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Uber Said Close to Raising Funding at Up to $40B Value — Uber Technologies Inc. is close to raising a round of financing that would value the mobile car-booking company at $35 billion to $40 billion, according to people with knowledge of the situation. — T. Rowe Price Group Inc …
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Netflix Sues a Former Exec — Now Yahoo's CIO — For Allegedly Collecting Kickbacks — Netflix says a former executive collected kickbacks from vendors he helped connect to the streaming video company. — Now Netflix is suing its former employee, who is currently Yahoo's chief information officer.
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
In Another Fire Sale, Amazon Cuts Phone Price to $199 Unlocked, Still With a Free Year of Prime — It's no secret that Amazon has a lot of unsold Fire Phones, but the question has been how the retailer would look to sell its inventory. — Screenshot by Re/code| Bloomberg: |
Sony is developing an e-paper smart watch, entire face and band will function as a display — Sony Said to Plan E-Paper Watch in Test of Innovation — Sony Corp. (6758) is developing a watch made out of electronic paper for release as soon as next year in a trial of the company's …
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US expresses ‘concern’ over EU proposal to break up Google — The United States Mission to the European Union says antitrust issues should not be “politicized.” — The United States doesn't seem to like the European Parliament's proposed breakup of Google.
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Betaworks' latest experiment-turned-product is #Homescreen, a simple app that lets users share their iPhone home screens — Homescreen Is Betaworks' Latest Experiment-Turned-Product — When someone picks up their phone to take a peek, I can't help but take a peek, too.
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| Reiji Murai / Reuters: |
Sony to cut TV, smartphone lineup; sees growth in PlayStation, image sensors — (Reuters) - Japan's loss-making Sony Corp plans to slash its TV and mobile phone product line-ups to cut costs, counting on multi-billion dollar revenue surges for its buoyant PlayStation 4 and image sensor businesses over the next three years.
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| Kristin Cwalinski / CNBC: |
Twitter has talked to Bieber-backed Shots: Source — Twitter has talked about an acquisition of Shots, the selfie app backed by singer Justin Bieber, a source close to Shots told CNBC on Tuesday. — Twitter's acquisition plans became the subject of hot speculation on Monday …
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Union pushes for better conditions for security guards on Apple campus — As organized labor expands its efforts in Silicon Valley, a local union and civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson are pushing for better working conditions for the security guards who work at Apple's campus.
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Twitter declines to release full-archive search API to devs, wounds third-party clients again — New Twitter search API won't be available to third-party clients — This is just the next step in killing third-party apps. Twitter doesn't have the guts to just end them outright …
| Bill Rigby / Reuters: |
Microsoft to pay China $140 million for ‘tax evasion’ — (Reuters) - China has levied about $140 million in back taxes from Microsoft Corp in the first major case concerning cross-border tax evasion in the country, as regulators ramp up pressure on U.S. corporations doing business there.
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StealthGenie CEO ordered to pay $500K fine for selling spyware app, surrender source code to government — Man Pleads Guilty for Selling “StealthGenie” Spyware App and Ordered to Pay $500,000 Fine — A Danish citizen today pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Virginia and was ordered …
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SyFy reality TV series The Bazillion Dollar Club to follow 12 startups participating in 500 Startups and Highway1 — Hollywood Comes Back To Silicon Valley With A New SyFy Reality TV Show — Hollywood just can't get enough of geeks coding in hoodies. Following the successful first season …
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| Se Young Lee / Reuters: |
Samsung Electronics to buy back $2 billion in shares — (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) on Wednesday announced a $2 billion share buyback plan, its first since 2007, following investor calls for higher returns against a backdrop of rapidly declining profits.
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