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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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Sources: Samsung Galaxy S7 to have pressure-sensitive display, USB Type-C port for full-day's charging in 30 minutes — Samsung Adding Pressure-Sensitive Display, High-Speed Charging Port to Galaxy S7 — South Korean tech major is also considering a retina scanner for some versions of the new flagship smartphone
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Is Killing Photo Syncing, Asks Users To Download Its “Moments” App Instead — Facebook clearly believes it has its next hit app on its hands to follow Messenger with its private photo-sharing service, Moments. The company has now announced it will soon discontinue support for photo syncing …
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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 … | 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 … | Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
VMware Walks Away From Virtustream Joint Venture With EMC — Cloud software company VMware says it will not participate in a previously announced cloud services joint venture called Virtustream with its parent company EMC. — Shares of VMware initially rose but later fell after VMware announced … | Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
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Canyon Capital, Eric Jackson's SpringOwl join Starboard in calling for change at Yahoo — Yahoo Investors Tighten Screws — Canyon Capital, SpringOwl lay out varying proposals to slash workforce, replace CEO Mayer, find a buyer — Yahoo Inc. is facing new pressure from investor groups …
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| Nate Swanner / The Next Web: |
Facebook announces Parse SDKs for Apple Watch and Apple TV, and Embedded Video Player API, oEmbed support — Facebook drops new video embed API and SDKs for Apple Watch and Apple TV — Facebook is giving developers a few more tools to work with today, and is launching a new video embedding API …
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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 … | Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal: |
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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| 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 … | 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. … | Nathan Donato-Weinstein / bizjournals: |
Apple buys 70K-square-foot former chip fab 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 … | Chris Phillips / Pandora Blog: |
Pandora launches Thumbprint Radio, a personalized radio station based on your thumbs ups — Thumbprint Radio: A Uniquely Personal Station Inspired By All of Your Thumbs Up — Today we launched Thumbprint Radio - a hyper-personalized station for each listener.
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