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Facebook to acquire WhatsApp for $4B cash, $12B in Facebook shares, and $3B in restricted stock units — Facebook to Acquire WhatsApp — Facebook today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire WhatsApp, a rapidly growing cross-platform mobile messaging company …
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VentureBeat, The Verge, TechCrunch, Business Insider, GeekWire, Re/code, The Next Web, CNET, AdExchanger, Phandroid, Sequoia Capital, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com …, Android Central, iPhone in Canada Blog and SlashGear
Tweets: @fromedome, @evelynrusli, @benedictevans, @pkafka, @benedictevans, @nickbilton, @jonswaine and @sarahfrier
| Jan Koum / WhatsApp Blog: |
WhatsApp says it will remain autonomous and nothing will change for users — Facebook — Almost five years ago we started WhatsApp with a simple mission: building a cool product used globally by everybody. Nothing else mattered to us. — Today we are announcing a partnership …
| Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook: |
I'm excited to announce that we've agreed to acquire WhatsApp and that their entire team will be joining us at Facebook. — Our mission is to make the world more open and connected. We do this by building services that help people share any type of content with any group of people they want.
| Jeff John Roberts / Gigaom: |
Wheeler unveils new proposed rules for network neutrality, will try to stop “improper blocking” — The FCC announced its response to an explosive court decision that ended “net neutrality” last month: it will not appeal the decision, but scramble to impose new rules.| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
| Bloomberg: |
Google Capital Lands $300 Million and Leaps Into Web Education — Google Inc. (GOOG)'s new investment arm has $300 million in fresh capital to put to work this year and is starting the dealmaking with its first foray into Web education. — Google Capital, established by the search company …
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ZDNet, Gigaom, BetaNews, TechCrunch, 9to5Google and Xconomy
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Google Fiber chooses nine metro areas for possible expansion — Google Fiber is ready to expand, as Google has identified nine metro areas scattered around the country as possible sites of deployment, the company said. — “We've invited 34 cities in nine metro areas across the US to work …
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Google Fiber Blog, VatorNews, BetaNews, Digital Trends, USA Today, Computerworld, ReadWrite, Engadget, CNET, The Verge, TechCrunch, Mercury News, MySanAntonio.com, DSLreports, The Switch, ScreenwerkScreenwerk, Los Angeles Times, The Next Web, Digits, Kansas City Star, BGR, Business Insider, dailywireless.org and NBC Bay Area
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn Opens Its Publishing Platform To All Members — To date, LinkedIn has allowed a small, editorially selected group of “Influencers” like Richard Branson, Bill Gates and Barack Obama to publish their thoughts and advice to its network as long-form blog posts.
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LinkedIn Official Blog, Nieman Journalism Lab, USA Today, Marketing Land, CNET, The Next Web, Softpedia News, Digits and Business Insider. Tweets: @jeffweiner. See also Mediagazer
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Samsung goes back to trashing Apple with latest commercials — After some innovative advertising campaigns, Samsung's latest commercials once again find the company setting its sights on Apple. In a new ad for the Galaxy Note 3, Samsung uses NBA star LeBron James to highlight … | Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Loop Wallet review: mobile payments are finally everywhere you want to be — Loop tricks any cash register into thinking your phone is your credit card — NFC was supposed to be the future. — My next phone was going to include the technology, which would let me pay at any cash register …
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Re/code, Gigaom, Gigaom, Engadget, BGR, Engadget, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, MacRumors, TechnoBuffalo, iDownloadBlog.com … and Gizmodo
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Starts Making The New Google Maps The Default For Everybody — After just under a year in preview, Google today announced that it is now rolling out the new Google Maps to all of its users as the default option. — Since Google announced the new version of Maps at its I/O developer conference …
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The Verge, Google LatLong, Gigaom, PC Magazine, Search Engine Land, ZDNet, Engadget, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, The Next Web and Slate
| Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
Google I/O is back June 25-26 and you'll need to win a lottery to attend — Google just announced dates for its annual I/O developers conference, an event that has typically brought new products and updates to other services. This year's conference will be held from June 25-26 … | Nick Summers / Businessweek: |
New Tinder Security Flaw Exposed Users' Exact Locations for Months — Internet security researchers in New York say that a flaw in Tinder, the super-popular hookup app, made it possible to find users' precise location for between 40 and 165 days, without any public notice from the company.
