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Marc Lore's new Costco-inspired e-commerce site Jet to begin limited sign-ups Feb. 20, with $49.99 annual membership fee — Amazon Bought This Man's Company. Now He's Coming for Them — The historic downtown commercial district of Montclair, N.J., is known for its restaurants, antique shops, and art-house movie theater.
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Jet CEO: we'll price products 5-6% cheaper than competition, give free delivery on $35+ orders — Five Ways the Guy Behind Diapers.com Plans to Challenge Amazon — Again — As far as hype goes, Jet.com is near the top in the e-commerce industry right now.| Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter plans to sell ads in streams of tweets on other publishers' apps and websites, share revenue — Twitter Planning to Sell Ads on Apps and Sites of Other Companies — Twitter is laying out plans to make money from the millions of people who see tweets all over the Web but don't actually use Twitter.| Justin Duino / Android Central: |
Hands-on with the Remix Ultra Tablet, a Microsoft Surface-like Android tablet created by three ex-Google engineers — First look at the Remix Ultra Tablet — An Android tablet to get work done on — Jide, a company founded by three ex-Googlers, showed off its first device at CES 2015 — the Remix Ultra Tablet.
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Pew Report: Facebook growth slows, but user engagement increases; while Twitter and others grow userbase, not engagement — Social Media Update 2014 — In a new survey conducted in September 2014, the Pew Research Center finds that Facebook remains by far the most popular social media site.
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| Arielle Duhaime-Ross / The Verge: |
An unbeatable computer program has finally solved two-player limit Texas hold'em poker — The program also demonstrates that playing second is advantageous — Two-player limit Texas hold'em poker has finally been solved, according to a study published in Science today.| Alex Davies / Wired: |
NASA and Nissan Join Forces to Build Self-Driving Vehicles for Earth and Space — Nissan and NASA are teaming up to develop autonomous vehicles that will take us across town—or across Mars. — The automaker and the space agency signed a five-year partnership today that will see their …
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ZTE announces Spro 2, an Android-powered projector/hotspot that improves upon predecessor in battery life and brightness, to be sold exclusively on AT&T — CES Snapshot: ZTE's Smart Projector Gets Brighter, Better Battery Life — ZTE grabbed a lot of attention at CES last year when it debuted the Spro … | Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
Microsoft plans new OneDrive sync engine that unifies consumer and commercial versions, syncs shared folders such as Dropbox, has selective sync — Microsoft lays out year-long roadmap for unifying OneDrive sync engines — Summary:In a new announcement, the company says it plans to unify … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Screenshots emerge of Windows 10's new dark theme, taskbar, and Spartan browser UI — This is Windows 10's new browser and dark theme — Microsoft is preparing to unveil a new browser in Windows 10, codenamed Spartan, and leaked images are providing an early glimpse at the Internet Explorer successor.| Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal: |
Database Company MongoDB Raises Another $80 Million — Database company MongoDB Inc. has raised another $80 million to take on powerful incumbents and startups in the race to win business customers. … The company had named a new president and chief executive, Dev Ittycheria …
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| Claire Brownell / Financial Post: |
Report: Shopify planning IPO in US and Canada this year to raise about $100M at $1B+ valuation — Shopify Inc planning IPO in Canada and U.S. in 2015, hopes to raise US$100M: report — Ottawa-based e-commerce firm Shopify Inc. hopes to raise about US$100 million in a planned initial public offering … Sponsor Posts
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