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Twitter and Vine rebrand favorites as likes, replace star icon with heart — Hearts on Twitter — We hope you like what you see on Twitter and Vine today: hearts! — We are changing our star icon for favorites to a heart and we'll be calling them likes.
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| Bálint Miklós / Gmail Blog: |
Gmail launches Smart Reply, suggests up to three responses to emails for quick replies — Computer, respond to this email: Introducing Smart Reply in Inbox by Gmail — With the holidays approaching and emails coming in at a furious pace, we can all use a little help.
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| iFixit: |
The Microsoft Surface Book earns a 1 out of 10 repairability score with RAM and processor soldered to motherboard and heavily glued components — Microsoft Surface Book Teardown — Step 1 — Microsoft Surface Book Teardown Just what is a “surface book”?
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Pinterest rolls out buyable Pins on Android and launches dedicated shopping section — Pinterest launches dedicated shopping section — Pinterest started adding a buy button to pins back in June, and today those buyable pins are becoming even easier to shop.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Chromecast Can Now Stream Live Television With Added Sling TV Support — Sling TV, Dish's streaming live TV service that offers a variety of cable TV channels, including ESPN, is now available on Google's Chromecast. The forthcoming addition of Sling TV support was first announced in September … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Firefox 42 arrives with tracking protection for private browsing mode, tab audio indicators, and background link opening on Android — Firefox 42 arrives with tracking protection, tab audio indicators, and background link opening on Android — Mozilla today launched Firefox 42 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.| Lucian Constantin / Computerworld: |
Google researchers examine Galaxy S6 Edge and show OEMs add risky code as they find 11 vulnerabilities introduced by Samsung — Google researchers poke holes in Galaxy S6 Edge, show OEMs add risky code — Google's security researchers hunted for bugs in Samsung's Galaxy S6 Edge phone …
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| Kevin Tofel / ZDNet: |
Merged wireless charging groups A4WP and PMA rebrand as AirFuel Alliance — The rebranding will help reduce confusion among consumers but we still don't have one wireless charging standard to rule them all. — Following their announcement earlier this year to merge, the Alliance For Wireless Power …
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| Financial Times: |
Activision Blizzard to buy King Digital Entertainment, the company behind the Candy Crush games, for $5.9B — Activision to buy Candy Crush's King for $5.9bn — Activision Blizzard has agreed to acquire King Digital Entertainment, the London-based group behind the hugely popular Candy …
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| Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code: |
Amazon, Apple, and Google unite behind advocacy group Financial Innovation Now to promote tech-friendly changes to the financial services sector — Amazon, Apple and Google Unite Behind Financial Innovation Coalition — Three of the technology industry's fiercest rivals — Amazon …
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Groupon replaces co-founder and CEO Eric Lefkofsky with COO Rich Williams, Lefkofsky returns to previous role as chairman of the board — Groupon Replaces CEO Eric Lefkofsky With COO Rich Williams — Groupon's board of directors has voted to replace co-founder Eric Lefkofsky as CEO with Rich Williams …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Intel Puts $22M In 10 Startups, With A Stake In FreedomPop To Launch A Rival To Google's Project Fi — Intel Capital, the venture arm of the tech giant, today announced $22 million in new investments across 10 startups. The news was delivered at the company's annual global summit …
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| Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal: |
Maker of Polaroid cameras sues GoPro, claiming Hero4 Session violates its patent for the Polaroid Cube camera — Polaroid Maker Sues GoPro Over Tiny, Cubical Camera — C&A Marketing says GoPro's Hero4 Session violates its patent for the Polaroid Cube camera
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
OEMs to stop selling PCs with Windows 7 by October 31, 2016 — Within a year, OEMs will only be able to ship PCs with Windows 10. — In February last year, Microsoft said that it would give a one year warning of when systems with Windows 7 preinstalled would no longer be available from OEMs.
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