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| Marissa Mayer / Yahoo!: |
Tumblr. + Yahoo! = !! — I'm delighted to announce that we've reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr! — We promise not to screw it up. Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going. We will operate Tumblr independently. David Karp will remain CEO.
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See also Mediagazer| David Karp / Tumblr Staff: |
News! — Everyone, I'm elated to tell you that Tumblr will be joining Yahoo. — Before touching on how awesome this is, let me try to allay any concerns: We're not turning purple. Our headquarters isn't moving. Our team isn't changing. Our roadmap isn't changing.
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| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
WordPress' Mullenweg Claims 72,000 Blog Posts Imported From Tumblr in Just One Hour on Sunday — Despite largely anecdotal media speculation, it's not clear how the acquisition of Tumblr by Yahoo for $1.1 billion will be greeted by users of the New York blogging service.
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| Robin Wauters / The Next Web: |
Done deal: Yahoo acquires Tumblr for “approximately $1.1 billion”, promises “not to screw it up” — It's done. — As expected, Yahoo this morning announced its acquisition of blogging phenomenon Tumblr. The Internet giant has bought the New York company for “approximately $1.1 billion” … | Nikhyl Singhal / Google+: |
Hangouts, phone calls and Google Voice — Thanks for all of your feedback on last week's Hangouts launch. I wanted to quickly talk about 1) making/receiving phone calls in Gmail, and 2) Google Voice support more generally. 1) Today's version of Hangouts doesn't yet support outbound calls …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Google Hangouts upgrade removes ability to host Google Voice calls on your computer — Google new Hangouts messaging service is quite impressive — it takes Google's old and neglected Talk service and upgrades it with always-on communication, support for images, video calling, and much more.| New York Times: |
Chinese Hackers Resume Attacks on U.S. Targets — WASHINGTON — Three months after hackers working for a cyberunit of China's People's Liberation Army went silent amid evidence that they had stolen data from scores of American companies and government agencies, they appear to have resumed … | Sharif Sakr / Engadget: |
The first Jolla phone: 4.5-inch display, Android app compliant, 399 euros — Jolla's Love Day in Helsinki has already spilled some major news: pricing and specs for its first Sailfish OS handset. The phone seems to be called “The Other Half” — or at least that's the working title for now …
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| Matt Brian / The Verge: |
Samsung beats Chromebook Pixel and Retina MacBook with new high-res laptop display — Samsung is to unveil a new super-high resolution panel which could set the standard for notebook displays. This week, the company will launch a 13.3-inch QHD 3200 x 1800 panel with 276 pixels-per-inch …
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| Horace Dediu / asymco: |
Apple retail revenues per visitor reach new record — In the US, on a sales per square foot basis, Apple retail continues to perform twice as well as Tiffany & Co., the second best retailer, and three times as well as lululemon athletica, the third best retailer.
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| Eliza Kern / GigaOM: |
Pinterest takes a “first step” toward working with big brands — Pinterest plans to announce a new type of pin on Sunday that will highlight a large number of major U.S. retail brands, marking the company's “first step” in integrating images with associated brands, and making it easier to click through links and purchase items.| Eric Schmidt / Guardian: |
At Google we aspire to do the right thing. So we welcome a debate on international tax reform — The chairman of Google responds to criticism that companies such as his are not paying their fair share of taxes — At a time when families are having to tighten their belts and funding …
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