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David Goldberg, CEO of SurveyMonkey and husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, dies suddenly — Beloved Silicon Valley Entrepreneur David Goldberg Dies Suddenly — David Goldberg, one of Silicon Valley's most high-profile entrepreneurs, died suddenly last night of undetermined causes.
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| Adam Lashinsky / Fortune: |
Remembering Dave Goldberg — Here are some of the descriptions you'll be hearing in coming days about Dave Goldberg, who died suddenly Friday at 47: friend, dad, husband, brother, Midwesterner, entrepreneur, poker player, mensch, investor, mentor. — It is with no hyperbole to say Goldberg … | Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
Microsoft confirms that Windows Media Center will not be updated for Windows 10 — R.I.P., Windows Media Center — Summary:Microsoft discontinued development of Windows Media Center in 2009, but enthusiasts have held out hope that the feature would get one more reprieve for Windows 10.
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How Silicon Valley became a unique, self-perpetuating culture that will continue to dominate the high-tech economy — Why Silicon Valley Will Continue to Rule — William Shockley's employees toast him for his Nobel Prize, 1956. Photo courtesy Computer History Museum.| Ian King / Bloomberg Business: |
As Samsung grabs contracts from Apple, other chipmakers reliant on Apple will take big blow — Apple and Samsung Are Friendly Again, and the Competition Should Be Terrified — As the relationship thaws, winter may be coming for SanDisk, TSMC, and other chipmakers
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How Periscope users experienced the readily-available pirated streams of the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight last night — I watched the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight on Periscope and saw the future — Like millions of others across the world, I watched the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight in a living room surrounded by other boxing fans.
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Facebook Tests Feature Letting Users Pick Pages, Friends They'd Want To See Atop News Feed — Facebook is testing a feature on mobile that allows users to select friends and pages whose posts they'd want to see atop News Feed. — For some mobile users, a box with an animated puppy shows up …
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24 hours with the Apple Watch: disappointing third party apps, inconsistent notifications, few watch faces make it feel very “version 1” — My rocky first 24hrs with the Apple Watch — Setup wasn't smooth. The watch app forcibly installed on everyone's phone a few weeks … | Issie Lapowsky / Wired: |
UnitedHealthcare, the largest health insurer in US, will cover video-based doctor visits from telemedicine firms NowClinic, Doctor on Demand, and American Well — Video Is About to Become the Way We All Visit the Doctor — The country's largest health insurer is putting telemedicine …
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Instagram charts growth in emoji usage on the service, offers “translations” for some emoji by analyzing words used with them — Emojineering Part 1: Machine Learning for Emoji Trends — 🆒🆕In October 2011, Apple added the emoji keyboard to iOS as an international keyboard.
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Eight cloud photo storage services compared as they roughly achieve feature parity: Amazon, iCloud, OneDrive, Google+, Picturelife, Dropbox, SmugMug, Flickr — The best way to manage your photos online in 2015 — In August 2013, we reviewed the best services for storing your photos in the cloud.| Jad Mouawad / New York Times: |
Software bug could make Boeing 787s lose all electrical power if planes' power control unit left on for 248 days — F.A.A. Orders Fix for Possible Power Loss in Boeing 787 — Federal regulators will order operators of Boeing 787 Dreamliners to shut down the plane's electrical power periodically …
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