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Internal Apple Document Shows Worries iPhone Growth Could Stall — Internal Apple documents show the concern, at least from the company's sales force, that the portion of the market occupied by the iPhone was on the wane amid growing competition from Android devices that have either larger screens or lower prices than the iPhone.
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| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
Steve Jobs email from 2010 released in Samsung suit outlines strategy, discusses Apple TV — New Steve Jobs email a treasure trove of information about Apple TV, Google ‘holy war,’ and behind-the-scenes strategy — A new email from Steve Jobs that was published during today's Samsung lawsuit … | Simon Parkin / New Yorker: |
Some indie game developers who suddenly strike it rich are experiencing guilt and depression — The Guilt of the Video-Game Millionaires — One night in March, 2013, Rami Ismail and his business partner Jan Willem released a game for mobile phones called Ridiculous Fishing.| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
At least 5 execs from Samsung's US mobile business have left or given notice in last 2 months — Key Samsung executives depart from US business — At least five high-ranking executives from Samsung's US mobile business have left or have given their notice over the past two months, CNET has learned.| Alex Pham / Billboard: |
YouTube delaying music service to debut polished, differentiated product, not due to licensing — Business Matters: What's Behind YouTube Music Service's Delays — YouTube was a source of music in the prior week for a third of all people surveyed by Edison Research and Triton Digital for their annual Infinite Dial report.| New York Times: |
Meetup, Basecamp, Vimeo, and Bit.ly among startups hit with DDoS attacks after ransom demands — Tech Start-Ups Are Targets of Ransom Cyberattacks — Scott Heiferman and Gary Burns had less than four minutes to decide whether to pay up or go down. — One Thursday morning …
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| Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter introducing 15 new ad types over the next 6 months, will debut app ads in a few weeks — Coming to Your Twitter Feed: 15 New Types of Ads — Like Facebook, Social-Media Service to Tap Into Demand for Ads to Download Apps — New ads—lots of new ads—are on their way to Twitter Inc.
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| Dara Kerr / CNET: |
Google's Project Loon balloon circles Earth in a record 22 days — The tech giant may have found its darling with Ibis-167. Surfing air currents and dodging the polar vortex, the Wi-Fi carrying balloon beat all odds in its recent journey.| Nellie Bowles / Re/code: |
Elon Musk rejects authenticity of HBO's “Silicon Valley” at its Redwood City premiere — At HBO's “Silicon Valley” Premiere, Elon Musk Is Pissed — If the crowd reactions at the Silicon Valley premiere of HBO's comedy series “Silicon Valley” are any indication, the show will hit a nerve with tech's power players.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Google: |
Google Play Store adds ‘People’ feed that shows what others are downloading — Hot on the heels of adding an activity feed to the web version of the Play Store, Google is now quietly rolling out a new “People” section to the Play Store app on Android. While the activity feed … | Jon Southurst / CoinDesk: |
eBay Adds New ‘Virtual Currency’ Category to US Site — eBay's main US site has introduced a category for ‘Virtual Currency’, with listings for dozens of bitcoin and altcoin-related activities - including shares in mining operations. — Although eBay is still not accepting bitcoin as an official payment …
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| Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept: |
Snowden docs show GCHQ discussed using Facebook, Twitter, YouTube for covert propaganda — The “Cuban Twitter” Scam Is a Drop in the Internet Propaganda Bucket — This week, the Associated Press exposed a secret program run by the U.S. Agency for International Development to create …
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