The Beatles will be available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, Tidal, Amazon's Prime Music, and others on December 24
Sources: Beatles hit Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, other streaming services on Dec. 24 — You can spend Christmas streaming the Beatles.
Sources: Google has been working on new messaging app for over a year that supports chatbots and uses AI to answer questions and perform other tasks
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New Zealand judge orders Kim Dotcom's extradition to the US, lawyers say they will appeal to the High Court
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Disney-funded VR service, Littlstar, announces it's bringing 360-degree videos to Apple TV
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Apple adopts proxy access, allowing a shareholder, or a group of up to 20 shareholders, holding 3% of shares for 3 years to nominate directors to the board
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Judge dismisses lawsuit alleging iMessage intercepts and fails to deliver texts to Android devices after users switch from iOS, in a complete victory for Apple
Apple wins complete victory in class-action lawsuit that claimed iMessage was rigged to not deliver texts to Android phones
67% of Americans now have broadband at home, compared to 70% in 2013, and 13% connect via smartphone only vs 8% in 2013; smartphone penetration in US at 68%
Home Broadband 2015 — The share of Americans with broadband at home has plateaued, and more rely only on their smartphones for online access
Washington Governor Jay Inslee says a programming glitch has caused as many as 3,200 inmates to be released early since 2002, by a median amount of 49 days
Inslee: Error releases more than 3,000 inmates early — Gov. Jay Inslee announced Tuesday the Washington Department of Corrections …
Twitter wants to patent a drone controlled by tweets
Twitter may be the latest tech giant interested in unmanned aerial vehicles — but not for delivery. The company has applied for a patent, which became available last week, for a drone capable of taki...
Indian regulator asks Facebook's telecom partner Reliance Communications to temporarily suspend Free Basics service on net neutrality grounds
Put Facebook's Free Basics service on hold, TRAI tells Reliance Communications — Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) …
Foursquare is raising $20M-$40M at about a $250M valuation, down from $650M two years ago
Foursquare's Value Will Be Cut by More Than Half in a New Funding Round — Foursquare is close to finalizing a funding round that will value the company at about $250 million …
T-Mobile's Binge On, enabled by default, also reduces quality of video streams that are not part of the program, YouTube and Internet Association complain
Wall Street Journal :
Microsoft to detect and remove adware that uses man-in-the-middle techniques, like Superfish, beginning in March, will only allow adware as browser plugins
Alex Hern / Guardian :
Microsoft raises prices of Surface Hub 55-inch and 84-inch models by $2,000-$3,000 to $8,999 and $21,999, delays shipment date to Q1
and a $2,000 price increase Brad Sams / Petri IT Knowledgebase : Microsoft Raises The Price Of The Surface Hub, Delays Release Date Again Wayne Williams / BetaNews : Another delay and a major price in...
Nutanix files to go public with $200M IPO
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat :
Google Brings Its Interactive, 360-Degree “Spotlight Stories” To YouTube
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Oracle acquires StackEngine, plots new cloud campus in Austin
Rachel King / ZDNet :
Google begins testing login system that uses phone notifications for authentication instead of passwords
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
FTC issues new rules for native advertising on the Internet, which are in line with FTC's broader stance on deceptive advertising
Noah Kulwin / Re/code :
US judge says PhantomAlert's copyright claim in its lawsuit with Waze is unfounded, will allow the company to file amended complaint by mid-January
Judge, siding with Google, refuses to shut down Waze in wake of alleged theft — “This rule applies even when the ‘facts’ are inaccurate.”
Stratos Sells To Ciright One To Avoid Collapse
Under New Company Chris Scott Barr / SlashGear : Stratos responds to rumors, partners with Ciright Alex Hernandez / Techaeris : Stratos Makes Deal With Ciright One Devindra Hardawar / Engadget : Strat...
Flytenow to shut down after court upheld FAA's mandate that pilots for flight sharing services have commercial licenses
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