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Google Hangouts for Android gets ‘last seen’ timestamps, smart location sharing, and video filters

Yahoo now serves up personalized news alongside your emails on the Web

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Sensors for the Internet of things and cars will fuel chip growth in 2015, survey says

HashiCorp picks up $10M, launches its first commercial DevOps product

Glassdoor: Google dethrones Twitter as the best tech company to work for in the U.S., also tops new U.K. list

Why I’m not expecting Hal 9000 to come out of a corporate innovation lab

Uber has been dealing with political challenges in these cities and countries

Google embraces transgender community with more gender options on Google+

Uber’s new real-time passenger tracking feature isn’t creepy — it’s helpful
Sharecare Launches AskMD for Android

HTC to release wrist wearable — not a smartwatch — in the first quarter of 2015

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This Zano drone fits in your hand and serves as your personal paparazzi

Lenovo recalls 544K laptop power cords over fire and burn hazards
Providence Health & Services Partners with Binary Fountain

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Google for Entrepreneurs is now offering minorities up to $25,000 in data science scholarships

Intel is swarming wearables as part of its Internet of Things strategy

Microsoft will disable fallback to SSL 3.0 in IE11 on February 10, still has no date for complete SSL 3.0 removal

SoundCloud reportedly raising another $150M to join the $1B valuation club

Facebook emotional manipulation study is top scientific paper of 2014 — barely

Addvocate and Trapit merge to create a brand advocacy super-engine, raise $10M

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Postmates’ plans go way beyond bike messengers: Web orders, inventory management … and major partners

Google mobile search is now 100-150 milliseconds faster, but only in Chrome for Android

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VaycayHero grabs $2.8M to take the pain out of vacation rentals

Apple awarded patent for Amazon Fire phone-like 3D display

YouTube Rewind 2014: Watch as Google unveils the top videos of the year

Intel glues together its Internet of Things platform for big customers

Twitter now lets advertisers target ads based on users’ actions in mobile apps

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SecondMarket wins 48,000 Bitcoin in U.S. Marshals auction

App Annie now tracks stats from Windows and Windows Phone stores

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Patent trolls celebrate another successful year attacking startups

Facebook’s Parse adds crash reporting, offline iOS app functionality
TigerText Broadens Enterprise Market Reach; Unveils New Secure Workplace Texting and Analytics Capabilities

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Mozilla and Telenor create WebRTC Competency Center to boost adoption of the communications standard
