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Facebook launches standalone Events app on iOS to help you find, track, and manage events; Android version is coming soon — Every day, more than 100 million people use Facebook events to discover things they can do with their friends — from festivals and 5Ks to neighborhood fairs and nightlife.
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US government officially blames Russia for hacking Democratic National Committee to “interfere with the US election process” — The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions …
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Google is demoting Hangouts to “optional” in the Google Apps package for Android, to be replaced by Duo — In an email sent to Google Mobile Services partners on October 5th, Google outlined a significant change to the core GMS package (AKA gapps) for telephony-enabled Android devices (basically, smartphones).| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
After Samsung Galaxy Southwest Airlines incident, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile now offer exchange options for Note7 replacement models — A replacement Samsung Galaxy Note 7 started smoking and burned through the carpet on board a Southwest flight this week.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft sends invites for Oct. 26 event; sources say desktop Surface PC is coming but no refreshes to Surface Pro 4 or Surface Book expected — Microsoft is holding a special Windows 10 and Surface event in New York City later this month. The software giant has started emailing out invites …
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| Susan Decker / Bloomberg: |
Full panel of US Court of Appeals reinstates $120M verdict Apple won against Samsung in a patent case — Appeals court said panel was wrong to toss verdict in February — Supreme Court to consider second Apple-Samsung case next week — Apple Inc. won an appeals court ruling that reinstates …
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Spotify and Apple Music add support for user-uploaded remixes after deal with music rights management firm Dubset — SoundCloud's big differentiator is its offering of unofficial, user-uploaded content that the major labels don't release and that isn't on Spotify or Apple Music. Or at least they weren't.| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Comcast's 1TB data caps start to roll out nationwide — Go over that amount and you could face overage charges. Unlimited data costs $50 extra. — Comcast's data restrictions are going from testing to reality for most of its customers. Its 'XFINITY Terabyte Internet Data Usage Plan … | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
Source: email scanner installed after government order was not a modified spam filter; Yahoo's security team thought it was a rootkit when they discovered it — The spy tool that the US government ordered Yahoo to install on its systems last year at the behest of the NSA or the FBI was a … | Bruce Schneier / Motherboard: |
Internet of things devices, which are often impossible to patch, will remain insecure unless government steps in to regulate the industry — Brian Krebs is a popular reporter on the cybersecurity beat. He regularly exposes cybercriminals and their tactics, and consequently is regularly a target of their ire.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Verizon to offer data plans for drones and plans on testing drones that could act as aerial cell towers to plug holes in network coverage — Verizon will soon start offering data plans for drones, allowing pilots to connect their devices to the telecom's network to stream video and transmit … | Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
With many NetSuite shareholders opposing a deal, Oracle extends stock tender deadline until Nov. 4, says it'll walk away if independent shareholders won't sell — Oracle is playing an unusual game of chicken with the shareholders of NetSuite. On Friday, Oracle extended the deadline …
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| Roberto Baldwin / Engadget: |
For room-scale VR tracking, you'll need to add a third sensor to Oculus Touch for $79 — At Oculus Connect 3, the VR company announced room-scale support for its upcoming Touch controllers. To enable the feature users will need a third sensor in the room for an additional $79.
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