Sources: Minecraft Pocket Edition will no longer receive updates for Windows mobile devices
We received a tip earlier today that Minecraft Pocket Edition will no longer be supported on Windows mobile devices. — Since receiving the tip, we have confirmed with sources familiar …
Samsung starts rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat to Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge devices
Samsung has officially started rolling out the latest Android 7.0 Nougat update to existing Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge handsets. While beta testers of the software update have had access to the fin...
EU says Amazon's Audible subsidiary and Apple scrap all exclusivity obligations in supply and distribution of audiobooks
A decision by Amazon and Apple to scrap all exclusivity obligations in the supply and distribution of audiobooks will likely boost competition, EU antitrust regulators said on Thursday.
LinkedIn unveils new desktop site with simpler, app-like look, pop-up messaging window with chatbots, and updated universal search
After a short preview in September last year, and the small matter of getting acquired for $26.2 billion by Microsoft, today LinkedIn …
Obama's tech teams are optimistic publicly but quietly fear for their programs' future after Trump inauguration; Matt Cutts in line to be interim head of USDS
The While House imported Silicon Valley's best to transform government. Will Trump undo it all?
Encrypted email service ProtonMail now supports Tor to thwart meddling governments
Encrypted email service ProtonMail is doubling down on its privacy credentials today with the news that it will now allow users to connect their email accounts through the Tor network.
Sources: Zuckerberg has 12+ Facebook employees helping him with posts and comments on his Facebook page and professional photographers to snap personal moments
When Facebook went public five years ago, the world had a pretty vivid picture of who Mark Zuckerberg was.
Google acquires Fabric, Twitter's mobile app development tool suite, and its team; Fabric will join Google's Developer Products Group
Google is taking over Twitter's mobile app developer platform Fabric, as well as its Crashlytics crash reporting system, Answers mobile app analytics …
Slack debuts new threaded messages feature on all platforms; conversations are attached to specific messages and show in the “flex pane” sidebar on desktop, web
Evolving beyond chat — Slack today is rolling out message threads inside its familiar chat window …
IDG, owner of PCWorld and IDC, to be acquired by Chinese investor group Oceanwide, headed by IDG Greater China chairman Hugo Shong
International Data Group, the owner of PCWorld magazine and market researcher IDC, on Thursday said it was being acquired by China Oceanwide Holdings Group and IDG Capital …
Microsoft game-streaming platform Beam comes out of beta with faster video player, Xbox Live sign-in, and redesigned home page
Microsoft has been making notable improvements to the experiences on its Twitch competitor, Beam, since it purchased the startup this past August.
Apple revamps Logic Pro X and GarageBand for iOS with redesigned interfaces and new features
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Netflix reports $2.35B in Q4 revenue, up from $1.67B in Q4 2015, as it adds 1.93M new US subs vs 1.3M expected, 5.12M global subs vs 3.8M expected; stock up 8%+
Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch :
Oracle to buy API development firm Apiary for an undisclosed sum, says it will continue to offer Apiary's products to other companies
Apiary provides a front-end platform for designing, creating and governing APIs. — Oracle has announced that it plans to acquire Apiary …
Microsoft says it will double the size of its Montreal research and design office over two years and invest $7M in Montreal-based AI research over five years
Microsoft is following its acquisition of Montreal-based Maluuba with additional investment in the city that's become quite the artificial intelligence hotbed.
Microsoft is testing feature that brings Cortana to the lock screen on Android
Mehedi Hassan / MSPoweruser :
Starship Technologies partners with Postmates and DoorDash to test deliveries by its largely self-driving robots, in California and Washington D.C. respectively
Sean O'Kane / The Verge :
Mozilla unveils new logo, font, and design
Seven months since setting out to refresh … Rob Beschizza / Boing Boing : Mozilla rebrands Natt Garun / The Verge : What do we think of Mozilla's new logo? Tweets: Axel Rauschmayer / @rauschma : Love ...
How Slack overcame the design challenges of making threaded conversations, including notifications, inline vs. broken-out threads, and more
Harry McCracken / Fast Company :
Department of Labor sues Oracle over discriminatory pay and hiring practices
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch :
The centralization of the internet via app stores has made government censorship easier, as shown by the removal of LinkedIn and NYT apps in Russia and China
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times :
Facebook replaces its inbox for messages with the interface of the web version of Messenger
A few thoughts about the year ahead Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo : Facebook's Inbox Replaced With Web Version Of Messenger Saqib Shah / Digital Trends : Facebook messaging is getting a web makeover to match ...
Twitter phases out “Buy” button, will continue to have “Donation” button for charities
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
YouTube rolls out group chat feature for its iOS and Android apps that allows discussion around videos as they play, arriving first in Canada
aka, “a**hole troll chat” ;) http://twitter.com/... John Adams / @netik : 20 years ago all things evolved until they were email. Now all things evolve until they are... chat apps. Siiiigh. http://twit...
Nearly 80 rights groups accuse Facebook of “racially biased censorship” of user content, arguing that policies are often unevenly applied
Dustin Volz / Reuters : Tweets: @dnvolz and @reutersworld Tweets: Dustin Volz / @dnvolz : Nearly 80 rights groups say Facebook's content policies are applied unevenly, amount to “racially biased cens...
Timehop CEO Jon Wegener, who announced he was leaving last week, lands at Snap Inc. to work on product
Peter Kafka / Recode : Tweets: @rrhoover and @msg Tweets: @rrhoover : Timehop's CEO, @jwegener, is joining @Snap: http://www.recode.net/... by @pkafka Ironic considering Snapchat is all about ephemer...
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