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Twitter debuts an updated mute filter with ability to filter phrases and more, muted tweet threads, and new “hateful conduct” reporting option to combat abuse — At a pivotal moment, the company is introducing a mute filter, muted conversation threads, and user report infrastructure …
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Thanks:@mat| New York Times: |
Adware in over 100K US Android phones made by BLU sent the full contents of text messages, contact lists, call logs, and location information to Chinese firm — WASHINGTON — For about $50, you can get a smartphone with a high-definition display, fast data service and, according to security contractors …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Apple releases $299 hardcover book “Designed by Apple in California” dedicated to the memory of Steve Jobs, chronicling 20 years of Apple design with 450 photos — A book like this takes courage — Running out of Christmas ideas for that diehard Apple fan in your life?
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| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Google debuts PhotoScan app for iOS and Android, which makes it easy to digitize old print photos; Google Photos updated with more advanced image editing tools — On the surface, Google Photos has a simple mission: to store all your pictures. Specifically, Google says it wants the service … | Cade Metz / Wired: |
Elon Musk and Sam Altman's OpenAI partners with Microsoft, will use Azure for majority of its cloud computing needs — To build OpenAI—a new artificial intelligence lab that seeks to openly share its research with the world at large—Elon Musk and Sam Altman recruited several top researchers from inside Google and Facebook.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple exploring Google Glass-like AR digital glasses that connect wirelessly to iPhones, as company comes under pressure to deliver new products — Apple Inc. is weighing an expansion into digital glasses, a risky but potentially lucrative area of wearable computing, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Tweets: @bryfitz, @daveleebbc and @jacobbodnar
| Steven Musil / CNET: |
WhatsApp is rolling out free video calling on iOS, Android, and Windows phones to all users in the coming days — The popular messaging and voice app adds video call option, joining a crowded field. — FaceTime and Skype have a new rival in the video-chat market: WhatsApp.
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| Brian Crecente / Polygon: |
Super Mario Run launches on iPhone and iPad on December 15, will be free to download but unlocking full game will cost $10; Android release info not announced — Cost $9.99, but there's a free option too — Nintendo's Mario makes his grand appearance on the iPhone and iPad …
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| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
Unlike the 2016 13" MacBook Pro with function keys, MacBook Pros with Touch Bar have non-removable SSDs, leaving users unable to upgrade their storage — The first MacBook Pro with Touch Bar models are arriving, and if you were encouraged by the removable SSD OWC found in the entry-level machine, there's bad news.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft rolls out guest accounts on Skype for Web so users can chat or call without a Skype account; conversations last 24 hours, can be saved via sign-in — Microsoft today announced a small but significant update to Skype for Web: Guest accounts. If you want to start a Skype conversation …
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| Sheera Frenkel / BuzzFeed: |
Sources: Facebook staffers form unofficial task force to review company's role in promoting fake news, challenge Zuckerberg's dismissal of concerns — The group is hoping to challenge the position by CEO Mark Zuckerberg that the platform has no responsibility to address the issue following the election of Donald Trump.| New York Times: |
Google and Facebook say they will ban fake news sites from using their advertising networks as misinformation spreads online — Over the last week, two of the world's biggest internet companies have faced mounting criticism over how fake news on their sites may have influenced the presidential election's outcome.
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Tweets: @krmaher, @dannysullivan and @chrisbolman
See also Mediagazer| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
OnePlus debuts $439 OnePlus 3T which has the same dimensions as the six-month old $399 OnePlus 3, but has a better processor, front facing camera, battery, more — More speed and more battery life come to the best smartphone value of the year — OnePlus is killing the OnePlus 3 …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Report: 47K+ iOS apps were removed from App Store in Oct., 3.4x more than Jan. through Sept.'s average of 14K, after Apple's promise to purge outdated apps — Earlier this year, Apple promised it would clean up its iOS App Store by removing outdated, abandoned apps, including … | Bloomberg: |
Google last month quietly acquired Undecidable Labs, a startup providing purchase research to online shoppers, hired founder Cathy Edwards to head Image Search — Undecidable Labs, a startup founded by a former Apple engineer, is now part of Google's search team. — Alex Webb| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Pinterest launches an Explore section for trending topics and ideas; app now has native video player and auto-play videos in Explore section — Pinterest today is launching a new section of the app that is geared around surfacing up trending and top ideas that'll get additional new content in front of users.
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| Alex Hern / Guardian: |
Google says it is going ahead with delayed plans to build London campus for 7K employees, signalling confidence in the UK after Brexit — Tech giant announces it is going ahead with delayed plans to build a campus for 7,000 employees with Olympic cauldron designer Heatherwick Studio on board
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| John Paul Titlow / Fast Company: |
Tinder introduces non-binary gender terms for profiles, mainly aimed at transgender users, and also provides an option to keep gender private — Tinder's latest update aims to make transgender users feel more welcome on the dating app. The timing couldn't be better.
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