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Vine won't be removed from 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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Vine, CNNMoney, Android Authority, Windows Central, The Next Web, Recode, Engadget, Macworld, VentureBeat, and Business Insider. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
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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Recorded Future, New York Times, The Register, SecurityWeek, Softpedia News, Engadget, Computerworld, The Next Web, and CNET
| 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.
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The Verge, VentureBeat, International Business Times, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, Metro.co.uk, CNBC, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, iLounge, The Next Web, Variety, MobileSyrup.com, Bloomberg, Polygon, Forbes, AppAdvice.com Latest, Recode, iPhone in Canada Blog, and iMore
Tweets: @gamespot, @ryansmithat, @gamespot, and @commagere
| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
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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BuzzFeed, The Verge, CNET, Electronic Frontier Foundation, New York Magazine, SiliconBeat, Tech Trader Daily, GeekWire, GreatAgain, and Forbes
Tweets: @mattzeitlin, @palafo, @sarahcuda, @wadhwa, @mikebodge, @digiphile, @ywxwy, @rmac18, @kantrowitz, @emilydparker, @emmersbrown, @recode, @johnpaczkowski, @aatilley, @stevekopack, @mattdrange, @hamishmacewan, and @mergesort
| 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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Android - Google+, Engadget, Ubergizmo, The Tech Portal, Android Central, AndroidGuys, Tom's Guide, and CNET. Tweets: @brianroemmele
| Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider: |
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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Wall Street Journal, Quartz, AppleInsider, Adweek, Reuters, SocialTimes, Marketing Land, TechCrunch, Mashable, New York Magazine, and New York Times
Tweets: @taylorlorenz, @gksood, @mikeisaac, @daozers, @sub8u, @miriamgottfried, @jackmarshall, @seyitaylor, @davegershgorn, @delrey, and @jyarow
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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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Facebook Code, Engadget, CNET, The Verge, USA Today, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Popular Mechanics, Seeking Alpha, Bloomberg, and Business Insider
| Dennis Schaal / Skift: |
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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TechCrunch, BostInno, Mashable, PR Newswire, BNN, BostonGlobe.com, Financial Post, MobileSyrup.com, Business Insider, Globe and Mail, VentureBeat, Tech.eu, GeekTime, Tnooz, and Xconomy
Tweets: @mr_davewright and @daveambrose
| 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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mercedes-benz.com and Engadget
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Oculus launches Parties voice chat system and Rooms — “virtual living spaces” for Gear VR — A new way to hang out with friends in VR — Oculus wants people to think of virtual reality as more than a solitary, gaming-centric experience.
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Oculus, Engadget, and TechCrunch
| 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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Digital Trends, CSO, Fortune, TechnoBuffalo, Pocket-lint, Business Insider, Tom's Guide, Lifehacker, Naked Security, Tech Times, The Register, Consumerist, CIO.com, 9to5Google, Light Reading, Windows Central, The Loop, The Verge, Help Net Security, Ubergizmo, MobileSyrup.com, BetaNews, TechCrunch, Forbes, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, SlashGear, Android Central, MacRumors, Neowin, ZDNet, Droid Life, Android Authority, Engadget, and Michael Tsai
Tweets: @croneill, @croneill, @christanyc, @evernote, @s_m_i, and @harrymccracken
| Dennis Schaal / Skift: |
Trivago closes up 7.73% on its first day of trading, valuing company around $4B after raising $287M in an IPO — Hotel-search site Trivago will have more to spend on advertising like this after its shares debuted on Nasdaq with a $4 billion market cap at the end of the first day of trading. Trivago
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