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Pinterest and Apple launch App Pins to let you discover and download apps without leaving Pinterest; Apple launches curated App Store board — Aiming to Ease App Discovery, Apple Pairs With Pinterest — There are more than 1.4 million mobile applications in Apple's App Store.
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Tweets: @appstore, @mikeisaac and @joshconstine
Thanks:@jamiefavazza| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook lets users set a legacy contact, who will be able to manage their accounts in a limited way when they pass away — Facebook Heir? Time to Choose Who Manages Your Account When You Die — The social network now lets you designate a ‘legacy contact’ for your digital afterlife
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Expedia buying Orbitz for $1.6B at $12 per share, will acquire all of Orbitz's brands — BREAKING: Expedia Buying Orbitz for $1.6 Billion — Barney Harford, the CEO of Orbitz. Orbitz Worldwide — Skift Take: It's just Priceline Vs. Expedia now in the U.S., at least for now. — Dennis Schaal| Lauren Goode / Re/code: |
Fitbit responds to complaints that its latest fitness trackers cause skin irritation, advises affected users to “take a break from the device” — Fitbit Advises Rash Sufferers to Take a Break from Wearing the Wearable — Fitbit has already been through a recall.
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| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Dell is launching a new Chromebook 11 alongside a $299 Windows-based counterpart — Dell's education-focused Chromebook 11 was surprisingly one of the best Chromebooks we've ever used, even though it was notoriously difficult to actually purchase for much of last year.
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Pinterest Is Working on a Plan to Introduce a ‘Buy’ Button as Soon as This Year — Move over, Pinning. Here comes buying. — Pinterest, the digital scrapbooking service, is laying the groundwork for an e-commerce offering with a “Buy” button that could launch in as little as three to six months, according to multiple sources.
Tweets: @rrhoover and @eringriffith
| Mark Stockley / Naked Security: |
Facebook fixes vulnerability reported by security researcher that could have allowed hackers to delete every photo on Facebook — How one man could have deleted every photo on Facebook — Facebook is probably the biggest database of photographs ever compiled.
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Facebook will show live relevance scores for ads based on expected feedback from target audience to help advertisers improve ad effectiveness — Showing Relevance Scores for Ads on Facebook — On Facebook, we try to show people the ads that are most pertinent to them.| Canalys Newsroom: |
Over 720K Android Wear devices shipped in 2014, with Moto 360 being the clear leader — Over 720,000 Android Wear devices shipped in 2014 — Palo Alto, Shanghai, Singapore and Reading (UK) - Wednesday, 11 February 2015 — Over 720,000 Android Wear devices shipped in 2014 out of a total of 4.6 million smart wearable bands.
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Qualcomm faces antitrust probe from South Korea's Fair Trade Commission following similar investigations from the US, EU, and China — South Korea antitrust body investigating Qualcomm: source — (Reuters) - South Korea's Fair Trade Commission is investigating Qualcomm Inc … | Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Twitter to pay about $30M for Niche, and possibly up to $60M with earnouts and employment contracts included — Twitter Buys Niche, a Social Media Talent Agency, for at Least $30 Million — Twitter has acquired Niche, a small startup that connects advertisers with social media stars …
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Microsoft courts Silicon Valley with Azure's $500K credit for Y Combinator startups to compete with Amazon's $100K AWS offering — Microsoft Wants To Buy Love In Silicon Valley — Y Combinator and Microsoft announced a program this week that will pour free access to the Azure cloud computing platform onto … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
WPP To Pay $46.13/Share For 15-20% Of ComScore In New Kantar Partnership — Some consolidation in the world of market analysis. Kantar, the research division of advertising giant WPP, has entered into a global alliance with comScore, the company that measures traffic and other audience metrics of online and mobile properties.
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AdExchanger, WPP, comScore and Seeking Alpha
| Tzahi Hoffman / Globes Online: |
Sources: Microsoft acquires Israeli digital pen company N-trig, creators of the Surface Pro 3 stylus, for $200M — Microsoft buys digital pen co N-trig for $200m — The Kfar Saba based company has been in financial difficulties. — Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) is buying Israeli digital pen company N-trig.Sponsor Posts
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