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December 24, 2015, 1:45 PM

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Peter Kafka / Re/code:
The Beatles are available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, Tidal, Amazon's Prime Music, and others from December 24  —  Sources: Beatles hit Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, other streaming services on Dec. 24  —  You can spend Christmas streaming the Beatles.
Katie Benner / New York Times:
How employee stock took the biggest hit when Good Technology, once valued at $1.1B, passed on a $825M offer and later sold to BlackBerry for $425M  —  When a Unicorn Start-Up Stumbles, Its Employees Get Hurt  —  On Sept. 4, employees of Good Technology, a mobile security start-up in Sunnyvale …
Hyatt Newsroom:
Hyatt notifies customers it found malware on its payment processing systems  —  Hyatt Notifies Customers Of Malware Activity  —  CUSTOMERS ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW PAYMENT CARD ACCOUNT STATEMENTS CLOSELY  —  Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced that it recently identified malware …
Rachel Pick / Motherboard:
AdBlock Plus will be included and activated by default in Asus' proprietary browser that ships on its mobile devices, starting early 2016  —  Browsers Are Starting to Block Ads by Default  —  Here's an intriguing new twist in the debate over adblockers: starting in early 2016 …
Bryan Lufkin / Gizmodo:
Disney-funded VR service, Littlstar, announces it's bringing 360-degree videos to Apple TV  —  You Can Now Watch 360-Degree Video on Your TV  —  Earlier this year, YouTube rolled out 360-degree videos.  Like magic, they let you peer around in any direction from within the video.
The Intercept:
Top-secret document from 2011 reveals that GCHQ, with cooperation of NSA, acquired the capability to exploit 13 models of Juniper firewalls  —  NSA Helped British Spies Find Security Holes In Juniper Firewalls  —  A top-secret document dated February 2011 reveals that British spy agency GCHQ …
Jim Edwards / Business Insider:
Judge dismisses case alleging Apple violated the Federal Wiretap Act by failing to deliver texts to customers who switched from iPhone to Android  —  Apple wins complete victory in class-action lawsuit that claimed iMessage was rigged to not deliver texts to Android phones
Pankaj Doval / The Economic Times:
Indian regulator asks Facebook's telecom partner Reliance Communications to temporarily suspend Free Basics service on net neutrality grounds  —  Put Facebook's Free Basics service on hold, TRAI tells Reliance Communications  —  Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) …

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