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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Sidecar, once an Uber and Lyft competitor, is shutting down on December 31 — Sidecar has announced it's shutting down at the end of the year. Company chief executive Sunil Paul explained in a Medium post (not the company's official blog, strangely) that the move was intended to help pave …
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Tweets: @dmac1, @sidecar, @kevinroose, @marcelsalathe, @dmac1, @epro, @pinboard, @amir, @pinboard and @mhbergen
| Ed Christman / Billboard: |
Spotify sued for $150M over alleged unpaid royalties, proposed class exceeds 100 members — Spotify Hit With $150 Million Class Action Over Unpaid Royalties — EMAIL ME — Vocal artist rights advocate David Lowery brings a massive action against the largest streaming service.
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Samsung is adding SmartThing hubs to its 2016 HD TVs to control connected devices — Your next Samsung HD television could be a hub that ties all the connected devices in your home together. The Korea-based electronics manufacturer revealed today that its 2016 smart TV lineup …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google confirms next Android version won't implement Oracle's proprietary Java APIs — Google is replacing its implementation of the Java application programming interfaces (APIs) in Android with OpenJDK, the open source version of Oracle's Java Development Kit (JDK).
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Twitter hires Apple's Jeffrey Siminoff as new vice president of diversity and inclusion — Twitter Hires New VP Of Diversity And Inclusion From Apple — Twitter has hired Jeffrey Siminoff to replace Janet Van Huysse as the company's new vice president of diversity and inclusion.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: NSA continued to spy on some allies after Snowden leaks, also capturing communications with US lawmakers and Jewish groups — U.S. Spy Net on Israel Snares Congress — National Security Agency's targeting of Israeli leaders also swept up the content of private conversations with U.S. lawmakers
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitter cracks down on harassment by rearranging paragraphs in its terms of service — In the wake of former CEO Dick Costolo admitting the company “suck[s] at dealing with abuse,” Twitter has devoted many blog posts to explaining how seriously it takes the issue.
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See also Mediagazer| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Samsung's Bio-Processor chip that has built-in support for measuring body fat, muscle mass, heart rate, skin temperature, and more goes into mass production — Samsung's new processor is meant for building much better fitness trackers — Samsung thinks it's about time that fitness trackers did more than monitor your pulse.| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
How Wish, the shopping app startup and top app advertiser on Facebook and Instagram, aims to become the next trillion dollar marketplace — Meet Wish, the $3 Billion App That Could Be the Next Walmart — As the words poured out of Peter Szulczewski's mouth, I thought he must be pulling my leg.
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Tweets: @treehcapital, @modestproposal1, @delrey, @delrey, @jyarow and @mdudas
| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Facebook tests multiple, topic-based feeds on its mobile app in place of one main News Feed, also tests wider rollout of Marketplace feature with its own tab — Facebook is testing multiple news feeds on mobile — Facebook is testing multiple, topic-based feeds on its mobile app in place of one main News Feed.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Flaming Wreckage Of Clinkle Rebuilds As A Referral Service — Clinkle imploded after employees quit en masse in May, protesting how its young CEO Lucas Duplan was mismanaging the $30 million-funded payments startup. But Duplan won't quit. TechCrunch has attained emails showing Duplan …
Tweets: @caseynewton and @eringriffith
| Micah Lee / The Intercept: |
Windows 10 disk encryption keys are uploaded to Microsoft; Home users can delete copy from account, only Pro and Enterprise users can opt out when re-encrypting — Recently Bought a Windows Computer? Microsoft Probably Has Your Encryption Key — One of the excellent features …
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