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Harry McCracken / Fast Company:
Microsoft tweaks design of Outlook for iOS and Android, plans to merge Outlook and Sunrise apps  —  Microsoft's Outlook Mobile Apps Get More Polish—And Just A Dash Of Sunrise  —  When Microsoft introduced the first version of Outlook for iOS and Android last January, it was a very …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple Stores to start selling new Apple TV on Friday  —  The new Apple TV went on pre-order via Apple's online store earlier this week, and priority deliveries will begin this Friday while standard shipments will begin arriving after this upcoming weekend.  Now, we've learned that Apple …
Wall Street Journal:
IBM to buy Weather Co.'s digital and data assets, not its TV channel, in a deal source says valued over $2B  —  IBM Nearing Acquisition of Weather Co.'s Digital and Data Assets  —  Deal could be announced as early as Wednesday  —  International Business Machines Corp. is nearing a deal …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Snapchat Adds Slow-Mo, Fast-Forward, And Rewind Video Filters  —  Teenagers have short attention spans, but Snapchat's latest feature could keep them tuned in.  Today Snapchat is introducing a new set of filters called “Speed Modifiers” for videos you shoot on iOS or Android.
Electronic Frontier Foundation:
US regulators grant exemptions to DMCA's DRM rules for jailbreaking, remixing DVDs and Blu-rays, preserving video games, researching and modifying car software  —  Victory for Users: Librarian of Congress Renews and Expands Protections for Fair Uses  —  The new rules for exemptions …
James Vincent / The Verge:
Samsung's Galaxy View tablet weighs 5.84 pounds, has 2GB RAM, an 18.4-inch 1920x1080 display, and a kickstand that doubles as a handle  —  Samsung's 18.4-inch Galaxy View tablet is basically a portable TV  —  Samsung first teased the massive Galaxy View back in September at IFA …
Glyn Moody / Ars Technica UK:
Net neutrality: EU votes in favour of Internet fast lanes and slow lanes  —  MEPs confused by false claims, tired of the arguments, keen to conclude the file.  —  The European Parliament has passed the flawed flawed compromise text on net neutrality without including any of the amendments that would have closed serious loopholes.

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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Interview with WPP CEO Cindy Rose, who says AI puts pressure on the ad agency's pricing and WPP has 10K data scientists and software engineers and 12K creatives

Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Lou Cannon, a veteran Washington Post reporter who wrote several influential biographies of Ronald Reagan, has died at 92

Paul Glynn / BBC:
HarperCollins UK drops children's author and comedian David Walliams following allegations of inappropriate behavior toward young women

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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Twitter reports 320M MAUs in Q3, an increase of just 4M, and EPS of $0.10 against $0.05 expected
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