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Include Security Blog, The Switch, NEWS.com.au, The Verge, ZDNet, CNET, Gigaom, Gothamist, PR Newswire, Business Insider and Valleywag. Tweets: @m_delamerced
| Nathaniel Popper / DealBook: |
Winklevoss brothers launch new Bitcoin price index called Winkdex as their Bitcoin Trust moves closer to regulatory approval — Before a Bitcoin Fund Comes a Price Index — Stock traders have the S.&P. 500. Bitcoin bettors will have the Winkdex. — The new financial index takes …
Tweets: @winklevoss, @delrey and @kashhill
| Digits: |
Apple's smartphone market share in China grows to 7%, now back in top 5 smartphone vendors — Apple Gains Some Ground in China Smartphone Market — Apple seems to be gaining some ground in the world's largest smartphone market. — In China, Apple's market share rose slightly …
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The Next Web, TechCrunch, PC Magazine, 9to5Mac, Gigaom Research, MacRumors, TUAW, Tech in Asia and Ubergizmo
Tweets: @juroosawa and @wsj
| Terrence O'Brien / Engadget: |
Ubuntu phones arriving in 2014 from Meizu and BQ Readers — Canonical is finally poised to enter the mobile market. After years of teases, promises and demos, the company has locked up the first two manufacturers of Ubuntu phones. Meizu and BQ Readers will be releasing handsets …
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Canonical, eWeek, The Next Web, Ars Technica, Computerworld, ZDNet, Inquirer, TechCrunch, Pocketnow, The Verge, Gizmodo and Softpedia News
| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
BlackBerry's CEO is ‘outraged’ by T-Mobile's attempts to convert its customers to the iPhone — BlackBerry's new CEO John Chen is taking issue with what appears to be a fairly innocent T-Mobile promotion. Last week, T-Mobile sent out an email to some customers currently using …
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Inside BlackBerry, CrackBerry.com, ZDNet, eWeek, GeekWire, BBC, Daring Fireball, PhoneArena, CNNMoney.com, Los Angeles Times, GeekWire, iPad, PC Magazine and 9to5Mac
| Kevin C. Tofel / Gigaom: |
Leaked HTC One 2014 picture shows dual rear cameras — HTC is planning to introduce its newest HTC One on March 25 and if the reliable @evleaks is correct, this is what the phone will look like: … Rumors of two rear cameras appear valid based on the leaked press shot of the new HTC One …
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Examiner, 9to5Google, The Droid Guy, T3 News, WebProNews, Android Beat, TechnoBuffalo, HTC Source, BGR, The Verge, VentureBeat, IntoMobile, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, GadgeTell, Engadget and Inquirer. Tweets: @evleaks
| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
eBay Acquires PhiSix To Integrate 3-D Virtual Try On Technology Across The Marketplace And More — It looks like 3-D virtual try-on technology will soon make an appearance on eBay. The marketplace giant is announcing the acquisition of PhiSix, a company that develops 3-D visualization and simulation technologies for clothing.| Eileen Yu / ZDNet: |
Xiaomi kicks off global expansion with Singapore launch — Summary: Chinese smartphone darling, Xiaomi, has kicked off its global expansion plans in Singapore where its Android devices will go on sale this Friday, marking the company's first foray into markets outside of Greater China.
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Businessweek, CNET, Digits, Android Central, Ubergizmo and The Next Web
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple bringing iTunes Festival to the US for the first time at SXSW, for five nights in March — Apple has announced that it is bringing the iTunes Festival to the United States for the first time, after being a UK-only event since it began in 2007. The festival will be held at SXSW … | Josh Ong / The Next Web: |
Glove for Android launches in SF and NY to track your mobile usage and recommend the best carrier — If you're unhappy with your current mobile service, the new Glove app for Android wants to find you something better. Launching today in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City …
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Re/code, Gigaom, CNET, USA Today and TechCrunch
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Microsoft SkyDrive becomes OneDrive, gets camera backup for Android, real-time co-authoring, and easier video sharing — Microsoft today officially relaunched SkyDrive as OneDrive, giving its existing users access to their files on the new service by simply logging in at onedrive.com.
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Windows Phone, BGR, The Verge, The Technology Chronicles, The Windows Blog, Computerworld, CNET, WMPoweruser, SuperSite for Windows, gHacks Technology News, USA Today, TechSpot, Polygon, Digits, Electronista, Softpedia News, UnleashThePhones, The Tech Report and Android Central. Tweets: @tomwarren
| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Nokia Treasure Tag is a $30 Lumia accessory to help keep valuables safe - goes on sale in April — Nokia is introducing a new way to keep valuables safe on the go using your smartphone. Nokia Treasure Tag is a smart peripheral that syncs with Lumia devices to help keep track of keys …
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Gizmodo, The Verge, Engadget, CITEworld, PC Magazine, The Windows Blog, CNET, WinBeta, Electronista, Engadget, Gigaom and TechCrunch
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