Here s what s on the Friday menu.
No streaming for you. Adele is withholding her new album, 25, from Spotify and Apple Music.
Speaking of music: Apple Music exec Jimmy Iovine apologizes for saying women find it very difficult to find music.
Yahoo is testing blocking users who use ad blockers. (Financial Times)
Cisco is buying Acano for $700 million. It s a London-based conferencing-software company. (Cisco press release)
Intel s bright forecast and newly announced dividend boosts its shares.
Facebook explains its data collection to Belgian regulators. The cookies it uses are for security, the social network says. (WSJ)
HP Enterprise and Microsoft team up on software as a service. (WSJ)
Google starts streaming apps to Android phones.
Google will reportedly launch Play app store in China next year.
Windows turns 30: The Verge has a visual history of what began the PC revolution.
Mark Zuckerberg announced a $20 million gift to speed up Internet access at schools.
San Francisco-based wearables maker Jawbone lays off 15 percent of its staff, closes New York office.
Photo: British singer Adele performs on stage at the 85th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood in 2013. Her newest album, 25, is not available on streaming services Spotify or Apple Music. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
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