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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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Tweets: @caseynewton, @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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| 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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Tweets: @baekdal, @tepingchen, @business, @politicalshort, and @jacklgoldsmith
| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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, Digital Trends, Mashable, Motherboard, Laughing Squid, Fortune, Tech Times, Mashable, The Next Web, Cointelegraph.com News, and Bitcoinist.com
Facebook: Emin Gün Sirer. Tweets: @cryptokitties, @rrhoover, @bentossell, @el33th4xor, @uvstaska, @steipete, @bobbyvenice, @leolaporte, @cburniske, @ncweaver, @pavolrusnak, @zooko, @mg, @bytebot, @cryptokitties, and @aridavidpaul
| 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 …, CNET, CNNMoney, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, and Ubergizmo
| 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| 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, @jetjocko, and @annemariebridy
| 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, Inquirer, and The Register
| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
As receding Arctic ice opens new paths for fiber internet cables between global finance hubs, remote cities like Point Hope, AK get broadband for the first time — The receding ice has opened new passageways for high-speed internet cables. Point Hope, a gravel spit in northwest Alaska, is along one of the new routes.
Tweets: @ceciliakang and @ennisnyt
| Joseph Cox / The Daily Beast: |
How scammers act as a middleman between Uber drivers and passengers, taking payments and relaying messages outside the Uber app — Uber's ride-sharing service has given birth to some of the most creative criminal scams to date, including using a GPS-spoofing app to rip off riders in Nigeria …
Tweets: @thedailybeast
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