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| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
Sources detail the measures Google took to keep Dragonfly under the wraps, including shutting out some members of security and privacy teams from key meetings — The secrecy surrounding the work was unheard of at Google. It was not unusual for planned new products to be closely guarded ahead of launch.
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CNET and TechCrunch
Tweets: @alexstamos, @rj_gallagher, @lizthegrey, @juliacarriew, @rj_gallagher, @rj_gallagher, and @mhbergen
| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube begins rolling out Stories, which last for seven days on its mobile app and can be viewed by everyone, to accounts with over 10,000 subscribers — Amid some concern from the community — YouTube is expanding its Instagram-like Stories capability to more creators today …
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YouTube Creator Blog, TechCrunch, Marketing Land, Digital Trends, 9to5Google, Mashable, and MacStories
Tweets: @phillyd, @loudmouthjulia, @crankgameplays, @mattnavarra, @heavenlycontrol, @pulsarplatform, and @savinthebees
| Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News: |
Techmeme now publishing paid and free “Leaderboards” showing the most influential reporters around a specific news topic — Today Techmeme has begun publishing Topic Leaderboards, which list the top authors and publications covering 24 topic areas such as cloud computing, autonomous vehicles …
Tweets: @the_spinmd, @yoda, @mkakav, @mgsiegler, @steverubel, @ashleymayer, @rsingel, @gaberivera, and @kingkool68
| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Facebook will exempt ads from eligible news outlets from its political ad archive in the UK, a policy it plans to extend to the US and Brazil pending UK tests — Social network to act against ‘dark adverts’ with compulsory disclaimers saying who paid — Every political advert on Facebook …
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Facebook Media, Windows Central, TechCrunch, CNET, Nieman Lab, The Hill, VentureBeat, Bloomberg, Reuters, BBC, Axios, and Engadget
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft rolls out a search function, powered by Bing, for SwiftKey on Android in the US, UK, India, France, Canada, and elsewhere — Microsoft-owned mobile keyboard company SwiftKey is today rolling out a search feature for Android users that lets them browse the internet for content directly from within the keyboard.
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The Verge, SwiftKey Blog, Android Police, Thurrot, Engadget, SlashGear, and Droid Life
| David Barnard: |
How iOS developers game the App Store: naming apps with popular keywords, tricking users to sign up for subscriptions, buying fake ratings and reviews, and more — I've been pestering Apple for years publicly and privately about the manipulation and outright scams going on in the App Store.
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9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, and iPhone in Canada Blog
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Sennheiser's HeadSetup software makes PCs and Macs vulnerable to MITM attacks due to flawed self-signed TLS certificate, which users should now manually remove — Poorly secured certificate lets hackers impersonate any website on the Internet. — Audio device maker Sennheiser has issued …
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Sennheiser, Business Insider, Gizmodo, ZDNet, Digital Trends, BleepingComputer, iPhone in Canada Blog, Threatpost, TechCrunch, The Mac Observer, TechSpot, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Softpedia News, The Register, and bit-tech.net
Tweets: @__agwa, @spazef0rze, @dakami, @gayleyoungs, @alshakarti, and @patrickmoorhead
| Wall Street Journal: |
Memo: White House plans to host a roundtable next Thursday to discuss innovation with tech executives, including Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, and others — Guest list includes heads of Microsoft, Google, Qualcomm, Oracle — The Trump administration will hold a roundtable discussion …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft debuts redesigned icons for Office suite, alongside other cosmetic changes, and says Outlook Mobile is getting a redesign soon — A new modern look — Microsoft is modernizing its Office icons as part of a broader focus on design for its various Office apps.
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Microsoft Design, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Windows Central, Thurrot, CNET, GeekWire, Fast Company, MSPoweruser, iPhone Hacks, Neowin, and On MSFT
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| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
South Korea charges nine people and two companies with illegally selling Samsung's bendable OLED screen technology to Chinese rivals — - Suspects accused of stealing tech used to bend Galaxy screens — Samsung spent 150 billion won on technology, prosecution says| Jeff Barr / AWS News Blog: |
A summary of AWS launches, previews, and pre-announcements from AWS re:Invent 2018 — As promised in Welcome to AWS re:Invent 2018, here's a summary of the launches, previews, and pre-announcements from Andy Jassy's keynote. I have included links to allow you to sign up for previews, as appropriate.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Assistant adds Broadcast Replies, notes and lists integration, visual lyrics, and Pretty Please on Smart Displays and Google Home — With the holiday season underway, Google is announcing a slew of new features for Assistant speakers and Smart Displays.
