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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft launches Microsoft Teams, its Slack competitor that comes with Office 365 — Microsoft is holding a big event today to unveil what many expect will be its new Slack competitor. Ahead of that, it has posted a unlisted video on YouTube that spills some of the beans.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Phil Schiller says there have been more online orders for the new MacBook Pro than ever before, despite criticism from some users — In a wide-ranging interview with The Independent, Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller said the company has received more online orders for the new MacBook Pro …
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The Independent, The Verge, AppleInsider, iMore, Computerworld, Engadget, 9to5Mac and Cult of Mac
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple drops prices on 512GB and 1TB SSD upgrades for older Mac lineup by up to $200 — Following its “Hello Again” Mac event last week, Apple quietly dropped the prices on higher-capacity storage upgrades across its Mac lineup. 512GB and 1TB SSD build-to-order upgrade options for the MacBook Air …
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| Jim Finkle / Reuters: |
Microsoft says hacking group Fancy Bear, linked to the Russian government, exploited the recently reported Windows flaw; patch coming November 8 — Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Tuesday that a hacking group previously linked to the Russian government is behind recent cyber attacks …
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Microsoft Malware …, Wall Street Journal, TIME, GeekWire, USA Today, Office of Inadequate Security, BetaNews, Inquirer, BGR, WinBeta, Petri, Network World, TechnoBuffalo, Threatpost, The Tech Portal, Telegraph, Softpedia News, Tech Times, The Hacker News, SecurityWeek, Security Affairs, eWeek, CNNMoney, AskWoody, VentureBeat, Ars Technica UK, Ubergizmo, Bloomberg, MSPoweruser, Engadget, Business Insider, CNET, ZDNet, Fortune, MacDailyNews, Neowin and New York Magazine
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Mobile and tablet devices, accounting for 51.3% of internet usage worldwide, exceeded the 48.7% by desktop, for the first time in October — - Increased traffic plus Google search rankings stress importance of mobile friendly websites — San Francisco, CA and Dublin, Ireland; 1st November … | Andy Weir / Neowin: |
LastPass makes password management free across all of your PCs, tablets and phones — As we increasingly depend on digital tools and cloud services for work and play, the need to effectively manage the security of those resources continues to grow. Multi-factor authentication is highly recommended … | Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: |
Chipmaker Broadcom to buy network gear maker Brocade for $5.5B in cash, $12.75 a share, to expand its fiber channel and storage businesses — Chipmaker Broadcom Ltd (AVGO.O) said on Wednesday it would buy network gear maker Brocade Communications Systems Inc (BRCD.O) for $5.5 billion in cash … | Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
LinkedIn launches Salary, a tool that taps into user data to chart earnings across the globe, available to users in the US, UK, and Canada — The portal collects and analyzes salaries across jobs globally, which users can then access to better understand the compensation landscape of their given field.
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TechCrunch, Recode, VentureBeat, ABC News, Computerworld, Official LinkedIn Blog, Mashable and Fortune. Tweets: @mat
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Prime members charged Amazon.com prices at Amazon's retail stores, while nonmembers must pay list price — Cashiers at Amazon's physical bookstores now ask each customer the same question: Are you a Prime member? — That's because Amazon recently implemented a new pricing structure …
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Engadget, The Verge, Consumerist, Fortune, The Digital Reader and Business Insider. Tweets: @sub8u. Thanks:@johnhcook
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Atlas Recall, a search engine for your digital footprint now in open beta, raises $20.7M from Microsoft, Nathan Myhrvold, and Aspect Ventures — Computers have perfect memories. So why is it so hard to find stuff on them? Probably because our own memories don't work the same way.
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GeekWire, Laptop Mag, Engadget, Atlas Updates, Co.Design, Motherboard and The Seattle Times. Thanks:@claresayas
| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Updated DMCA exemptions provide legal cover to Americans who reverse engineer products or repair their own electronics, but are limited to a two-year trial run — Researchers can now probe connected devices, computers and cars for security vulnerabilities without risking a lawsuit.
