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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, USA Today, Office of Inadequate Security, Inquirer, Petri, Telegraph, BGR, BetaNews, Network World, TechnoBuffalo, Threatpost, The Tech Portal, Tech Times, CNNMoney, Softpedia News, The Hacker News, SecurityWeek, Security Affairs, eWeek, AskWoody, VentureBeat, Ubergizmo, Ars Technica UK, Bloomberg, MSPoweruser, Engadget, Business Insider, CNET, ZDNet, Fortune, New York Magazine, Neowin and MacDailyNews
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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 … | 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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| 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
| 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 …
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The LastPass Blog, TechCrunch, MacRumors, ZDNet, The Verge, gHacks Technology News and Lifehacker
| 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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| 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 …
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| 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 … | 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, ZDNet, SC Magazine US and CircleID
Tweets: @amatwyshyn, @viss and @evacide
| 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, Business Insider, SiliconANGLE, TalkAndroid.com, The Tech Portal, AndroidGuys, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, Tom's Guide, Pocket-lint, Android Central, Road to VR, UploadVR, Fortune, Polygon, ResearchBuzz, 9to5Google, TechnoBuffalo, VentureBeat, Android Authority, The Verge, CNET, Liliputing, PhoneDog.com, Droid Life, MobileSyrup.com, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, Engadget, Tech Times, Android Police and Thurrott.com
| 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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| 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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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 … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram testing shopping feature, to let 20 brand partners add buttons to photos leading to product details, will send users to retailer's site for checkout — Instagram wants you to shop without always having to interrupt your scrolling with a browser window.
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Quartz, Bloomberg, International Business Times, MediaNama, The Technology Chronicles, Droid Life, Digital Trends, Tubefilter, ZDNet, CIO.com, Social Media Today, Engadget, internetretailer.com, VatorNews, Highsnobiety, Tech Times, SocialTimes, Mashable, Reuters, TechCrunch, HYPEBEAST, CNET, Instagram for Business, Marketing Land, Fortune, SlashGear, Recode, Consumerist, The Next Web, AdExchanger, Ubergizmo, iPhone in Canada Blog and WebProNews
Tweets: @chrismaddern, @royrubin05, @brianroemmele, @sarahfrier, @joshconstine, @mdudas, @besvinick and @delrey
| 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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Tableau Software, ZDNet, Recode, Engelwood Daily, RTTNews and The Seattle Times
| Lauren Gensler / Forbes: |
Yelp shares jump 11% in pre-market trading after company posts surprise profit of $2.1M in Q3, up from a loss of $8.1M a year earlier — Yelp investors are pretty pleased with the company's latest quarter. — The local business ratings and reviews site said on Wednesday …
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| 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
| 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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MacRumors, International Business Times, 9to5Mac, SlashGear, TrustedReviews, Wired and The Verge. Thanks:@joantouch
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YouTube strikes deal with German royalty-collection group Gema, ending seven years of legal battles and unblocking thousands of music videos in the country — @StefanNicolaBBG More stories by Stefan Nicola — Video service to pay licensing fees for clips shown in Germany
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