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Apple Acquires Durable Database Company FoundationDB — Apple has acquired FoundationDB, a company that specializes in speedy, durable NoSQL databases, TechCrunch has learned. — A notice on the FoundationDB site notes that it's no longer offering downloads of its database software.
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Google is working on a project that lets users receive and pay bills with debit or credit cards from Inbox app and Gmail, to debut in fourth quarter — Google Working on Project to Let You Receive and Pay Bills Directly Inside Gmail — Google's mission to organize the world's information is now targeting your physical mailbox.| Sam Altman: |
Y Combinator's Sam Altman rebuts talk of bubble with a public wager that three tech portfolios will appreciate sharply by 2020 — Bubble talk — I'm tired of reading about investors and journalists claiming there's a bubble in tech. I understand that it's fun to do and easy press, but it's boring reading.
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Sequoia Capital's Michael Moritz echoes Bill Gurley's bubble warning, predicts death for many unicorns and “crazy little companies” — One of the most prolific tech investors says there will soon “undoubtedly will be some sort of setback” in Silicon Valley| Google: |
Morgan Stanley CFO Ruth Porat to join Google as CFO on May 26 — Ruth Porat to Join Google as Chief Financial Officer — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif (Tuesday, March 24, 2015) — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that Ruth Porat, currently Chief Financial Officer at Morgan Stanley, will join its management team as CFO.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Watch sales training encourages employees to build trust with customers so they can serve as fashion advisors during sale — Apple's sales overhaul for Apple Watch will focus on building trust, offering fashion views, upselling bands — The job of Apple Retail Store employees will begin changing in profound ways next month.
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Ars Technica obtains the Oakland Police Department's database of 4.6M license plate scans through a public records request — We know where you've been: Ars acquires 4.6M license plate scans from the cops — One citizen demands: “Do you know why Oakland is spying on me and my wife?”| The Information: |
Facebook is in talks with several media firms, including Vice, The Onion, and Vox Media, to produce high quality short-form sponsored videos — Facebook Pitching Advertisers on “Anthology” Video Package — In a significant expansion of its video strategy, Facebook is in discussions … | New York Times: |
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Google and Twitter veteran Jason Goldman heads to White House as first-ever chief digital officer — Barack Obama names two new top aides — Murray is currently Vice President Joe Biden's deputy chief of staff and communications director; Jason Goldman will take over and expand the White House's digital outreach.
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Google Fiber announces Salt Lake City expansion, making it the eighth location to get the service — Google Fiber expands gigabit service again, plans move to Salt Lake City — Five metro areas on track to get Google Fiber; three already have it. — Google announced today …
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London-based distributed computing firm Improbable raises $20M from a16z, develops large-scale simulated worlds — Improbable: enabling the development of large-scale simulated worlds — Over the past decade, computing resources that were previously available only to large organizations became available to almost anyone.
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Amazon blasts FAA for slowness on drone regulation, claims its recently cleared drone is already obsolete — Amazon blasts U.S. FAA for slowness on drone regulation — (Reuters) - E-commerce power Amazon.com blasted federal regulators on Tuesday for being slow to approve commercial drone testing …
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Facebook introduces On This Day, a Timehop-like page that shows you posts, photos, other content that happened on this day in the past, offers notifications — Facebook's Timehop Clone “On This Day” Shows You Your Posts From Years Ago — Facebook's experimented with ways to surface old Memories since 2010.
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Facebook, GeekWire, TIME, Engadget, The Daily Dot, AppleInsider, SocialTimes, The Verge, iMore, PCMag Australia Feed, The Next Web, Business Insider and WebProNews. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Jamie Condliffe / Gizmodo: |
Xiaomi's New Mi TV 2: A 40-Inch Android-Powered Smart TV for $320 — Xiaomi's onslaught of affordable technology continues. The Chinese company has today launched its new 40-inch Mi TV 2: a powerful smart TV running an Android-based OS that will sell for $320.| Agam Shah / PC World: |
HP dumps Apple's Beats audio, partners with Bang & Olufsen — Hewlett-Packard once relied on Beats for audio technology in its PCs and tablets, but that was before Apple acquired it. HP has now found a new audio partner in Bang & Olufsen. — HP will use Bang & Olufsen audio technology to its PCs, tablets and accessories.
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Amazon updates Fire TV lineup with USB storage and wireless headphone support, expands TV stick availability to UK and Germany — Amazon Updates Fire TV Lineup With Support For USB Storage, Wireless Headphones And More — Amazon announced this morning that its streaming media players Amazon Fire TV …
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