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Apple cuts USB-C adapter prices until the end of the year in response to MacBook Pro complaints — The #donglelife just got a little less expensive — Apple is cutting prices for all of its USB-C adapters following a week of complaints about the MacBook Pro's inconvenient port situation.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple drops price of LG UltraFine 4K and 5K displays by 25% through the end of 2016, now priced at $524 and $974 respectively — Along with dropping the prices on all of its USB-C adapters accessories to help new MacBook Pro owners transition to USB-C more affordably, Apple has also introduced … | NBC News: |
Senior US intelligence official told NBC News US military hackers have penetrated, can now launch attacks against Russia's electric grid, telecom networks, more — Exclusive: US Military Hackers Ready if Russia Disrupts US Election 2:25 — U.S. military hackers have penetrated Russia's electric grid …
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Google is rolling out RCS advanced messaging to Android devices on Sprint, but Google's RCS doesn't work with RCS on AT&T, T-Mobile, and other carriers — There has been much noise made about Google's launch of its RCS messaging platform via the Messenger app on Sprint today.
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung says 85% of recalled Note7 devices in the US have been replaced; software update will stop remaining devices from charging beyond 60% — To spur more returns, past the current 85 percent level, Samsung will issue a software update that won't let the devices charge beyond 60 percent.
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| Ritesh Bendre / BGR India: |
WhatsApp is testing a Snapchat Stories-like feature in new “Status” tab, available to any beta tester with a jailbroken iPhone or rooted Android smartphone — The feature is similar to Snapchat ‘Snaps’ and Instagram ‘Stories’ and only available for public beta users with jailbroken iPhones and rooted Android smartphones.
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| Brian Womack / Bloomberg: |
Oracle says its $9.3B deal to buy NetSuite will close Monday after 53% of eligible NetSuite stockholders endorse the acquisition — Endorsement ends conflict, clears way for key acquisition — Deal receives 53 percent support from Netsuite stockholders — NetSuite Inc. shareholders … | Matt Hamblen / Network World: |
Contradicting IDC, Canalys says smartwatch shipments grew 60% YoY to 6.1M units in Q3 16, while Apple shipped 2.8M Watches — Two analyst firms are far apart on Apple Watch shipments in Q3 — Analysts disagree drastically over the health of the smartwatch market. Some say the market is tanking.
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| Biz Carson / Business Insider: |
Google Capital rebrands as CapitalG and reveals its investment in Snap Inc. — Alphabet's investment arm, Google Capital, has quietly made an investment in Snapchat parent company, Snap Inc. — The investment was only revealed after Google Capital rebranded itself to CapitalG on Friday …
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| Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review: |
Interview with Apache Web server pioneer Brian Behlendorf, who now leads open-source development of blockchains at the Linux Foundation's Hyperledger Project — Brian Behlendorf knows it's a cliché for veteran technologists like himself to argue that society could be run much better if we just had the right software.
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| Timothy J. Seppala / Engadget: |
Report: Facebook Messenger “Instant Games” development kit could launch later this month; Facebook is already shopping it to third-party developers — Facebook's gaming aspirations are deeper than its Gameroom app and quick rounds of basketball, soccer (football to the rest of the world) and chess in Messenger.
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| David Milner / Game Informer: |
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