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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: Major Windows 10 update set for early November release with UI changes, Messaging app, but no Edge extensions — Next big Windows 10 update will arrive in early November — Microsoft is currently putting the finishing touches on its next big Windows 10 update.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram's New Standalone App Boomerang Captures 1-Second Video Loops — Instagram doesn't want its feed getting stale, but doesn't want to bloat its app with extra features either. So today it's launching Boomerang on iOS and Android. It's a dead-simple app where you shoot a one-second burst …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook makes all 2 trillion public posts available to search, improving ability to view real-time conversations — Facebook is unleashing universal search across its entire social network — Almost a year ago, Facebook transformed the search bar normally used to find other Facebook users …
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| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
Nasdaq Acquires SecondMarket to Help Startups Sell Shares — Nasdaq has agreed to buy SecondMarket Solutions to combine forces with the Nasdaq Private Market. The group will facilitate the exchange of shares for private companies including DocuSign, Pinterest, Shazam and Tango.
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| Bloomberg Business: |
EU's Top Court Rules That Bitcoin Exchange Is Tax-Free — Bitcoin and other virtual currencies can be exchanged tax free, the EU's top court ruled on Thursday. — The virtual currencies should be treated in the same way as traditional money, the Court of Justice said.| Walt Mossberg / Re/code: |
Aaron Sorkin's movie isn't about the Steve Jobs I knew, and ignores the best part of Jobs' career — Mossberg: The Steve Jobs I Knew Isn't in This Movie — In 1941, the brilliant writer and director Orson Welles made a movie loosely based on a famous, powerful, contemporary American business figure …
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| Julia Carrie Wong / SFWeekly: |
Airbnb apologizes for San Francisco ad campaign touting company's tax payments, will take them down after local uproar — Airbnb Apologizes For Passive Aggressive Ads on Muni Shelters (UPDATED) — Less than two weeks before San Franciscans could vote to severely restrict Airbnb …
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| Fred Wilson / AVC: |
Most of today's high-growth companies with negative gross margins will ultimately fail, unable to establish a monopoly amid similarly well-funded competition — Negative Gross Margins — There's been a lot of talk coming out of silicon valley lately about fast growing companies …
| Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal: |
Interview with Twitter's new Executive Chairman Omid Kordestani on Twitter's issues, his involvement in operations, Jack Dorsey's focus, and more — Jack Dorsey's Challenge: Simplify Twitter for Users Like Its Chairman — Jack Dorsey's biggest challenge returning as Twitter Inc.'s chief executive … | Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 Review: New Hope for Windows Hardware — Microsoft's first-ever laptop makes you wonder why the company didn't make one years ago — I want to tell you about a very exciting, cutting-edge piece of technology. It's a computer with a screen and a keyboard that fits in your lap.
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BetaNews, New York Times, Wired, Mashable, Engadget, AnandTech, Forbes, ZDNet, Petri IT Knowledgebase, Yahoo, BGR, Gizmodo UK, Thurrott.com, International Business Times, AnandTech and GeekWire. Tweets: @harrymccracken
| Associated Press: |
Semiconductor equipment maker Lam Research to buy KLA-Tencor for about $10.6B to rival Applied Materials — LAM RESEARCH BIDS $10.6B FOR KLA-TENCOR, CREATING CHIP GIANT — NEW YORK (AP) — Lam Research Corp. is buying KLA-Tencor Corp. for about $10.6 billion, creating a huge player …
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google opens applications in Europe for $170M Digital News Initiative innovation fund with 120+ news publishers on board — With 120+ News Publishers Signed On, Google Opens Applications For $170M DNI Innovation Fund — Search giant Google today is taking the next step in its bid …
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The Next Web, Guardian, Marketing Land, Talking New Media, 9to5Google, Google Europe Blog and Tech.eu. Thanks:@ingridlunden. See also Mediagazer
| Parmy Olson / Forbes: |
Canalys: Huawei tops China's smartphone market in Q3 after seeing shipments increase 81% YoY, taking the top spot from Xiaomi — Huawei Is Now China's Biggest Smartphone Vendor — Huawei became the biggest smartphone vendor in China in the third quarter, according to estimates from research firm Canalys … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple's iOS 9.1 Shuts Down The Pangu Hacking Team's Jailbreak — Well, that was fast! Only days after the first public jailbreak for iOS 9 devices hit the web, it appears that Apple has closed two of the exploits used by the Chinese hacking team Pangu, whose untethered jailbreak allowed users …
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Twitter launches a tweet composer to show tweet previews inside other apps — Twitter today announced the release of a new tweet composer for its TwitterKit package of mobile app development tools. The tool will allow mobile app developers to show users previews of tweets they write from within third-party apps.
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