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December 17, 2015, 7:00 PM

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Apple:

Jeff Williams named Apple COO, Phil Schiller takes over App Store leadership — Apple Names Jeff Williams Chief Operating Officer — Johny Srouji Named to Executive Team; Phil Schiller Adds Ecosystem Responsibilities — Tor Myhren Joins Apple — Apple® today announced …

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Tweets: @alexeheath, @bzamayo, @neilcybart, @viticci and @usatodaytech

Reuters:

Brazilian judge orders lifting of 48-hour WhatsApp ban, recommends WhatsApp pay higher fine instead; services restored after several hours — Brazil court lifts suspension of Facebook's WhatsApp service — A Brazilian judge on Thursday ordered the lifting of a 48-hour suspension …

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Netflix announces rebuilt Universal Windows 10 app for PCs and tablets, coming to smartphones early next year — Netflix's new Windows 10 app embraces Microsoft's universal dream — Netflix is making the most of Windows 10 today. Netflix is updating its Windows Store app …

More: The Netflix Tech Blog, Windows Blog, PCMag Australia Feed, Digital Trends, Mashable, Tech Times, Lifehacker, Engadget, CNET, Thurrott.com, GeekWire, The Next Web, Neowin, Windows Central, WinBeta and BetaNews

Tweets: @satyanadella and @reedhastings

Tesla Motors:

Tesla, in a “correction” of Bloomberg that states it will continue using MobilEye chips, argues George Hotz's homemade self-driving car won't succeed — Correction to article: “The First Person to Hack the iPhone Built a Self-Driving Car” — The article by Ashlee Vance did not correctly represent Tesla or MobilEye.

More: Tech Trader Daily, The Verge, PCMag Australia Feed, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, Electrek, Reuters, Mashable, SiliconBeat and Bloomberg Business

Tweets: @elonmusk, @drbarnard, @bradwieners, @jowyang and @pmarca

Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg.com:

Early iPhone hacker George Hotz is building a self-driving system using off-the-shelf components that controls an Acura ILX

Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:

Facebook Messenger rolls out Photo Magic, its face recognition tool that suggests photos to send to friends, to all outside Canada and the European Union — Facebook Messenger's face recognition tool rolls out to everyone outside of Canada and the EU — The releases keep on coming for Facebook's Messenger service.

More: Facebook, Digital Trends, Engadget, iMore, Stan Chudnovsky, Social Media Today, Marketing Land and The Next Web

New York Times:

Facebook partners with Uber to let users in US request rides from within Messenger, first Uber ride's free; Facebook says more ride-hailing services to be added

Cade Metz / Wired:

IBM, JP Morgan, and others build the Open Ledger Project, a blockchain for business services, overseen by the Linux Foundation — Tech and Banking Giants Ditch Bitcoin for Their Own Blockchain — Several major companies from across both the technology and financial industries—including IBM …

More: Fortune, Bitcoin Magazine, Bloomberg Business, Crowdfund Insider, PYMNTS.com, CoinDesk, The Stack, PYMNTS.com, NEWSBTC and Business Insider. Tweets: @marshallk

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Microsoft opens a HoloLens playground for developers at its New York store — Millions of people have seen Microsoft's astonishing HoloLens videos. Far fewer have seen the limited, but still impressive, reality. And that's something Microsoft wants to change.

More: Windows Blog, Engadget, The Next Web, Wired, Tech Times, Windows Central, WinBeta, TechSpot, BetaNews, Pocketnow, Gizmodo, SlashGear, Digital Trends, Neowin, TechCrunch, TIME, ZDNet, ZDNet and Microsoft News

Diane Bartz / Reuters:

ID theft monitoring company LifeLock to pay $100M fine for violating 2010 FTC settlement that required LifeLock protect customer data — LifeLock to pay $100 million to settle U.S. contempt charges: FTC — LifeLock Inc, which sells identity theft monitoring and fraud detection services …

More: Federal Trade Commission, New York Times, Ars Technica, The Register, LifeLock, BuzzFeed, Associated Press, Bloomberg Business, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, CBS News, Seeking Alpha, Consumerist, Washington Post and SC Magazine

Ari Levy / CNBC:

Technology investors describe the cooling in Silicon Valley: lower valuations for top-tier companies, and trouble for weaker startups — Silicon Valley's cash party is coming to an end — Silicon Valley is cooling, not crashing. Valuations are falling. The era of cheap money is over.

Tweets: @danprimack, @victorandrekong, @harri8t, @semil, @mcwellons, @reformedbroker and @benwerd. Thanks:@mattmhunter

Rich McCormick / The Verge:

Microsoft forms joint venture with Chinese government to deliver a custom version of Windows 10 for public sector agencies — Microsoft aims to supply Chinese government with customized Windows 10 — After signing a deal with China's answer to Google in September, Microsoft is again strengthening …

More: Windows Blog, Windows Central, PCWorld, ZDNet, WinBeta, Nextgov, Fortune, TechEye, Business Insider and Microsoft News

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Microsoft updates SmartScreen tech to block drive-by attacks for Internet Explorer 11 and Edge on Windows 10 — Microsoft expands SmartScreen to block drive-by attacks in IE and Edge on Windows 10 — Last month, Microsoft rolled out the first major Windows 10 update for PCs and tablets.

More: Windows Blog, Computerworld, TechSpot, Neowin, CIO.com, Microsoft News, Inquirer, Windows Central and WinBeta

Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch:

Pinterest launches a tool that notifies users when a product they've pinned drops in price — Pinterest Launches A New Way To Track Price Drops On Buyable Pins — Pinterest has a new way to entice users to come back and buy things: keeping tabs on the price.

More: VentureBeat, The Next Web, Marketing Land, SocialTimes, Seventeen and internetretailer.com. Thanks:@jamiefavazza

Zineb Ait Bahajji / Google Webmaster Central Blog:

Google search to start indexing HTTPS pages by default — Indexing HTTPS pages by default — At Google, user security has always been a top priority. Over the years, we've worked hard to promote a more secure web and to provide a better browsing experience for users.

More: Search Engine Land, Ubergizmo, VentureBeat, The Next Web and 9to5Google

Jared Newman / TechHive:

Amazon Fire TV's new apps include NBC, Fox Now, Food Network, and GoPro — The battle for streaming-app supremacy continues. — The TV-app arms race is showing no signs of slowing down as a slew of new apps land on Amazon's Fire TV streamers. — The latest additions include NBC …

More: Amazon.com, BetaNews, VideoNuze Analysis, Digital Trends, Broadcasting & Cable, AndroidHeadlines.com and Android Central

Guardian:

Revealed: how Google enlisted members of US Congress it bankrolled to fight $6bn EU antitrust case — US tech firm has stepped up lobbying efforts with $3.5m charm offensive to persuade Europe to drop punitive action over alleged abuse of monopoly position — Google enlisted members …

More: Ars Technica. Tweets: @conordougherty and @mhbergen. Thanks:@lutherlowe

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