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Satya Nadella's email to Microsoft employees on integration of Nokia Devices and Services — Starting to Evolve Our Organization and Culture — Last week in my email to you I synthesized our strategic direction as a productivity and platform company. Having a clear focus is the start of the journey, not the end.
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Microsoft cutting up to 18,000 jobs by next year, 13000 starting now; a total of 12,500 from Nokia — Ax Falls at Microsoft as Company Looks to Cut Up to 18,000 Jobs — Microsoft on Thursday announced it plans to cut 18,000 jobs this year-its deepest-ever cuts-as the company looked …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is killing off Nokia's feature phones in favor of Windows Phone — Nokia might have been famous for its feature phones, but Microsoft is planning to wind that business down over the course of the next 18 months. In an internal memo sent to Microsoft employees, Jo Harlow …
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Nokia X Android Devices To Run Windows Phone — Last month Nokia, you know, Microsoft's mobile division, launched the Nokia X2, a low-cost Android handset. Yes, Android. This was the second device in the product line and a curious one at that. Because Android.
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| Michael Riley / Businessweek: |
How Russian Hackers Stole the Nasdaq — In October 2010, a Federal Bureau of Investigation system monitoring U.S. Internet traffic picked up an alert. The signal was coming from Nasdaq (NDAQ). It looked like malware had snuck into the company's central servers.
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Facebook rolling out Mentions iPhone app for verified public figures — Facebook is releasing a new app today called Mentions, an app exclusively for public figures with verified pages that previous reports noted the company was experimenting with. — According to Facebook …
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| John Ribeiro / PC World: |
Bing follows Google in offering Europeans the ‘right to be forgotten’ — Microsoft has started accepting requests from users in Europe who want to remove search links from Bing under a recent “right-to-be-forgotten” ruling by Europe's top court. — The company has asked European residents … | CNBC: |
US Copyright Office says Aereo not a cable company under terms of Copyright Act — US copyright officials have told Aereo that they do not consider it a “cable company” under the terms of copyright law, according to a letter obtained by CNBC. Aereo, which lost a key Supreme Court ruling …
| Paul Sawers / The Next Web: |
Flayvr pivots to MyRoll, an intelligent mobile gallery app that displays all your best photos — We last caught up with Flayvr way back in May last year, just as the startup finally shook off its iOS-only roots with an Android incarnation. — The idea behind Flayvr has always been simple … | Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Google planning to support Android Wear custom watch faces with new API — When Android Wear first launched, it was unclear whether Google was going to be offering official support for third-party watch faces. This uncertainty definitely didn't stop developers from just going ahead and making some …
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Shervin Pishevar And Scott Stanford's SherpaVentures Closes $150 Million For Its First Fund — SherpaVentures, the venture firm founded by former Menlo Ventures partner Shervin Pishevar and former Goldman Sachs banker Scott Stanford, is finally ready to be less vague about what it's doing.
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YouTubers are running advertorials, paid promotions, and product placement without disclosures — Blurred lines: Are YouTubers breaking the law? — From unmarked advertorial to paid social network promotion, Simon Parkin investigates the ethics and legality of YouTube.Sponsor Posts
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