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December 15, 2014, 10:30 PM

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Gurdeep Pall / Skype Blogs:

Skype Translator preview goes live on Windows 8.1 with support for real-time translation of English and Spanish — Skype Translator Preview - An Exciting Journey to a New Chapter in Communication — For more than a decade, Skype has been breaking down geographical barriers to make every day audio and video communications possible.

More: Skype Blogs, TechCrunch, BGR, GeekWire, The Register, The Verge, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, SuperSite for Windows, SlashGear, ScienceAlert, Tech Times, Gigaom, ExtremeTech, gHacks Technology News, InvestorPlace, Cult of Mac, PC Magazine, Geek.com, The Tech Portal, Engadget, Neowin, Mashable, BetaNews, VentureBeat, The Next Web, dailywireless.org, TechSpot, CNET, TIME and ZDNet

Tweets: @davidellis, @scottlowe and @z_rose

Thanks:@reckel

Amazon:

HBO GO is now available on Amazon Fire TV, support for Fire TV Stick coming in spring — HBO GO Now Available on Amazon Fire TV — HBO GO joins a growing list of services that support Amazon Fire TV voice search — customers simply say the name of a movie or TV show to find it on Amazon …

More: Android Police, 9to5Google, Engadget, VentureBeat, GeekWire, Ubergizmo, The Verge, The Next Web, CNET, TechCrunch and Gigaom. See also Mediagazer

Nathan Olivarez-Giles / Wall Street Journal:

HBO Go not available on Fire TV for Comcast and Charter customers

More: Gizmodo and TIME

Kia Kokalitcheva / VentureBeat:

Google integrates Nest with its iOS and Android apps, enables voice commands, Now cards — Google for Android and iOS updated with Nest integration — The “Works with Nest” program has a new addition: the Google app. — Starting now, Nest thermostat owners can use Google's self-titled iOS …

More: MacRumors, 9to5Google, iPhone in Canada Blog, PhoneDog.com, SlashGear, TechSpot and O'Grady's PowerPage

The Foursquare Blog:

Foursquare launches on iPad with emphasis on trip planning — Introducing Foursquare for the iPad, the best way to plan your holiday travels. — Since the new Foursquare came out a few months ago, people have been telling us that they do a lot of their planning on their iPad …

More: TUAW, Mashable, App Advice, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, SlashGear, The Verge, VentureBeat, Ubergizmo, iPhone in Canada Blog and iMore

Tweets: @dens and @theromit

Jacob Fischler / BuzzFeed:

Uber responds to Sen. Al Franken, says it accessed reporters' account because she was late, scales back access to God View; senator still dissatisfied — Uber Said It Accessed BuzzFeed News Reporter's Information Because She Was “Late” — The company, responding to Sen. Al Franken …

More: The Next Web, VentureBeat, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Politico, CNET and PC World

Tweets: @itsfischy and @dnvolz

See also Mediagazer

Brad Smith / The Official Microsoft Blog:

Apple, Amazon, other tech giants, trade groups, and academics support Microsoft in its case against US Government on overseas search warrants — Business, Media and Civil Society Speak Up in Key Privacy Case — Today represents an important milestone in our litigation concerning …

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Gartner: 301M Smartphones Sold In Q3 As Xiaomi Muscles Into The Top 5 At Samsung's Expense — Smartphones now account for 66% of all mobile phones worldwide and are on track to see 2014 sales of 1.2 billion units in 2014. But while Android appears to have “won” the so-called platform war …

More: Gartner, New York Times, Ars Technica, The Register, AppleInsider, CNET, Quartz, dailywireless.org, 9to5Mac, Ubergizmo, App Advice, Engadget, RCR Wireless News, WMPoweruser, SlashGear, Gigaom, Macworld, The Tech Portal and Inquirer. Tweets: @jafurtado

Ernesto / TorrentFreak:

Pirate Bay admin talks about the raid, copycats, says he's not sure site will be relaunched — Pirate Bay Responds to The Raid, Copies and The Future — For more than a decade The Pirate Bay's been the bastion of uncensored information. Until the raid on some of its critical infrastructure last week …

More: Gizmodo, Ubergizmo, VentureBeat, Plagiarism Today, ExtremeTech, Business Insider, PC Magazine, The Register, The Next Web and The Age

Ginny Marvin / Marketing Land:

Google is talking to retailers about 1-click “Buy Now” button and an Amazon Prime-like free 2 day shipping program — Google Shopping May Go Deeper Into Ecommerce With “Buy Now” Button To Challenge Amazon — Google is reportedly floating the idea of a “Buy Now” button and two-day shipping program.

