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Vine won't be removed from the app stores, will instead relaunch as “Vine Camera” in January — In October, Twitter announced it was shutting down Vine, its app that let users create and share 6-second looping videos. Today, the company says it won't actually pull the Vine app …
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The US Election Assistance Commission, which oversees security of voting systems, was hacked around the time of the election, allegedly by a Russian hacker — The U.S. Election Assistance Commission, which is responsible for testing and certifying voting systems, among other things …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
‘Ok Google’ hotword support in Android Auto is now enabled for all — Following a major update that added a phone optimized experience, Android Auto's next major feature is hotword detection for distraction-free driving. Some users began spotting the feature earlier in the month, but …
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Facebook underreported iPhone traffic to Instant Articles tracked by comScore from Sept. 30 to Nov. 30; report says some publishers' numbers affected by 10-20% — Facebook announced on Friday that it had made another measurement error, this time affecting publishers that use its Instant Articles content platform.
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Inside Trump's tech summit: Nadella talks immigration, Sandberg brings up STEM, and Bezos raises China; execs say Trump's kids involvement was inappropriate — It's almost like Recode was in the air duct at Trump Tower. — The leaders of tech were closemouthed about their meeting …
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Hopper flight booking app raises $61M Series C after raising $12M in March and growing sales 23X in the past year, to about $1M in gross bookings a day — Pictured are representations of Hopper's apps. Hopper enables consumers to track flights, and counsels them whether to wait or buy now for the best deal.
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NTSB says Facebook's Aquila drone crashed because its autopilot failed to compensate for unexpectedly high winds during landing — Dec 16, 2016, 8:00 amDec 16, 2016, 8:37 am — The right wing of Facebook's solar-powered drone Aquila failed, causing a crash landing of its first test flight …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Mercedes-Benz starts testing Croove, a pure peer-to-peer car rental service in Munich; owners can rent out cars in good condition from any brand — It's become a well-trod refrain, but carmakers are looking at what comes after ownership, and car-sharing between individual owners and renters is one of those models.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Federal jury finds Apple infringes on wireless patents, awards Core Wireless $7.3M, as Apple settles suit with retail employees wanting timely breaks for $2M — A federal jury for the U.S. District Court for Northern California today found Apple to be infringing upon a pair of wireless patents owned …
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| Greg Chiemingo / Evernote Blog: |
Evernote backtracks, will no longer change its privacy policy in January after user backlash, will not let employees read notes unless users opt-in — “Trust is at the heart of our service. That means we need to be transparent, admit our missteps, and commit to making the Evernote experience …
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Tweets: @croneill, @croneill, @christanyc, @evernote, @s_m_i, and @harrymccracken
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Plex will stop supporting Amazon Cloud Drive after December 31st — You won't be able to stream movies or songs on Plex straight from Amazon Cloud Drive the moment the year changes. Plex Cloud, the company's service that gives you a way to play media saved in the cloud, will no longer support Amazon after December 31st.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
App download trackers show 2.8M-5M+ Super Mario Run downloads on its first day; App Annie says Mario is top downloaded app in 49 countries, top grossing in 8 — Pokémon Go, step aside. In the first 24 hours, Nintendo's Super Mario Run has beaten the record-breaking Pokémon game in terms of day one downloads.Sponsor Posts
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