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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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| 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 …
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Juniper discovers backdoor in its NetScreen enterprise firewalls that decrypts VPNs, allows admin access, recommends patching immediately — Juniper Finds Backdoor that Decrypts VPN Traffic — Juniper Networks today has released an emergency patch that removes what it's calling …
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| 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 …
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| 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 …
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| 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.
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| 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 …
| 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.
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| 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: @victorandrekong, @danprimack, @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 …
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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 … Sponsor Posts
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