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Russian Hackers Read Obama's Unclassified Emails, Officials Say — WASHINGTON — Some of President Obama's email correspondence was swept up by Russian hackers last year in a breach of the White House's unclassified computer system that was far more intrusive and worrisome … | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Xiaomi Boosts Its Business In India With Strategic Investment From Tata Sons Head — Xiaomi is making a push to be a local player in India. Days after unveiling its first phone customized to the South Asia country (the impressive $205 Mi 4i), Xiaomi announced that it has taken investment from leading Indian businessman Ratan Tata.
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Xiaomi expects revenue from mobile services, such as games and a payments app, to more than triple this year to nearly $1B — Xiaomi Sees $1 Billion in Mobile Services Revenue This Year — Chinese company wants to make smartphone games and mobile finance an increasing part of its business
Tweets: @mims
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Nokia says it currently has no plans to manufacture or sell consumer handsets — Nokia denies return to phone manufacturing — (Reuters) - Finland's Nokia denied reports in Chinese media that it planned to return to manufacturing phones. — “Nokia notes recent news reports claiming …
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Analysts expect record Apple Q2 results, estimate revenues up 23% YoY to $55.96B, iPhone sales up 33% to 58.1M units, and iPad down 17% to 13.6M units — All signs point to Apple announcing a monster earnings report — Apple reports earnings for the quarter that ended in March after the market closes on Monday, April 27.
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Jay Z takes to Twitter to defend Tidal, says it's “doing just fine”, declares “we are here for the long haul”, notes competitors are even richer — Jay Z defends Tidal in a Sunday afternoon tweetstorm — Jay Z officially relaunched his streaming service Tidal …
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How Uber customizes its approach for overseas: auto-rickshaws in India, Lamborghinis in Singapore, designated driver service in Colombia — This Is How Uber Hopes To Take Over The World — The ride-hail giant is expanding globally — and it's doing so by replicating the hyperlocal approach … | Jon Christian / Slate: |
Ancestry.com's data export tool for shuttered social networking site MyFamily didn't save the discussions of former users, erasing family memories of avid users — Deleting the Family Tree — When Ancestry.com shuttered its social network for relatives, it erased 10 years' worth of my family's correspondence and memories.| Daniel Roberts / Fortune: |
The dearth of women in Bitcoin mirrors tech as a whole, with some women actively involved, influential, and welcomed in the community — Think there aren't women in bitcoin? Think again. — The bitcoin community—the developers, executives, venture capitalists, policy wonks, academics …
Tweets: @danprimack
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Netflix moves from licensing its original shows to owning them, unlocking potential revenue from selling DVDs or licensing rights to other services — Netflix's Pursuit of TV Domination Has a New Step: Ownership — For most of its rapid ascent of the TV business, Netflix Inc. has rented shows.
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Engadget, TechSpot, Digital Trends and The Verge
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In e-commerce push, Google releases first fashion trends report and plans to share search data to help major retailers with fashion planning and forecasting — The Latest Fashion, Trending on Google — Normcore? So last year. String bikinis? Most definitely over.
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AWS revenue confirms Amazon's cloud computing dominance as Microsoft and Google give chase — With Amazon Atop the Cloud, Big Tech Rivals Are Giving Chase — Amazon unveiled the financial performance of its powerful growth engine for the first time on Thursday, and the numbers sure looked pretty …
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FCC Chief Tom Wheeler confounds former allies and wins praise from public interest groups with net neutrality rules and Comcast/TWC merger rejection — Comcast Trips Over Wheeler Nixon-to-China Moment as FCC Boss — Tom Wheeler came to the Federal Communications Commission in 2013 … Sponsor Posts
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