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Facebook is testing a feature that lets page administrators create job postings and receive applications from candidates — Facebook might muscle-in on LinkedIn's recruiting business with ways for business Pages to promote job listings. The new Jobs features could give companies another reason … | Alexander J Martin / The Register: |
Web Of Trust browser add-on, downloaded over 140M times, pulled from Mozilla, Chrome, Opera add-on stores after it was caught selling users' browsing histories — Did the users consent to this? Probably not knowingly... A browser extension which was found to be harvesting users' browsing histories … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Twitter is currently vetting multiple term sheets from firms offering to buy Vine; one source says some offers are lower than $10M — Vine may survive after all. Twitter is currently vetting multiple term sheets from companies offering to buy Vine, and hopes to make a deal soon, multiple sources tell TechCrunch.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Uber rival Karhoo, which reportedly raised $250M and was active in London and New York, shuts down — So much for fighting the Uber fight. Today Karhoo — a company that wanted to take on Uber by pulling together prices and offerings from competing car services into a single app …
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Android's November security patch does not include fix for critical privilege-escalation bug in Linux kernel; official Linux patch was released last month — Linux users already got a fix for “Dirty Cow.” Android users aren't so fortunate. — Android users waiting for a fix … | Financial Times: |
Facebook pauses collection of WhatsApp user data in the UK after Information Commissioner says it doesn't have “valid consent” from its users — Facebook has agreed to pause its collection of WhatsApp user data in the UK as a result of a probe by the Information Commissioner's Office.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Apple hired at least 16 former employees from now-defunct music startup Omnifone and purchased select tech, source says — As the race continues to pick up more subscribers for streaming music services, TechCrunch has learned that one of the most prominent players in the field quietly picked …
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Google Home teardown: standard connectors and screws, mostly modular components, minimal moving parts, similar internals to Chromecast, and easy to repair — Tools Featured in this Teardown — Introduction — Google is looking to bring the robot assistants of the future to the world today.
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| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
Self-driving car startup Zoox raises $50M from Composite Capital, valuing the company at $1.5B — The race for self-driving autos is heating up; undercover startup Zoox is fetching a value of $1.5 billion even before unveiling their first product. — TechCrunch has confirmed … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Samsung tests a dedicated physical button for an AI feature on the Galaxy S8, as execs look to delay S8 announcement until after MWC in February — Company needs to lure customers after Galaxy Note 7 recall — SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. is looking to give its Siri-like virtual assistant a big promotion.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS 10.2 beta 2 with new TV app and an SOS feature for select countries to call emergency services via five presses of the power button on iPhone — Apple seeded the second beta of iOS 10.2 to developers this morning, introducing a few new features that join changes introduced in the first beta of iOS 10.2.
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Sony PS4 Pro review: most powerful home console yet, but needs 4K/HDR TV and upgraded games for best results; not a must-have for PS4 and 1080p TV owners — The PlayStation 4 Pro is a new breed of console. It's not going to replace the original system. Instead, it's meant to tide …
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