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Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon say they have no plans to sell customers' individual web browsing data, despite cancellation of new FCC privacy rules (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Microsoft is shutting down CodePlex, its service for hosting repositories of open source software, on December 15 due to the dominance of GitHub (Jordan Novet/VentureBeat) אסף מגידש

Snapchat starts rolling out search for public Stories to users in select US cities; public Stories from all users could stay visible for up to several months (Josh Constine/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Cloudera files to raise $200M in IPO; the company lost $187M on $261M in revenue for the year ending January 31 (VentureBeat) אסף מגידש

AppFlash, Verizon's new search hub for Android, will monitor apps you install, optionally track your location and contacts in order to target ads (James Vincent/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Uber executive Anthony Levandowski invokes fifth amendment, seeking to avoid potential charges in Waymo's case against Uber (New York Times) אסף מגידש

Snapchat starts rolling out search for public Stories, starting in select US cities (Todd Spangler/Variety) אסף מגידש

Inside today's decision by Twitter to change the default profile picture from an egg to human silhouette (Harry McCracken/Co.Design) אסף מגידש

Phil Schiller officially opens Apple's new App Accelerator in Bengaluru for Indian developers (Kunal Dua/NDTV Gadgets 360) אסף מגידש

As US tech firms spend billions to get into India, Chinese tech giants bolster Indian competitors with investments and expertise (Newley Purnell/Wall Street Journal) אסף מגידש

Flaw in Microsoft IIS 6.0 web server, which is no longer supported but reportedly still powers millions of websites, has been actively exploited since Aug. 2016 (Lucian Constantin/PCWorld) אסף מגידש

RIAA report: streaming music in 2016 grew 68% YoY to bring in 51% of total revenues in music market, as total retail sales hit $7.7B, up 11.4% YoY (Nate Rau/The Tennessean) אסף מגידש

Google, Uber losing talent to startups, car makers as competition heats up in self-driving industry; Uber has lost about 20 engineers since buying Otto in 2016 (Johana Bhuiyan/Recode) אסף מגידש

Sources: Verizon plans to start selling a live online TV package with dozens of channels this summer, separate from go90 (Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

Google launches globally its free Google Optimize and premium enterprise Google Optimize 360 A/B testing tools for websites (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat) אסף מגידש

Twitter has botched its new @-reply feature by hiding nuance that comes with ordered usernames and making it onerous to untag people (Sarah Jeong/Motherboard) אסף מגידש

Uber now lets you adjust pickup location after booking a ride and adds new customer support options for drivers (Darrell Etherington/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Oculus Co-Founder and Rift Creator Palmer Luckey Departs Facebook (Joe Durbin/UploadVR) אסף מגידש

Google's tool for booking fitness classes and spa appointments, Reserve with Google, is now available across the US (Harrison Weber/VentureBeat) אסף מגידש

Samsung's DeX dock for the Galaxy S8 costs $150 and will ship in April (Chris Welch/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Microsoft says HoloLens has 150 apps one year after dev kit launch; Elizabeth Hamren, former chief marketing officer at Oculus, will head marketing for HoloLens (Mary Jo Foley/ZDNet) אסף מגידש

Facebook debuts personal fundraising, limited to six categories at launch including medical and education, and adds donate buttons in Facebook Live for Pages (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Lyft testing Shuttle service in San Francisco and Chicago with fixed pricing and a set route running on weekdays from 6:30AM to 10AM and 4PM to 8PM (Caroline O'Donovan/BuzzFeed) אסף מגידש

Microsoft says HoloLens has 150 apps one year after dev kit launch; Elizabeth Hamren, former chief marketing officer at Oculus, will head marketing for HoloLens (Brian Barrett/Wired) אסף מגידש

Profile of Austin Russell, 22-year-old founder of Thiel-backed lidar startup Luminar Technologies, which is in stealth and sources say has raised roughly $150M (Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

Business intelligence startup Looker raises $81.5M Series D led by Alphabet's CapitalG, sources say at a valuation of around $850M (Alex Konrad/Forbes) אסף מגידש

Twitter stops counting @ Replies towards its 140 characters on web and mobile (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Microsoft announces it will sell customized "Microsoft Edition" versions of Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+ smartphones at its retail stores in the US (Mary Jo Foley/ZDNet) אסף מגידש

Telegram introduces voice calls, touting end-to-end encryption (Jon Russell/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Sources: Dropbox secures $600M credit line ahead of expected IPO; the debt deal is from six banks led by JPMorgan Chase and is expected to close on Monday (Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

Telegram introduces end-to-end encrypted voice calls, and compression options for choosing video quality (Telegram) אסף מגידש

Canada, Google, and 29 more firms invest $128M in new Toronto-based AI institute in bid to attract foreign talent; investment part of "pan-Canadian AI strategy" (Jessica Murphy/BBC) אסף מגידש

Akamai buys cloud testing service Soasta, will integrate Soasta's tech into its web performance solutions portfolio (Natalie Gagliordi/ZDNet) אסף מגידש

Study of 15K scholars and tech experts shows 81% expect online incivility and trolling to stay the same or get worse, with "Potemkin internet" hiding incivility (Adrienne LaFrance/The Atlantic) אסף מגידש

Lyft testing Shuttle service in San Francisco and Chicago with fixed pricing and a set route running 6:30 to 10AM, and 4 to 8PM on weekdays (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Extreme Networks acquires Brocade's data center networking business for $55M cash (Michael Cooney/Network World) אסף מגידש

Court filing: Waymo pursued arbitration with former exec Anthony Levandowski for poaching employees using confidential Waymo salary info, before suing Uber (Kate Conger/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Microsoft is testing Ruuh, an English-speaking AI chatbot aimed at the Indian market (Mary Jo Foley/ZDNet) אסף מגידש

Tesla updates Autopilot for vehicles built since Oct. 2016, allowing automatic lane changing and more, but the vehicles still lack automatic emergency braking (Jordan Golson/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Dog-sitting platform Rover acquires rival DogVacay in all-stock deal, with Rover CEO Aaron Easterly leading the new firm (TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Ad network The Deck, used by blogs including Daring Fireball and Kottke, to shut down after 11 years (Jim Coudal/The Deck) אסף מגידש

Sources: Facebook's working with 3rd party developers to debut bots for group chats at F8, which will act more like news tickers than human discussion partners (Josh Constine/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

FCC says it will drop legal defense of federal approval for companies that seek to offer Lifeline broadband subsidies for low-income people (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica) אסף מגידש

Amazon says it will shutter its Quidsi division, bought for $545M in 2011 and home of Soap.com and Diapers.com, after failing to make it profitable (Kia Kokalitcheva/Axios) אסף מגידש

Facebook opens 360-degree streaming to all users with compatible devices (Darrell Etherington/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Xbox One gets Beam streaming, screen time limits, a new dashboard and guide, starting today (Xbox Wire) אסף מגידש

App Annie: iOS App Store revenue to be surpassed by Android this year, if third party app store revenues are included (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Google debuts Google Calendar for iPad, says a Today View Widget is coming soon (Steven Musil/CNET) אסף מגידש

With Galaxy S8, Samsung aims for redemption after Note7 fiasco by improving safety processes and to beat iPhone with bevy of features and Infinity Edge design (Dan Seifert/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Twitter adds more in-depth analytics to Periscope, as well as compatibility with Moments (Ken Yeung/VentureBeat) אסף מגידש