, CITEworld, TechCrunch, Android Police, The Next Web, Gigaom, MacRumors, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac and AfterDawn.com

Re/code:

Sources: Sony Pictures used AWS to execute denial-of-service attack on sites where its stolen data is available — Sony Pictures Tries to Disrupt Downloads of Its Stolen Files — Sony Pictures Entertainment is fighting back. — The studio behind the “Spider-Man” franchise and …

More: Washington Post, Ars Technica, ExtremeTech, Slate, ZDNet, Network World, TechSpot, TIME, SiliconBeat, ReadWrite, Geek.com, Fortune, AfterDawn.com, Tech Times, Digital Trends, Ubergizmo, The Verge, Gizmodo, Business Insider and Geeky Gadgets

Tweets: @ahess247, @ldignan, @mikeisaac and @csoghoian

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Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Apple Reverses Course, Allows Transmit to Reinstate ‘Send To’ Feature — Earlier this week, file management app Transmit from developer Panic gained some attention after Apple required the company to remove a key sharing feature that let files be sent to multiple services like Dropbox and iCloud Drive.

More: AppleInsider, Gigaom, iMore and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @film_girl

Peter Bright / Ars Technica:

Xbox, Windows Store now accepting Bitcoin payments — You can now use Bitcoin to add funds to your Microsoft account. — Microsoft has added Bitcoin support to Microsoft accounts. Bitcoin funds can be added to accounts to enable digital purchases from the Windows, Windows Phone, Xbox Games, Xbox Music, and Xbox Video stores.

Harry McCracken / Fast Company:

Ford's new in-dash infotainment system Sync 3 replaces MyFord Touch, uses BlackBerry's QNX instead of Microsoft's OS — Why Ford dumping Microsoft's automotive software was inevitable-and probably long overdue — Years ago, the carmaker took an early lead in infotainment.

More: Gigaom, The Verge, TechCrunch, Re/code, PC Magazine, CNET, Engadget, WinBeta, Los Angeles Times, FierceWireless and OSNews

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Google Removes Amazon's App Listing From Google Play Search Following Addition Of Appstore, Instant Video Integrations — In October, we spotted that Amazon had quietly launched a hidden and functional app store within its main Android application which was available for download on Google Play.

More: Android Police, The Verge, Engadget, BGR and Google Drive Blog

Mike Beasley / 9to5Google:

Google begins notifying users of $19 million settlement with FTC over in-app purchases

More: Engadget, TechCrunch, Geeky Gadgets, Inquirer, VentureBeat and Android Authority

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Dropbox launches Microsoft Office collaboration features for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on Windows and Mac — Dropbox today launched its much-anticipated Project Harmony functionality, which brings collaboration tools to Microsoft Office desktop applications.

More: Computerworld and Gigaom. Thanks:@harrisonweber

Rachel King / ZDNet:

Cloud collaboration startup Huddle raises another $51 million — Summary:Huddle plans to keep growing its geographical footprint in the United States and Europe while doubling the size of its product team. — The enterprise cloud storage market continues to be a stacked horse race.

More: 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Fortune, PE Hub Blog, Xconomy and bizjournals

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft ready to show off Windows 10 mobile SKU on January 21 — Summary:Microsoft will share more about the Windows 10 ‘consumer experience’ at an event on January 21 in Redmond. — Microsoft officials sent invitations on December 11 to selected press and analysts to its next Windows 10 reveal event.

More: The Verge, Blogging Windows, Re/code, BetaNews, PC World, GeekWire, CNET, The Next Web, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, TechRadar.com, Gotta Be Mobile, WinBeta, SuperSite for Windows and Windows Phone Central

James Vincent / The Verge:

PS4 will go on sale in China in January after 14-year ban on foreign consoles — A new front has opened up in the console wars. Sony announced that its PlayStation 4 console will launch in China on January 11th — four months after Microsoft's Xbox One arrived in the country.

