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Consumer Reports now recommends 2016 MacBook Pro after Apple fixed battery issues found in earlier tests via a software update — New Apple software fixes a battery issue found in CR tests. The software, now in beta, will be part of a broad update soon. — Consumer Reports …
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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Nintendo Switch, a console/tablet hybrid, will launch worldwide March 3 for $299.99; company confirms the console won't be region-locked — Nintendo has finally revealed the price and release date for its much-anticipated Switch console: it's launching on March 3rd worldwide.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Nintendo Switch's detachable Joy-Con motion controllers have haptic feedback, can be used separately; left Joy-Con has Capture button; right one has IR camera — Nintendo is finally sharing details on the upcoming Switch console, starting with the modular Joy-Con controller.
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US appeals court says Apple can be sued for monopolizing iOS app market and not letting users buy apps outside the App Store — iPhone app purchasers may sue Apple Inc over allegations that the company monopolized the market for iPhone apps by not allowing users to purchase them outside the App Store …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google updates Maps with tweaked ride-hailing screen and ability to hail an Uber without leaving the app — Google's making it way easier and simpler to hail an Uber with Google Maps. Today the company announced that the latest version of Google Maps on Android and iOS lets users request …
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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Hacker steals 900GB of data from Cellebrite, the Israeli company that makes products for breaking into mobile phones — This is part of an ongoing Motherboard series on the proliferation of phone cracking technology, the people behind it, and who is buying it. Follow along here.
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| Karissa Bell / Mashable: |
Snapchat update will bring search bar, new navigation, and a global live story for user contributions, coming soon to all iOS and Android users — Big changes are headed for Snapchat — again. — The company is set to roll out a major redesign of its app in the coming days, Snapchat confirmed Thursday.
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| Charlie Savage / New York Times: |
New rules allow National Security Agency to share raw intercepted communications with other 16 US intelligence agencies before applying privacy protections — WASHINGTON — In its final days, the Obama administration has expanded the power of the National Security Agency …
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
App.net shutting down Twitter-like social platform on March 14, open sources code — In Twitter's early years, there were numerous competitors on the market, including App.net. Launched in 2012, the social network billed itself as being ad-free and subscription-based, but on Thursday, the company announced it was shutting down.| Ben Fox Rubin / CNET: |
eBay announces an authentication program for high-end products, offering verification for a fee in an effort to reduce counterfeit goods on site — The new program will create a network of authenticators to make it easier to sell big-ticket items online and keep out fakes.
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eBay Newsroom, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, International Business Times, Gizmodo, and internetretailer.com. Tweets: @devinwenig
| Natt Garun / The Verge: |
YouTube launches Super Chat in beta, letting viewers pay to pin comments on live streams, with a broad rollout on January 31 — But you'll have to do your own troll patrol — YouTube today is announcing a new feature to help creators monetize when they go live.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft publicly launches StaffHub, a shift scheduling app for iOS and Android available as part of Office 365 — Microsoft today unveiled the newest addition to its Office 365 suite with the debut of an application for shift workers and management, called StaffHub.
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