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TAG Heuer unveils $1,500 Connected Watch with Android Wear, Intel CPU, available from Nov. 9 with $1,500 trade-in offer after 2 years for a traditional Carrera — The Vallée de Joux meets Silicon Valley. — The Swiss are now officially making a smartwatch.
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Facebook Messenger tests Photo Magic in Australia, scanning faces in your camera roll and prompting you to send pictures to friends — Facebook's “Photo Magic” Will Prompt You To Message Your Friends Photos Of Themselves — When you take a picture of your friends, you'll get a notification to send it to them through Messenger.
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An accidental death at an unsafe Airbnb rental raises questions about liability and safety standards for the company — Living and Dying on Airbnb — My dad died in an Airbnb rental, and he's not the only one. What can the company do to improve safety? — he rope swing looked inviting.
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Belgian court orders Facebook to stop tracking non-registered users within 48 hours, or risk a fine of $269K a day; company says it will appeal — Belgian court gives Facebook 48 hours to stop tracking Internet users — A Belgian court on Monday gave Facebook 48 hours to stop tracking Internet users … | Luke Dormehl / Cult of Mac: |
Steve Jobs movie pulled from over 2K US theaters, now playing in just 421 theaters, after earnings declined 69% from the previous weekend to just $823K — Steve Jobs movie is unceremoniously dumped out of theaters — Aaron Sorkin and Danny Boyle's Steve Jobs movie had another disastrous showing at the box office over the weekend.| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Twitch finally adds two-factor authentication to boost live streaming platform's security — Live streaming platform Twitch has taken steps to further secure its service. The company announced that it has partnered with Authy to provide two-factor authentication to its user accounts.
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Comcast resets nearly 200,000 passwords after customer list goes on sale — Dark Web market ad offering Comcast accounts in bulk — Over the weekend, a reader (@flanvel) directed Salted Hash to a post on a Dark Web marketplace selling a number of questionable, if not outright illegal goods.
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Sources: Yahoo hires McKinsey to help with reorg; Mayer's demand for a commitment to stay for 3 to 5 years was a reason for several recent exec departures — Yahoo Hires McKinsey to Mull Reorg, as Mayer Demands Exec Pledge to Stay — According to several people close to the situation …
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Google Nexus 5X review: true successor to Nexus 5, solid GPU, but SoC and NAND need work; lack of speed improvement belies 2-year gap between releases — The Google Nexus 5X Review — Google's first hardware collaboration with LG brought us the Nexus 4.
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Flipkart teams up with Google to launch new mobile website that replicates its apps' features within Chrome — India's Flipkart Throws Google a Bone in the Battle Between Mobile Web and Apps — In April, Flipkart, the highly valued Indian e-commerce startup, looked ready to kill its mobile website.
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Siri gains Apple Music support on Apple TV, now can search and play music on latest beta — Siri has apparently gained some new functionality for Apple TV, at least on the tvOS 9.1 beta. You can now direct the remote assistant to play any song or album directly from Apple Music, even if the song or album isn't in your library.
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Rackspace Q3: revenues up 11% YoY to $509M, profits up 42% YoY to $36.5M; beats analyst expectations as company closes new enterprise deals — Rackspace reports 11 percent more revenue amid hiring spree, collecting on enterprise deals — Rackspace Hosting Inc. reported a nearly 11 percent increase …
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