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Elon Musk planning low-orbit Internet satellite system to compete with OneWeb, based out of SpaceX's new Seattle office — Revealed: Elon Musk's Plan to Build a Space Internet — Because he doesn't have enough going on, Elon Musk—he of Tesla Motors, SpaceX, SolarCity, and the Hyperloop—is launching another project.
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Sources: Google is interested in buying mobile payments company Softcard, price could be less than $100M — Google Is In Talks With Mobile Payments Company Softcard — Apple has Apple Pay, and now it looks like Google may be fattening up its own wallet.
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Facebook doubles its office space in Seattle, where it has grown from 90 to 400 employees in two years — Facebook soars to 400 employees in Seattle — and now it's doubling its space to make room for more — Facebook's Seattle office has reached a whopping 400 employees — and it's showing no signs of slowing down.| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Wall Street Journal: |
Palantir was valued at $15B in November, making it the third most valuable VC-backed company — Palantir Raising More Money After Tagged With $15 Billion Valuation — Palantir Technologies, one of the more secretive companies in Silicon Valley, was valued at $15 billion in November …
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Alibaba is beta testing DingTalk, a communications app for small and medium sized businesses — Alibaba's latest mobile messaging effort: social networking for businesses — (Reuters) - China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N), the world's biggest e-commerce company …
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How Google Search is using Knowledge Graph, Voice Search, and Google Now to transition to the mobile dominant world — How Google Search Dealt With Mobile — Google's flagship product has been part of our lives for so long that we take it for granted. But Google doesn't.| National Journal: |
CIA review panel exonerates CIA personnel who searched Senate Intelligence Committee computers — CIA Review Board Clears Spy Agency of Wrongdoing in Senate Hack — The new report contradicts earlier statements from the agency. — A CIA review panel announced Wednesday it had cleared …
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Google makes it easier to buy tickets for live events, straight from search results and Maps — Google has inked a deal with live event companies Ticketfly, Ticketmaster and AXS to integrate sales for live shows into its Search and Google Maps search results on mobile or desktop, as well as within the Google Maps app.| Faryaab S. / SamMobile: |
Samsung to use Touch ID-like fingerprint sensor in Galaxy S6 instead of swipe-based sensor — Exclusive: Samsung opts for a touch-based fingerprint sensor for the Galaxy S6 — A smartphone is one of the most personal devices a human being can own, and it's one of those devices where compromising on security is not an option.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook Messenger tests Google Voice-style transcriptions for sound clips — Another victory in the war against voicemail — Voicemail is one of the least efficient ways of communicating, and yet a form of it survives in many messaging apps. Facebook added voice clips to Facebook Messenger in 2013 … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Republicans introduce net neutrality legislation which would strip rule-making power from the FCC, avoid a major reclassification of broadband service — Republicans want a net neutrality law, but only if it stops the FCC from handling it — A month before the FCC votes on a new net neutrality proposal … | Amy Schatz / Re/code: |
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Carpooling.com Teams Up With Uber In Germany For First And Last Mile Rides — Uber, the fast-growing, sometimes-controversial car-service business, has been no stranger to trouble in Germany, last year getting banned from operating certain services in big cities over regulatory violations.
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Holtzbrinck Ventures Closes $331M Fund To Back More Consumer And E-Commerce Startups — One of the more prolific VCs in Europe with close ties to e-commerce startup factory Rocket Internet has closed another fund — its biggest yet — to back more consumer internet businesses in the region and beyond, with an emphasis on e-commerce.Sponsor Posts
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