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Sources: Amazon developing premium Echo-like device with a 7-inch touchscreen set at an angle and high-grade speakers, to be announced as soon as Q1 2017 — Company may release higher-end device early next year — New speaker targets kitchens; to cost more than Echo gadgets
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook launches Messenger-based platform for HTML5 games, played in message threads; 17 games available at launch, including Pac-Man, Space Invaders — Bored while you wait for friends to text back? Now you can challenge friends for high scores on Facebook Messenger's new Instant Games …
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Thanks:@joshconstine| Alan Travis / The Guardian: |
UK's Investigatory Powers bill becomes law, mandates everyone's browsing histories be stored and available to police and a long list of government agencies — Home secretary hails ‘world-leading’ laws, which include forcing web and phone companies to collect browsing histories
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Intel announces a dedicated self-driving tech unit, Automated Driving Group, in a reorganization as it partners with Mobileye and Delphi — Intel is following up on news early Tuesday about its partnership with Mobileye and Delphi on self-driving tech with more autonomous vehicle news …
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| Steve Ranger / ZDNet: |
Report: Cyber Monday was the biggest online shopping day in US history with $3.39B in sales, up 10.2% YoY; mobile revenue was 35% of sales, up 48% YoY at $1.19B — Online frenzy for Lego, iPads and Playstations saw $3.39bn spent: mobile spending grew fast and shoppers using iOS devices outspent Android users.
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Web Services announces new partner programs, including VMware and Alexa programs — Amazon's AWS cloud computing division is hosting its annual re:Invent developer conference in Las Vegas this week. Ahead of the main part of the event, the company today hosted a keynote …
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| Susan Noakes / CBC News: |
Canada begins testing self-driving cars in Ontario with partners BlackBerry QNX, University of Waterloo, and Erwin Hymer Group — Erwin Hymer Group, University of Waterloo, BlackBerry part of 1st pilot — Ontario has achieved an important first by putting automated cars on the road for the first time …
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Lyft's upfront price estimation tool now available in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Nashville, Dallas/Fort Worth, Phoenix, with more cities in “coming months” — Starting today in select cities, Lyft is launching its upfront price estimation tool for all of its ride types.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitter brings ranked conversations to mobile devices, so replies with higher engagement and from accounts you follow will show up first — Seeing popular replies first — Twitter introduced a new design for replies today that ranks conversations in your timeline according …
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German officials demand further action from Facebook against hate speech posts, after it took 48 hours and a social media outcry to remove an anti-semitic post — BERLIN — Yorai Feinberg was going about his daily routine this month when his social media feeds and cellphone began lighting up.| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Google debuts “Featured Photos” screensaver for MacOS that showcases popular photos shared and liked by Google+ users — Google has released a free Mac screensaver that showcases popular high-quality photos shared and liked by Google+ users. — The company regularly showcases …
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| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
Uber defends its business model as a digital platform, not a transportation service, in landmark case in EU's highest court — LUXEMBOURG — Uber asserted on Tuesday that it was helping to bolster Europe's digital economy as part of its defense in a long-awaited hearing to decide …
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