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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook launches Messenger Kids, a standalone messaging app that lets kids under 13 chat with friends and family approved by their parents, on iOS in the US — For the first time, Facebook is opening up to children under age 13 with a privacy-focused app designed to neutralize child predator threats …
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Facebook, Engadget, New York Times, Gizmodo, App Store, BuzzFeed, The Verge, MacRumors, BetaNews, Facebook, The Next Web, Bloomberg, BGR, Recode, VentureBeat, ABC News, 9to5Google, Business Insider, Axios, Recode, InvestorPlace, Droid Life, Adweek, TechSpot, We Are Social UK, Neowin, iPhone in Canada Blog, Silicon Republic, SlashGear, AppAdvice.com, Mashable, iDownloadBlog.com, Fast Company, and CNBC
Tweets: @caseynewton, @benedictevans, @joshconstine, @taylorlorenz, @messenger, @joshconstine, @hunterwalk, @ceciliakang, @caseynewton, @joshelman, @williamturton, @joshuatopolsky, @brchastain, @ow, @yoda, @andrestaltz, and @yoda. Thanks:@joshconstine
| Natalia Drozdiak / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple reaches deal with Ireland on the terms of an escrow fund, allowing the transfer of ~$15.46B in allegedly unpaid taxes that EU ordered Dublin to retrieve — EU said tax deal with Ireland had allowed Apple to pay almost zero tax on European profits between 2003 and 2014
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DigiTimes, Reuters, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Axios, The Register, Cult of Mac, MacDailyNews, Seeking Alpha, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Cate Cadell / Reuters: |
Speaking at event organized by the CAC, China's internet censorship agency, Tim Cook says 1.8M devs have earned ~$17B so far through Apple's App Store in China — WUZHEN, China (Reuters) - Apple Inc's chief executive Tim Cook said developers using its platform in China number 1.8 million …
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Bloomberg, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, The Verge, GreatFire Analyzer, Quartz, Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, Firstpost, MacRumors, Digital Trends, PYMNTS.com, Wall Street Journal, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, South China Morning Post, and PhoneArena
Tweets: @baekdal, @tepingchen, @business, @politicalshort, and @jacklgoldsmith
| Paul Sandle / Reuters: |
Facebook opens new London office, says it will add another 800 jobs next year; the investment makes London Facebook's biggest engineering hub outside the US — LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook opened its new London office on Monday and said it would add another 800 jobs in the capital next year …
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Bloomberg, London Evening Standard, Telegraph, CNET, The Guardian, CNNMoney, Sky News, BBC, CNBC, Fortune, City A.M., Seeking Alpha, and IT PRO. Tweets: @business
| Don Clark / New York Times: |
Broadcom proposes replacing Qualcomm's board, a move viewed as a pressure tactic in the escalating fight over its proposed $105B takeover bid — SAN FRANCISCO — Broadcom on Monday proposed a slate of 11 directors to replace the entire board of Qualcomm, setting the stage for a proxy battle …
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The Verge, PR Newswire, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Axios, and Fone Arena
| Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer.com: |
Dell and other vendors begin shipping computers with option to disable Intel Management Engine feature, following Intel's disclosure of critical vulnerabilities — Some hardware vendors are reacting to the recent revelation that some of Intel's core CPU technology is riddled with security holes.
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Liliputing, Liliputing, Inquirer, The Register, and Inquirer
| Tom Westbrook / Reuters: |
Australia's competition regulator says it will investigate whether Facebook and Google have disrupted news media to the detriment of publishers and consumers — SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's competition regulator said on Monday it would investigate whether U.S. online giants Facebook …
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Australian Competition …, Quartz, CNET, SiliconANGLE, CNNMoney, VentureBeat, and Ubergizmo
| Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch: |
CryptoKitties, a game officially launched on Nov 28 that lets you trade and breed virtual cats, becomes top app by number of transactions on Ethereum blockchain — Launched a few days ago, CryptoKitties is essentially like an digital version of Pokemon cards but based on the Ethereum blockchain.
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Quartz, Bitcoinist.com, PR Newswire, Mashable, Digital Trends, Motherboard, Fortune, Laughing Squid, Mashable, Tech Times, The Next Web, Cointelegraph.com News, and Bitcoinist.com
Facebook: Emin Gün Sirer. Tweets: @steipete, @cryptokitties, @leolaporte, @rrhoover, @uvstaska, @bentossell, @el33th4xor, @bobbyvenice, @cburniske, @ncweaver, @pavolrusnak, @zooko, @mg, @bytebot, @cryptokitties, and @aridavidpaul
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Xiaomi is in talks with investment banks for an IPO in Hong Kong as soon as next year, seeking a valuation of at least $50B — Bankers are pitching Xiaomi management, despite some concerns — Xiaomi is said to consider an IPO in Hong Kong as soon as 2018| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Oracle completing $43M building on its California campus for an existing charter high school with 550 students that will move in Jan. and operate independently — REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. — Tech companies ship all kinds of products to public schools: laptops, online writing programs, learn-to-code lessons and more.
Tweets: @natashanyt and @markbartholo
| Adam Rogers / Wired: |
How scientific search engines like Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic, and Semantic Scholar are helping to bring more research papers out from behind paywalls — ANURAG ACHARYA'S PROBLEM was that the Google search bar is very smart, but also kind of dumb. As a Googler working on search 13 years ago …
Tweets: @gscholardigest, @annemariebridy, and @jetjocko
| Fred Wilson / AVC: |
From 2012 to 2015, following Facebook's IPO, early stage startup valuations soared to unsustainable levels and are now returning back to normal — I tweeted out this article from Techcrunch in the middle of last week: … And the response from the Twittersphere was a desire to hear my views on it.
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Calacanis.com and Howard Lindzon
Tweets: @fcollective, @johnhenderson, @fredwilson, @danprimack, @alexiskold, @mattocko, @k_deneen, @mulligan, @semil, @somakc, @mdudas, and @avc
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