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| Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com: |
YouTube tentatively agrees to stream ‘The Interview’ — YouTube, the world's largest video web site, has tentatively agreed to help Sony Pictures distribute “The Interview” via the Internet, according to sources with direct knowledge of the ongoing negotiations. — The sources cautioned that the deal could still fall apart.
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See also Mediagazer| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Experts Are Still Divided on Whether North Korea Is Behind Sony Attack — Security cameras stand across the street on Culver Boulevard from the Sony Pictures Studios' water tank in Culver City, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. Damian Dovarganes/AP — The FBI announcement last week …
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| Hollywood Reporter: |
Sony announces The Interview will play in select theaters Christmas day, on-demand release also expected — Multiple Theaters Say They Will Screen ‘The Interview’ — Sony's The Interview is getting its day in theaters after all. — The Plaza Theater in Atlanta and The Alamo Drafthouse …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Samsung shutters flagship London store amid falling sales — Closing down a marquee location in one of Europe's biggest malls — What are Samsung Experience Stores? Why, they're a dying species, if the latest development in Samsung's efforts to establish its own retail empire are any indication.
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| Amy Schatz / Re/code: |
Google and Microsoft join wireless trade group in opposing hotel industry's FCC petition to allow blocking personal WiFi hotspots — Google, Wireless Industry Not Down With Marriott's Wi-Fi Blocking Plan — Microsoft and Google don't agree on much, but they've presented a united front …
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| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
Uber CEO Indicted in South Korea Over Its Taxi Service — Prosecutors in South Korea charged Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick and the head of its domestic business partner MK Korea Co. with violating a transportation law. — San Francisco-based Uber …
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| John Ribeiro / PC World: |
Ireland wants US to use treaty to access Microsoft held emails — “Respect Irish sovereignty,” Ireland has told a court that is hearing a dispute over access for U.S. law enforcement to email communications held by Microsoft in Dublin. — “Ireland respectfully asserts that foreign courts …
| Jim Finkle / Reuters: |
Apple pushes first ever automated security update for Macs to fix critical NTP vulnerabilities — Apple pushes first ever automated security update to Mac users — (Reuters) - Apple Inc has pushed out its first-ever automated security update to Macintosh computers to help defend …
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| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
Federal judge approves warrantless creation of fake Instagram accounts used by law enforcement to befriend and access photos of suspects — Judge: It's OK for cops to create fake Instagram accounts — “No...warrant is required for the consensual sharing of this type of information.”| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook bringing playlists, featured videos, YouTube-inspired layout to videos tab on Pages — Facebook Challenges YouTube Channels With New Features For Pages — Twitter's not the only one Facebook is battling for control of news and content distribution.| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
TripAdvisor Fined $610,000 in Italy for Failing to Prevent Fake Reviews — TripAdvisor, the travel review website, just got a bad comment from the Italian competition authorities. The American company, which allows travelers to rate hotels and restaurants around the world … | Electronista: |
Samsung starts mass producing 8Gb LPDDR4 memory modules, enabling mobile devices with 4GB RAM, UHD recording capabilities — Samsung starts mass production of 8Gb LPDDR4 RAM chips — New LPDDR4 modules will be used for 4GB RAM modules for smartphones next year
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