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Exclusive: Top Execs Bates and Reller to Depart, As Musical Chairs Begins at Microsoft — Two direct reports to new Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella — EVP of business development and evangelism Tony Bates and EVP of marketing Tami Reller — are leaving the company, according to numerous sources close to the situation.
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| Adam Lashinsky / Fortune: |
New Microsoft chairman John Thompson: as Windows monopoly fades, culture change is needed — Microsoft culture must change, chairman says — Fortune speaks with John Thompson, the newly appointed chairman of Microsoft's board, about the company's recent turmoil.| Nick Bilton / New York Times: |
SF real estate under tech pressure: homes sell for 60-80% over asking price, 40% in all-cash deals, city workers priced out — The Housing Market With Nowhere to Go (but Up) — Not long ago the pink house at 1829 Church Street, in the Glen Park neighborhood here, hit the market for $895,000.
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Inside w00w00: hacking group formed in 1996 counted Jan Koum, Shawn Fanning, and Sean Parker as members — Inside The Billion-Dollar Hacker Club — For this group of old friends, assembled for an impromptu reunion, the venue would feel familiar: an online chat room running on a secure private server.
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| Nick Bilton / New York Times: |
Some Tech Interns Make More Than U.S. Workers — Here's a quiz for you: Who makes more money, a median American household or an intern at Facebook? If you guessed the latter, the tech company, you're right. — According to a report released on Friday by Glassdoor, an online jobs and career company …
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| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
MtGox sets up call center in Japan for queries from worried Bitcoiners — Bitcoin investors left hanging by the sudden shuttering of the MtGox electronic market will soon have a way to learn more about the fate of their cryptocurrency holdings—a Japanese phone hotline.
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| Marcus Wohlsen / Wired: |
With its Gigafactory, Tesla could lower lithium-ion battery costs and become an Apple supplier — Why Apple Could Win Big With Tesla's Giant New Battery Factory — The first Tesla I ever saw was stripped down to the chassis, a bare-metal incarnation of the company's flagship electric Roadster … | Yukari Iwatani Kane / Wall Street Journal: |
Tim Cook: a private, disciplined, tough manager crafting a healthier work environment at Apple — The Job After Steve Jobs: Tim Cook and Apple — From the moment he became CEO of Apple, Tim Cook found himself in the shadow of his boss — Author of “Haunted Empire, Apple After Steve Jobs” …
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Fortune, Engadget, Daring Fireball, 9to5Mac, CNET, iMore, Mashable, Business Insider, I4U News, AppleInsider, iDownloadBlog.com …, iPhone in Canada Blog and MacRumors
Tweets: @edwardroussel, @diemkay, @blader and @jyarow
| Harish J / SamMobile: |
New Samsung Chromebook to feature a Note 3 style faux-leather finish — Samsung first introduced the faux-leather back pattern on the Galaxy Note 3 last year, and has since used the same in a slew of other devices. The same design is seen on the Galaxy Note 3, the Galaxy S4 Black Edition …
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| Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat: |
Ellen's Oscars selfie now the most retweeted post ever — a huge win for Samsung — Sorry, President Obama — the Internet likes Ellen a lot more. — During the Samsung-sponsored Academy Awards tonight, host Ellen Degeneres wrangled celebrities from the audience to tweet an awkward selfie …
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See also Mediagazer| Liz Shannon Miller / Gigaom: |
DVD screener leaks decline as distributors crack down on leakers, test digital options — Looking for Oscars torrents? This is why you may end up empty-handed — If Ellen DeGeneres mentions the film The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty on Sunday night, it might be with a wince … | Spencer E. Ante / Wall Street Journal: |
Watson Head's Departure Raises Questions About IBM Moonshot — Manoj Saxena, the International Business Machines executive overseeing its artificial intelligence Watson technology, told IBM employees on an internal conference that working on Watson was the highlight of his professional life … | Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal: |
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