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Microsoft Board Names Satya Nadella as CEO — Bill Gates steps up to new role as Technology Advisor; John Thompson assumes role as Chairman of Board of Directors. — Microsoft Corp. today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Satya Nadella as Chief Executive Officer and member …
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Satya Nadella email to employees on first day as CEO — Today is a very humbling day for me. It reminds me of my very first day at Microsoft, 22 years ago. Like you, I had a choice about where to come to work. I came here because I believed Microsoft was the best company in the world.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft's Bill Gates “Steps Up” To New Role As Technology Advisor: Was He Pushed Or Did He Jump? — Along with the news today that Satya Nadella will be the next CEO of Microsoft, another big change in the executive ranks: Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder, is leaving his role as chairman …
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| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
With Nadella's Appointment, The “Search CEOs” Now Run Google, Yahoo & Microsoft — Satya Nadella being named CEO of Microsoft isn't just big news for Microsoft. It's big news for search. For the first time in ages, the three major search companies in the US are all run by CEOs who either came … | Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook: |
Today is Facebook's 10th anniversary. — It's been an amazing journey so far, and I'm so grateful to be a part of it. It's rare to be able to touch so many people's lives, and I try to remind myself to make the most of every day and have the biggest impact I can.
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| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Facebook celebrates 10-year anniversary with personalized ‘Look Back’ videos just for you — As Mark Zuckerberg reflects upon Facebook's first ten years as a company today, he's encouraging the community he built to do the same. Starting this morning, hundreds of millions of Facebook users …
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| Austin Carr / Fast Company: |
Microsoft Injects $15M Into Foursquare, Strikes Licensing Deal For Location Data — The big news from Microsoft this week isn't only about its new CEO Satya Nadella. — Today, the company announced that it has made a $15 million strategic investment in Foursquare, the New York-based startup focused …
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Thanks:@austincarr| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
FiftyThree Files Trademark For “Paper” — Yesterday, as Facebook launched its news reader app Paper, design-focused startup FiftyThree called out Facebook publicly for using their brand name. Facebook declined to change the name of their brand new reader app. — But FiftyThree has taken action to protect its brand name.
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| Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat: |
YouTube founders' startup Avos is laying off 80% of staff & killing video app Mixbit — Avos Systems, the company created by YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, is laying off a significant portion of its workforce, sources close to the company told VentureBeat.| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple hires sleep research expert Roy J.E.M Raymann from Philips for iWatch team — Joining a longlist of Apple executives and new hires thought to be working on Apple's highly anticipated iWatch project, the company has recently picked up Roy J.E.M Raymann from Philips Research … | Martyn Williams / Computerworld: |
North Korea goes OSX-like with new operating system — The latest version of the software dumps a Windows-like interface for a Mac-style desktop — If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, might the folks in Cupertino be pleased when they see the latest version of North Korea's home-grown operating system?
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Apple and Microsoft join US carriers in $750 million commitment to education — iPads, MacBooks, Windows 2-in-1s, teacher training, and wireless broadband have all been promised as part of a wide-ranging commitment from US companies to support Barack Obama's ConnectED plan.
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| Emily Glazer / Wall Street Journal: |
RadioShack to Close About 500 Stores Within Months—Sources — Electronics Retailer, Advisers Continue to Work on Restructuring — RadioShack Corp. is planning to close around 500 stores in the coming months as the electronics retailer continues working with advisers to restructure the company …
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Source: Flipagram Raising $50-$60M At A $300M Valuation From Sequoia — Buzzy mobile video app Flipagram is raising $50 to $60 million in funding at a $300 million valuation. We're hearing from a source that Sequoia is in the round. — The WSJ reported recently that Flipagram … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Facebook releases “Conceal,” a lightweight tool to make Android apps safer — Writing secure crypto apps is hard. Facebook hopes to make it easier. — Producing secure cryptographic code has never been easy, especially for developers cranking out smartphone apps on tight deadlines.
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| Dara Kerr / CNET: |
Target works on security-heavy credit cards, after breach — Target is still reeling from the massive security breach, which affected as many as 110 million customers. Now, as the retailer gets back on its feet, it's becoming more security focused. — Target Chief Financial Officer John … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix to Raise $400 Mil in Additional Debt to Fund Original Content, Euro Expansion — Netflix formally announced it is seeking to offer $400 million aggregate principal amount of 10-year senior notes due 2024 to institutional investors, coin it expects to use for acquiring original content and expanding into Europe.| Washington Post: |
Senate cybersecurity report finds agencies often fail to take basic preventive measures — The message broadcast in several states last winter was equal parts alarming and absurd: “Civil authorities in your area have reported that the bodies of the dead are rising from their graves and attacking the living. .
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| Shane Cole / AppleInsider: |
Flash flaw could allow attackers to remotely control Macs and PCs, Adobe issues critical update — Adobe on Tuesday released a security update for their Flash Player to address a vulnerability that could allow an attacker to remotely take control of users' computers, an exploit that the company says has been documented in the wild.
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| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
DFJ Raises $325M For Eleventh Early Stage-Fund, Tim Draper And John Fisher Will Not be Investing Partners In Fund — DFJ is announcing the raise of DFJ Venture XI, a $325 million early-stage venture fund. For background, DFJ Fund X was $350 million, closed in 2010.
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