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HP's split into two publicly traded companies called Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. expected to be completed by November 2015 — HP To Separate Into Two New Industry-Leading Public Companies — Hewlett-Packard Enterprise will define the next generation of technology infrastructure …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
HP announces split, boosts number of expected layoffs by 5K to 55K — Hewlett-Packard Announces Plans to Break Up Company — H-P Would Separate PC, Printer Business from Corporate Hardware, Services; Expects More Layoffs — Tech company Hewlett-Packard has announced that it will separate …
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| Brad Stone / Businessweek: |
Washington Post working on curated news app for the new 8.9" Kindle Fire launching this fall; app will come to other tablets eventually — Jeff Bezos's New Plan for News: The Washington Post Becomes an Amazon Product — Jeff Bezos wants to turn the Washington Post into a national publication …
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Insider breach at AT&T compromises Social Security and drivers' license numbers; company offers credit monitoring to those affected — AT&T Hit By Insider Breach — AT&T is warning consumers about a data breach involving an insider who illegally accessed the personal information of an unspecified number of users.| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Uber Hires Former Lyft COO VanderZanden to Spur International Growth — Will the ongoing Spy vs. Spy war between San Francisco ride-sharing services Lyft and Uber ever end? — Not today it won't, with Uber hiring recently departed Lyft COO Travis VanderZanden to head a new unit that will focus on international growth.| Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters: |
Final price of WhatsApp for Facebook is $22B, up $3B due to increase in Facebook share price — Facebook's WhatsApp acquisition now has price tag of $22 billion — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) closed its acquisition of mobile messaging service WhatsApp on Monday …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Closes WhatsApp Acquisition, Jan Koum To Match Zuckerberg's $1 Annual Salary — Facebook is now the legal owner of WhatsApp, following a filing made with the SEC today. This is the final step in a process begun when Facebook announced its intent to acquire the messaging company in February of this year.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Adobe launches cloud-connected Capture & new Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, and Premiere iOS apps — Ahead of its annual MAX Conference kicking off today, Adobe has launched an entirely new suite of apps that are now available on the iPhone and iPad App Store.
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| Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
Samsung warns Q3 profit could fall 60% from last year amid competition from cheap Androids and new, large screen iPhones — Samsung Warns Another Disappointing Earnings Report Is Coming — Samsung warned Monday night that its third-quarter earnings will be weaker than expected.
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| Justin Diaz / Android Headlines: |
Google Voice Now Supports MMS Through Nearly 100 North American Carriers — Google Voice's long and arduous path has finally culminated with the integration of Voice into Hangouts last month, officially landing on Android some months after Google had implemented the feature onto the iOS platform.| Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal: |
Free Spending by Startups Stir Memories of Dot-Com Era Excesses — Growing Trend of High Salaries and Pricey Offices as Venture Capital Pours into Tech Firms — San Francisco real-estate agent Jeffrey Moeller wants tech entrepreneurs to spend less. — “A four-person startup will tell me … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Plex Launches On Xbox One — Perennial media management software favorite Plex is celebrating a return of sorts today: The company has launched an official client for Xbox One, after having originally been based on XBMC, the open-source media player that took its name from the original Xbox.
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Plex Blog, The Verge, The Next Web, Xbox Wire, Expert Reviews, Gigaom, Gizmodo, WinBeta, PC World, Pocket-lint, VentureBeat, BetaNews, The Inquisitr News, Gotta Be Mobile and Engadget. Thanks:@carmlyman
| Cade Metz / Wired: |
Overstock.com Assembles Coders to Create a Bitcoin-Like Stock Market — Overstock.com is building software, based on the bitcoin digital currency, that could allow the big-name etailer to issue corporate stock over the internet, sidestepping traditional stock exchanges such as the NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple sapphire crystal supplier GT Advanced files for bankruptcy — Apple sapphire supplier GT Advanced Tech has today released a statement announcing that it is filing for bankruptcy under Chapter 11. Filing for Chapter 11 means the company will be able to continue normal operations until it can resolve issues with creditors.
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| Lizette Chapman / Wall Street Journal: |
Beepi Raises $60 Million to Sell Used Cars to the Smartphone Generation — Investors are bankrolling used-car marketplace Beepi Inc. in a bet that people will purchase used cars with a few taps from their smartphones without ever taking a test drive. — The Los Altos, Calif.-based company … | Martyn Williams / PC World: |
ITC to investigate Nvidia complaint over Samsung phones, tablets — The U.S. International Trade Commission, the country's top trade court, is launching an investigation into allegations by Nvidia that several Samsung cellphones and tablet PCs contain graphics technology that infringes on its patents.
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