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| Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal: |
Square Executive Resigns Amid Sexual-Harassment Claims — Square Inc. said its chief operating officer Keith Rabois resigned from the mobile payments company on Thursday, amid accusations from a Square employee of sexual harassment. — A New York attorney, Steven Berger …
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| Keith Rabois / Untitled: |
A note from Keith — Yesterday I resigned from Square, and I want to take the opportunity to explain to you why. — The past few days have been the toughest, saddest, most frightening, and emotionally draining of my life. They have deeply affected me, both personally and professionally.
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Exclusive Interview: Keith Rabois Talks About Sexual Harassment Claim, Becoming a “Distraction” at Square and What's Next — Sitting in front of a spectacular view of San Francisco at his home this afternoon, former Square COO Keith Rabois looks spent. — He is just recovering from a bout … | Jim Romenesko: |
At CNET, ‘morale is plummeting and people are pissed off’ — A disclosure attached to a CNET story posted on Thursday. — There had been hints around CNET that the edict might be overturned. During a meeting last Friday, Reviews editor-in-chief Lindsey Turrentine sounded optimistic.
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CNET forbidden from reviewing Aereo following CBS-Dish controversy — Editorial policy after CES Awards nightmare leads to fancy footwork by news team — This week, live-TV startup Aereo released an update to its Roku app, adding a new visual interface and enabling full control with the Roku remote.
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Next-Gen Video Format H.265 Is Approved, Paving The Way For High-Quality Video On Low-Bandwidth Networks — The ITU has approved a new video format that could bring 4k video to future broadband networks, while also making streaming HD video available even on bandwidth-constrained mobile networks.| Casey Newton / CNET: |
Review: While “jOBS” fawns over subject, film falls flat — The eagerly awaited biopic of the Apple founder aims to capture a legend, but neglects the world he lived in. — PARK CITY, UTAH—The eagerly awaited biopic “jOBS” opens in 2001, when Apple's iconic co-founder arrives at Town Hall on Apple's Cupertino campus with good news.
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| Barbara Ortutay / Associated Press: |
Exxon passes Apple as most valuable company — NEW YORK (AP) — Exxon has once again surpassed Apple as the world's most valuable company after the iPhone and iPad maker saw its stock price falter. — Apple Inc.'s stock has been on the decline since the company's quarterly earnings report … | Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple Adds ‘App Store Notes’ to Featured Apps — Apple has quietly added a new notes feature to its curated apps in the iOS App Store. Apps chosen for Editor's Choice and App of the Week now come with App Store Notes, which offer a quick description of the app.
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| Declan McCullagh / CNET: |
Swartz didn't face prison until feds took over case, report says — The late Internet activist was facing a stern warning from local prosecutors. But then the U.S. Attorney's office, run by Carmen Ortiz, chose to make an example of Aaron Swartz, a new report says.
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| Bloomberg: |
Yahoo's Mayer Sees Future in Personalized, Mobile Web — Yahoo's Mayer: Personalization Is Future of Search — Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer said the company is working on technology that will personalize content from the Web and feed it to people on their mobile devices.
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| Cory Gunther / Android Community: |
HTC Mini announced as a remote for your smartphone — Today we've learned that HTC is set to offer a new device called the HTC Mini with purchases of their impressive 5-inch HTC Butterfly smartphone. This isn't a smartwatch that will sync to your smartphone, instead it's basically a mini phone — for your phone.
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| Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web: |
Twitter's value estimated at $9B after BlackRock buys stock from early employees, report indicates — Today the Financial Times reported a unique deal that will see several of early Twitter employees sell stock at a valuation of more than $9 billion to a fund managed by the BlackRock group.
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| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Google finally makes it easy to enable WebGL support in latest Chrome for Android beta — When it comes to Chrome, Google has done a stellar job keeping its desktop and Android browsers closely connected, bringing new features to its mobile app to better support popular Web technologies.
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| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
Verizon sells 39 spectrum licenses to AT&T for $1.9b, but what does it mean? — Today's blockbuster spectrum deal might tell the tale of shifting strategies for two wireless giants — Besides being the most closely-matched competitors in the bizarre, controversial American wireless industry …
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