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November 16, 2015, 8:25 PM
 

November 16, 2015

8:25 PM  •
Tim Peterson / Ad Age:  Pandora plans subscription-based on-demand service because ad revenue not enough to offset content costs
7:40 PM  •
Billy Steele / Engadget:  NBC offers free trial of its streaming comedy service SeeSo December 3 ahead of January's $3.99/month launch
6:00 PM  •
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:  Liberty Global to buy Caribbean pay-TV provider and ISP Cable & Wireless for $5.3B, valuing the company at $8B including debt
4:55 PM  •
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:  Facebook Now Using Google App Indexing To Drive Visitors From Search Into Its App
4:27 PM  •
Pandora:  Rdio to shut down the service, file for bankruptcy, with Pandora acquiring the key assets for $75M in cash
4:20 PM  •
Casey Newton / The Verge:  Twitter is testing multiple emoji reactions to tweets
4:11 PM  •
Janko Roettgers / Variety:  Sources: Pandora in advanced talks to acquire Rdio, announcement could come as early as this week
4:05 PM  •
Sean O'Kane / The Verge:  HP partners with Movado on $695 Bold Motion, analog smartwatch that uses LEDs and haptic feedback for alerts, a second wearable in “Engineered by HP” program
3:30 PM  •
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:  Google's natural language search gets smarter, can now handle superlatives, ordered items, time based, and more complicated queries
2:55 PM  •
Reuters:  German watchdog probes Apple and Amazon audiobooks agreement
2:25 PM  •
Julie Bort / Business Insider:  Zenefits CEO says they have $80M of revenue under contract, compared to $20M in Jan. 2015, no hiring freeze, just slowdown in some departments due to automation
2:05 PM  •
Fred Wilson / AVC:  Fidelity's markdowns are another sign that for startups, access to capital from public market investors comes with the price of increased transparency
1:35 PM  •
Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch:  Uber is testing a new feature for drivers to pick up riders headed in the same direction as them, in the Bay Area
1:10 PM  •
Scott Webster / CNET:  AT&T selling Microsoft Lumia 950, Samsung Galaxy View Nov 20
12:40 PM  •
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:  Amazon Expands Launchpad, Its Product Hunt-Meets-Shopify-Shyp Rival, To The UK
12:00 PM  •
Nicole Lee / Engadget:  Withings' third analog fitness tracker is the $170 Activite Steel
11:35 AM  •
Wall Street Journal:  Facebook allows Google to crawl and index public profiles, Pages, Groups, and Events from its mobile app
11:15 AM  •
Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire:  Microsoft and Code.org will use Minecraft to teach kids the basics of computer programming
10:55 AM  •
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:  Correction: PicoCandy Starts Selling Unofficial Stickers Inside Its Facebook Messenger App
10:20 AM  •
Dan Ackerman / CNET:  Lenovo Yoga 900 review: significantly improved performance and battery life over last year's Yoga 3 Pro thanks to higher-end components
10:00 AM  •
Adrian Weckler / Independent.ie:  Tim Cook: Apple won't create ‘converged’ MacBook and iPad
9:50 AM  •
Joseph Lichterman / Nieman Lab:  Storyful is testing Slack integrations that let clients subscribe to news alerts within channels
8:55 AM  •
Harry McCracken / Fast Company:  How Facebook is betting its future on artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and bringing Internet to 4B people not yet connected
6:00 AM  •
Dan Ackerman / CNET:  Alienware Steam Machine review: delivers on promise to bring PC games to the living room, but game library is limited, controller has a steep learning curve
1:55 AM  •
Erin Griffith / Fortune:  Profile of REVOLVE, an online apparel startup whose sales is set to reach $400M this year

