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| 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 …
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Adobe renames Creative Cloud software Flash Professional to Animate as it downplays Flash — Adobe renames Flash Professional to Animate, pivots to HTML5 — Adobe renamed its Creative Cloud software Flash Professional to Animate as it downplays Flash, which is under fire in many camps, and pivots to HTML5 with its messaging.
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| 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 … | 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
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Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Ars Technica, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg Business, MacNN, The Verge, USA Today, Forbes, TechnoBuffalo, MobileSyrup.com, Wired.co.uk, Digital Trends, Tech Times, PYMNTS.com, Fone Arena, Engadget, TWICE, Greenbot, Gizmodo UK, Business Insider, International Business Times, Gizmodo, SlashGear, PhoneDog.com, Android Beat, CNET, TechCrunch, Associated Press, Seeking Alpha, MacDailyNews, Pocketnow, Android Central, 9to5Google and FierceWireless
| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
Sketch joins parade of developers abandoning Mac App Store in favor of direct sales — The developers of the UI design tool Sketch have announced their decision to exit the Mac App Store, following in the footsteps of many other software makers, such as Panic.
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| 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 …
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| 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 …
| 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 …
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TechCrunch, The Verge, PCWorld, VentureBeat, CNET, Gizmodo, Engadget, Fortune, Seeking Alpha, Neowin, Fortune, Tech Times, Inquirer, Road to VR, Digital Trends, International Business Times, Business Insider, The Next Web, Nokiapoweruser, Wired, 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
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Tiger Global Closes $2.5 Billion More To Continue Its Startup Investment Spree — November looks to be an auspicious month for power investor Tiger Global. The New York-based hedge fund raised $2.5 billion for new deals back in November 2014, and now, after a spending spree that has seen …
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| 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 …
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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 … Sponsor Posts
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