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Samsung Galaxy S6 and Edge version, HTC One M9, Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet expected to debut at MWC — 10 things to expect at Mobile World Congress — Every year, tens of thousands of reporters, analysts, and suited-up businesspeople descend upon Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress trade show.
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Huawei Watch, an unannounced round-faced Android Wear smartwatch, shown off in two leaked promotional videos — This is the Huawei Watch, One of the Best Looking Android Wear Devices to Date — Huawei is about to make its presence felt at MWC with the announcement of the Huawei Watch.| Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
How Samsung won and then lost the smartphone war — In November 2011, Samsung released the first of a series of ads that would define the company for the next three years. — It started with a bunch of hipster-looking people waiting outside a mock Apple Store for the next iPhone.| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Vivek Wadhwa, voice for gender diversity in Silicon Valley, shows how not to handle criticism — Vivek Wadhwa, Voice for Women in Silicon Valley, Is Foiled by His Tone — Silicon Valley has lately come to the realization that it is not the meritocracy it has long pretended to be — at least not for women and most minorities.
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Tinder Plus Will Launch On Monday — Tinder Plus, the dating app's first step into the wonderful world of freemium monetization, will launch on Monday for $9.99, according to sources familiar with the matter. — Tinder Plus includes at least one highly requested feature and a few others … | Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
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Former Apple Retail Boss Ron Johnson Leads $16 Million Investment in Nasty Gal — Online retailer Nasty Gal is gearing up for its brick-and-mortar moment and has brought in former Apple retail boss Ron Johnson to help guide the way. — Johnson is leading a $16 million investment … | Nick Bilton / New York Times: |
Strippers and porn stars use Snapcash to charge Snapchat users for photos and videos — Strippers Go Undercover on Snapchat — Porn, it has been said, is a driver of technology. — Pornography has spurred the adoption of most tech innovations of the last generation.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Airbnb is in the process of raising close to $1B at a $20B valuation — Airbnb Is Raising A Monster Round At A $20B Valuation — Airbnb — the platform that lets travellers book private spare rooms and entire homes as an alternative to traditional hotels — is doing some booking of its own.| Kevin Roose / Fusion: |
How one guy spent $18K on coupon sites to net 100K shares in Jet from its referral competition — This guy used an insane get-rich-quick scheme to become a start-up millionaire in three weeks — Tech start-ups mint new millionaires every day. Many of these people are young Stanford … | Nikita Richardson / Fast Company: |
BuzzFeed launches Tinder-like Cute or Not to rate pet photos, plans to launch more experimental apps, saying it will be “year of apps” for company — BuzzFeed's Silly New Animals App Is Very Smart Business — BuzzFeed just launched a Tinder for pets. Here's why that's a shrewd move.| Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
IBM to invest $4B in cloud services, mobile, and data analytics businesses; CEO says those businesses will reach $40B in annual revenue by 2018 — IBM Says Cloud, Mobile and Data Businesses Will Reach $40 Billion by 2018 — Computing and IT services giant IBM will spend $4 billion on its cloud services … | David Bredan / aBlogtoWatch: |
Swatch announces Touch Zero One smartwatch targeted at beach volleyball players and fans — Swatch Introduces A Smartwatch: Touch Zero One (For Volleyball) — Today, as news both expected and unexpected, Swatch has introduced what will be its first widely available smartwatch: the Swatch Touch Zero One.Sponsor Posts
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