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Wired, Federal Trade Commission, SC Magazine US, ZDNet and CircleID
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| Alissa McAloon / Gamasutra: |
Facebook unveils Gameroom, a standalone, Steam-like gaming client, says Unity 5.6 will ship with Gameroom support — At the Unite LA keynote earlier today, Facebook's Leo Olebe officially unveiled Facebook Gameroom, a Steam-like gaming client first discussed back in August.
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TechCrunch, Adweek, Engadget, Tech Times, The Tech Portal, Facebook Developers, Power Up Gaming and Kotaku
| Ina Fried / Recode: |
CMRA Apple Watch camera band adds a 2MP selfie cam and an 8MP shooter for $249, preorders start now at $199, ships in spring — The downside is the CMRA costs upward of $150 and won't be shipping until spring. — In building its smartwatch, Apple designed it without a camera …
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TechCrunch, MacRumors, International Business Times, 9to5Mac, SlashGear, Wired, TrustedReviews and The Verge. Thanks:@joantouch
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Spotify acquires Preact, a customer acquisition, service, and retention company based in San Francisco; terms of the deal not disclosed — Spotify — the music streaming service with 40 million paying subscribers — has made an acquisition that it hopes will help it hold on to them …
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Tech.eu, Press and VentureBeat
| Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net: |
Sources: Nintendo to end Wii U production this week — Nintendo will end Wii U production this Friday, multiple sources have confirmed to Eurogamer. At the last official count, as of 30th Septemb...
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Tweets: @ludwigk and @tomphillipseg
| Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba sales of $5.1B beat estimates as cloud revenue more than doubled, sales from the new digital media and entertainment division quadrupled — Profit also beat expectations just a week before Singles' Day — Cloud revenue more than doubled, entertainment quadrupled
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| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
Tableau Q3 revenue of $206.1M misses expectations but rises 21% YoY; stock down 13%+ after hours despite company generating its highest quarterly revenue — The first earnings report with new CEO Adam Selipsky at the helm was a mixed bag for Tableau Software, as the Seattle-based visualization …
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Tech Trader Daily, Tableau Software, ZDNet, Recode, Engelwood Daily, RTTNews and The Seattle Times
| Darryl K. Taft / eWeek: |
IBM acquires Fluid's Expert Personal Shopper, a chatbot based product recommendation platform using Watson's AI to help people make purchasing decisions — IBM continued its acquisition spree, this time of a partner the company helped to establish. IBM's Interactive Experience (IBM iX) …
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SiliconANGLE, Fluid, ZDNet, TechCrunch and PYMNTS.com
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Turner launches FilmStruck, a streaming video service with indie, foreign, classic, and cult films, plans from $7/month but service limited to US for now — Turner on Tuesday launched FilmStruck, its subscription video-on-demand service with hundreds of indie, foreign … | Mike Jazayeri / The Keyword: |
Google's Daydream VR headset is coming to stores in US, UK, Canada, Germany, and Australia on November 10, available to pre-order now — Last month, we announced Daydream View, a comfortable and easy-to-use virtual reality headset and controller powered by any Daydream-ready phone.
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Inquirer, SiliconANGLE, Business Insider, Silicon Valley Business …, The Tech Portal, AndroidGuys, TalkAndroid.com, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, Tom's Guide, Pocket-lint, ResearchBuzz, Android Central, Road to VR, UploadVR, Fortune, Polygon, 9to5Google, TechnoBuffalo, Android Authority, CNET, VentureBeat, Liliputing, Droid Life, PhoneDog.com, The Verge, MobileSyrup.com, TechCrunch, Engadget, Tech Times, Digital Trends, Android Police and Thurrott.com
| Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: |
Amazon launches $3/month chat style reading app “Rapids” for kids, available today on Android, iOS and Amazon Fire devices — Since the beginning of smartphones, parents have been trying to get kids to put them down in favor of a book. Amazon doesn't think the two should be at odds.
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