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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.| Stuart Dredge / Guardian: |
Apple CarPlay in-car initiative debuts with Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo — iOS in the Car rebranded with Siri, Maps and third-party music apps all included — Apple has a number of automotive partners for CarPlay. — Apple has rebranded its iOS in the Car initiative as CarPlay …
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| Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land: |
Ellen Was On Stage At Oscars With Samsung, Backstage With iPhone — Samsung's a big sponsor of the Oscars, to the degree that it even had this year's host Ellen DeGeneres doing a record-breaking star-studded selfie with a Galaxy phone. But behind the scenes, there's an iPhone being used.
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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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| Paul Sawers / The Next Web: |
The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Google's mapping empire … This definition of omnipresent sums up many facets of society. Fast food chains? Everywhere. Reality TV shows? You know the answer. And what about Google? Yup, right again.| 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.
Tweets: @mattocko
| Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple Hiring Engineers in Asia to Speed Product Launches — Tech Company Wooing Workers From HTC, Other Rivals — TAIPEI— Apple Inc. is hiring hundreds of new engineers and supply-chain managers in China and Taiwan as it attempts to speed up product development and launch a wider range of devices.| 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 … | Bloomberg: |
Bitcoin Derivatives Sprout as Regulators Play Catch-Up — The bankruptcy of a major Bitcoin exchange in Japan not only focused attention on the digital currency's risks, it also rattled a still-newer market that regulators are just starting to monitor: Bitcoin derivatives.
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| Pete Rizzo / CoinDesk: |
UK to Eliminate 20% Tax on Bitcoin Trading — The UK's tax agency is set to reverse an earlier ruling that classified virtual currencies as gift vouchers, exempting digital currency trading from a 20% value added tax (VAT). — Expected to be formally announced this week … | Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
Pending shutdown for Wii and DS servers highlights need for more player control — Pending shutdown for Wii and DS servers highlights need for more player control. — Nintendo fans, mark your calendars for May 20, 2014. As Nintendo announced yesterday, that's the last day you'll be able …
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