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Engadget, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, CNET, VentureBeat, Digital Trends, and The Verge
| New York Times: |
Law enforcement authorities, working with Microsoft, have arrested dozens of scammers in New Delhi over fake PC virus pop-up alert ads during the past month — MUMBAI, India — You know the messages. They pop up on your computer screen with ominous warnings like, “Your computer has been infected with a virus.
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GeekWire, Microsoft on the Issues, BBC, CNET, TechSpot, and The Next Web
Tweets: @vindugoel, @cogregoire, @nytimesbusiness, and @kitboga
| Mark Wilson / Fast Company: |
Airbnb's innovation lab Samara announces Backyard, an initiative to design and prototype new ways of building homes, starting in 2019 — After launching a home-sharing revolution, Airbnb's founders started asking themselves, “What's next?” They successfully created a global network … | Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
New book outlines Microsoft's product roadmap: new Surface Pro and Laptop, “ambient devices”, and cheaper Xbox One S in 2019; new Surface Book and Hub in 2020 — Next year will be a busy one for Microsoft's Surface division, if a new book about the organization is any indication.
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The Verge, Thurrot, Digital Trends, The Next Web, ZDNet, On MSFT, VentureBeat, Neowin, and GeekWire
Tweets: @toddbishop, @zacbowden, and @tomwarren
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Dell says it detected hackers “attempting to extract Dell.com customer information”, such as customer names, email addresses, and hashed passwords, on Nov. 9 — Company says it detected an intrusion at the start of the month, but financial data was not exposed.
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Dell, Reuters, The Verge, The Hacker News, eWeek, Threatpost, The Mac Observer, Digital Trends, Inquirer, HackRead, BetaNews, The Register, SecurityWeek, Gizmodo, Threatpost, Softpedia News, and KFOR-TV
Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @nicolecobler, and @sai
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Asana, which provides work management and collaboration software for teams, raises $50M Series E led by Generation Investment Management at a $1.5B valuation — Asana, a service that teams and individuals use to plan and track the progress of work projects, is doubling down on its own project …
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| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Tidal is now available on Plex for $9.99/month, the first streaming music service to be fully integrated into Plex — A milestone moment for the XBMC fork — Plex users can now stream Tidal music directly from the Plex app. Moreover, subscribers can save up to $60 a year on the price of both Tidal and Plex Pass subscriptions.
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AppleInsider, Plex, Engadget, The Mac Observer, iLounge, Variety, Pocketables, 9to5Mac, Android Authority, and TechCrunch
| DW.COM: |
CeBIT, an IT trade show with 850K visitors per year, has been canceled for 2019, after facing declining visitor numbers and space rentals — Despite turning the trade fair into a fun fair, organizers could not save the beloved but struggling trade fair. CeBIT once boasted 850,000 visitors a year …
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CEBIT Press, TSNN Trade Show News, The Next Web, Fudzilla.com, Guru3D.com, and TechRadar.com
Tweets: @cebit and @daveleebbc
| Bloomberg: |
Germany's Federal Cartel Office says it has opened an antitrust investigation into Amazon's “double role” as retailer and host for other stores — - German Cartel Office looking at how firm treats site's sellers — Probe focuses on terms, adding to EU scrutiny of data abuse
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Reuters, VentureBeat, Associated Press, GeekWire, The Hill, Fast Company, Fortune, Neowin, Business Insider, and TechCrunch. Tweets: @aoifewhite101
| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
GM's President Dan Ammann to become CEO of self-driving car unit Cruise; current Cruise CEO and co-founder Kyle Vogt will stay on as unit president and CTO — General Motors on Thursday announced that company president Dan Ammann will take a new job as CEO of its self-driving unit, Cruise.
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TechCrunch and ABC News
| Wall Street Journal: |
Unredacted emails from Six4Three case show Facebook staff seeking to charge devs and advertisers for user data in 2012-2014; Facebook says it decided against it — Internal emails in court filings viewed by The Wall Street Journal provide a window into a document trove a British lawmaker plans to release soon
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Recode, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, Ars Technica, The Verge, Engadget, Inquirer, Fossbytes, Business Insider, ABC News, Telegraph, PYMNTS.com, and CNET
| Katie Roof / Wall Street Journal: |
Vista Equity Partners takes majority stake in Wrike, a work management platform that says it has nearly a $100M run rate, source says at a valuation of ~$800M — Software company is said to be valued at nearly $800 million — Vista Equity Partners has taken a majority stake in Wrike Inc., a workplace management software startup.
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