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Comcast terminates $45B Time Warner Cable merger agreement — Comcast / Time Warner Cable / Charter Transactions Terminated — Comcast Corporation announced this morning that its merger agreement with Time Warner Cable and its transactions agreement with Charter Communications, Inc. have been terminated.
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Comcast and TWC combined would have controlled 57% of national broadband market, too high a threshold for FCC and DoJ — Comcast Confirms End of Deal With Time Warner Cable — Comcast confirmed Friday that it had called off its $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable … | Jonathan Mahler / New York Times: |
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Apple Watch teardown reveals 205mAh battery, Apple S1 CPU, inside view of Taptic Engine and Digital Crown — Apple Watch Teardown — Time flies: it's been eight months since Apple announced its (digital) crowning achievement: the Apple Watch. Join us as we make time stand still by tearing …
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Starwood Hotels debuts Apple Watch app for keyless entry at over 100 locations — Your Apple Watch can now open your hotel room door at over 100 Starwood Hotels — Starwood Hotels has allowed guests to use their iPhone as their room key since last November, and today announced that guests … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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Italian eyewear maker Luxottica working with Google on cheaper version of Glass coming soon — Italian Eyewear Maker Luxottica Working on New Version of Google Glass, CEO Says — A new version of Google Glass is in the works and will be out soon, the Chief Executive Officer of Italian eyewear maker Luxottica said Friday.| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
The history of YouTube and how Google overcame legal, financial, and technological problems to build a site that has almost 50 years of video uploaded daily — Cheaper bandwidth or bust: How Google saved YouTube — Leading the Web video revolution was an almost constant battle for survival.
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How crowdsourced hardware maker Quirky brought money-losing inventions to market and ultimately cut a third of its staff — How the invention factory at Quirky almost imagined its way out of business — In February of this year, the staff of the New York startup Quirky gathered …
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Chipotle partners with Postmates to offer delivery in 67 US cities for $4.99 to $7.99 — Chipotle Signs Deal With Food Delivery Start-Up Postmates — In the age of the on-demand economy, sooner or later everything is just a few taps of a smartphone app away. Even burritos.
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Tests reveal Snapdragon 810 runs hot and throttles early and severely, causing performance issues — In-depth with the Snapdragon 810's heat problems — This is a hot chip that throttles early and often, and it makes a difference. — If you're using a relatively recent, non-Apple …
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Facebook testing new notifications tab that acts as news hub, includes birthdays, events, local news, nearby friends, and more — Facebook's new notifications tab is a robust mini-news hub — Facebook wants notifications to become much more than a perfunctory list of recent behavior, events and invitations.| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Victorious Launches Its First Apps For Online Stars And Their “Superfans” — Victorious is launching mobile apps today built for Internet video stars Ryan Higa and The Young Turks. — I assume this is good news if you're a fan of Higa or The Young Turks, but even if you're not … | BuzzFeed: |
Sources: BitTorrent laid off about 40 of their 150 domestic employees — Big Layoffs At BitTorrent — The company behind the revolutionary file-sharing protocol sacks dozens of employees. — Wikimedia Commons — They're swinging the axe over at BitTorrent.| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon shares soar over 15% to all-time high on news of high AWS operating margin and strong North American sales — Amazon Shares Soar to All-Time High on Cloud Surprise — Amazon.com shares hit an all-time high Friday as investors rewarded the e-commerce giant for showing a surprise profit …
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