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| Mishaal Rahman / xda-developers: |
How the shutdown of Cyanogen services and the forking of CyanogenMod to Lineage OS will affect one of Android's most stable custom distributions — The King is Dead, Long Live the King! — Cyanogen Inc. has finally delivered a bullet to the brain - of CyanogenMod.
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Cyanogen, Lineage OS, GitHub, Engadget, Android Central, Engadget, Softpedia News, CNET, Android Beat, International Business Times, Liliputing, 9to5Google, Android Authority, SlashGear, Neowin, Pocketnow, PhoneDog.com, TalkAndroid.com, and CyanogenMod. Tweets: @cyanogenmod
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Cyanogen announces it will stop issuing Cyanogen-supported nightly builds and shut down all services for the OS, on December 31 — It's been a rocky few months for Cyanogen, the ambitious startup that aimed to build a better version of Android than Google.
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Forbes, Ubergizmo, TechCrunch, The Verge, ZDNet, Android Police, Tech Times, Android Central, Business Insider, International Business Times, Android Beat, Liliputing, Android Police, Neowin, and FoneArena.com
Tweets: @refsrc, @harshilshah1910, @ericjackson, @ow, and @sil
| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
Apple's patent battle with Nokia escalates rapidly: Nokia now suing Apple over 40 patents in 11 countries as Apple adds Nokia as defendant in antitrust suit — Yesterday, Apple's antitrust lawsuit in the Northern District of California against certain Nokia privateers (patent assertion entities … | Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Four-year-old Israeli AR startup Cimagine Media acquired by Snap for $30M to $40M, to become Snap's Middle East R&D center, according to Israeli news report — Snap has reportedly made an investment in augmented reality, purchasing the Israeli-based startup Cimagine Media in a deal that's …
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TechCrunch, Reuters, Engadget, USA Today, GeekTime, Tech Times, Globes Online, Seeking Alpha, Fortune, and Mashable
| Pew Research Center: |
Report: 79% of US consumers have shopped online, up from 22% in 2000, while 51% have shopped using a mobile phone, 15% buy something online weekly — Americans are incorporating a wide range of digital tools and platforms into their purchasing decisions and buying habits, according to a Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults.
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| Ina Fried / Recode: |
Jawbone says Fitbit is no longer seeking to block sales of its products — Of course, Jawbone isn't selling that many fitness trackers these days either. — Jawbone said Saturday that one part of its legal battle with Fitbit has been resolved. — In a statement to Recode … | Diana Goovaerts / Wireless Week: |
Dutch regulator rules that T-Mobile's “zero rating” music streaming service is illegal; T-Mobile says it will appeal, will offer service until court verdict — Dutch regulators on Friday said T-Mobile must end its offer of zero-rated music streaming because the practice violates that country's net neutrality regulations.
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| JC Torres / SlashGear: |
Samsung Gear VR Internet app gets WebVR support — The problem with smartphone-powered virtual reality experiences is the dearth of significant content for the platform. At least compared to the likes of the HTC Vive or Oculus Rift. While there are, of course, a few mobile VR apps around … | Michael Simon / Macworld: |
Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima says company plans to release 2-3 mobile games a year, starting in 2017 — While Android users might still be waiting for their chance to play it, Super Mario Run has blasted to the top of Apple's App Store charts and smashed download records.
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Tech Times, Washington Times, PhoneDog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, and TechCrunch
| Alene Tchekmedyian / Los Angeles Times: |
California AG Kamala Harris files new criminal charges against Backpage.com CEO and two controlling shareholders, accusing them of pimping and money laundering — Carl Ferrer, from left, James Larkin and Michael Lacey were charged in a pimping case in connection with international classified ad website Backpage.com.| Cat Ferguson / The Verge: |
Talkspace therapists reveal major issues with the therapy-by-text service, which blurs employee/contractor distinction and has a problematic anonymity policy — Inside the messy world of anonymous therapy app Talkspace — The therapist had been working for Talkspace, a popular text-based therapy app …
Tweets: @biocuriosity
| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
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