More: Wall Street Journal, GeekWire, Open IT Strategies, Pocket-lint, Android Central, Pocketnow, TechnoBuffalo and The Verge

Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

Jury begins deliberations in billion-dollar Apple iTunes trial — OAKLAND, Calif.—The long-running iTunes antitrust lawsuit against Apple has gone to a jury, which took the case after about three hours of closing arguments today. The jury will make an unusual split decision …

More: CNET, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, 9to5Mac, iMore and VentureBeat

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Microsoft removes waitlist for its Office presentation app Sway, adds slew of new features to the preview — Microsoft today expanded the preview for its content aggregation and presentation application Sway. The waitlist has been axed, meaning anyone with a Microsoft Account can sign up to start creating Sways.

More: Office Blogs, TechCrunch, Patently Apple, SuperSite for Windows, Business Insider, The Next Web, The Fire Hose and WinBeta

Napier Lopez / The Next Web:

SoundCloud introduces ‘Collection,’ a dashboard for following artists and listening to your playlists — SoundCloud is great for discovering unique content and mixes you'll scarcely find anywhere else, but sometimes keeping track of all that audio goodness gets a bit cumbersome.

More: SoundCloud, TechCrunch, SlashGear, The Verge, Gizmodo, VentureVillage and Engadget

Laura Lorenzetti / Fortune:

SurveyMonkey is worth $2 billion after new $250 million fundraising round — SurveyMonkey, the online survey platform, raised $250 million in equity financing, making the company worth close to $2 billion. — The funding will help the company pursue future acquisition purchases …

More: PE Hub Blog, bizjournals and TechCrunch

Eugene Volokh / Washington Post:

Sony unlikely to prevail in court if it sues media organizations for publishing stolen data — Can Sony sue media outlets who publish the stolen Sony documents? — David Boies, representing Sony, has written a letter to various media outlets, demanding that they not publish or otherwise use …

More: New York Times, Re/code, New York Times, Uncrunched, Krebs on Security, CNET, The Verge, CNNMoney.com, Holtz Communications …, USA Today, SlashGear, Los Angeles Times, Poynter, Gigaom, Mashable and The Next Web. Tweets: @awallenstein. See also Mediagazer

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:

Amazon's Kindle for iOS app updated w/ Goodreads integration, Audible progressive play, more — Amazon pushed out an updated version of its Kindle for iOS app today bringing a list of new features to the reading app. — Kindle for iOS now includes integration with Goodreads …

More: VentureBeat, The Verge, GeekWire, iMore, Talking New Media, Ubergizmo, Digital Trends, The Digital Reader, TechCrunch, Engadget and MacNN

Brian Ries / Mashable:

Uber introduces surge pricing during Sydney hostage siege, then backtracks, offers free rides, refunds — Uber intros surge pricing during Sydney hostage siege, then backtracks after user outcry — This post was updated at 10:45 p.m. ET to include an updated statement from Uber

More: Washington Post, Uber Blog, BBC, Gawker, The Huffington Post, Hit & Run, New York Times, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, SFist, TIME, Wired, USA Today, SiliconBeat, TechPresident, The Daily Dot, bizjournals, Tech Times, NPR and Joho the Blog

Tweets: @lauradinneen, @laurenonizzle and @rmac18

Jeremy C. Owens / Mercury News:

Networking company Riverbed Technology to be acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $3.6B after activist investor struggle — Riverbed Technology to sell for $3.6 billion after activist investor struggle — SAN FRANCISCO — Networking company Riverbed Technology has agreed …

More: ZDNet, Business Wire, Reuters, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, CBC News, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Bloomberg, bizjournals, Benzinga, Financial Post, NASDAQ.com, Forbes and Reuters. Tweets: @recode

Nate Raymond / Reuters:

Apple e-book case enters appeals court; some judges seem sympathetic, citing Amazon dominance — U.S. faces tough questions in Apple e-books antitrust appeal — (Reuters) - A U.S. government lawyer faced tough questioning in an appeals court on Monday as he sought to defend a judge's ruling …

More: Fortune, Fortune, Yahoo! Finance, App Advice, Gigaom, Re/code, Associated Press, MacRumors and Cult of Mac. See also Mediagazer

Greg Sterling / Marketing Land:

Yelp Introduces New App For Business Owners With Push Notifications — New iOS and Android app enables SMBs to manage profiles on the go. — Yelp is releasing a new app for business owners. Unsurprisingly called “Yelp for Business Owners,” it's available for iOS and Android users …

More: Yelp Official Blog, VentureBeat and AndroidHeadlines.com. Tweets: @marshallk

Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

Survey reveals most technology companies' privacy policies do not cover employee access to user data — We Asked 29 Tech Companies If Their Employees Can Access Your Personal Data — Privacy policies rarely mention the weakest point in any company's security infrastructure: its employees.

Tweets: @cwarzel, @jeffjohnroberts and @parmy

Loek Essers / PC World:

Google faces up to €15M fine over privacy violations in Holland — Dutch authority to Google: change privacy policy or else — If Google doesn't change how it handles users' private data by the end of February, it may face fines of €15 million (about US$18.6 million), the Dutch Privacy Authority said Monday.

More: Dutch DPA, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, Quartz, iTnews, Associated Press, The Hill, The Register and MediaPost

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