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BlackBerry denies it has engaged in buyout discussions with Samsung — BlackBerry Responds to Media Report — Waterloo, ON - BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB) ("BlackBerry") is aware of certain press reports published today with respect to a possible offer by Samsung to purchase BlackBerry.
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| Garett Sloane / Adweek: |
Snapchat is asking brands for $750,000 a day for its new ads, higher than YouTube's $500,000/day rate for a masthead — Snapchat Is Asking Brands for $750,000 to Advertise and Won't Budge — Brands balk at paying top dollar for one day of disappearing ads
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook launching “Facebook at Work” employee collaboration tool with a handful of test companies — Facebook Unveils Facebook At Work, Lets Businesses Create Their Own Social Networks — About six months ago, we reported that Facebook was working on a new product aimed squarely …
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Google has begun discussions with top automakers including General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Daimler, and Volkswagen, to bring self-driving cars to market by 2020 — Google partners with auto suppliers on self-driving car — (Reuters) - Internet company Google Inc has begun discussions … | Jon Southurst / CoinDesk: |
Bitcoin falls below $185; hash rate drops, mining not profitable, making network volatile — Bitcoin Price Continues to Fall, Breaks $200 Mark — The bitcoin price fell below the landmark $200 point at 07:24 (GMT) today, putting it back into territory not seen since late 2013.| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Google's modular Project Ara smartphone to pilot in Puerto Rico later this year with between 20 and 30 Ara modules available by launch — Google's modular Project Ara smartphone will begin pilot testing in Puerto Rico later this year — Google is holding its second Project Ara developer's conference today …
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| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Google to offer Ara Configurator app to help users build Project Ara phones, will also offer pre-built options through its “simple phone maker” — The Ara Configurator app is how you'll build your custom Project Ara smartphone — Even though Google is a long ways off …
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Google discloses *another* Microsoft Windows vulnerability before a patch is ready — Earlier this month, Google controversially published proof-of-concept code, providing malicious hackers with a blueprint through which they could exploit Microsoft Windows 8.1 through a zero-day vulnerability.| Stan Higgins / CoinDesk: |
Data Center Operator Sues CoinTerra for $5.4 Million in Damages — CoinTerra is being sued by a Utah data center operator for alleged breach of contract and $1.4m in unpaid services. — In court documents, C7 Data Centers alleges that former partner CoinTerra acted in bad faith … | Barak Turovsky / The Official Google Blog: |
Google Translate mobile app auto-detects language in spoken conversations and adds instant translate in camera view — Hallo, hola, olá to the new, more powerful Google Translate app — Often the hardest part of traveling is navigating the local language.
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| Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal: |
Moovit Picks Up $50 Million to Help Transit Riders Find Faster Routes … Moovit has raised $50 million for a mobile app that lets riders plan trips and anticipate obstacles on local public transit systems in more than 500 cities around the world. — The Series C round includes corporate …
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Apple, Google, Intel, and Adobe offer joint payment of $415M to settle US poaching lawsuit — Bigger Settlement Said to Be Reached in Silicon Valley Antitrust Case — SAN FRANCISCO — Silicon Valley companies have sweetened the pot to try to get rid of an embarrassing class-action antitrust suit …
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| Jonathan / Web Policy: |
How Verizon partner Turn is using the UIDH injected by Verizon to resurrect deleted cookies — The Turn-Verizon Zombie Cookie — Verizon Wireless injects a unique header into customer web traffic. When the practice came to light last year, it was widely panned.
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| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Kevin Rose raises $5M for his app incubator North Technologies, steps back from Google Ventures — Google Ventures Partner Kevin Rose Raises $5 Million for App Incubator, Steps Back From Investing — After a few months of dipping his toes back into the startup life … | Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Google Voice founder and former Google Ventures general partner Wesley Chan joins Felicis Ventures as managing director — Former Google Ventures General Partner Wesley Chan Joins Felicis Ventures As Managing Director — One of the earliest members of both Google and Google Ventures has found a new home.
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Peerio announces free desktop productivity suite for end-to-end encryption of email, files, and IMs, coming to mobile soon — The Free Encryption App That Wants to Replace Gmail, Dropbox, and HipChat — Cryptographers devote their careers to the science of securing your communications.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
GoPro partners with Vislink to create wireless transmitter for live HD broadcasting — GoPro to Launch Wireless HD Transmitter for Live TV Broadcasts — GoPro wants to make it easier for TV networks to weave video from its mountable cameras into live sports and events programming.Sponsor Posts
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