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Sources: Apple has a new unit in Taiwan working on display technologies, staffed by former AU Optronics and Qualcomm display engineers — Apple Opens Secret Laboratory in Taiwan To Develop New Screens — Engineers developing LCD, OLED technologies for devices
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| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
MacKeeper Leaks 13 Million Mac Owners' Data, Leaves Passwords Open To Easy Cracking — Anti-virus provider MacKeeper is known for pushing the message Apple Mac owners need protection. It needed some extra protection of its own today, after a white hat hacker discovered …
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| Nathan Donato-Weinstein / bizjournals: |
Apple buys 70K-square-foot former chip fab building in North San Jose for $18.2M, likely for R&D instead of production, given the capabilities of the facility — Exclusive: Apple buys former chip fab in North San Jose — Apple Inc. has snapped up a former chip fab in North San Jose …
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Seattle Will Allow Uber and Lyft Drivers to Form Unions — SEATTLE — Seattle's city council voted unanimously to approve a bill allowing drivers for Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing apps to form unions. — The passage of the ordinance, the first legislation of its kind in the country …
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Samsung Asks Supreme Court to Take Up Its Apple Patent Case — Samsung is taking its battle with Apple to the Supreme Court. — Although it has already written Apple a $548 million check, the Korean electronics giant insists that not only was the verdict in the patent case incorrect … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Saks Fifth Avenue owner Hudson's Bay nears deal to buy Gilt Groupe for about $250M — Hudson's Bay Near Deal to Buy Online Retailer Gilt Groupe for $250 Million — Saks Fifth Avenue owner would pair online luxury retailer with Off 5th Business — The Hudson's Bay Co. …
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| Ry Crist / CNET: |
Latest Hue Bridge software update ends support for unapproved third party bulbs using ZigBee wireless protocol — Philips Hue cuts support for third-party bulbs — Citing “an increasing number of interoperability issues,” Philips is changing its policies and locking out third-party smart bulbs until …
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Google's Inbox now allows you to share trip bundles, add emails to a trip bundle, view trip info offline, attach multiple photos easier — Google updates Trip Bundles for road warriors using Inbox — After holding off on switching to Google's Inbox app, the updated Trip Bundles feature … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft starts rolling out a preview of Office 365 Planner, a new lightweight project-management tool — Microsoft starts rolling out Office 365 Planner preview — Microsoft has started rolling out its lightweight project-management tool, Office 365 Planner, to participants in the First Release testing program.
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Netflix re-encoding its entire catalog to improve quality, save users up to 20% of data — Inside Netflix's Plan to Boost Streaming Quality and Unclog the Internet (Exclusive) — The company is on a quest to re-encode its entire catalog — Over the past few months …
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Sources: DHS is working on a plan to scrutinize social media posts during visa application reviews — U.S. Working on Plan to Scrutinize Social Media in Visa Reviews — Move is part of new focus following San Bernardino shootings — WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Homeland Security …
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Tweets: @shiraovide, @guypbenson and @damianpaletta
| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Hobbyists with drones weighing between .55 and 50 pounds must register with FAA by February 19, registration opens December 21 — FAA announces drone owners must register by February 19th, 2016 — Regulation of drones in the hands of civilian pilots took a big step forward today.
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Tweets: @__davidflanagan, @thedroneguy and @airlineflyer
| Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
Sources: Dell is looking to sell Perot Systems for more than $5B to raise cash for EMC deal — Dell Looks to Sell Perot Systems for More Than $5 Billion to Raise Cash for EMC Deal — Dell is looking to sell Perot Systems, a key piece of its technology outsourcing business, for more than $5 billion, sources tell Re/code.
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