November 15, 2015

11:40 PM  •
Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:  SteamOS gaming performs significantly worse than Windows, Ars analysis shows
9:45 PM  •
Janko Roettgers / Variety:  Vevo revamps iOS app for US users with personalized recommendations, favorites feed, and new design
7:50 PM  •
E.T. Brooking / Foreign Policy:  Behind #OpISIS and GhostSec, a group of hactivists fighting ISIS online, gathering and passing intelligence, which may have helped to disrupt a terror plot
6:20 PM  •
Co.Design:  Apple's quest for style and appearance comes at the cost of usability, particularly on iOS, according to former employees
4:25 PM  •
Aaron Souppouris / Engadget:  OnePlus X review: good build quality, performance, and display for the price, but poor camera and limited LTE band support even when compared to cheaper phones
2:25 PM  •
Brendan Klinkenberg / BuzzFeed:  How tech firms responded to Paris attacks: Facebook's Safety Check used in first man-made disaster, emergency response tools activated by Airbnb, Uber, others
12:25 PM  •
Kara Swisher / Re/code:  Costly Wizard of Oz party seen as indicative of Marissa Mayer's convoluted Yahoo strategy
10:25 AM  •
Julia Angwin / ProPublica:  Vizio is selling your viewing data, collected via its smart TVs with tracking on by default, and possibly connected to your IP
8:10 AM  •
Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch:  Product Hunt Redesigns The Homepage To Aid Discovery Beyond Tech
5:05 AM  •
Peter Dolanjski / Mozilla Hacks:  Mozilla releases experimental Firefox OS 2.5 Developer Preview for Android devices
2:00 AM  •
Dan Patterson / TechRepublic:  How ProtonMail recovered from a second week-long DDoS attack after paying $6K ransom to stop the first
12:40 AM  •
Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:  Turkey blocks access to Reddit under controversial censorship law

November 14, 2015

11:00 PM  •
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:  Privacy advocate warns FTC about ads that use inaudible sound to link phone, TV, tablet, and PC
7:55 PM  •
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:  Marc Andreessen Sold 73 Percent of His Facebook Stock in the Last Two Weeks
4:50 PM  •
TechCrunch:  Evernote's Freshly Minted COO Linda Kozlowski Is Leaving The Company
2:45 PM  •
Amar Toor / The Verge:  Airbnb launches “smart pricing” option to automatically adjust rental prices according to demand, more tools to make hosting easier
2:10 PM  •
Brendan Klinkenberg / BuzzFeed:  Tim Cook calls incident in which black teens were barred from Apple Store an “opportunity to learn”, says store leadership will refresh training on inclusion
11:35 AM  •
Joel Hruska / ExtremeTech:  Qualcomm formally launches Snapdragon 820, claims it consumes 30% less power over 810, expects devices to ship with it in first half of 2016
8:20 AM  •
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:  Airbnb Working On ‘Experience Card’, A Preloaded $1K MasterCard And Rewards Program
5:05 AM  •
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:  Ola, Uber's India rival, breaks out digital wallet service Ola Money as a standalone app, available for Android now, coming to iOS and Windows Phone later
2:00 AM  •
Stephen Hall / 9to5Google:  Google publishes support docs detailing new wrist gestures, speaker support in Android Wear 1.4
1:35 AM  •
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:  500px Launches Its Photo Sharing And Licensing Platform In China
1:00 AM  •
Raymond Wong / Mashable:  Facebook is testing the ability to search for posts within specific profile pages on desktop and iOS
12:45 AM  •
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:  Washington DC district court judge says streaming firm FilmOn doesn't have same rights as cable systems, contradicting Los Angeles judge
12:10 AM  •
Daniel Rubino / Windows Central:  Sources: Microsoft's Project Astoria for emulating Android apps on hold indefinitely, may be shelved completely

