Experts found critical flaws in systems behind Internet-connected doll Hello Barbie, which responded to kids' queries; ToyTalk has patched the major bugs
Hello (hackable) Barbie — Hello Barbie on display at the Mattel showroom at the North American International Toy Fair in New York.
Sony Has Bought Toshiba's Image Sensor Division for $155 Million
Following a series of negotiations, Sony has announced that it's buying Toshiba's image sensor business for 19 billion yen—which is about $155 million. — The deal, rumored in October, will see Sony ...
Microsoft to open source Chakra, the JavaScript heart of its Edge browser
Source will be available from January, and open to community contributions. — At JSConf in Florida today, Microsoft announced that it is open sourcing Chakra, the JavaScript engine used in its Edge ...
FBI Says Suspected Silk Road Architect Variety Jones Has Been Arrested
The man suspected of being a “senior adviser” to Ross Ulbricht, the convicted creator of the drug marketplace Silk Road, has been arrested, according to the United States Attorney's Office.
Chrome 48 Beta brings custom buttons on notifications, casting from the web, more
With Chrome 47 currently rolling out to desktops and Android, Google has announced the Chrome 48 Beta and the new features that will come with it. Most are more developer-focused and geared towards C...
Microsoft's next Build conference starts on March 30th in San Francisco
Microsoft held one of its biggest Build developer conferences in San Francisco earlier this year, and now the software maker is ready to return to California. Microsoft is holding its Build 2016 conf...
Snapchat moved into real-time, crowdsourced news with San Bernardino shooting story
Snapchat's Move Into Real-Time News is Fascinating — For an app that many—possibly even most—initially dismissed as a trivial tool for teens to send sexy texts that would automatically disappear, Sn...
Verizon to roll out Wi-Fi Calling to Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge December 8, with roll out to more Android and iOS devices expected in early 2016
Verizon's Advanced Calling to include Wi-Fi Calling beginning next week on some devices — Beginning December 8, Verizon customers …
Mozilla ends Tiles experiment for ads in Firefox, will shift focus to ‘content discovery’
Mozilla is stopping its experiment to offer advertising in Firefox. The company announced its focus will instead shift to “content discovery” opportunities in its browser.
Google announces Best of Play Store lists for apps, games, movies, music, and more for 2015
Google Play Store publishes lists of the best apps and best games of 2015 — Let the year-end roundups begin. Google is fully on board with this phenomenon, back again with the annual list of the be...
Airbnb's NYC data confirms that a fraction of hosts with multiple listings took home a disproportionate amount of the total revenue
Airbnb's worst problems are confirmed by its own data — Earlier this week, Airbnb released a massive dataset about its business in New York City.
Samsung agrees to pay $548M in damages awarded to Apple in 2012 patent ruling, but reserves right to seek reimbursement, which Apple disputes
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Amazon Fire Tablet heads to China with Baidu apps and services
Missing support for Google apps and services isn't a problem in China, as Amazon is partnering with Baidu for search, software and online videos for the Fire Tablet. — Often viewed as a disadvantage...
Sources: Toshiba considering spinning off unprofitable PC business alongside Fujitsu, others
Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal :
Worldwide Smartphone Market Will See the First Single-Digit Growth Year on Record
Beats Music subscribers given until January 19 to transfer data to Apple Music
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Rdio to lay off 123 by December 31, over 50% of its employees, following Pandora acquisition; Pandora says it has given job offers to around 100 Rdio employees
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat :
Microsoft working on ‘sleep’ issues with Surface Pro 4, Surface Book with solution early next year
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Group of French cab drivers launches nonprofit Uber competitor called VTC Cab, which charges drivers a monthly fee instead of collecting commissions
Amar Toor / The Verge :
Google launches Unity plugin to help developers make Chromecast-compatible games
Stephen Hall / 9to5Google :
Marissa Mayer's severance package is worth approximately $25.5M, or $108M if control of the company changes
Dan Primack / Fortune :
Social media censorship in Bangladesh hints at long-term problems for publishers
Damaris Colhoun / Columbia Journalism Review :
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