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Microsoft launches Office Insider program for Office 365 subscribers looking to test the suite's newest features, debuts new PowerPoint Designer, Morph features — Microsoft launches Office Insider program, rolls out new PowerPoint Designer and Morph features
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Some publishers complain about underwhelming traffic from Apple News, no real-time data on posts and users, delayed comScore integration — Publishers are underwhelmed with Apple News app — When Time Inc. CEO Joe Ripp expressed frustration with his company's performance on Apple News last week …
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iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac, Business Insider, Fortune, Digital Trends, Marketing Land, SocialTimes and Engadget
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Snapchat introduces a ‘lens store’ to adorn your selfies with 99-cent filters — In September, Snapchat introduced Lenses, a way to augment your selfies with silly photos and animations: a monocle and mustache, say, or a violent bolt of lightning coming out of your mouth.
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Researcher showcases new Chrome exploit that affects all Android versions, compromises device after visiting malicious site; vulnerability not made public — Latest Android phones hijacked with tidy one-stop-Chrome-pop — Chinese researcher burns exploit for ski trip.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Crowdsources Business Listing Corrections, Map Edits With Expanded Local Guides Program — Google today is expanding its Local Guides program - the company's answer to Yelp's Elites, which encourages and rewards users for providing information on area businesses, including reviews, photos, and other details.
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Google launches Chrome beta for iOS through Apple's TestFlight, first release adds 3D touch — Google has quietly launched a Chrome beta for iOS through TestFlight, the beta distribution service Apple acquired last year and integrated into its own developer services.| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft open-sources DMTK, a distributed machine learning library — Microsoft today announced the release of a new open-source machine learning toolkit that goes by the name DMTK. The toolkit contains a framework for training models on multiple servers, a topic modeling algorithm …
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BetaNews, GeekWire, ReadWrite, GitHub, SD Times, PC Tech Magazine, The Tech Portal, The Stack, Phys.org, Beyond Search, FierceCIO News and The Fire Hose. Tweets: @carlcarrie
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Gmail Will Soon Warn Users When Emails Arrive Over Unencrypted Connections — Soon, you may see a warning in Gmail that tells you that an email has arrived over an unencrypted connection. — Gmail already defaults to using HTTPS for the connections between your browser and its servers … | Ian Kar / Quartz: |
Sources: Apple partnering with banks for peer-to-peer payment program to avoid money transmitter licenses, may use iMessage for money transfer — Apple is making a grab for Venmo's turf and might use iMessage to do it — Apple is wading into Venmo's main business, betting …
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BGR, Macworld, Pocketnow, Computerworld, iPhone in Canada Blog, Network World, Bank Innovation, iLounge, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks and Wall Street Journal
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| Katie Hafner / New York Times: |
Gene Amdahl, Pioneer of Mainframe Computing, Dies at 92 — Gene Amdahl, a trailblazer in the design of IBM's mainframe computers, which became the central nervous system for businesses large and small throughout the world, died Tuesday night at a nursing home in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 92.
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Communications of the ACM, Computerworld, Bloomberg Business, SD Times, TechSpot, Tech Times, bit-tech.net, Computing, I Programmer News and The Register
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| Ben Sisario / New York Times: |
Tidal's chief investment officer, Vania Schlogel, left firm months ago, becoming at least the third departure of a top executive since being acquired by Jay-Z — Jay Z's Tidal Loses Another Executive — Since Jay Z bought Tidal early this year, the music streaming service has been plagued … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple updated App Store search algorithm to return results even if keyword is not in metadata or title — Apple's App Store Gets A Smarter Search Engine — A number of mobile app developers and industry observers recently noticed a significant change in the way the Apple App Store's search algorithms are returning results.
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9to5Mac, BGR, AppleInsider, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com and MacRumors
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Travel activities booking platform GetYourGuide raises $50M Series C to fuel growth globally — GetYourGuide Bags $50M To Grow Its Travel Activities Booking Platform — GetYourGuide, which plays in the global travel space with a desktop and mobile platform for finding and booking holiday activities …
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Medium, Tnooz, PE Hub Blog, Business Wire, FinSMEs, TheStreet.com, 24/7 Wall St., Red Herring, Tnooz and Business Insider
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FanDuel and DraftKings ask New York Supreme Court to throw out attorney general's order to stop taking bets — FanDuel and DraftKings Are Suing New York's Attorney General — Things are getting ugly in New York for daily fantasy sports. — Industry leaders DraftKings and FanDuel …
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