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| Bloomberg Business: |
Microsoft evaluates possible bid for Salesforce though companies are not in talks — Microsoft Is Said to Evaluate Possible Bid for Salesforce.com — Microsoft Corp. is evaluating a bid for Salesforce.com Inc., after the cloud software provider was approached by another would-be buyer, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Tweets: @ahess247, @mattrosoff, @jyarow, @chris_ciaccia, @kenli729 and @pkafka
| Ryan Mac / Forbes: |
A profile of Frank Wang Tao, founder of the world's biggest drone company DJI, who is worth $4.5B — Bow To Your Billionaire Drone Overlord: Frank Wang's Quest To Put DJI Robots Into The Sky — Frank Wang Tao has never been arrested. He pays his taxes on time. And he rarely drinks.Thanks:@bupbin
| Wall Street Journal: |
Chinese drone maker DJI raises $75M from Accel Partners, sources say at a valuation of $8B — Chinese Drone Maker DJI Raises $75 Million From Accel Partners — Accel investment values SZ DJI Technology Co. at around $8 billion, sources say — Chinese drone maker SZ DJI Technology Co. secured … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Launches Cloud Bigtable, A Very Fast NoSQL Database For The Enterprise — With Cloud Bigtable, Google is launching a new NoSQL database service today that, as the name implies, is powered by the company's Bigtable data storage system. — The added twist here is that the new service …
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| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Zenefits raises $500M round led by Fidelity Management and TPG at a valuation of $4.5B — Zenefits Tagged With $4.5 Billion Valuation After Just Two Years — The latest software company valued at over $1 billion doesn't make a dime selling software. — Rather, San Francisco startup Zenefits …
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Fortune, Re/code, New York Times, PE Hub Blog and Business Insider. Tweets: @wsjd
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple to announce new Beats at WWDC on June 8 with consumer non-beta launch late June — Beats revamp still debuting at WWDC, global release late-June, iOS 9 details revealed — According to a report today from Billboard, Apple does not have the deals in place to launch …
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| New York Times: |
Google Ventures' Bill Maris likens the $6M cash-out by founders of portfolio company Secret to a “bank heist” in interview — The Lessons Google Ventures Learned From Secret — For many in Silicon Valley, the rapid rise and precipitous fall of Secret, the prominent start …
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| BBC: |
EU court rules Skype's name is too similar to Britain's Sky broadcasting, preventing Microsoft from registering trademark — Court says Skype's name is too similar to Sky's — The court said Skype's logo resembled a cloud — Video chat software Skype's name is so similar …
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Inquirer, TechEye, Gizmodo, iMore, SlashGear, SiliconANGLE, Ars Technica UK, Engadget, Reuters, Neowin, The Next Web, Pocket-lint, Electronista and The Verge
Tweets: @markmackinnon, @jouva, @krogsgard and @caseynewton
| Matt Townsend / Bloomberg Business: |
Home Depot announces it will accept Apple Pay after equipment upgrade, making it the biggest retailer to do so with more than 2K stores — Home Depot to Become Largest Retailer to Accept Apple Pay — Home Depot Inc. plans to enable Apple Inc.'s mobile-payment platform at its more than 2,000 stores … | Stuart Dredge / Guardian: |
Facebook's Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will ship in early 2016 — After months of rumours that the first commercial model of VR headset would slip beyond 2015, company confirms the news — The first commercial model of Facebook's Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will go on sale …
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Oculus VR, Engadget, TechCrunch, BetaNews, Polygon, VentureBeat, The Verge, The Next Web, IGN, Neowin, Kotaku, MCV: Home Stream, VG247 and Road to VR. Tweets: @natemitchell
| Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review: |
Sources: Apple working with US researchers to offer DNA testing via ResearchKit — Apple Has Plans for Your DNA — The iPhone could become a new tool in genetic studies. — Of all the rumors ever to swirl around the world's most valuable company, this may be the first that could involve spitting in a plastic cup.| Lorraine Luk / Wall Street Journal: |
Foxconn is struggling to expand its automated manufacturing capabilities in the face of high development costs and fast changing technologies — Foxconn's Robot Army Yet to Prove Match for Humans — iPhone Maker's Robot Turns Its Hand to Noodles: A robot created by Foxconn is becoming … | Ina Fried / Re/code: |
App Annie buys app data provider Mobidia to combine app download and usage analytics in 60 countries — Data Vendor App Annie Buys Mobidia, Looking to Grow, Stay Independent — Mobile analytics company App Annie said Wednesday it is buying Vancouver-based app data provider Mobidia in a cash and stock deal.| AppleInsider: |
Apple details new ‘AppleBot’ web crawler used by Siri and Spotlight — Apple has confirmed the existence of a long-rumored web crawling service — first noticed last November — and provided some details of its operations in a recently-updated support document.
