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November 16, 2015, 11:05 AM

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Adrian Weckler / Independent.ie:
Tim Cook: Apple won't create ‘converged’ MacBook and iPad  —  ADRIAN WECKLER TWITTER  —  Apple will not create a “converged” MacBook and iPad, according to chief executive Tim Cook.  — Google  —  Speaking to Independent.ie , Cook denied that the death of computers such as the Mac …
Brendan Klinkenberg / BuzzFeed:
How tech firms responded to Paris attacks: Facebook's Safety Check used in first man-made disaster, emergency response tools activated by Airbnb, Uber, others  —  How Tech Learned From Past Crises And Reacted To The Paris Attacks  —  What Facebook, Airbnb, and Uber did when terrorists attacked Paris.
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Apple's quest for style and appearance comes at the cost of usability, particularly on iOS, according to former employees  —  How Apple Is Giving Design A Bad Name  —  For years, Apple followed user-centered principles.  Then something went wrong.  —  Once upon a time …
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:
Storyful is testing Slack integrations that let clients subscribe to news alerts within channels  —  How Storyful is turning Slack into an extension of its newswire  —  Usage of the messaging app Slack has exploded.  The company says it has 1.25 million daily users, tenfold growth in just a year …
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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Costly Wizard of Oz party seen as indicative of Marissa Mayer's convoluted Yahoo strategy  —  Marissa Mayer's Convoluted Yahoo Strategy: There's No Place Like Home  —  Last fall, in one of the stranger and more expensive efforts to boost company morale, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer decided …
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Erin Griffith / Fortune:
Profile of REVOLVE, an online apparel startup whose sales is set to reach $400M this year  —  How Revolve Became the Biggest, Trendiest, Most Profitable E-commerce Startup You've Never Heard Of  —  If you attend enough Hamptons house parties, they tend to blur together.
Dan Ackerman / CNET:
Lenovo Yoga 900 review: significantly improved performance and battery life over last year's Yoga 3 Pro thanks to higher-end components  —  Lenovo Yoga 900 review: A hybrid laptop with some serious muscle  —  What a difference a year makes.  Just about 12 months ago, Lenovo released the Yoga 3 Pro …
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Facebook Ups Its Sticker Game As The First Paid Packs Arrive For Messenger  —  In a move that may seem trivial, but could be indicative of the future, you can now buy paid-for stickers for Facebook Messenger.  Facebook itself isn't offering stickers directly, but it is working closely with a third-party …
Dan Ackerman / CNET:
Alienware Steam Machine review: delivers on promise to bring PC games to the living room, but game library is limited, controller has a steep learning curve  —  Alienware Steam Machine (2015) review: A new gaming console with the heart of a PC  —  THE GOOD The Alienware Steam Machine brings …

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