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Akarshan Kumar / The Twitter Blog:

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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Mat Honan / BuzzFeed:

In replacing favorites with hearts, Twitter alters use cases familiar to power users in hopes of appealing to a broader audience

More: Wired, Fortune, Tech Insider, Social Media Today, Cult of Mac, TechCrunch, Gizmodo and Windows Central

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.

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.

More: The Mozilla Blog, Boing Boing, The Register, PCWorld, TechSpot, eWeek, Consumerist, Engadget, Laptop Mag, Mozilla Hacks, Ubergizmo, Washington Post, The Digital Reader, Lifehacker, TechCrunch and The Verge

Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle:

Prop. F: Voters reject measure to restrict Airbnb rentals — San Francisco voters were poised Tuesday night to hand a decisive victory to Airbnb and city residents who want to turn their homes into vacation rentals. Proposition F, a measure to curb short-term rentals drastically …

More: The Next Web, BuzzFeed, PCWorld, TechCrunch, USA Today, Re/code, The Verge, Business Insider and SFist

Tweets: @csaid, @alejandrolazo, @csaid, @openvotesf, @mattrosoff, @lizziejohnsonnn, @clarajeffery, @bob_calhoun and @kqednews

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

MPAA claims responsibility for shutting down popcorntime.io and torrent site YTS — MPAA Touts Big Legal Success Against Popcorn Time — The studios trade association has scored injunctions in Canada and New Zealand over PopcornTime.io and the torrent outfit YTS.

More: TorrentFreak, Variety, Forbes, Globe and Mail, The Next Web, Boing Boing, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, The Verge and Engadget

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 …

More: AirFuel Alliance, Gizmodo, Android Central, Wearable Tech Insider and Android Authority

Peg Brickley / Wall Street Journal:

Apple and GT Advanced reach new settlement on remaining debt of $439M — Apple and Sapphire Supplier Reach New Accord on $439 Million Loan — Deal calls for Nov. 23 auction of equipment and awaits bankruptcy judge's approval — GT Advanced Technologies Inc. has reached an accord …

More: Engadget, 9to5Mac, Pocketnow, AppleInsider and MacRumors

Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch:

Twitter Engineering Manager Leslie Miley Leaves Company Because Of Diversity Issues — Twitter Engineering Manager Leslie Miley, the only black engineer in a leadership position at Twitter, just publicly announced that he has left the company. In his post, he says his reasons for leaving …

More: Medium, BuzzFeed, Re/code, Wired, USA Today, Guardian and International Business Times. Tweets: @jjmccorvey

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 …

More: Project Zero, SecurityWeek, Security Affairs, eWeek, AppleInsider and Android Authority

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.

More: Pinterest Blog, Wired, VatorNews, Tech Times, Ubergizmo, Digital Trends, Marketing Land, Engadget, VentureBeat and TechCrunch

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”?

More: Pocketnow, MobileSyrup.com, International Business Times, TechnoBuffalo, ExtremeTech, Digital Trends, ZDNet, Inquirer, WinBeta, Mashable, The Next Web, The Verge and Neowin

Tweets: @ifixit and @abdophoto

Elle Hunt / Guardian:

Australian model edits captions on her old Instagram posts, transforming her popular account into a screed against the inauthenticity of social media — Essena O'Neill quits Instagram claiming social media ‘is not real life’ — Australian teenager with more than 612,000 Instagram followers …

More: New York Times, VentureBeat, BuzzFeed, The Independent, Yahoo, Metro.co.uk, NEWS.com.au, Forbes, Tech Insider, The Independent, CNN, Telegraph, CBS News, ELLE, Sydney Morning Herald, 9news.com.au, Australia, Toronto Sun, Guardian, Daily Mail, Essena O'Neill, BBC, CNET and Fusion. Tweets: @stgramophone

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