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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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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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 … | 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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| 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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‘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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| 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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| 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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Fortune, CSO, Business Insider, Lifehacker, Windows Central, Light Reading, Naked Security, The Register, CIO.com, Tech Times, Consumerist, 9to5Google, The Verge, The Loop, Ubergizmo, Help Net Security, BetaNews, Android Central, MobileSyrup.com, TechCrunch, Forbes, SlashGear, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, MacRumors, Neowin, ZDNet, Droid Life, Engadget, Android Authority, and Michael Tsai
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.| 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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TechCrunch, Engadget, and Oculus
| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Audio syncing app AmpMe updated to support music streaming across multiple Bluetooth speakers using almost any phone — iOS or Android, too — In 2015, a small company called AmpMe rolled out an app with a clever premise — it let you sync audio playback across any number of phones … | Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily: |
Oracle reports $9B Q2 revenue, with SaaS and PaaS revenue up 81% YoY to $878M, IaaS up 6% YoY to $175M; firm says it beats Salesforce in cloud computing revenue — [Updates with Q3 forecast and stock reaction at bottom.] Database giant Oracle (ORCL) this afternoon reported fiscal Q2 revenue …
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