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Facebook to test new format for hosting publisher content within months, initial partners include NYT, BuzzFeed, NatGeo — Facebook May Host News Sites' Content — Nothing attracts news organizations like Facebook. And nothing makes them more nervous.
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Microsoft partners with Dell, Pegatron and 8 regional OEMs to preinstall Office and Skype on Android devices; expands partnership with Samsung to tablets — Microsoft expands partnerships with leading device manufacturers — When I joined Microsoft last September, it was evident I joined …
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| Serena Saitto / Bloomberg Business: |
Slack Is Said to Be in Funding Talks at $2 Billion-Plus Value — (Bloomberg) — Slack Technologies Inc., whose software helps people collaborate at work, is in talks with investors to raise financing at a valuation of more than $2 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar's Vessel Launches To The Public — Vessel, the new online video subscription service built by some of the early team at Hulu, is launching to the public today. — The service — which provides early access to videos from YouTube stars through a monthly subscription fee …
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Over 50 companies make their presentations on Y combinator W2015 Demo Day 1 — Here Are The Companies That Presented At Y Combinator Demo Day 1 — It's that time again! Today was Demo Day 1 (of 2) for Y Combinator's Winter 2015 class — when investors and reporters get their first in-person look …
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Twitter Starts Testing Autoplay Videos in iPhone, iPad Apps — Social Network Tries Two-Pronged Approach To Take on YouTube, Facebook — Why Taco Bell's Social Media Blackout Was a Brilliant Campaign — Facebook isn't the only social network looking to take on Google's YouTube.
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Schmidt: Google Glass is a long-term project put under Fadell to “make it ready for users” and is a big, fundamental platform for Google — Google Isn't Giving Up on Glass, Eric Schmidt Says — Google is sticking with its controversial Glass Internet-connected eyewear … | Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Pinterest employees who've been with company for 2+ years can hold vested stock options for up to seven years after departing, avoiding immediate tax hit — Exclusive: Pinterest unpins employee tax bills — You are free to leave. — That was the message from Pinterest to its employees last week …
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Trade group led by AT&T and Verizon sues FCC to overturn net neutrality — FCC calls early lawsuit “premature and subject to dismissal.” — The Federal Communications Commission's new net neutrality rules haven't taken effect yet, but they're already facing lawsuits from Internet service providers.| Kevin Clark / Wall Street Journal: |
NFL to broadcast one game via Internet for upcoming season for the first time in its history — NFL to Broadcast a Game Nationally Via Internet Only — Move marks first time league will air national broadcast solely by streaming — For the first time in its history … | Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Firechat working on bluetooth-based Greenstones, hardware widgets to strengthen mesh networks on mobile — Meet the off-the-grid chatroom that fits in your pocket — Building a local network, one necklace at a time — What if instead of connecting to the phone company, we connected directly to each other's phones?| Steven Levy / Backchannel: |
Becoming Steve Jobs challenges Walter Isaacson's official biography with support from Jobs's inner circle — The War Over Who Steve Jobs Was — Walter Isaacson's official biography of Apple's genius leader is being challenged by a new book supported by Jobs's inner circle.| NDTV News: |
Indian Supreme Court upholds freedom of speech online, scraps controversial censorship law — Freedom of Speech Online: Section 66 A is Struck Down by Supreme Court — NEW DELHI: In a verdict set to have a major impact on internet freedom in India, the Supreme Court has scrapped a controversial law …
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How Cyanogen got started and its plans to disrupt Android, including upcoming first Cyanogen OS phone without Google apps from Blu — Meet Cyanogen, The Startup That Wants To Steal Android From Google — It's a little hard to take Kirt McMaster seriously at first.
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