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Apple to disable plug-ins like Flash, Java, Silverlight, and Quicktime by default in Safari 10, to focus on HTML5 content — In Safari 10, set to ship with macOS Sierra, Apple plans to disable common plug-ins like Adobe Flash, Java, Silverlight, and QuickTime by default in an effort to focus …
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Sources: Didi Chuxing raises $7B round, including the $1B announced by Apple, valuing it at over $25B — Ride-sharing company will have more than $10 billion in cash on hand to fend off U.S. competitor — HONG KONG—China's homegrown competitor to Uber Technologies Inc. has raised $7 billion …
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| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Rhapsody rebrands itself as Napster, the service it acquired in 2011 — Rhapsody is part of the old guard of music streaming services, launched way back in 2001 as Listen.com. It never got the traction of it's rival Spotify, and is now competing against titans like Apple and Google as well.
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| Marty Swant / Advertising & Branding: |
YouTube debuts new tools for SMBs to make video ads, including Director, a free app with a number of templates and editing tools — YouTube wants to turn video ads on its platform into a DIY possibility for small- and medium-sized businesses. — Today, Google is launching three ways …
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| Bloomberg: |
Dropbox says it is now cash-flow positive but not profitable, not in rush to IPO — Drew Houston said at the Bloomberg Technology Conference that the company is cash-flow positive. — Since attaining a $10 billion valuation from investors in 2014, Dropbox Inc. has become a symbol of unicorn startup exuberance.
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| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
Apple Maps will record a vehicle's location at the end of a trip in iOS 10, providing a Parked Car destination option — Forgetting where you parked could soon be an issue of the past, thanks to a new feature in Apple's upcoming iOS 10 that automatically remembers where your car is located.| Kate Conger / TechCrunch: |
Apple says apps submitted to App Store must enforce App Transport Security by Jan. 1, 2017 — During a security presentation at Apple's Worldwide Developers' Conference, the company revealed the deadline for all apps in its App Store to switch on an important security feature called App Transport Security — January 1, 2017.
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| Morgen Peck / Backchannel: |
Profile of Vitalik Buterin, inventor of Ethereum, the cryptocurrency rivaling Bitcoin and inspiring a movement — Vitalik Buterin invented the world's hottest new cryptocurrency and inspired a movement—before he'd turned 20. — I met Vitalik Buterin for the first time in Miami, during a Bitcoin conference in 2014.
Tweets: @galtsgirl
| Shirley Halperin / Billboard: |
Q&A with Apple's Iovine, Reznor, Cue, and Kondrk on Apple Music, Beats 1, and YouTube's “disingenuous” business model, and more — Eddy Cue, Apple senior vice president of internet software and services, helps introduce the new iOS software at an Apple event …
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| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Twitter Ventures invests in SoundCloud; sources say investment is $70M in a round valuing SoundCloud at about $700M — Twitter wanted to buy the company a couple years ago; now it has invested $70 million instead. — Two years ago Twitter thought about buying SoundCloud, but ended up walking away from the music service.
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Sapho, makers of single-purpose enterprise “micro apps”, raises $9.5M Series A led by Alsop Louie — We are in the middle of a major wave of startups building software to improve workplace productivity; now a company focused on making legacy enterprise apps more useful (and used) …
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| Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: |
Hands-on with Microsoft's new Xbox One controller: Bluetooth, better grip, and improved thumbsticks — Microsoft is now on the third revision of its standard Xbox One controller, and it's a noticeable improvement. — The company revealed the gamepad during its media briefing prior … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Tencent nears $9B+ deal to buy Clash of Clans maker Supercell Oy from SoftBank; deal could be disclosed as early as next week — Transaction would exceed $9 billion — HONG KONG— Tencent Holdings Ltd. is nearing a more than $9 billion deal to buy Supercell Oy …
Tweets: @whatthebit and @dkberman
| Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch: |
Dating app Bumble is partnering with Spotify so you can swipe based on someone's favorite music — Bumble, the fast growing female-led dating app, is partnering with Spotify. — Bumble users will soon have the option of connecting their dating profile to their Spotify account so it can include …
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