Symantec Is Acquiring LifeLock for $2.3 Billion and other top stories.

• Symantec Is Acquiring LifeLock for $2.3 Billion

  Symantec said it was acquiring U.S. identity theft protection services company LifeLock for an enterprise value of $2.3 billion. It expects to finance the transaction with cash on balance sheet and $750 million of new debt, Symantec said in a statement. Reuters first reported earlier on Sunday that Symantec was in the lead to acquire LifeLock. The deal will expand Symantec’s consumer offerings after its $4.65-billion purchase in August of Blue Coat, which helps companies maintain security over ..

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• NASA launches Advanced Geostationary Weather Satellite for NOAA

  

  NASA successfully launched for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) the first in a series of highly advanced geostationary weather satellites Saturday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R) lifted off at 6:42 p.m. EST on its way to boost the nation's weather observation capabilities, leading to more accurate and timely forecasts, watches and warnings. "The launch of GOES-R represents a..

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• Nokia To Unveil New Smartphones At MWC 2017

  

  Before the days of the smartphone, Nokia handsets were amongst the finest in the industry. The Finnish business quickly evolved early cellphone technology hardware to include a better design, such as removing the antenna, and introducing a simpler user ...

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• Google readying tap-to-pay for Android Wear smartwatches

  

  Another new feature that appears to be coming soon is Instant Apps, a way to get apps (for one-time use or other reasons) without actually installing them. Android Police notes that the Instant App services have been switched on and a flag set from false to true, meaning the feature is likely being tested in the wild.You can actually tap to pay on Android right now if you really want to, but you have to use a Samsung Gear S3 watch and Samsung Pay, ironically. That feature works on any Android d..

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• Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook Must Defend the Truth

  

  But as Mr. Zuckerberg went on to say that Facebook had to be careful not to mistakenly block “accurate content,” he added this: “We do not want to be arbiters of truth ourselves,” which was why he said Facebook would continue to rely on “our community and trusted third parties.” His statement pointed up how much Facebook struggles to find the balance between its mission to be a free-expression utopia for its 1.8 billion users and its responsibility to protect them from all that is defamatory, d..

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• ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE Microsoft Debuts Unified Updates, New Windows Build for Insiders

  

  TOP OF THE NEWS   NOVEMBER 21, 2016 CLOUD COMPUTING Intel Launches Nervana AI Platform To transform how businesses operate.

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