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August 24, 2015, 2:10 PM

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Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
Apple, Facebook, Google, other tech stocks down sharply on China worries, while Tim Cook, in an email to Jim Cramer, says Apple is still growing in China  —  Facebook Down 12.1%, Apple Down 10%, Google Down 6.5%, Microsoft Down 5.8% As Stock Markets Plummet
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 …
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.
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.
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 and TechCrunchTweets: @twitter
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 …
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 …
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 …
Tweets: @dannysullivan
Cam Bunton / 9to5Google:
LG G Pad II 10.1 announced: 2GB RAM, Snapdragon 800 chip and 7,400mAh battery in tow  —  LG has announced a brand new tablet ready to compete at the 10-inch screen size category, and by all accounts, it looks to be a decent piece of hardware.  The LG G Pad II 10.1 is going to make a full appearance at IFA in a couple of weeks.

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