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| Emily Steel / New York Times: |
Netflix launches in 130 additional countries, now available in 190 countries worldwide, excluding China, Crimea, North Korea, and Syria, stock up 9% — At CES, Netflix Announces Worldwide Expansion of Streaming Service — Netflix went live with its streaming television service …
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See also Mediagazer| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
Pre-orders open for Oculus Rift consumer edition, on sale for $599, shipping in March; orders already backlogged until May — Virtually a reality: Oculus Rift goes on sale for $599 — Pre-orders are open ahead of March ship date for consumer version — After dozens of trade-show demos …
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| Apple: |
Apple announces record $1.1B App Store sales during holiday season, $20B during 2015, and has paid developers $40B since 2008 — Record-Breaking Holiday Season for the App Store — App Store Has Now Paid Developers Nearly $40B and Continues to Drive Incredible Job Growth
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| Shira Ovide / Bloomberg Business: |
Despite recent reports of cuts by iPhone suppliers, Apple remains most profitable company in S&P 500
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Nextbit announces first wave of GSM Robin smartphones will ship February 16 — Nextbit's cloud-savvy smartphone ships on February 16th — Good news if you've been sitting on pins and needles waiting for Nextbit's Robin smartphone to ship: it's nearly ready for action.| Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
Microsoft will stop supporting Internet Explorer 8, 9, and 10 on January 12 — Web developers rejoice; Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10 die on Tuesday — Internet Explorer has long been the bane of many Web developers' existence, but here's some news to brighten your day: Internet Explorer 8 …
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| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
Vidyo, a screen capture tool for iOS that simulates an AirPlay Mirroring connection, available for now in the App Store for $4.99 — Vidyo, a Screen Recorder for iOS — Vidyo, a screen recording utility for iPhone and iPad available at $4.99 on the App Store, seems like one of those apps that will soon be removed by Apple.
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| Biz Carson / Business Insider: |
Sources: Yahoo to lay off at least 10%, or 1,000+ of its employees, as early as this month — Yahoo is prepping to lay off 10% or more of its workforce — Major layoffs will be coming to Yahoo as part of its planned reorganization to get its business back on track.| Johana Bhuiyan / BuzzFeed: |
Uber agrees to overhaul privacy and security practices and pay a $20K fine in settlement over “God View” with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman — Uber Settles With New York Attorney General Over “God View” Tracking Program — The ride-hailing company agrees to overhaul …
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Thanks:@jmbooyah| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
More than 180,000 people have now registered drones with the FAA — Anyone who purchased a drone after December 21st must register with the Federal Aviation Administration, and the number of Americans who have done so is now solidly into the six digits. At a press conference …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Tango, the faltering messaging app unicorn, gets a new CEO in co-founder and former CTO, Eric Setton — Faltering Messaging App Unicorn Tango Gets A New CEO To Turn Things Around — Fresh from laying off 9 percent of its 200 staff and closing down its e-commerce service at the end of 2015 … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Razer launches Nabu Watch with activity tracking, smartphone notifications, prices start at $150 — Razer's first smartwatch is mostly meant for fitness — Razer's first experiments with wearable tech had their share of problems (notably months of delays), but the company is willing to give it another shot... with a bit of a twist.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
SEC filing shows Tim Cook earned about $10.2M during 2015 while other Apple executives earned around $25M — Tim Cook earns $10.3M in 2015 as other executives bring home $25M each — Apple today made a new filing with the SEC in which it revealed the earnings of its top executives during 2015.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Entrepreneurs and investors turn to bots in messaging platforms to disrupt web services, apps, and search — The search for the killer bot — The first bot I ever befriended went by the name of GooglyMinotaur. The Minotaur appeared in 2001 to promote Amnesiac, the latest album from Radiohead …
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WebProNews, The Next Web, Engadget, Gizmodo, TechCrunch and Business Insider
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