iOS 9.3 beta adds multi-user support, only for schools, adds Apple School Manager service, updated Classroom app, Night Shift mode that emits less blue light
iOS 9.3 brings multi-user mode to iPads, along with more features and fixes — Multi-user mode is targeted toward schools, first beta is out today.
Live Periscope feeds will show up on Twitter for iOS
Like GIFs and Vines before it, Periscope streams will now show up and play directly in the Twitter timeline on iOS. If you happen to miss the live stream, replays will also autoplay when you see the ...
tvOS 9.2 beta adds Podcasts app, folders, Bluetooth keyboard support, new app switcher, more
tvOS 9.2 beta BETA — This is a beta version of tvOS for the new Apple TV. Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Apple Rolls Out New Betas Across Its Platforms Federico Viticci / MacStories : tvOS 9.2 Beta Adds...
Mozilla to Completely Shut Down Its Persona Login System in November 2016
Mozilla's Ryan Kelly has announced that the foundation will completely disavow its former brainchild and shut down the Persona single-sign-on system on November 30, 2016. — Launched in 2011, the Moz...
Tinder says it calculates a desirability rating for all users based on swipe data, used internally to facilitate better matches
I Found Out My Secret Internal Tinder Rating And Now I Wish I Hadn't — The dating app uses data to give every user a desirability rating.
VLC Now Available for Apple TV: Our First Impressions
VLC is now available for the Apple TV. Just like every other version of VLC, the Apple TV version aims to play video files and streams in “their native formats without conversions”. Felix Kühne, lea...
Grindr sells 60% stake to Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech at a $155M valuation
Grindr Sells Stake to Chinese Company — Grindr, the popular dating and social networking app for gay men, has found itself a match. — The company on Monday said it had sold a majority stake …
T-Mobile CEO John Legere apologizes to EFF in an open letter, says company absolutely supports net neutrality, and Binge On is beneficial to consumers
Open Letter to Consumers about Binge On — Wow. What a week it has been out there about Binge On!
Qualcomm asks US court to compel customers and competitors like Apple, Samsung, and Intel to hand over evidence provided to South Korean antitrust authorities
Qualcomm Asks U.S. Court for Documents in Korean Probe — Chip maker seeks subpoenas for evidence submitted to antitrust authorities by big customers and rivals
Tinder CEO Sean Rad on his temporary ouster, company culture, sexual harassment suit, and why he believes the service has applications beyond dating
Is Controversial Tinder CEO Sean Rad Ready To Grow Up? — “These are the hottest girls I've ever seen!”
Some police forces score citizens' threat level with Intrado's Beware software based on your medical, criminal history, and social media posts
The new way police are surveilling you: Calculating your threat ‘score’ — FRESNO, Calif. — While officers raced to a recent 911 call …
UK-based travel search site Skyscanner raised $192M, at what sources say was $1.6B valuation
Fundraising values Skyscanner at $1.6bn — Skyscanner has received nearly $192m from new investors, in a move that sees the Edinburgh-based online travel site enter the small club of British ‘unicorn...
An assessment of Twitter's new abuse policy: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Twitter's Policy Reboot: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly — Twitter has struggled with how to deal with harassment and abuse on its service for years. Former CEO Dick Costolo went so far as to say …
Indian E-commerce Platform Shopclues Claims $1.1B Valuation After New Funding, Plans IPO
Indian e-commerce company Shopclues has raised a Series E that the company claims boosts its valuation to $1.1 billion. The round was led by GIC, the Singaporean government's sovereign wealth fund …
Satellite antenna startup Kymeta raises $62M Series D from Bill Gates, others
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Sources: Amazon will release smaller, portable, cheaper Echo in the coming weeks
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Amazon is expected to acquire the remaining 75% stake in Colis Privé, a French package delivery company, early this year
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US Digital Display Ad Spending to Surpass Search Ad Spending in 2016
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Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes is trying to sell The New Republic, after buying it in 2012
Turns Out Media Is Hard Peter Kafka / Re/code : Old Media Problems Foil New Media Money: Chris Hughes Gives Up on the New Republic (Video) Mathew Ingram / Fortune : So the New Republic Is For Sale—Wha...
Appellate panel allows DraftKings and FanDuel to operate in New York for now
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Transit tech company TransLoc will test Uber integration in its public transportation app Rider
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Sources: Xiaomi missed 2015 sales target of 80M smartphones, is under pressure to justify $46B valuation
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Sources: Ford considering separate business unit for autonomous cars, in talks with Google about self-driving software
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UberChina raises a round at $7B pre-money valuation, with airline operator HNA Group, car maker Guangzhou Automobile, China Life Insurance among investors
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Eddy Cue: due to a glitch, Apple has been underestimating the number of News app users since launch and passing that inaccurate information to publishers
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