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Facebook tweaks News Feed to show more status updates from friends in lieu of liked stories, says post reach and referral traffic to publishers could decline — News Feed FYI: Balancing Content from Friends and Pages — The goal of News Feed is to show you the content that matters to you.
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Apple Offers Developers a Chance to Buy Apple Watch Sport With Guaranteed April 28 Delivery Date — Apple today began sending out emails to iOS developers, offering them a chance to purchase a 42mm Apple Watch Sport with a Blue Sport Band that has a guaranteed shipment date of April 28 … | Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Returning an Apple Watch Edition involves an elaborate inspection, approval from a member of Genius Bar staff and the Apple Store manager — Apple to require more secure, stringent return process for Apple Watch Edition — Beyond a unique sales process and exclusivity to select stores …
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Google to unveil new US wireless service this week that allows customers to pay only for data used monthly, will run on Sprint and T-Mobile networks — Google Set to Unveil Wireless Service — New service to allow customer to pay only for data they use each month
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Executive Departures, ‘Drip’ Layoffs, Search Costs and Ad Slumping: Welcome to Post-Alibaba Yahoo — Is today the day when Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer finally has to face the music as Yahoo releases its first-quarter earnings results, which Wall Street is expecting to be less than stellar? — Probably not!
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| Ruth Reader / VentureBeat: |
Yahoo reports revenues for Q1 of $1.04B, down from $1.08B a year ago, and $0.15 EPS, missing $0.18 EPS estimate; mobile GAAP revenue reached $234M, up 61% YoY — Yahoo reports low revenues of $1.04B and $0.15 EPS for Q1, sending stock down 1.5% — Yahoo announced its first quarter earnings today …
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Gurbaksh Chahal And Gravity4 Hit With Gender Discrimination, Illegal Surveillance Lawsuit — Gurbaksh Chahal, the 32-year-old embattled and often self-aggrandizing CEO who was convicted of domestic violence last year and fired from his ad-tech company RadiumOne, hoped that his new startup … | Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News: |
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Sources: Path in talks to sell its social networking app to South Korea's Daum Kakao, makers of messaging app KakaoTalk — Path in Talks to Sell Social Networking App to South Korea's KakaoTalk — Path is in serious talks to sell its original social networking app, known as Path Classic …
Tweets: @rmac18
| Jackie Dove / The Next Web: |
Adobe Lightroom 6 arrives with facial recognition, HDR, improved editing tools, mobile apps — Adobe launches Lightroom 6 photo app update as rival Aperture bites the dust — Adobe has launched a major upgrade to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, its desktop photo management and editing app …
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| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
FBI, TSA warn airlines to watch for network tampering and intrusions on flights, a week after security researcher was detained for joke tweet — Feds Warn Airlines to Look Out for Passengers Hacking Jets — In response to reports last week that passenger Wi-Fi networks make some planes vulnerable …
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| Erik Larson / Bloomberg Business: |
Aereo to settle broadcasters' copyright claims of more than $99M for $950K — Aereo Settles Broadcasters' Copyright Claims for $950,000 — Aereo Inc., the online-TV service brought down by a U.S. Supreme Court copyright ruling, agreed to pay Walt Disney Co.'s ABC and other broadcasters … | Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook and Google find the greatest challenges to Internet expansion are a lack of relevant content and awareness — Tech Companies Struggle to Get World on Internet — Google and Facebook are scrambling to reach billions of people still without Web access, but the Internet's expansion is actually slowing
Tweets: @nicktimiraos and @pmarca
| Dennis Schaal / Skift: |
Amazon launches Amazon Destinations for booking short hotel getaways in select markets — Amazon Travel Launches New Brand, Amazon Destinations — Amazon's new and expanded hotel service is called Amazon Destinations and it is currently available on desktop and mobile.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Atlassian Acquires Open Source Video Conferencing Company BlueJimp To Power HipChat's Video Chat — Atlassian, the company behind developer and collaboration tools like JIRA, Confluence and HipChat, today announced that it has acquired the video conferencing service BlueJimp.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Al Franken, Ron Wyden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and two other senators urge FCC and DOJ to block $45.2B Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger — Six US senators say Comcast/Time Warner Cable merger should be blocked — Al Franken and others call on FCC and DOJ to block $45.2 billion cable deal.| TechCrunch: |
Sources: Cloud HR startup Zenefits looking to raise $300M to $500M at a valuation north of $3B — Cloud HR Startup Zenefits Is Looking To Raise A Giant New Round Of Funding — Fast-moving HR and benefits startup Zenefits is looking to accelerate adoption even further.| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp for iOS is updated with free VoIP calling, quick photo option, new sharing extension — WhatsApp Begins Rolling Out Its Voice-Calling Feature To iOS Users — Less than a month after WhatsApp introduced free voice calls to users of its Android app, so the Facebook-owned company …
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