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Officiële Apple Support, The Next Web, 9to5Mac and ZDNet
| Klint Finley / Wired: |
Facebook and IBM partner to combine retail data and Facebook user data to improve ad targeting — Facebook and IBM Team Up To Supercharge Personalized Ads — Facebook and IBM are teaming up to help retailers better target advertising on the world's largest social network.
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New York Times, Fortune, TechCrunch, Bloomberg Business, ZDNet and AdAge
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: SunGard Data Systems prepares for IPO, seeks to raise $750M, targets $7B market valuation — SunGard Prepares IPO, Aims to Raise Around $750 Million — Software developer also plans to consider a sale — SunGard Data Systems Inc. is preparing for an initial public offering nearly …
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Fortune, Reuters, SiliconANGLE and Seeking Alpha
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's Outlook.com will be powered by Office 365, but the name will remain the same — Microsoft's Outlook.com will be powered by Office 365 — Microsoft is planning to replace the technology and interface of Outlook.com with Office 365. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell …
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| POLITICO: |
EU's digital single market initiative doesn't take a strong stand on some essential issues, such as the need for a single telecom and digital regulator — EU digital single market: Death by compromise — The long-awaited, much-ballyhooed Digital Single Market strategy is set to be published …
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EU Press Room, VentureBeat, Tech.eu, The Register, The Next Web, Reuters, BBC, CNET, Bloomberg Business, etno.eu, Variety and Tech.eu
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| Sharon Begley / Reuters: |
IBM's Watson to guide cancer therapies at 14 centers, analyzing tumors' genetic make-up with the findings of scientific papers and clinical trials — IBM's Watson to guide cancer therapies at 14 centers — (Reuters) - Fourteen U.S. and Canadian cancer institutes will use International … | Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code: |
OpenTV files lawsuit against Apple alleging iTunes software violates five streaming patents — Interactive TV Pioneer OpenTV Sues Apple, Alleging Patent Infringement — Interactive television pioneer OpenTV has sued Apple, alleging that the Cupertino technology giant infringed on its patents.
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AppleInsider, Engadget, MacRumors, 9to5Mac and CNET
| Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times: |
French parliament advances bill to give the government broad domestic surveillance powers with little judicial oversight — Lawmakers in France Move to Vastly Expand Surveillance — PARIS — The lower house of France's Parliament overwhelmingly approved a sweeping intelligence bill that …
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BBC, BetaNews, Guardian, Al Jazeera English, The Local, France 24, Financial Times, RFI, Digital Trends, SC Magazine, The Verge, Toronto Star and Techdirt. Tweets: @ggreenwald
| Nitasha Tiku / The Verge: |
Source: Twitter CFO Anthony Noto to head marketing department as search for CMO continues — Twitter gives control of its hapless marketing department to its chief financial officer — As an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, Anthony Noto orchestrated Twitter's initial public offering.
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Wall Street Journal and Business Insider. Tweets: @ilyasu, @tparekh, @nitashatiku, @selviano, @mathewi and @fioraaeterna
| Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Google rolls out new ad formats for small screens as mobile searches overtake desktop in US, Japan, and eight other countries — Google Rolls Out New Ads as Mobile Searches Top PCs in 10 Countries — Google Tuesday expanded its suite of ads for mobile devices that offer users information …
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Inside AdWords, Search Engine Land, New York Times, VentureBeat, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, TechSpot, Search Engine Watch, Consumerist and Business Insider. Tweets: @amir
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