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December 1, 2015, 12:45 PM

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Jungah Lee / Bloomberg Business:

Samsung names Koh Dong Jin president of mobile communications business, will take over day-to-day operations from J.K. Shin amid dwindling sales — Samsung Replaces Mobile-Unit Chief as Galaxy Phones Struggle — Electronics business heading for lowest profit in four years

Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web:

Chrome for Android's new Data Saver feature will not load images on sites until you tell it to, resulting in up to 70% data savings — Chrome for Android skips images on sites for up to 70% data savings — Google is updating the Data Saver feature in its Chrome browser for Android …

More: Inside Search, Google Chrome Blog, The Verge, PC Magazine, BetaNews, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Android Police, Engadget, WebProNews, Lifehacker, Mashable, CNET, Liliputing, Droid Life, Tech Times, WebProNews, Droid Life, Phandroid, The Stack, Ubergizmo and 9to5Google

Tweets: @dannysullivan and @bingobaa

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:

WhatsApp blocks links to rival app Telegram on Android; Telegram says its Facebook page vanished too — WhatsApp Is Blocking Links To Rival App Telegram On Android — Facebook-owned messaging giant WhatsApp appears to have started deliberately blocking links to rival messaging app Telegram …

More: The Verge, orat.io Blog, The Next Web, Business Insider, Fast Company, Android Police, 9to5Google and Engadget

Chris Davies / SlashGear:

Nokia's OZO 360-degree virtual reality camera for professionals is available for pre-order today for $60K, to start shipping in Q1 2016 — Nokia OZO is a $60,000 360-degree camera for VR pros — Nokia may not be the first name you'd associate with virtual reality, but the Finns are aiming …

More: The Verge, TechCrunch, PCWorld, CNET, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Engadget, Fortune, Inquirer, Seeking Alpha, Digital Trends, Neowin, Business Insider, International Business Times, Fortune, Tech Times, Road to VR, The Next Web, Wired, Nokiapoweruser, Fast Company, Forbes and CIO.com. Thanks:@c_davies

Kashmir Hill / Fusion:

Tor's chief architect, Nick Mathewson, explains what happened with Carnegie Mellon attack and what Tor has done to fix it — The attack that broke the Dark Web—and how Tor plans to fix it — Law enforcement has been complaining for years about the Web “going dark,” …

Tweets: @kashhill

Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review:

Wikimedia Foundation announces a new machine learning tool aimed at helping Wikipedia editors differentiate between honest mistakes and intentional vandalism — Artificial Intelligence Aims to Make Wikipedia Friendlier and Better — The nonprofit behind Wikipedia is turning to machine learning …

More: Silicon Republic and Wikimedia blog. Tweets: @marshallk

Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:

Court ruling reveals the scope of info FBI collects via NSLs for the first time, confirms it needs no warrant to get browsing, online shopping, location history — FBI's warrantless national security powers revealed for first time — The FBI can use national security letters (NSLs) …

More: Washington Times, Marshall Kirkpatrick's Blog, SC Magazine, isp.yale.edu, Ars Technica, Computerworld, Boing Boing, The Next Web, Gizmodo, ACLU, Hit & Run, The Verge, Gizmodo and VentureBeat

Tweets: @marshallk, @aclu, @jakl, @hinashamsi, @freedomofpress and @ncardozo

Garett Sloane / Digiday:

Snapchat finally enables publishers to ‘deep link’ to their Discover content — Snapchat's enabling its publishing partners to promote their channels on Facebook and Twitter with links directly to their content, the company said today. — The media partners, which include Hearst, IGN …

More: International Business Times. Tweets: @dannysullivan. See also Mediagazer

Angela Moscaritolo / PC Magazine:

Swatch partners with Visa to let cardholders in US, Brazil, and Switzerland “tap and pay” with upcoming NFC-enabled Bellamy smartwatch — Swatch, Visa Make it Easy to Pay With Your Watch — The world's largest watch maker will soon give those in the U.S. the opportunity to pay for items with a tap of their wrist.

More: Swatch Group, SiliconANGLE, TechnoBuffalo, Wearable Tech Insider, CNET, MarketWatch, TrustedReviews and Reuters. Tweets: @verge

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:

AppDynamics beats $150M funding target, closes $158M round led by General Catalyst and Altimeter Capital, is now valued at $1.9B — AppDynamics Raises $158M; Now Valued At $1.9 Billion — Last month, based on an SEC filing, we told you that seven-year-old, San Francisco-based AppDynamics …

More: SiliconANGLE, bizjournals, PE Hub Blog, New York Times and Wall Street Journal

Brian Fagioli / BetaNews:

Google to end support for Chrome on 32-bit Linux, Ubuntu Precise, and Debian 7 in early March 2016 — Google killing Chrome for 32-bit Linux — If you live in the web browser, using a Linux-based operating system makes a lot of sense. By combining say, Ubuntu and Google Chrome …

More: VentureBeat. Thanks:@brianfagioli

Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:

While networks benefit from TV show exposure on Hulu and other streaming services, producers worry widespread availability may hurt syndication value — Streaming Era Sets Off Battle Over TV Rights — Studios, networks, talent try to protect their interests in the emerging on-demand TV economy

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