Senate passes cybersecurity bill CISA by a vote of 74-21, remaining differences still to be resolved between House and Senate
CISA Security Bill Passes Senate With Privacy Flaws Unfixed — For months, privacy advocates have asked Congress to kill or reform the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act …
US regulators grant exemptions to DMCA's DRM rules for jailbreaking, remixing DVDs and Blu-rays, preserving video games, researching and modifying car software
Victory for Users: Librarian of Congress Renews and Expands Protections for Fair Uses — The new rules for exemptions …
Android switchers accounted for 30% of iPhone buyers in Q4, highest ratio recorded
Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider :
Apple saw 99% YoY revenue growth in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, hitting $12.51B in Q4
Apple Revenues In China Shoot Up 99% in Q4 — Despite months of major fluctuations in the Chinese stock market, Apple still managed to have an outstanding quarter in China.
IBM to buy Weather Co.'s digital and data assets, not its TV channel, in a deal source says valued over $2B
IBM Nearing Acquisition of Weather Co.'s Digital and Data Assets — Deal could be announced as early as Wednesday — International Business Machines Corp. is nearing a deal …
Apple beats forecasts with quarterly profits of $11.1B, up 31% YoY, and revenue of $51.5B, up 22% YoY
Katie Benner / New York Times :
Oracle building new facility for Design Tech High School, a free public charter school, on its campus in Redwood City, slated to open fall 2017
Oracle to build high school at its headquarters campus — REDWOOD CITY — Oracle said Tuesday it will build a home on its corporate campus …
Facebook's Message Requests will replace Other Inbox for receiving messages from users outside your network of friends
Facebook Messenger Wants To BE Your Phone Number With New Message Requests — Phone numbers are dumb. Once someone has yours, you can't stop them from contacting you.
Comcast to Test Wireless Service After Invoking Verizon Deal
Three-year-old agreement requires six-month waiting period — Third-quarter profit meets estimates as fewer users drop cable — Comcast Corp. plans to begin customer trials of a wireless service aft...
Apple sees iPhone sales grow 22.1% to 48M in Q4 2015, but iPad sales declined 19.5%
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat :
Net neutrality: EU votes in favour of Internet fast lanes and slow lanes
MEPs confused by false claims, tired of the arguments, keen to conclude the file. — The European Parliament has passed the flawed flawed compromise text on net neutrality without including any of th...
Slack introduces group messages for up to nine people, private groups become private channels
Group Messages Come to Slack — We've all been there: you're late to your meeting with Judy and Tomiko and you need to quickly DM them at the same time to let them know.
European Parliament rejects amendments protecting net neutrality
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Twitter reports 320M MAUs in Q3, an increase of just 4M, and EPS of $0.10 against $0.05 expected; stock down more than 6%
Twitter Stock Tanks on Stagnant User Growth, Lowered Expectations — Twitter's user growth has clearly started to slow down, and that continues to hurt the business.
Michael Jordan, Mark Cuban, and Ted Leonsis invest $44M in sports data tech firm Sportradar
Jordan, Cuban, Leonsis Put Millions on Sports Betting's Future — Sportradar provides data to leagues, media and betting houses — ‘If the U.S. market opens up for gaming we are ready to shoot’
Twitter turns to TV ads to increase reach; advertisements debut during World Series
This is Twitter's first television ad campaign — This month Twitter unveiled Moments, the simplified way of browsing tweets that the company hopes will return it to rapid growth.
ADP drops its defamation lawsuit against Zenefits after judge asks parties to work it out
ADP drops its strange defamation lawsuit against Zenefits and both companies agree to talk nice — After a judge flat-out told HR software giant ADP that “it seems clear to me that ADP has no claim f...
Oracle pushes into AWS territory with new IaaS services
Pricing and perceived security will be key differentiators, one analyst says — Oracle set its sights on a bigger piece of the cloud pie Tuesday with new IaaS services that put it in more direct comp...
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 teardown: fanless Core m3 design, replaceable SSD, difficult to repair
Apple Reports Record Fourth Quarter Results
Garmin unveils smart scale and Vivosmart HR activity tracker with heart rate sensor, both available in US November 1, priced at $150 each
Dan Graziano / CNET :
Data visualization and analytics firm Alteryx raises $85M round led by Iconiq Capital, source says at a valuation approaching $1B
Leslie Picker / New York Times :
Raspberry Pi partners with Element 14 to offer customization service to organizations ordering 3K+ boards
Jon Fingas / Engadget :
Google brings podcasting to Play Music's free and paid tiers, to be available to listeners in coming months
Mark Bergen / Re/code :
HTC One A9 review: fast fingerprint reader, great sound, but unimpressive camera and battery; easy to recommend at $399, but not at $499
Vlad Savov / The Verge :
VC investments in bitcoin-related startups slow to $85M in Q3 2015, a 41% drop from Q2
Olga Kharif / Bloomberg Business :
Paris-based music streaming service Deezer to postpone its $343M IPO indefinitely, cites market conditions
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Apple Pay expanding to Australia and Canada this year for American Express cards
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac :
German data protection authorities to investigate data transfers from EU to US by companies like Facebook and Google
Glyn Moody / Ars Technica UK :
IBM under SEC investigation for accounting practices; stock down more than 4% since news was announced
Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code :
Apple Rolls Out Carrier Billing For iTunes, Starting In Germany With O2
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Developer-focused security startup SourceClear raises $10M
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat :
Facebook will slow employees' Internet speeds on Tuesdays to help them better understand how their service is used in emerging markets like India
Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider :
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