Apple plans to start selling the iPad Pro on November 11th
Apple plans to start selling the 12.9-inch iPad Pro on Wednesday, November 11th via both its physical retail and online stores, according to multiple sources. Apple previously only said that the larg...
Google's new invite-only “Who's Down” app for Android and iOS shows which of your friends are free to hang out
Google's new 'Who's Down' app shows which of your friends are free to hang out — Google has just quietly released a new app on the Play Store, called “Who's Down”.
TalkTalk: hackers accessed fewer than 1.2M email addresses, names, and phone numbers, 21K unique bank account details, 28K obscured credit, debit card details
TalkTalk says hackers accessed fraction of data originally thought — Telecoms company confirms scale of cyber-attack far smaller …
Motorola launching the Droid Turbo 2 as the Moto X Force in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions in November
Moto X Force: A shatterproof Android phone for outside the U.S. — Consumers around the world will be able to get Motorola's ShatterShield tech with a non-Droid version of the Turbo 2.
Top YouTuber PewDiePie: YouTube Red exists to counter ad blocking, which can devastate smaller channels
Thoughts on YouTube Red. — Since YouTube recently announced their new payed service “YouTube Red”. Everyone has been up to arms about it, for mainly good reasons!
Facebook tweaks real name policy: starting in December, users will be allowed to provide context when Facebook requires their name be “confirmed”
Facebook Responds To Open Letter Criticizing ‘Real Names’ Policy — Facebook today announced a couple of process improvements meant …
Amazon to exit daily deals, closing the Amazon Local platform on December 18
Amazon To Exit Daily Deals With Closure Of Amazon Local — Amazon is exiting the daily deals space. According to a message now being displayed on the Amazon Local homepage, the company's deals platf...
Amazon stops offering its Local Register credit card reader, will end support for it on February 1
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Report: 68% of US adults now own a smartphone, up from 35% in 2011, 45% own a tablet, no growth in ownership of other digital devices in recent years
Technology Device Ownership: 2015 — 68% of Americans have smartphones; 45% have tablet computers. Ownership of other digital devices has not grown in recent years.
Amazon Launches ‘Pay With Amazon’ Buttons for Mobile Apps
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SEC approves Title III equity crowdfunding rules that will go into effect next year
It's official: Your grandma can soon invest in startups — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday morning voted 3-1 to approve equity crowdfunding rules, a scant three years after its origi...
Amazon removes all Apple TV, Chromecast listings from its website, including those from 3rd-party resellers, following plans announced earlier this month
Amazon Removes All Apple TV, Chromecast Listings From Its Website — Amazon has followed through on its plans to go nuclear on its competitors …
Apple releases its second app for Android, Beats Pill+, and quickly garners 1-star reviews from trolls
again James Vincent / The Verge : Apple's second-ever Android app is for the Beats Pill+ speaker Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider : Apple launches new Beats Pill+ apps for iOS and Android Mike Beasley / ...
Microsoft clarifies Windows 10 rollout: OS will be pushed as a “Recommended Update” for Windows 7 & 8 next year, but users can choose when to upgrade, roll back
is the company being a bully? Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News : Beware, Microsoft plans to push Windows 10 on even more Windows 7 and 8 systems Vanessa Ho / The Fire Hose : Upgrading to Wind...
Facebook testing “Local Market” section, surfacing Groups for buying and selling items
Facebook Tests “Local Market,” A Dedicated Buying And Selling Community Powered By Facebook Groups — A number of Facebook users recently reported seeing a new feature called “Local Market” …
Google's acquisitions in the first nine months of 2015 totaled $250M, the lowest since 2009
Google slammed the brakes on its acquisition machine, with the lowest deal-making since 2009 — Google has idled its mergers and acquisition machine, with the company reporting the lowest deal activi...
US State Department will not classify “cyber products” as munitions in export control list
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Snapchat rolls out sponsored lenses, a new ad option that puts a brand alongside selfies
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LinkedIn Q3 earnings beat expectations with $780M in revenue, stock up more than 11%
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German mobile carrier Deutsche Telekom plans to charge startups for “guaranteed good transmission quality” of Internet under Europe's new net neutrality rules
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Flipboard CEO Mike McCue says revenue is on track to double from last year and MAUs have doubled in same period
Mathew Ingram / Fortune : Tweets: @mathewi Tweets: Mathew Ingram / @mathewi : Those reports about Flipboard being in trouble? Nothing could be further from the truth, says CEO Mike McCue: http://for....
Facebook kills off its experimental sidebar status updates
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Google tests extending its DoubleClick ad technology to digital billboards with a trial in UK
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