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Sources: Google has been working on new messaging app for over a year that supports chatbots and uses AI to answer questions and perform other tasks — Google Plans New, Smarter Messaging App — Users will be able to text friends or a chatbot that will scour the Web and other sources to answer a question
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BetaNews, The Verge, VentureBeat, VatorNews, Daily Mail, Android Authority, Android Police, PCWorld, Business Insider, BuzzFeed, SiliconANGLE, Android Beat, Mashable, The Next Web, 9to5Google, Fortune, Phandroid, Pocketnow, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, iPhone in Canada Blog, PhoneDog.com, Engadget, Droid Life, Android Central, WebProNews and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @jonrussell, @arraysum, @joshconstine, @leanvc, @dtunkelang, @dannysullivan and @hunterwalk
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google begins testing login system that uses phone notifications for authentication instead of passwords — Google Begins Testing Password-Free Logins — Google confirmed this morning it's now testing a new way to sign into your Google account without having to type in a password.
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Android Police, Engadget, VentureBeat, ZDNet, BetaNews, GeekWire, SlashGear, Consumerist, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, Fone Arena, PhoneDog.com, The Next Web, 9to5Google, Tech Times, Refinery29, Pocketnow and Android Authority. Tweets: @dgwbirch
| Scott Thurm / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple adopts proxy access, allowing a shareholder, or a group of up to 20 shareholders, holding 3% of shares for 3 years to nominate directors to the board — Apple Inc. Offers Proxy Access — Company bylaws amended Monday to ease shareholder nominations to the board
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Apple, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider, TmoNews, Android Central and The Mac Observer. Tweets: @scottthurm
| Alex Hern / Guardian: |
Microsoft to detect and remove adware that uses man-in-the-middle techniques, like Superfish, beginning in March, will only allow adware as browser plugins — New Microsoft adware rules could stop another Superfish security scare — From March, adware on Windows will have to be easily removable … | Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Foursquare is raising $20M-$40M at about a $250M valuation, down from $650M two years ago — Foursquare's Value Will Be Cut by More Than Half in a New Funding Round — Foursquare is close to finalizing a funding round that will value the company at about $250 million … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft raises prices of Surface Hub 55-inch and 84-inch models by $2,000-$3,000 to $8,999 and $21,999, delays shipment date to Q1 — Microsoft to hike Surface Hub pricing ahead of early 2016 release — Microsoft is upping the prices of its Surface Hub videoconferencing systems by $2,000 …
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| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
New Zealand judge orders Kim Dotcom's extradition to the US, lawyers say they will appeal to the High Court — Kim Dotcom to be finally extradited to the US, New Zealand judge rules — Megaupload founder promises new appeal in case that's dragged on for nearly 4 years.
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BBC, Guardian, Stuff.co.nz, TorrentFreak, The Register, The Verge, ZDNet, Techdirt, The Next Web, New Zealand Herald and Wired
Tweets: @kimdotcom and @emilychangtv
See also Mediagazer| Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts …: |
How hackers piggybacked on an existing backdoor in Juniper's ScreenOS software to create a backdoor of their own — On the Juniper backdoor — You might have heard that a few days ago, Juniper Systems announced the discovery of “unauthorized code” in the ScreenOS software that underlies the NetScreen line of devices.
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Cisco Blog, Tom's Hardware, SANS ISC, FierceCIO News, Threatpost, SiliconBeat, PCWorld, CSO, Security Affairs and The Verge
Tweets: @joi, @hvellani, @netik, @matthewstinar, @zooko, @krisshaffer and @aantonop
| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
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Tweets: @futureidentity, @troyhunt, @dangillmor, @anonyops, @kimzetter, @martijn_grooten, @0xabad1dea, @daniel_bilar and @matthew_d_green
Thanks:@kimzetter| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Oracle acquires StackEngine, plots new cloud campus in Austin — A few days ago, it was quietly confirmed that Oracle acquired StackEngine, a startup with a container operations platform for DevOps based in Austin, Texas. — Oracle has announced a few moves in the last week that line … | Pew Internet: |
67% of Americans now have broadband at home, compared to 70% in 2013, and 13% connect via smartphone only vs 8% in 2013; smartphone penetration in US at 68% — Home Broadband 2015 — The share of Americans with broadband at home has plateaued, and more rely only on their smartphones for online access
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Consumerist, Tech Times, Free Press Blog, FierceCable, Business Insider, DSLreports, The Atlantic, Philly.com, Pocketnow and Washington Post
Tweets: @jeremysliew and @pewinternet
See also Mediagazer| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Flywheel's TaxiOS, an Uber-like, no-surge-fee ride-hailing app for taxis, gets approval in California and launches, following its pilot program in San Francisco — Flywheel Launches Uber-Like Operating System For Taxi Cabs — Flywheel, the no-surge-fee taxi startup that hopes to challenge …
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Engadget, The Verge, The Next Web, VatorNews, GeekWire, Tech Times, CNET and Fortune
| Matt Burns / TechCrunch: |
Stratos Sells To Ciright One To Avoid Collapse — Stratos isn't dead yet. The Michigan-based startup just signed an agreement with Ciright One LLC to take over the fledgling company. Under their agreement, Ciright One will manage and fulfill all outstanding consumer and commercial and Thiago Olson …
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TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Techaeris, Engadget, Digital Trends, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, Techaeris, MLive.com and Engadget
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Brings Its Interactive, 360-Degree “Spotlight Stories” To YouTube — Google is bringing its Spotlight Stories - immersive, 360-degree animated videos meant to introduce a new form of storytelling - to YouTube, the company announced this morning. The first story to arrive is a holiday film called …
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Official Google Blog, The Next Web, Android Police, Android Community, CIO.com, Digital Trends and Tech Times. Tweets: @dannysullivan
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