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Razer confirms acquisition of Ouya's software, tech, and dev teams in an all-cash deal as co-founder and CEO Julie Uhrman leaves the gaming console startup — Razer Confirms Acquisition Of Ouya's Software, Tech And Dev Teams In All-Cash Deal — After raising funds at a $1 billion valuation …
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| Ben Fox Rubin / CNET: |
eBay Now rapid-delivery service is shutting down, as are the company's Motors, Fashion, and Valet mobile apps — eBay Now rapid-delivery service shut down — The e-commerce company continues trimming initiatives to focus on its core marketplace, saying Monday it's shuttering some delivery services and several mobile apps.
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| Gerry Shih / Reuters: |
Beijing police bust factory that produced over 41K counterfeit iPhones worth $19M — Beijing police shut down massive iPhone counterfeiting operation — Police in Beijing have busted a factory that produced more than 41,000 fake iPhones worth as much as 120 million yuan ($19 million) …
| Michael Mimoso / Threatpost: |
Unpatched phones with Android 2.2 Froyo or later can be hacked via a single unopened MMS due to vulnerability in native Stagefright media playback engine — Android Stagefright Flaws Put 950 Million Devices at Risk — Vulnerabilities discovered in the Stagefright media playback engine …
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| Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
Microsoft releases tool to hide or block unwanted Windows 10 updates — Windows 10 testers who've complained about mandatory updates in Microsoft's new operating system might have a solution at hand. The tool, available as an optional download, lets you hide or block any update for Windows or a hardware driver.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google is dropping its Google+ requirement across all products, starting with YouTube — Google has finally announced the Google+ news that everyone has been waiting for: Your Google+ profile will no longer be your identity in all Google products. This change will be trickling out …
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Smoking Gun: MPAA Emails Reveal Plan To Run Anti-Google Smear Campaign Via Today Show And WSJ — If you talk to the reporters who work for various big media companies, they insist that they have true editorial independence from the business side of their companies.
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| Josephine Wolff / The Atlantic: |
How the Secret Service Internet Threat Desk deals with online threats to President Obama — How the Secret Service Protects Obama on the Internet — When President Obama launched his Twitter account in May, people noticed his rapid accumulation of followers, a silly back-and-forth with President Clinton … | Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
DraftKings raises $300M at a valuation of more than $1.2B in a round led by Fox Sports, pledges to spend $250M on ads with the TV company — DraftKings Raises $300 Million, Promises to Spend Much of It With Fox Sports — Attention sports fans: Prepare to see a lot more DraftKings advertising over the next few years.
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Wall Street Journal, Xconomy, GeekWire, Tech Times, New York Times, BetaBoston and Business Insider. Tweets: @rjinvegas. See also Mediagazer
| Lauren Johnson / Adweek: |
Pandora opens Sponsored Listening to all advertisers; users can watch 15+ seconds of video or rich media ad in exchange for 1 hour of uninterrupted music — All Brands Can Now Buy Hour-Long Sponsored Listening on Pandora — Pandora listeners are about to get a lot more free music—if they agree to watch ads.
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Business Wire, The Next Web, VentureBeat, The Drum, TechCrunch, AdExchanger and RTTNews
| Lauren Walker / Newsweek: |
NSA says it will stop accessing historical metadata collected under Section 215 of the Patriot Act on Nov. 29 — NSA to Stop Accessing ‘Historical Metadata’ on Nov. 29 — On November 29, 2015, the National Security Agency (NSA) will stop accessing “historical metadata” …
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