Here s what s on the Wednesday menu.
Ellen Pao writes that she thinks there s improvement on the sexism front because people are actually talking about it.
Apple announces 1,000 new jobs in Ireland ahead of expected EU tax ruling after Christmas. The EU has been looking into whether Apple s tax deal with Ireland is illegal.
A U.S. appeals court upheld the dismissal of federal claims and revived two California state law claims over Google s bypassing of cookie blockers to track Internet users.
Raising net neutrality questions, T-Mobile has introduced Binge On, which exempts some video streams from its data caps.
ICYMI: Fidelity marked down the value of Snapchat by 25 percent.
InstaAgent app, which tells Instagram users who has viewed their accounts, is pulled after being accused of stealing passwords.
Google to end support for Chrome on Windows XP and Vista, plus older versions of OS X, in April 2016. (Company blog post)
Marc Andreessen has sold half his stake in Facebook in the past week or so, for a cool $90 million.
Udacity the unicorn: Online-education startup Udacity raises $105 million, is now said to be valued at $1.1 billion.
A study forced people to quit Facebook to see if it made them happier. It did.
Photo: Ellen Pao, former Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner, says that although she lost her gender-discrimination lawsuit against the VC firm, it was worth it to tell her story. (KPCB)
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