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Twitter open sources its emoji set, which Automattic rolls out on Wordpress.com — Open sourcing Twitter emoji for everyone — Earlier this year, we collaborated with our friends at @Iconfactory on a set of 872 beautiful emojis so Tweets containing emoji characters would look as sharp on the web as they do in mobile apps.| Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code: |
In unsealed court documents, Apple says it “bent over backwards” for GT Advanced, which accuses Apple of “bait-and-switch strategy” — GT Bankruptcy Provides Rare Look at Apple's Relationship With Suppliers — Apple is known for its incredibly tough contract terms … | Signe Brewster / Gigaom: |
Report: Elon Musk eyeing partnership to launch 700 internet satellites — Sources told the Wall Street Journal that Musk is working with Google's former satellite executive to build a factory that could pump out small satellites. — SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk's next venture … | Financial Times: |
Uber looking to raise another $1B, at a higher valuation than the $17B secured during June round — Uber looks to raise another $1bn — Uber is not done with fundraising this year. The San Francisco car-hailing service is in early talks with investors about raising at least $1bn in new capital …
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Project Ara gets a competitor in modular phone startup ‘Vsenn’ — It looks like Project Ara isn't the only modular phone project on the block anymore. Vsenn, a company co-founded by a former Nokia Android X program manager, is getting in on the game as well. — Details are pretty light on what we can expect from the company.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Asus ZenWatch to go on sale in US on November 9th at Best Buy for $199 — Asus To Begin Selling Android Wear-Powered ZenWatch In The U.S. Nov. 9 — The Android Wear smartwatch collection is expanding, with a host of new devices hitting pre-holiday season after their initial debut this summer.
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| Jordan Maglich / Forbes: |
Texas Man Arrested For $4.5 Million Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme — A Texas man has been arrested on wire fraud and securities fraud charges for his operation of what authorities allege was a Bitcoin-related Ponzi scheme that raised millions of dollars through a purported online digital hedge fund.
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Microsoft offers prorated Office 365 refunds to paid subscribers after making mobile editing free — Following Microsoft's announcement yesterday that you can now create and edit documents using its mobile Office apps for free, there is some good news for Office 365 subscribers regretting their purchase.| Samit Sarkar / Polygon: |
Microsoft completes its $2.5B deal to acquire Minecraft developer Mojang — Microsoft officially owns Minecraft and developer Mojang now — Microsoft's $2.5 billion acquisition of Minecraft developer Mojang has officially closed, announced Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft's Xbox division, on Twitter today.| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
FTC ends first case against a “patent troll” with a slap on the wrist — Jay Mac Rust, pictured here in 2006, has reached a deal with the FTC after sending out 9,000 patent demand letters. — Super Lawyers — Last year, Congress held a vigorous debate over so-called “patent trolls.”| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Uber hires Tom Fallows, who led Google's same-day delivery service Google Express — Uber Hires Google's Same-Day Delivery Boss — Tom Fallows, head of the Google Express same-day delivery service, is leaving for a job at Uber, multiple sources told Re/code. — Google confirmed Fallows's departure.
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This is Vudu Spark, Walmart's very own Chromecast competitor — Walmart is getting ready to sell its very own streaming stick, but the device is very much a one-trick pony. — Add Walmart to the list of companies that's trying to sell you a Chromecast-like HDMI streaming stick …
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