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Researchers find bugs in Google and Samsung camera apps from before July 2019 that could record video, take pictures, and extract GPS data without permission — A new vulnerability has been found in the Camera apps for millions, if not hundreds of millions, of Android devices that could allow …
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Spotify launches Your Daily Podcasts, a personalized podcast playlist, featuring trailers, older evergreen episodes, and more, to help listeners discover shows — Spotify is taking the personalization technology that powers its music playlists, like Discover Weekly and Daily Mix, and turning it to podcasts.| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
WhatsApp says a recently-patched flaw in the way the messaging app handled video files could have let attackers remotely execute code on users' devices — The buffer overflow flow bug has been disclosed by Facebook. — Facebook has disclosed the existence of a severe vulnerability leading …
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DC attorney general brings charges against DoorDash, accusing it of pocketing tips meant for workers and misleading customers about where their money was going — - D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine is suing DoorDash over its tipping model that his office called “deceptive.”| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Apple's integrated approach is fostering monopolistic behavior and has started to stifle innovation resulting in user-hostile keyboards and no NFC based apps — When I started Stratechery in 2013, the conventional wisdom was that modularized ecosystems were best.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple launches a dedicated mobile app for its developer community, replacing the existing WWDC app, with video resources, news, account management, and more — Apple today is introducing a new resource for the over 23 million registered members of its developer community, with the launch of a dedicated Apple Developer mobile app.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Salesforce launches Cloud Voice, which integrates telephony inside Service Cloud, a revamped Einstein Voice Assistant, and a voice app development toolkit — Salesforce's annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco is in full swing, as evidenced by the steady clip of product- and service-related announcements.
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DeepMind outlines collaboration with Google on the Play Store's recommendation engine, claims app recommendations are now more personalized than they used to be — AI and machine learning model architectures developed by Alphabet's DeepMind have substantially improved the Google Play Store's discovery systems, according to Google.| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Microsoft claims 20M DAUs for Teams, up from 13M in July, extending its lead over Slack, which in October said it had 12M; Slack's stock drops over 9% — - The new 20 million daily active user count is up from 13 million, which Microsoft announced in July.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google announces Your News Update, an Assistant-powered audio feature that chooses stories based on interests, location, and more, available first in the US — It plays from a variety of sources instead of just the few you hand-pick — Google is rolling out a new service for Google Assistant that it's calling “Your News Update.”
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
BlueVine, which offers financing and other banking services to SMBs, raises $102.5M Series F, bringing its total raised to between $240M and $250M — When it comes to fintech plays, small and medium businesses are not often the target audience: they're too small and fragmented compared … | CNBC: |
Google buys Microsoft-backed CloudSimple to help its customers run VMware workloads on the Google Cloud Platform, after partnering with the company in July — - CloudSimple makes it easier for large companies to run applications in public clouds like Google's.| Richard Vega / The Streamable: |
Amazon unveils $34.99 Fire TV Blaster, a new infrared device that brings more TV voice commands for those with a Fire TV and Echo — The Streamable is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission when you sign up with our links. — Amazon today announced their new Fire TV Blaster … | Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide: |
Amazon expands its free ad-supported version of Amazon Music to its mobile apps, FireTV, and the web, with access to select playlists and radio-like stations — Watch out Spotify: Amazon Music has widened the net of its ‘free’ music streaming platform. — Amazon Music customers without …
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16" MacBook Pro teardown shows a new thermal system, keyboard similar to the standalone Magic Keyboard, a six-speaker system, and a high-performance mic array — A beloved old feature returns to the MacBook Pro, and it starts with M-a-g. If you guessed MagSafe, we have disappointing news … | Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: |
Brooklyn-based ICO promoter behind REcoin, charged by the SEC in 2017, is sentenced in federal court to 18 months for conspiring to commit securities fraud — The fraudster used diamonds and real estate to whisk away $300,000 in other people's money in 2017.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Clumio, which makes cloud data backup and recovery tools, raises $135M Series C led by Sutter Hill Ventures, after exiting stealth in Aug. with $51M in funding — There are few catastrophes more disruptive to a business than data loss, and unfortunately, the causes can be myriad.
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Blockchain startup Bison Trails, a founding member of Libra Association, raises $25.5M Series A led by Blockchain Capital with Coinbase, Consensys participating — The raise follows Bison Trails commitment to take part in Facebook's Libra Association. — A founding member of the Libra Association … | Todd Haselton / CNBC: |
Apple announces press event on December 2 in NYC, focusing on “honoring our favorite apps and games of 2019” — Apple just announced a press event that it will hold a special press event at 4 p.m. ET on Dec. 2 in New York City. The event will be focused on “honoring our favorite apps and games of 2019.”
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