9 December
- Facebook: Tests PopUp Windows For Comment; and Update On ‘Metrics’ (Daily Mail; FB)
- Samsung: Latest Software Update Will End Note7 Story (The Guardian)
- TDK: In Talks To Buy Apple And Samsung Supplier (Reuters)
8 December
- Facebook: Secures E-Money Licence From The Central Bank Of Ireland; and A New Snapchat-Like Feature (Business Insider; FB)
- Uber: Updates Its Community Guidelines (Uber)
- Microsoft: LinkedIn $26.2bn Acquisition Is Officially Closed; and Revamped Cortana Lands In The UK Market (LinkedIn; The Register)
- HTC: Launches ‘Arcade Saga’, Its First VR Game (Venture Beat)
- Google: New Apps On Daydream, and ‘Conversation Action’ On Google Home (Google; Google)
- Spotify: Abandons Plan To Buy SoundCloud (Tech Crunch)
- Hulu: Introduces ‘Profiles’ (Hulu)
- Amazon: Debuts AWS Regions In Canada (Amazon)
- Yahoo: ‘Answers Now’ Available On iOS And Android In US (Yahoo)
- ThyssenKrupp: Technical Trade Secrets Stolen In Cyber Attack (Reuters)
7 December
- Pebble: Goodbye To Pebble… (Pebble)
- Apple: November 2016 – Record Month Ever For The App Store Sales (Tech Crunch)
- Google & Slack: Expand Partnership (ZD Net)
- T-Mobile: Announces ‘Digits’ (T-Mobile)
- Google, HTC, Oculus, Samsung, Sony: Join ‘GVRA’ (GVRA)
- Google: Open Sources The Embedding Projector (Google)
- Airbnb: It’s Time To Compromise (Tech Crunch)
- Starbucks: Innovation Plans; and Teams Up With Niantic’s Pokemon GO (Starbucks; Starbucks)
- Microsoft: Announces Partnerships With Intel & Qualcomm (Microsoft)
- Softbank: CEO Son Pledges To Invest $50bn In The U.S. (Reuters)
- Snapchat: Deepens Partnership With Turner Broadcasting System (Reuters)
6 December
- Apple: Apple Watch Sales Are Doing Well, According To Cook; Apple Music Hits 20m Subscribers; and Starts Publishing AI Research (Reuters; Billboard; Business Insider)
- Instagram: New Features To Keep Instagram Safe (Instagram)
- Google: Renewable Energy Plans For 2017; Mobile App Revamped; 4K Movies Come To Google Play; and Confirm Testing Movies & TV Shows Ratings (Google; Cnet; The Verge; Search Engine Land)
- Facebook: Workplace Launches A New Platform (Tech Crunch)
- Spotify: Sonos App Support Now Live (Spotify)
- Samsung VS Apple: U.S. Supreme Court On Samsung Side (Reuters)
- Microsoft: European Commission Finally Clears LinkedIn Deal (Microsoft)
- GoDaddy: Acquires Host Europe Group For $1.79bn (GoDaddy)
- Dropbox: Introduces New Mobile Offline Folders (Dropbox)
- Netflix: Announces Video Previews Feature (Netflix)
- Pandora: Announces ‘Premium’ Coming Soon (The Verge)
- Aliplay: Expands Partnerships With Financial Entities In Europe (Reuters)
5 December
- Volkswagen: Launches Mobility Company ‘Moia’ (Tech Crunch)
- Google: Introduces ‘Trusted Contacts’; and Android Nougat 7.1.1 Now Available (Google; Google)
- Uber: Announces ‘AI Labs’ & The Acquisition Of Geometric Intelligence (Uber)
- Amazon: Introduces ‘Go’, No Check Out-Required Store (Amazon)
- Shopify: Acquires Tiny Hearts (Tiny Hearts)
- Netflix: Becomes The N.1 U.S. Top Grossing iPhone App (Sensor Tower)
- Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft & YouTube: Partner To Fight Against Online Terrorist Content (FB)
- GoDaddy: Buys WP Curve (WP Curve)
- Facebook: Keeps Fighting Against Fake News (Tech Crunch)
- Trivago: Files For IPO (Market Watch)