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Peter Bright / Ars Technica:
Microsoft to open source Chakra, the JavaScript heart of its Edge browser  —  Source will be available from January, and open to community contributions.  —  At JSConf in Florida today, Microsoft announced that it is open sourcing Chakra, the JavaScript engine used in its Edge and Internet Explorer browsers.
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Mozilla ends Tiles experiment for ads in Firefox, will shift focus to ‘content discovery’  —  Mozilla is stopping its experiment to offer advertising in Firefox.  The company announced its focus will instead shift to “content discovery” opportunities in its browser.
Jamie Condliffe / Gizmodo:
Sony Has Bought Toshiba's Image Sensor Division for $155 Million  —  Following a series of negotiations, Sony has announced that it's buying Toshiba's image sensor business for 19 billion yen—which is about $155 million.  —  The deal, rumored in October, will see Sony take over Toshiba's …
Mathew Ingram / Fortune:
Snapchat moved into real-time, crowdsourced news with San Bernardino shooting story  —  Snapchat's Move Into Real-Time News is Fascinating  —  For an app that many—possibly even most—initially dismissed as a trivial tool for teens to send sexy texts that would automatically disappear, Snapchat has certainly come a long way.
Don Reisinger / Fortune:
Samsung agrees to pay $548M in damages awarded to Apple in 2012 patent ruling, but reserves right to seek reimbursement, which Apple disputes  —  Samsung Will Pay Apple for Damages—But Wants the Cash Back  —  If you thought the patent battle between Apple and Samsung would finally end with a cash payment, you're sorely mistaken.
IDC:
Worldwide Smartphone Market Will See the First Single-Digit Growth Year on Record  —  Worldwide Smartphone Market Will See the First Single-Digit Growth Year on Record, According to IDC  —  FRAMINGHAM, Mass. December 3 , 201 5 - According to a new forecast from the International Data Corporation …
Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Toshiba considering spinning off unprofitable PC business alongside Fujitsu, others  —  Toshiba Looks to Spin Off PC Business  —  The proposed spinoff would be Toshiba's latest effort to strip out unprofitable units  —  TOKYO—Toshiba Corp. is looking to spin off …
Amar Toor / The Verge:
Group of French cab drivers launches nonprofit Uber competitor called VTC Cab, which charges drivers a monthly fee instead of collecting commissions  —  Angry French Uber drivers have created their own Uber  —  For months, it seemed as if taxi unions and regulations would pose the biggest threat to Uber's expansion in France.
Daniel Rubino / Windows Central:
Microsoft working on ‘sleep’ issues with Surface Pro 4, Surface Book with solution early next year  —  Microsoft this week fixed the crashing display driver issue found on the new Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book.  The problem stems from the early adoption of Intel's new Skylake chipset …
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