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Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
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
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
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 …
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 …
Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:
Inside Sequoia's Scouts, and a list of the program's 70+ well-connected entrepreneurs and academics using capital from Sequoia to fund startups  —  Secretive, Sprawling Network of ‘Scouts’ Spreads Money Through Silicon Valley  —  Sequoia Capital has funneled millions of dollars to scores …
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Beats Music confirms it will fade out on November 30th  —  Now that Apple Music is firmly in place (and even on Android) it's time for Beats Music to go.  An app update back in June greased the skids and an updated support page — as well as emails going out to Sonos users reiterating …
Office Blogs:
OneNote can now record audio on iOS, embed videos on Windows, attach files on OneNote Online, more  —  OneNote in November—Embed video, record audio, insert files and more  —  It's been a big month for OneNote with updates across our web app to mobile devices to desktop.
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
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 have both separately filed suit against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.  The lawsuits come just two days …
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
First Alert debuts Onelink, the first HomeKit-enabled smoke detector, available now from $109  —  Apple's HomeKit now has a smoke detector to compete with Nest Protect  —  Nest is owned by Google, which means there's a chance its products will never integrate with Apple's smart home platform.
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
iPad Pro's Lightning Port Supports USB 3.0 Transfer Speeds, New Adapters in the Works  —  Apple's larger-screened iPad Pro includes a Lightning port that's capable of supporting USB 3.0 speeds, according to both an iFixit teardown and several sources that have spoken with Apple.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Digg Raises $4M Series A From Betaworks Backer Digital Garage  —  More interesting developments for Digg, the Internet curation site founded way back in 2004 that was acquired and relaunched by Betaworks in 2012.  The site has announced a “Series A” of $4 million, and it has named its COO Gary Liu as new CEO, effective immediately.

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Joe Sonka / Louisville Public Media:
McClatchy enacts deep, nationwide layoffs, including at the Lexington Herald-Leader, Miami Herald, Kansas City Star, Charlotte Observer, and Idaho Statesman

New York Times:
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill that prohibits social media platforms from offering addictive features to users under 16, the first such law in the US

Danny Vincent / The Guardian:
A Hong Kong court convicts Dow Jones of deterring WSJ reporter Selina Cheng from exercising union rights but acquits it of dismissing her in 2024 for doing so

More News

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
Greg Hartrell / Official Android Blog:
Google Play Books improves comic book reading by adding vertical scrolling mode, curated pages for discovery, on Android in coming days, iOS soon

Earlier Picks

Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal:
Watchmaker Fossil Group to acquire Misfit for $260M; Fossil expects to incorporate Misfit's tech into traditional watches as soon as 2016
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Hulu in early talks to sell stake to Time Warner in deal valuing Hulu at $5B-$6B; Time Warner would invest cash, commit to license content
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook brings 360-degree videos to iOS, opens up format to brands with first ads from AT&T, Samsung, Corona, Walt Disney World, others
Ben Popper / The Verge:
YouTube Music standalone app launches on iOS and Android; YouTube Red subscribers get offline listening and no ads
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