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Android Pay now works in mobile apps, with discounts in select apps including OpenTable, Lyft, and DoorDash to encourage use — Android Pay Now Works In Mobile Apps — Following its launch this fall, Google's Apple Pay rival known as Android Pay is taking another notable step this morning …
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| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Pebble rolls out free health-tracking system, Pebble Health, to new Pebble models except Classic and Classic Steel, adding native step counting, sleep tracking — The Pebble smartwatch finally does real fitness tracking — Pebble may have started out as a smartwatch for early adopters …
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Facebook rolls out expected changes to how it enforces real name policy, starting in US — Facebook is changing the way it enforces its real name policy — After enduring more than a year of criticism, Facebook is making major changes to the way it enforces its real name policy.
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| Charlie Osborne / CNET: |
UK police arrest 21-year-old in connection with last month's VTech hack that exposed data of 6M+ children — Man arrested in VTech children's data hack — A 21-year-old British man is accused in the cyberattack, which stole data of more than 6 million children.
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Facebook Takes On Angie's List And Yelp With New Site For Finding Top-Rated Local Businesses — Facebook is quietly testing a new feature that will direct users to the best-rated and reviewed local service providers in their area. At the easy-to-access URL Facebook.com/services …
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| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
New EU privacy rules makes parental consent mandatory for kids under 16 to use social media, adds hefty fines, more; EU countries to have two years to pass laws — E.U. Expected to Approve Tough New Data Protection Rules — European officials are expected to approve long-awaited data … | Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
University of California launches $250M venture fund to invest in startups from the UC system — University of California Launches $250 Million Venture Fund — The University of California announced a $250 million venture fund to invest in startups “emerging from the University of California system.”
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Project Fi now supports tablets and Internet-only devices, won't charge monthly device fee, lets you add up to nine data-only devices to your plan — Project Fi Now Supports Tablets And Internet-Only Devices, Won't Charge A Bogus Per-Month “Device Fee” — A Project Fi support page for tablets and …
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Tweets: @dannysullivan and @dannysullivan
| Oliver Ellrodt / Reuters: |
Facebook, Google, Twitter agree to delete hate speech in 24 hours: Germany — Germany said on Tuesday that Facebook, Google and Twitter have agreed to delete hate speech from their websites within 24 hours, a new step in the fight against rising online racism following the refugee crisis.| Laurie Burkitt / Wall Street Journal: |
Disney and Alibaba announce DisneyLife, an OTT service with Disney content for China, $125 for device and one year subscription available from Tmall Dec. 28 — Alibaba, Disney Strike Deal to Sell Content System in China — The companies struck a multiyear licensing deal for the Mickey Mouse-shaped DisneyLife system| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Expands Moments To The U.K. — Twitter is expanding Moments, its media rich, breaking news focused feed, to U.K. users today. The company debuted the feature in the U.S. back in October, and has since also rolled it out in Brazil. So this is not the first international expansion for Moments … | Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Backblaze launches public beta for B2 low-cost cloud storage service after getting 15K private beta requests — Backblaze launches public beta for B2 cloud storage service after getting 15K requests — Cloud data backup company Backblaze today announced the beginning of a public beta …
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