More: Engadget, The Next Web, CNET, VentureBeat, GeekWire, VG247, VideoGamer.com, Gamasutra, Bloomberg, Polygon, Neowin, Joystiq, Fortune, GameSpot, Geeky Gadgets and Seeking Alpha

Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:

Q&A with Jack Dorsey on Square's past year and its future after the company hits record $100M in sales in a single day — Are All Payments Becoming Invisible? A Conversation With Square's Jack Dorsey — Square, the company famous for its tiny mobile credit-card reader …

More: Wired. Tweets: @mikeisaac

William Petroski / Des Moines Register:

Iowa to allow drivers to use new mobile app as official driver's license in 2015 — Iowa to launch smartphone driver's license — Iowans will soon be able to use a mobile app on their smartphones as their official driver's license issued by the Iowa Department of Transportation.

More: The Daily Dot, The Verge, Gizmodo, PC World, Wired, SiliconANGLE, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, SlashGear, Business Insider, Laughing Squid, BetaNews, Gotta Be Mobile and Android Authority

Maya Kosoff / Business Insider:

Uber Is Suspending Operations In New Delhi Following Allegations Of Rape Against One Of Its Drivers — Uber will suspend operations in New Delhi and review its Indian operations, according to a company blog post on Thursday. The announcement comes three days after Delhi, India's capital territory, banned the service.

More: Uber Blog, PC World, TIME, SlashGear, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, The Next Web and MediaNama. Tweets: @ellenhuet

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Google revamps its iOS app with Material Design, one-tap search, built-in Maps, and recently visited pages — Google today launched a major revamp of its main iOS app, bringing a new look and adding new features. You can download the new version now from Apple's App Store.

More: Inside Search, PC Magazine and Gizmodo

Timothy Hay / Wall Street Journal:

Woven Digital, maker of viral videos geared toward young men, raises $18M Series A led by IVP — Woven Digital Raises $18 Million for Viral Video Geared Toward Young Men — Institutional Venture Partners has a long track record of investing in news and entertainment providers …

More: PE Hub Blog, Los Angeles Times, PandoDaily, TechCrunch, Business Insider, AdAge, Variety, Mashable, Deadline and VideoInk. See also Mediagazer

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Social Address Book Connect Raises $10.3M As It Expands Into Messaging, International Markets — Connect, a social address book and friend finder application that launched earlier this year, has raised $10.3 million in new funding as the company prepares to expand into messaging …

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Nation-backed malware targets diplomats' iPhones, Androids, and PCs — Researchers have uncovered yet another international espionage campaign that's so sophisticated and comprehensive that it could only have been developed with the backing of a well resourced country.

More: Securelist, Blue Coat, AppleInsider, Ubergizmo and Inquirer

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

YouTube For Android Gets Offline Playback... But In India, Indonesia And Philippines Only — Here's something neat. Google has introduced offline video playback for YouTube mobile users. That's an exciting feature but there's bad news for most TechCrunch readers: it's only available …

More: Google Asia Pacific Blog, Official Google India Blog, Google Operating System, Android Police, Technology Personalized, MediaNama, Digital Inspiration …, Tech in Asia, Android Beat, memeburn, 9to5Google and Trakin' the india …

Carmel DeAmicis / Gigaom:

Product Hunt now lets you make your own collections and bookmarks — Make your own Product Hunt collections and bookmarks — What a user profile's collections look like on Product Hunt — What a user profile's collections look like on Product Hunt — Happy holidays, early, from Product Hunt.

More: VentureBeat, TechCrunch and The Next Web. Tweets: @stevesi

Robert Hackett / Fortune:

Cybersecurity firm Area 1 Security, founded by ex-NSA employees, raises $8M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins — Can three ex-NSA snoops stop the worst hacks before they start? — An e-mail arrives in your inbox: relevant, knowingly addressed to you, hardly suspicious.

More: PE Hub Blog

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