November 13, 2015

11:35 PM  •
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard:  ‘Nasty’ Bug In MetroPCS Site Left Personal Data of Subscribers Open to Hackers
10:50 PM  •
Darren Pauli / The Register:  Researchers demonstrate MITM attack on Samsung Note 4, Galaxy S6, S6 edge, showing phones connecting to a fake base station, enabling call snooping
10:05 PM  •
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:  Apple updated App Store search algorithm to return results even if keyword is not in metadata or title
9:20 PM  •
Michele Molnar / Education Week:  Education software company Instructure closes first day of trading at $18/share, up 12.5%
8:35 PM  •
Ben Sisario / New York Times:  Tidal's chief investment officer, Vania Schlogel, left firm months ago, becoming at least the third departure of a top executive since being acquired by Jay-Z
7:50 PM  •
Ilya Khrennikov / Bloomberg Business:  Yandex reveals it sent complaint to European Commision to investigate Google's practice of bundling apps with Android
6:55 PM  •
Darren Pauli / The Register:  Researcher showcases new Chrome exploit that affects all Android versions, compromises device after visiting malicious site; vulnerability not made public
5:15 PM  •
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:  Google Crowdsources Business Listing Corrections, Map Edits With Expanded Local Guides Program
4:50 PM  •
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:  Microsoft open-sources DMTK, a distributed machine learning library
4:00 PM  •
Casey Newton / The Verge:  Snapchat introduces a ‘lens store’ to adorn your selfies with 99-cent filters
3:35 PM  •
Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web:  Microsoft's Hyperlapse Pro app now on OS X for $50, lets you create smooth stabilized time lapses from video clips
2:45 PM  •
Casey Newton / The Verge:  Snapchat begins rolling out “official stories” to mark verified celebrity accounts
1:55 PM  •
Lucia Moses / Digiday:  Some publishers complain about underwhelming traffic from Apple News, no real-time data on posts and users, delayed comScore integration
1:30 PM  •
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:  Google launches Chrome beta for iOS through Apple's TestFlight, first release adds 3D touch
1:05 PM  •
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:  Travel activities booking platform GetYourGuide raises $50M Series C to fuel growth globally
12:45 PM  •
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:  FanDuel and DraftKings ask New York Supreme Court to throw out attorney general's order to stop taking bets
12:25 PM  •
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:  Digg Raises $4M Series A From Betaworks Backer Digital Garage
12:15 PM  •
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:  Microsoft launches Office Insider program for Office 365 subscribers looking to test the suite's newest features, debuts new PowerPoint Designer, Morph features
11:50 AM  •
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:  Varsity Tutors raises $50M Series B led by Technology Crossover Ventures and Maroon 5's Adam Levine
11:30 AM  •
Chris Welch / The Verge:  Hands-on with Gogo's 2Ku in-flight satellite internet service that incorporates new antenna tech to deliver speeds of up to 70 Mbps for each aircraft
11:10 AM  •
Katie Hafner / New York Times:  Gene Amdahl, Pioneer of Mainframe Computing, Dies at 92
10:50 AM  •
Juli Clover / MacRumors:  iPad Pro's Lightning Port Supports USB 3.0 Transfer Speeds, New Adapters in the Works
9:15 AM  •
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:  Gmail Will Soon Warn Users When Emails Arrive Over Unencrypted Connections
7:30 AM  •
Ben Woods / The Next Web:  Amazon launches Pantry to deliver groceries in the UK, but only to Prime members
6:55 AM  •
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:  First Alert debuts Onelink, the first HomeKit-enabled smoke detector, available now from $109
5:00 AM  •
Ian Kar / Quartz:  Sources: Apple partnering with banks for peer-to-peer payment program to avoid money transmitter licenses, may use iMessage for money transfer
1:55 AM  •
Robert Hackett / Fortune:  Exclusive: Secure Messenger TigerText Raises $50 Million, Aims to be Health Care's Top Chat Tool
12:05 AM  •
Janko Roettgers / Variety:  Wi-Fi Speaker Makers Aether, Beep Shut Down Quietly

