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Amazon to stop selling Apple TV and Google Chromecast Oct. 29 as devices don't allow for Amazon Prime video streaming; Roku, Xbox, PlayStation sales unaffected — Amazon Will Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Devices — Amazon.com Inc. is flexing its e-commerce muscles to gain …
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Sources: Apple to lease planned curvaceous 777K-square-foot office project at Central and Wolfe in Sunnyvale — Second Apple “spaceship” to land in Sunnyvale — deal sealed with Landbank Investments (Slideshow) — Apple Inc. has landed its second spaceship — this time, in Sunnyvale … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Hackers breach crowdfunding site Patreon, dump nearly 15 GB of stolen data online including site's source code, user email addresses and hashed password data — Gigabytes of user data from hack of Patreon donations site dumped online — The inclusion of source code and databases suggest breach was extensive.| Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News: |
Adblock extension for Chrome and Safari sold to unidentified buyer, joins Adblock Plus' Acceptable Ads program — Adblock for Chrome sold, joins Adblock Plus' Acceptable Ads program — Ad blocking is becoming a business. While there are still many extensions out there that are not monetized …
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Experian reports data breach affecting personal information including social security numbers of about 15M T-Mobile customers — Experian reports data breach; more than 15M T-Mobile customers affected — Global information services group Experian announced that one of its business units has been hacked.
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| Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
Tests of top 50 news sites with three ad-blockers on iPhone show significant decrease in load times for many sites, modest increase in battery life — Putting Mobile Ad Blockers to the Test — To block ads or not to block ads on your mobile device? That's the philosophical dilemma …
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See also Mediagazer| Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Alphabet using Nest, with its own infrastructure, recruiters, marketing, legal teams, as a model for its other projects to maintain efficiency of a startup — At Google, Breathing Room for New Ideas — Nest Labs unit insisted on autonomy, and is now a model for Alphabet Inc. reorganization
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My advice for startups: don't attend Web Summit, which relies on deceptive sales and marketing practices — Is Web Summit a scam? Well, if you have to ask ... After Neil's opinion piece about some of Web Summit's practices, the event organiser responded on its blog. In a way that triggered this response from us.
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Android TV gets new apps from Showtime, HBO, CBS, WWE, UFC, and Disney — Google today announced a slew of new content providers for its Android TV, including Showtime, HBO Now, CBS All Access, EPIX, WWE, UFC, and Disney Movies Anywhere. — “So, as the nights get longer and colder … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
ASUS signs patent licensing deal with Microsoft, will pre-install Office suite on its Android devices — Microsoft, ASUS sign combined Android patent, Office bundling deal — Is Microsoft making Office software and services part of its Android-patent-licensing negotiation terms?
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| Hannah Kuchler / Financial Times: |
Sources: Snapchat to sell “sponsored lenses” for selfies which will cost advertisers up to $750K for peak days like Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Black Friday — Snapchat to launch new advertising format — Snapchat is preparing to launch a new advertising format that will allow brands …
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See also Mediagazer| Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
Lithium Technologies shuts down Klout Perks, but will honor remaining commitments — Klout Perks Is No More — Sad news for those who like free stuff - Klout Perks, the swag offered by social media scoring platform Klout, has quietly shut down. Lithium Technologies … | Darren Orf / Gizmodo: |
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