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Yahoo is expected to pass Twitter to be No. 3 in mobile ads next year. (Google and Facebook are Nos. 1 and 2.) Yahoo s gains are in line with CEO Marissa Mayer s emphasis on mobile as part of her turnaround effort at the company.
Twitter has painted #blacklivesmatter on an office wall in its San Francisco headquarters. The hashtag is just one of several being used in connection with protests over a New York police officer being cleared in the chokehold death of a black man. Those protests come on the heels of protests in Ferguson, Missouri, over the non-indictment of a cop who killed an unarmed black teen. Some have said the protests were given a boost by Twitter and other social media.
Samsung urges appeals court to throw out $930 million verdict in Apple iPhone patent case. Samsung is still saying it did not copy the iPhone.
Apple will host free one-hour coding sessions at its stores around the world Dec. 11 as part of the Hour of Code movement.
AT&T reportedly throttles unlimited data even when its network isn t congested.
Sony Pictures hack revealed personal information of current and former workers and Hollywood stars, including their Social Security numbers, salaries, home addresses.
In other security matters: Judge says banks can proceed with trying to recoup costs related to hacking at Target.
And FYI: Spotify is offering premium — ad-free! — access for 99 cents for three months. The regular subscription price for the streaming-music service is $9.99 a month.
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