November 12, 2015

11:10 PM  •
Office Blogs:  OneNote can now record audio on iOS, embed videos on Windows, attach files on OneNote Online, more
10:15 PM  •
Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:  Inside Sequoia's Scouts, and a list of the program's 70+ well-connected entrepreneurs and academics using capital from Sequoia to fund startups
9:30 PM  •
Richard Lawler / Engadget:  Beats Music confirms it will fade out on November 30th
8:25 PM  •
Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:  Sources: Zenefits falling short of revenue targets, having hit only $45M of its $100M 2015 revenue goal by August, freezes hiring in some departments
7:15 PM  •
Casey Newton / The Verge:  Pocket adds option for users to share favorite items to a followable public profile, now available as public beta for Android and iOS
6:00 PM  •
Greg Hartrell / Official Android Blog:  Google Play Books improves comic book reading by adding vertical scrolling mode, curated pages for discovery, on Android in coming days, iOS soon
5:15 PM  •
Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:  Cisco meets revenue estimates with $12.7B in revenue, up 3% YoY, beats earnings estimates, but shares fall after lowered Q2 guidance
4:55 PM  •
Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:  Ohio man faces federal charge for reblogging a GIF on Tumblr urging murders of US servicemen
4:45 PM  •
Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal:  Watchmaker Fossil Group to acquire Misfit for $260M; Fossil expects to incorporate Misfit's tech into traditional watches as soon as 2016
4:30 PM  •
Napier Lopez / The Next Web:  Twitter introduces “ScratchReel” GIFs you can scroll through by dragging a finger or cursor
4:20 PM  •
Wall Street Journal:  Sources: Hulu in early talks to sell stake to Time Warner in deal valuing Hulu at $5B-$6B; Time Warner would invest cash, commit to license content
4:00 PM  •
Dan Myers / PlayStation.Blog:  Playstation Vue arrives on Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, coming soon to Chromecast
3:40 PM  •
Michael Kan / CNET:  Asus confirms it's bringing out a set of augmented reality glasses next year
2:55 PM  •
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:  Cola messaging app, now in private beta, aims to expand text messaging functionality with its interactive Bubbles and developer integrations
2:20 PM  •
BuzzFeed:  Facebook Messenger tests option in France that lets users send messages that self-destruct one hour after sending
2:10 PM  •
Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:  Upthere's first two apps for file and photo cloud storage, Home and Camera, are now live on iOS, Mac, and Android in beta
1:35 PM  •
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:  Some apps installed from Mac App Store were temporarily unusable after Apple failed to renew security certificate
1:15 PM  •
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:  Facebook brings 360-degree videos to iOS, opens up format to brands with first ads from AT&T, Samsung, Corona, Walt Disney World, others
1:05 PM  •
Spotify News:  Spotify launches personalized concert recommendations near you based on your listening history, rolling out today to iPhone and Android users
12:20 PM  •
Ben Popper / The Verge:  YouTube Music standalone app launches on iOS and Android; YouTube Red subscribers get offline listening and no ads
12:10 PM  •
Wall Street Journal:  Uber makes deal to add TomTom's digital maps and traffic data to Uber's driver app
11:40 AM  •
Ruth Reader / VentureBeat:  Shopify launches Sello, an app for selling ‘anything to anyone’ on social
10:55 AM  •
Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech:  Samsung announces Exynos 8890 SoC, successor to Exynos 7420, with a category 12/13 modem and custom CPU architecture
10:20 AM  •
Barb Darrow / Fortune:  Yelp open sources PaasTA, a collection of system monitoring and deployment tools
9:55 AM  •
Nick Statt / The Verge:  Facebook says government requests for data at highest level ever: more than 41K in first half of 2015, with US issuing 17.5K requests affecting 26.5K users
9:10 AM  •
Peter Bright / Ars Technica:  Microsoft starts rolling out its first major update to Windows 10, adding features for both consumers and enterprises
7:40 AM  •
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:  Latest Microsoft security update causing Outlook to crash, other issues, company reviewing
3:35 AM  •
Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal:  Lenovo Group Swings to Net Loss of $714 Million for Quarter
1:30 AM  •
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:  Mozilla's Firefox Browser App For iOS Is Finally Available To All
12:20 AM  •
Major Nelson / Xbox Live's Major Nelson:  Xbox One update with new dashboard rolls out, backwards compatible Xbox 360 titles to appear starting at 3PM ET

