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Apple will offer Android switchers gift cards to trade-in rival smartphones for iPhones — Apple is preparing to launch another program to boost iPhone sales in its stores, a stated goal of CEO Tim Cook. — According to sources, Apple will soon introduce a new recycling and trade-in program …
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Sources: Apple aiming to launch online TV service in September with about 25 channels, anchored by ABC, CBS, Fox — Apple in Talks to Launch Online TV Service — Service would have about 25 channels, anchored by broadcasters such as ABC, CBS and Fox — Shalini Ramachandran and Daisuke Wakabayashi
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Pew survey examines changes in American attitudes about online privacy post-Snowden — Americans' Privacy Strategies Post-Snowden — It has been nearly two years since the first disclosures of government surveillance programs by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden …
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Explaining Our Community Standards and Approach to Government Requests — By Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management, and Chris Sonderby, Deputy General Counsel — Every day, people around the world use Facebook to connect with family and friends, share information and express themselves.
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Uber CFO Brent Callinicos Steps Down, Memo Says — To stay on as adviser to company — Brent Callinicos is stepping down as Uber Technologies Inc.'s chief financial officer after helping spearhead the car-hailing service's fastest years of growth. — Uber Chief Executive Travis Kalanick shared …
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| Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal: |
Pinterest has raised $367M at a $11B valuation for international expansion, may raise up to $211M more — Pinterest Valued at $11 Billion After Latest Funding — Pinterest has raised $367 million at a rich valuation of $11 billion, according to a regulatory filing on Monday.
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Lyft forecasts $1.2B revenue in 2015, profitability in 2016 on $2.7B in gross sales, monthly rides to grow from 2.5M to 13M in 2015 — A Look Inside Lyft's Financial Forecast For 2015 And Beyond — Last week on-demand transportation service Lyft announced that it had raised $530 million …
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| Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
Windows 10 to compress system files, eliminate separate recovery image to increase disk space — Microsoft promises drastic cuts in disk space use for Windows 10 — Summary:The increasing popularity of SSDs and flash-based storage have created a big problem for Windows …
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Blogging Windows, BetaNews, Ars Technica, CNET, Gizmodo, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Windows Central, HotHardware.com News, WinBeta, The Verge and SuperSite for Windows. Thanks:@edbott
| Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times: |
Etsy's Success Gives Rise to Problems of Credibility and Scale — Depending on whom you ask, Alicia Shaffer, owner of the hit Etsy store Three Bird Nest, is a runaway success story — or an emblem of everything that has gone wrong with the fast-growing online marketplace for handmade goods.| Matt McGee / Marketing Land: |
Top level .sucks domain may cost some brands $2500 a year to own — Watch Out, Brands: The Controversial .Sucks Domain Is Almost Here — Early registration begins later this month, but brands that want to register their trademarked names before the general public can will pay a hefty price.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Cablevision to Offer HBO Now to Broadband-Only Customers — Cablevision Systems is the first pay-TV provider to agree to offer HBO's standalone Internet-streaming service — without having to also buy a TV package. — Pricing for HBO Now as purchased through Cablevision's Optimum service was not announced.
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TechCrunch, Engadget, Associated Press, Digital Trends, The Next Web, The Wrap, Consumerist, VideoInk, FierceCable and SlashGear. Tweets: @cnbcnow. See also Mediagazer
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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