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AOL is shutting down Instant Messenger (AIM) on December 15 after 20 years — The pioneering chat app that taught us to text is pulling the plug. On December 15th, AOL Instant Messenger will shut down after running since 1997. AIM dominated online chat in North America at the turn of the century.
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Search Engine Land founder Danny Sullivan is joining Google to serve as a public liaison for search — When I retired from search journalism in June, I had no idea what I would be doing next. I just knew I was ready for a break and something different from what I had been doing for so long.
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Apple's decision to not let users fully disable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in iOS 11's Control Center is bad UI design and compromises user security — Turning off your Bluetooth and Wi-Fi radios when you're not using them is good security practice (not to mention good for your battery usage).| Jason Yan / The Disqus Blog: |
Comment hosting service Disqus says hackers stole email addresses and other data for 17.5M users in a 2012 breach — Yesterday, on October 5th, we were alerted to a security breach that impacted a database from 2012. While we are still investigating the incident, we believe that it is best to share what we know now.
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| Marisa Kendall / SiliconBeat: |
California state regulators decide not to force ride-hailing firms like Uber and Lyft to fingerprint drivers — In a win for Uber and Lyft, state regulators late Wednesday said they don't want to force the ride-hailing companies to fingerprint their drivers — rejecting the idea that the added screening would make passengers safer.
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Freight logistics startup Flexport raises $110M Series C led by DST Global, plans to offer freight financing, buy more warehouses — “We're actually out here trying to create value, not just give venture capital money away" says Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen. “It's counterintuitive.| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Filing: Jessica Alba's Honest Company is raising $75M at a valuation below $1B, 57% lower than Series D — The Honest Company, the all-natural home goods company co-founded by Jessica Alba, is raising $75 million in new venture capital funding at a much lower valuation than the last time around … | Dan Primack / Axios: |
Former Zenefits and Yammer CEO David Sacks raising a VC fund, according to SEC filing — Former Yammer and Zenefits CEO David Sacks appears to be raising a venture capital fund, according to an SEC filing . — Why it matters: Sacks created one tech unicorn in Yammer, which was sold to Microsoft for $1.2 billion.
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UK luxury travel deals site Secret Escapes raises $111M Series D led by Singapore's Temasek — Secret Escapes, a members-only travel club for discounted luxury holidays, has closed a $111 million series D funding round led by Singapore-based investment firm Temasek, with participation from France's Idinvest Partners.
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SEC filing shows Docker has raised more than $61M of a $75M funding round — Docker, a Silicon Valley software maker, has raised more than $61 million of a $75 million round, according to an SEC filing . In August, Bloomberg reported that the company was fundraising …
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Las Vegas-based Data center operator Switch closes at $20.73, up ~22% on its first day of trading on the NYSE, after raising $531M in its IPO — Las Vegas-based data center operator Switch went public on the New York Stock Exchange today, under the ticker “SWCH.”| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Apple reveals new emoji coming in iOS 11.1, including a giraffe, a zebra, a hedgehog, a scarf, a trenchcoat, a baseball cap, and gloves — Apple has shown off more emoji characters coming to iOS in the future 11.1 update. The characters are part of Unicode 10, which added 56 new emoji …
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