November 11, 2015

11:35 PM  •
Peter Ludwig / Official Android Blog:  Android Wear gets cellular support starting with the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE, which is available now in the US
11:00 PM  •
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:  Box releases its Windows 10 Universal app
10:25 PM  •
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:  UK mobile payments company Bango raises $17M at a post-money valuation of $91M
9:50 PM  •
David Harris / bizjournals:  Comcast launches Stream, its $15/month streaming service in Greater Boston; available only for Xfinity customers, and only within subscribers home
9:15 PM  •
iFixit:  iPad Pro teardown: A9X chip, 78% larger display offers 2x performance of iPad Air 2, 4-speaker setup costs battery capacity, adhesive pull tabs under batteries
9:05 PM  •
Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch:  In-N-Out sues DoorDash claiming trademark infringement and unfair competition
8:50 PM  •
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:  Hands-On With Facebook Notify, A Push Notification News App And Twitter Alternative
7:55 PM  •
The Intercept:  Prison phone services provider Securus Technologies breached, compromising 70M call recordings including 14K conversations between inmates and attorneys
7:20 PM  •
Joseph Cox / Motherboard:  Court Docs Show a University Helped FBI Bust Silk Road 2, Child Porn Suspects
6:45 PM  •
Kathrin Hille / Financial Times:  Russia's internet regulator changes position, says Twitter must store local user data within the country
6:10 PM  •
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:  Angies's List considering $500M IAC acquisition offer after earlier reports suggested board had no interest
5:15 PM  •
Dan Primack / Fortune:  Fidelity marks down its Zenefits shares by 48% and its Dataminr shares by 35% after investing in both companies earlier this year
5:00 PM  •
Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal:  NextVR, which broadcast a Democratic debate and the NBA opener in VR, gets $30M from Comcast, Time Warner Investments, and others in round led by Formation 8
4:45 PM  •
Janko Roettgers / Variety:  Roku introduces the $50 Roku SE, with 1080p playback and compatibility with Roku's library of 3K apps, to debut for $25 on Black Friday
4:25 PM  •
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:  Google's new ‘About me’ tool lets you control personal information shown by Gmail, YouTube, Maps, and more
4:05 PM  •
Paul Sawers / Business Insider:  Fiverr raises $60 million and removes $5 minimum charge to help lure freelancers online
3:53 PM  •
Robin Sidel / Wall Street Journal:  Sources: Apple in talks with US banks to develop a mobile person-to-person payment service, to rival PayPal's Venmo platform, could launch in 2016
3:45 PM  •
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:  Bluetooth will improve in 2016 with up to 4x range, 100% boost in speed, mesh networking support, says Bluetooth Special Interest Group
3:30 PM  •
Bloomberg Business:  Alibaba Singles' Day sales were a record-breaking $14.3B, compared to last year's $9.3B
3:15 PM  •
Mike Isaac / New York Times:  Airbnb pledges to work with cities, a week after it won fight over Prop. F in San Francisco and warned other cities against rules curtailing its services
2:50 PM  •
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:  Eyefluence raises $14M for eye-tracking technology that lets your gaze manipulate user interfaces on VR and AR devices
2:25 PM  •
BBC:  Co-founder of South Korea's most popular chat app KakaoTalk resigns after being accused of failing to prevent child abuse imagery being spread via the service
1:45 PM  •
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:  iPad Pro shows you no longer have to choose between performance of x86 and ARM's battery life, outperforms latest MacBook Airs with lower cost, better display
1:10 PM  •
Todd Spangler / Variety:  Mobile-marketing startup Swrve raises $21M and acquires data-automation firm Adaptiv.io, says its SDK has been installed 1B times
12:40 PM  •
Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:  Microsoft's Project Oxford APIs offer face tracking, emotion sensing, voice recognition, and spell checking
12:05 PM  •
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:  Facebook launches Notify, an iOS app that sends notifications for news and other timely content, with 70 media partners, including CNN, NYT, and Techmeme
11:50 AM  •
Lora Kolodny / Wall Street Journal:  CircleUp, an equity crowdfunding platform for consumer goods companies, raises $30M Series C led by Collaborative Fund
11:25 AM  •
Fortune:  Udacity raises $105M round at a $1B pre-money valuation, led by media firm Bertelsmann with Google Ventures, others among new investors
11:00 AM  •
Periscope / Medium:  Periscope gets a revamped global map, ability to skip ahead in replays, and 3D Touch shortcuts
10:05 AM  •
KC Ifeanyi / Fast Company:  iHeartMedia releases iHeartRadio Family standalone Android and iOS apps with Build-A-Bear, offers live radio and curated playlists for 4-11 year-olds
9:20 AM  •
Ina Fried / Re/code:  Mobile Heart Monitor Maker AliveCor Taps Former Google Exec Vic Gundotra as CEO
9:10 AM  •
Nathan McAlone / Business Insider:  Tinder's big new update lets you use your job and education to snag a date
8:35 AM  •
Jim Finkle / Reuters:  Tenable Network Security raises $250M Series B led by Insight Venture Partners and Accel
8:00 AM  •
Martin Beck / Marketing Land:  Instagram Introduces Partner Program To Help Businesses Market Better On Instagram
7:25 AM  •
Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:  iPad Pro review: excellent performance, nice hardware and speakers, but expensive, suffers from iOS 9's limitations, and takes a long time to charge
7:05 AM  •
Walt Mossberg / The Verge:  iPad Pro review: not a laptop replacement, too bulky, disappointing and costly optional keyboard case, few optimized apps
7:00 AM  •
Jemima Kelly / Reuters:  Microsoft partners with ConsensYs to launch cloud-based blockchain platform for financial institutions using Azure
5:55 AM  •
Financial Times:  Microsoft launches German data centers controlled by a third-party to shield customers from US government surveillance
3:50 AM  •
Juli Clover / MacRumors:  iPad Pro Now Available for Purchase From Apple Online Store
1:55 AM  •
Kim Zetter / Wired:  Leaked documents show the FBI never charged the hacker in the Matthew Keys case, despite knowing his identity for at least two years
1:30 AM  •
Davey Alba / Wired:  Alibaba's Singles Day Blowout Racks Up $5B in Sales in First 90 Minutes
12:25 AM  •
Megan Geuss / Ars Technica:  US charges three men with widespread hacking whose targets included JP Morgan

