Google, Microsoft drop about 20 lawsuits in the US and Germany, resolving global patent fight over phones and Xbox
Google, Microsoft Resolve Global Patent Fight Over Phones, Xbox — Tech giants to drop about 20 lawsuits in U.S. and Germany — Companies say they will collaborate, work together on patents
Peeple, a Yelp-like app that lets you rate other people, to launch in late November with no opting-out once you've been rated
Everyone you know will be able to rate you on the terrifying ‘Yelp for people’ — whether you want them to or not — You can already rate restaurants, hotels …
Mike Lynch, Founder of Autonomy, Sues Hewlett-Packard for $150 Million
The legal wrangling surrounding Hewlett-Packard's much-maligned takeover of Autonomy, a British data intelligence company, shows no signs of ending. — On Thursday, Mike Lynch, the founder of Autonom...
Nest is releasing its Weave communication protocol for other connected devices to use
Ever since Nest Labs first started selling its learning thermostat in 2011, consumers have responded to its simplicity and the fact that it just works. It wasn't the first thermostat on the market …
Sources: Jack Dorsey to be named permanent Twitter CEO, continue at Square, as soon as Thursday after board settles status of Adam Bain and Anthony Noto
Sources: Jack Dorsey Expected to Be Named Permanent Twitter CEO — Jack is apparently back — for good this time.
LG reveals Watch Urbane with LTE, the first Android Wear device with cellular capability, and V10 smartphone with secondary display, dual front-facing cameras
LG unveils new V10 smartphone, Urbane smartwatch — The new smartphone features an independent second screen …
Tinder rolls out Super Like globally; tests show users are 3x more likely to find a match, and conversations last 70% longer when the feature is used
Tinder takes the ‘Super Like’ Worldwide — Tinder is adding an extra swipe for eager folks looking to make connections.
Outlook on the web begins rolling out support for email likes and contact @mentions
Likes and @Mentions coming to Outlook on the web — Over the last several years, social networks have changed the way we communicate. In our personal lives, we show our approval by “Liking” …
New Stagefright Bugs Leave More Than 1 Billion Android Users Vulnerable
In July, a security researcher revealed that Android phones could be hacked with a simple text, thanks to a series of bugs in the Android operating system that are now commonly known as Stagefright.
Google Ads SVP Sridhar Ramaswamy: we need to deal with ad blocking as an industry by defining what an acceptable ad is and improving the user experience
Google Ads Boss: ‘We Need to Deal With’ Ad Blocking as an Industry — Sridhar Ramaswamy, Google's top advertising executive …
Logitech announces Logi Circle connected camera for the home, with Wi-Fi, streaming video, pre-order today for $200
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Microsoft's real-time language translator coming to Skype as baked-in feature on Windows PCs
Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire : … Microsoft is about to start building its real-time language translation tool directly into Skype for Windows PCs, meaning the 100 million users already on the service wil...
American Airlines Launches Real-Time Baggage Tracking Service For Travelers
After a long day of traveling the last thing you want to deal with is lost baggage, but, unfortunately, that's a very real situation for millions of consumers: over the last five years, the Transporta...
Unit of Chinese state-controlled Tsinghua University agrees to buy 15% of Western Digital for $3.8B, Western Digital shares up 15% on the news
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Apple releases OS X El Capitan, featuring full-screen Split View, new Notes, revamped Spotlight Search, Safari 9 and more
And Your iPhone Carly Page / Inquirer : OS X El Capitan will be available to download for free today Yahoo Tech : Prepare Your Mac For the OS X 10.11 ‘El Capitan’ Upgrade
Sources: Synaptics rejected bid from state-backed Chinese investor that valued it at almost $4B
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French trial against two Uber execs on six charges including deceptive practices and illicit data storage delayed until February
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Facebook redesigns mobile profiles, adds temporary profile pictures, and tests looping video profile pictures
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Task management startup Asana rolls out major redesign for web and mobile and Track Anything, a new spreadsheet-like tool
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Google: advertisers will pay only for 100% viewable Google Display Network ads, starting in next few months
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Amazon introduces Merch by Amazon, a self-service tool for creating and selling branded t-shirts, aimed at app developers
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Interview with Nuzzel CEO Jonathan Abrams on new media investors and firm's intent to work with publishers
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Coding school General Assembly raises $70M Series D led by Advance Publications, owner of Condé Nast
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Google to host event next Wednesday in New York, likely to unveil its open-source project similar to Instant Articles
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Jamaican-based wireless operator Digicel will soon block ads except on some popular local news sites, saying firms like Google, Facebook should pay to serve ads
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