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August 24, 2015, 5:30 PM

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Susan Hendrich / Windows Blog:

Cortana Now Available on Android in Public Beta — In May, we announced that Cortana, the first personal digital-assistant who works across your PC & your phone, will be coming to Android and iOS devices. Today, we're pleased to make the beta of the Cortana app available to all Android phone users.

Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily:

Apple dropped 2.5%, Google 3.7%, Facebook 4.6%, Microsoft 3.2%, as most tech stocks close down for the day after morning sell-off and midday recovery — Apple Ends Down 2.5%, Netflix off 7% as Nasdaq Rout Continues — Apple (AAPL) shares ended Monday's wild session down $2.61, or 2.5% …

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:

Apple stock recovers after Tim Cook reassures investors, other tech stocks reclaim most early morning losses too — Apple leads technology stock recovery amid China fallout — An email from Tim Cook to “Mad Money” television host Jim Cramer helped save Apple nearly $80bn in its market value amid …

Mike Dano / FierceCable:

Comcast to upgrade all of its cable network with 10 Gbps-capable DOCSIS 3.1 technology within next 2-3 years, offering 1 Gbps speeds initially — Comcast: We'll cover our entire footprint with 10 Gpbs-capable DOCSIS 3.1 tech as soon as 2018 — A top Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) …

More: Ars Technica, Gizmodo, Engadget, VentureBeat, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, Stop the Cap!, CED, DSLreports, FierceCable and Consumerist

Mark Bergen / Re/code:

Google Now, deprioritized by Sundar Pichai, saw exodus of key staff after the team was transferred from the Android group to search — Google Now's Staff Exodus Reveals Hurdles for New CEO Pichai — On Thursday, Microsoft fired up an old rivalry. The Redmond giant released an update …

More: Android Police and Android Authority. Tweets: @ihnatko and @dannysullivan

Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg Business:

Uber says Tencent, owner of WeChat and an investor in competitor Didi Kuaidi, banned or froze all its accounts on WeChat, halting Uber's progress in China — In Uber's Quest to Win Over China, Tencent Blocks the Way — The car-booking company speaks out for the first time about getting blocked by WeChat …

More: Quartz, TechCrunch, Seeking Alpha, VentureBeat, Guardian and ZDNet

Open State Foundation:

Twitter suspends API access for Diplotwoops and Politwoops, which displayed deleted tweets of politicians, in all remaining 30 countries — Twitter cuts off Diplotwoops and Politwoops in all remaining 30 countries — Popular web service that tracked politicians' deleted tweets shut down in 30 countries

BBC:

Ashley Madison offers C$500K reward as police investigate reports of two suicides possibly connected to leak — ‘Suicides’ over Ashley Madison hack — Two Ashley Madison clients are reported to have taken their lives after hackers published their details according to police in Canada.

Steven Johnson / New York Times:

How creative work in music, TV, movies, and books persists and often thrives in the post-Napster era, contrary to initial fears by some — The Creative Apocalypse That Wasn't — In the digital economy, it was supposed to be impossible to make money by making art.

More: musictechpolicy.wordpress.com

Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:

Twitter's web users will now get desktop notifications for direct messages — Twitter is making some updates to how users are being made aware of new direct messages. The company announced today that over the next few days it will start allowing users to receive desktop notifications …

More: Engadget, The Next Web, TechCrunch and WebProNews. Tweets: @twitter

Liam Spradlin / Android Police:

New Google Maps notification encourages users to share restaurant food photos — Google's Foodie Photo Ambitions Live On In New Maps Feature In Testing — Back in February, we told you about a new experimental service at Google called Tablescape. The app, which at the time served …

More: PC Magazine, Tech News Today, The Verge, BGR, Neowin, Tech Times, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Business Insider, SlashGear, Consumerist, Ars Technica, Fone Arena, Eater and Engadget

Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

Zulily's $2.4B acquisition, below $9B peak and IPO price, disappoints some who saw it as a model for successful public e-commerce company competing with Amazon — Why Zulily's $2.4 Billion Acquisition is Actually a Disappointment — A $2.4 billion sale is rarely going to be viewed as a failure.

Tweets: @umangdua and @dunn

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