November 10, 2015

11:30 PM  •
Andrew Russell / Time Warner Cable Untangled:  Time Warner Cable confirms TWC TV trial in NYC area, gives participants Roku 3 to access 300+ live TV channels and 20K+ on demand programs
10:55 PM  •
Brandon Hill / HotHardware.com News:  NVIDIA announces Jetson TX1 module for autonomous drones, robots, and vehicles, with developer kit available November 12 for $599
10:20 PM  •
Erica Lockheimer / Official LinkedIn Blog:  LinkedIn says it's sending 50% fewer emails, launches system for smarter, less frequent notifications
9:45 PM  •
James Risley / GeekWire:  Amazon Echo coming to 3K+ retail stores in US including Home Depot, Sears, Staples, in smart home push
9:10 PM  •
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:  Amazon Brings Restaurant Delivery To L.A., Will Expand To All Prime Now Markets In U.S.
8:05 PM  •
AppleInsider:  Apple pulls popular Instagram client ‘InstaAgent’ from iOS App Store after malware discovery
7:00 PM  •
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg Business:  Sources: Pandora seeks rights to play songs outside US as it plans to push into global markets, prioritizing the UK
6:22 PM  •
New York Times:  New York attorney general says that DraftKings and FanDuel games constitute illegal gambling under state law, orders them to stop accepting bets in New York
5:55 PM  •
Biz Carson / Business Insider:  VC Chamath Palihipitiya wants to go after US giants like Verizon, AT&T with new carrier Rama; success in FCC spring spectrum auction critical
5:05 PM  •
Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch:  Spark Capital's growth fund gets a Silicon Valley GP as Megan Quinn, veteran of KPCB, Square, and Google, joins the firm
4:25 PM  •
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:  HotelTonight lays off 37 employees, 20% of its workforce; CEO says firm is on track to be profitable next year
4:15 PM  •
T.C. Sottek / The Verge:  T-Mobile's Binge On zero rating video service works against net neutrality despite short-term benefit to consumers
3:50 PM  •
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:  Google will retire Chrome support for Windows XP, Vista, OS X 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8 in April 2016
3:30 PM  •
Brett Howse / AnandTech:  Microsoft Surface Book review: great hardware and performance, good display, keyboard, trackpad, but software glitches and high price make it hard to recommend
3:10 PM  •
Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code:  T-Mobile unveils Binge On free streaming service from 24 providers excluding YouTube; exempts video from data caps, resolution lowered to DVD-like quality
2:45 PM  •
Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech:  ARM announces new ultra-efficient Cortex-A35 CPU, expects first devices with the chip to ship by the end of 2016
2:27 PM  •
Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code:  Dell insiders concerned EMC merger could result in $9B tax bill, which might derail the deal
2:10 PM  •
Oculus:  Consumer version of Samsung Gear VR available for preorder for $99.99, will ship on November 20
2:05 PM  •
Cory Bennett / The Hill:  Microsoft opens first data centers in UK, to keep users' data within the country, following EU ruling on Safe Harbor
1:40 PM  •
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:  Tumblr Rolls Out Instant Messaging On Both Web And Mobile
1:30 PM  •
Tom Warren / The Verge:  Tim Cook's claim that the iPad Pro could replace PCs for many people shows Apple hasn't learned from Microsoft's Surface
1:20 PM  •
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch:  Schoology Cloud-Based Education Platform Lands $32 Million Series D
1:05 PM  •
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:  Twitter says new users engage with likes at a 9% higher rate than they did with favorites; overall, engagement is 6% higher with likes than favorites
1:00 PM  •
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:  Beta version of Apple Music for Android now available
12:42 PM  •
Russell Brandom / The Verge:  The ITC does not have the authority to regulate information on the internet, according to a ruling from the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
12:05 PM  •
Financial Times:  Fidelity wrote down the value of its stake in Snapchat by 25% in the third quarter
11:30 AM  •
James Vincent / The Verge:  You can now preorder the consumer version of the Samsung Gear VR
9:10 AM  •
Amanda Bishop / Google Lat Long:  Google Maps adds offline navigation and search to Android app, coming soon to iOS

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