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Jet.com lands $350M in funding led by Fidelity and says it has verbal agreements for another $150M, at a $1B pre-money valuation — Jet.com Lands $350 Million in Funding, With $150 Million More Coming — Jet.com has closed $350 million in new funding, and says it has verbal agreements for another $150 million.
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| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Google burying competitors like Yelp, TripAdvisor in local search results beneath its own, says it's a bug — Google Says Local Search Result That Buried Rivals Yelp, TripAdvisor Is Just a Bug — Over the weekend, executives from public Internet companies Yelp and TripAdvisor noted a disturbing trend …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
T-Mobile gives existing Simple Choice customers three months of unlimited LTE, as long as they use the Binge On feature, which downgrades video streams to 480p — T-Mobile gives existing customers three months of unlimited LTE — One catch: You can't watch high-definition video.| Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
Microsoft reverses course: its media creation tool now installs latest Windows 10 version — Microsoft reverses course, restores downloads of Windows 10 November Update — Last weekend, Microsoft suddenly pulled its online tool for downloading the latest Windows 10 installation files.
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| Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Alphabet will ask its “bet” companies like Google X and Google Fiber to pay for corporate services, in attempt to rein in spending — Google Parent to Ask Subsidiaries to Pay for Corporate Services — Alphabet says it wants “bet” companies to be more accountable on spending
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New York Times, Business Insider, The Verge, Engadget, Mashable, Seeking Alpha, FierceCIO News and The Information. Tweets: @fmbutt
| Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
Sources: EMC and VMware shareholders demand changes to Dell buyout deal including VMware stock buyback, shutting down Virtustream, more — EMC and VMware Shareholders Demand Changes to Dell Buyout Deal — EMC and VMware shareholders, who have watched their stock prices plummet …
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Vine Lets You Swipe Left To Find Similar Vines, Launches On Apple Watch — Fresh on the heels of Snapchat announcing Story Explorer, Vine has today announced a new way to discover Vines following a similar theme. — When browsing in a channel or through your own feed …
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| Laura P. Thomas / Direct2Dell: |
Dell posts instructions to remove unsafe eDellRoot certificate, will provide software update that removes it automatically today — Response to Concerns Regarding eDellroot Certificate — Today we became aware that a certificate (eDellRoot), installed by our Dell Foundation Services application …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
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SC Magazine, Lifehacker, Krebs on Security, eWeek, theWHIR.com, Wired.co.uk, News from the Lab, Maximum PC, SiliconANGLE, Silicon Republic, Computerworld, TechEye, iTnews, PCWorld, Silicon Republic, Neowin, Graham Cluley, The Register, Tech Times, The Tech Report, Threatpost and WinBeta. Tweets: @legind
| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Amazon forces resets of account passwords for some users, citing insecure password handling — Amazon force-resets some account passwords, citing password leak — It's not clear how many accounts are affected. — Amazon has force-reset an unknown number of accounts, after passwords may have been compromised.
| Steven Hepting / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter adds native video support to its developer kit, available now for iOS, coming soon to Android — Launching native video support for Twitter Kit — From unbelievable sports highlights to powerful first person footage, Twitter is full of unique stories told with immersive videos.
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| Tracey Lien / Los Angeles Times: |
Uber appoints safety advisory board to advise on physical safety of drivers and passengers, data security, and working with law enforcement — Uber gets serious with newly created safety advisory board — Uber's newly created advisory board will advise it on security and safety issues.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Video, Music And More Now Available On Majority Of JetBlue's “Fly-Fi” Enabled Planes — Half a year after Amazon originally announced a partnership with JetBlue to bring its Amazon Prime Instant Video service and its Prime Music service to the airline's passengers …
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Sources: Apple to launch Apple Pay in China by February, has inked deals with country's big four state-run banks to support the platform — Apple Pay to Launch in China by February, Sources Say — Apple struck deals recently with China's big four state-run banks, paving the way for Apple Pay's entry
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