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Sources: Jack Dorsey to be named permanent Twitter CEO, continue at Square, as soon as Thursday after board settles status of Adam Bain and Anthony Noto — Sources: Jack Dorsey Expected to Be Named Permanent Twitter CEO — Jack is apparently back — for good this time.
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Google, Microsoft drop about 20 lawsuits in the US and Germany, resolving global patent fight over phones and Xbox — Google, Microsoft Resolve Global Patent Fight Over Phones, Xbox — Tech giants to drop about 20 lawsuits in U.S. and Germany — Companies say they will collaborate, work together on patents
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Drop-dead simple exploit completely bypasses Mac's malware Gatekeeper — A key limitation makes it trivial for attackers to skirt Gatekeeper protections. — Since its introduction in 2012, an OS X feature known as Gatekeeper has gone a long way to protecting the Macs of security novices and experts alike.
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Google: advertisers will pay only for 100% viewable Google Display Network ads, starting in next few months — Google says it won't make advertisers pay unless ads are 100% viewable — Google today announced changes to its display ad network that will ensure advertisers only pay for ads that are 100% viewable.
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Twitter Expands ‘Buy’ Buttons To Bigcommerce, Demandware, Shopify... And Best Buy — A year after Twitter launched its first commerce product in the form of “buy now” buttons in Tweets, get ready to start seeing a whole lot more of them in your feed. — The social media company today … | Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook redesigns mobile profiles, adds temporary profile pictures, and tests looping video profile pictures — Facebook redesigns mobile profiles and begins testing video profile pictures — Profiles, the original beating heart of Facebook, were pushed to the side in 2006 by the more addictive News Feed.
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| Tim Culpan / Bloomberg Business: |
Unit of state-controlled Tsinghua agrees to buy 15% of Western Digital for $3.8B, Western Digital shares up 15% on the news — China's Tsinghua Buys Western Digital Stake for $3.8 Billion — Tsinghua's Unisplendour paying 33% premium to latest close — Sale marks latest deal in China's pursuit of technology
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Apple releases OS X El Capitan, featuring full-screen Split View, new Notes, revamped Spotlight Search, Safari 9 and more — Apple releases OS X El Capitan, featuring full-screen Split View, new Notes, revamped Spotlight Search, Safari 9 and more — Apple has officially released OS X El Capitan …
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IHS estimates iPhone 6s Plus costs about $236 to build, one-third its $749 retail price — Apple's iPhone 6s Plus Costs an Estimated $236 to Make — $749 to Purchase — It costs Apple an estimated $236 to make and assemble its new iPhone 6s Plus, roughly one-third the $749 retail price of the smartphone … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google acquires Jibe Mobile to help implement the RCS carrier messaging standard in Android — Google today announced it has acquired Jibe Mobile, a startup known as the “cloud communications company for mobile operators.” Put more succinctly, Jibe focused on helping carriers build support … | Jack Marshall / Wall Street Journal: |
Independent board to determine which ads are “acceptable” for Adblock Plus whitelist in first half of 2016 — Adblock Plus to Allow Independent Board to Decide Which Ads Are ‘Acceptable’ — Parent company Eyeo says it will no longer help decide which ads can pass through its filters| Allison Schiff / AdExchanger: |
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Amazon introduces Merch by Amazon, a self-service tool for creating and selling branded t-shirts, aimed at app developers — Amazon Introduces Merch By Amazon, A Way For Game Developers - Or Anyone - To Sell Print-On-Demand Tees — In a clever move that combines Amazon's prowess …
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Interview with Nuzzel CEO Jonathan Abrams on new media investors and firm's intent to work with publishers — Nuzzel, with a new batch of news-savvy investors, wants to bring social curation to publishers — If you live in certain media and technology circles, there's a very good chance you're already using Nuzzel.
| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Google to host event next Wednesday in New York, likely to unveil its open-source project similar to Instant Articles — Google Plans to Unveil Its Version of ‘Instant Articles’ Next Week — Three weeks ago, we told you about plans Google was hatching to launch a publishing tool to serve up articles on mobile devices.| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Coding school General Assembly raises $70M Series D led by Advance Publications, owner of Condé Nast — Tech-Boom Bet: Coding School General Assembly Raises $70 Million — In a new video game, a thimble-sized character in pajamas wanders around a disheveled bedroom floor blasting demonic bunnies and elephants with a rifle.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TiVo unveils 4K-ready BOLT DVR with ad skipping and speed watching, available this week from $300, with $15/month subscription waived for first year — TiVo Unveils BOLT, A Modern, 4K-Ready DVR Designed For The Streaming Era — DVR maker TiVo today is announcing the latest addition … | Walt Mossberg / The Verge: |
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