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Fiat Chrysler partners with Google to develop about 100 self-driving prototypes based on its Pacifica minivans, will build vehicles starting this year — Fiat, Google Plan Partnership on Self-Driving Minivans — Cooperation would be tech company's first with a carmaker
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| Ricardo Castro / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter's new Connect tab on iOS and Android suggests accounts to follow based on tweets you like, popular local accounts, and more — A better way to connect with people — Twitter connects you with the people you're interested in —whether that's someone across the world who shares …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft acquires Italian IoT platform Solair — Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Solair, an Italy-based IoT service that was founded in 2011 (and not the U.S.-based company that makes retractable awnings). — Solair already used Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform …
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Former contractors who curated Facebook's “trending” news section describe preferred media outlets, “Twitter” censorship, layoffs, more — Want to Know What Facebook Really Thinks of Journalists? Here's What Happened When It Hired Some.
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India rejects Apple's request to import and sell refurbished iPhones in the country — India Thwarts Apple's Plan to Sell Cheaper Refurbished IPhones — Company is also seeking permission to open retail stores — Apple's seeking new sources of growth as iPhone sales plateau
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Satellite TV company Dish gets into the phone repair business, will now make on-site visits to swap your broken iPhone screen or battery — Dish, the satellite TV company, will now come repair your broken iPhone — Dish is getting into smartphone repairs.
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| Aaron Pressman / Fortune: |
Apple hires Yoky Matsuoka, one of the co-founders of Google's X lab and former head of technology at Nest, to work on health projects — Apple Nabs Nest's Former Head of Technology — Apple has hired famed robotics expert Yoky Matsuoka, one of the co-founders of Google's X lab and former head …
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Ellen Pao and other prominent Silicon Valley women launch new nonprofit Project Include to help collect and share data on diversity in tech companies — Women in Tech Band Together to Track Diversity, After Hours — SAN FRANCISCO — Ellen Pao spent the last few years spotlighting …
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| Steve Ragan / CSO: |
Vulnerabilities found in image processing library ImageMagick place countless web servers at risk; active exploitation confirmed — ImageMagick vulnerabilities place countless websites at risk, active exploitation confirmed — Metasploit modules will be released on Wednesday
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| Michael Mimoso / Threatpost: |
Google rebrands monthly OTA patch release for Nexus devices as Android Security Bulletin, fixes two critical Mediaserver flaws — Google Patches More Trouble in Mediaserver — Google has re-branded its monthly patch release, bringing a new name and new scope to the newly renamed Android Security Bulletin.
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| Natalia Scalzaretto / Reuters: |
Brazil judge overturns 72-hour suspension of WhatsApp — SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A Brazilian judge on Tuesday overturned a suspension of Facebook Inc's WhatsApp messaging application that affected some 100 million users, after many people voiced frustration at the second such freeze in five months in the South American country.
| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Giphy launches a keyboard for iOS called Giphy Keys — With all of Giphy's integrations with chat platforms, it was only a matter of time before the betaworks-backed GIF platform launched its own keyboard. — World, welcome Giphy Keys into the mix. — The Giphy Keys third-party keyboard launches …
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| David Meyer / Fortune: |
Android app pirates who distributed 4M apps worth over $17M from piracy store Applanet plead guilty — Android App Pirates Plead Guilty In Groundbreaking Prosecution — Two proprietors of a piracy-based Android app store called Applanet have pleaded guilty to copyright-infringement charges … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Adblock Plus and Flattr launch a publisher payment system, Flattr Plus, which distributes payments among sites from a monthly budget after taking a 10% cut — Adblock Plus and Flattr's new project will let users automatically donate money to websites — Adblock Plus and Flattr today … | Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Adobe acquires LiveFyre, plans to use user-generated content tech for client apps, sites; Storify, other products to be integrated into Adobe marketing services — Adobe is buying Livefyre so brands can have more free content — Adobe has acquired marketing startup Livefyre for an undisclosed sum … | Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Pinterest confirms ‘acqhire’ of mobile advertising startup URX — Pinterest has hired about 15 people from now-defunct mobile advertising startup URX, including its co-founder and CEO, the company announced today. The move confirms Re/code's report from last month that Pinterest was in talks … Sponsor Posts
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