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Dick Costolo to step down as Twitter CEO, will remain on board; Jack Dorsey to become interim CEO effective July 1 — Twitter Initiates CEO Transition — Dick Costolo to Step Down as CEO on July 1 and Continue on Board of Directors Co-Founder and Chairman Jack Dorsey to Become Interim CEO …
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Twitter shares jumped about 10% on news of CEO Dick Costolo stepping down — Twitter Soars on News CEO Dick Costolo is Stepping Down — Shares of Twitter Inc. are rallying on news CEO Dick Costolo is stepping down. — The social media site's stock shot up about 10% … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Oculus unveils its consumer Rift VR headset — Oculus Unveils Consumer Rift Headset With Wireless Xbox One Controller — This is no developer kit. Oculus today gave the world the first look at its consumer virtual reality headset. It ships with a small, table-top camera on a stand …
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| Paul Ford / Bloomberg Business: |
Code: what it is, how it's evolved, and why it matters for all businesses — What Is Code? — You are an educated, successful person capable of abstract thought. A VP doing an SVP's job. Your office, appointed with decent furniture and a healthy amount of natural light filtered through vertical blinds …
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| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
2015 could be the slowest year for VC-backed tech IPOs since financial crisis; only seven VC-backed tech companies have gone public this year — Something is rotting under Silicon Valley — I spent a good chunk of last week in Silicon Valley, speaking to venture capitalists who mostly wanted …
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| Aga Guzik / Skype Blogs: |
Skype to retire modern Windows touch app on July 7, to retain single desktop app for keyboard, mouse, and touch — A More Efficient Skype Experience for Your PC — At Skype we want to help you do more together with the people you care about by delivering the best possible experiences to the devices you use.| Nivedita Bhattacharjee / Reuters: |
iPhone maker Foxconn in talks to build first Apple plant in India — Foxconn Technology is in talks to manufacture Apple's iPhone in India, government officials said, in a move that could lower prices in the world's No.3 smartphone market where the U.S. firm trails Samsung Electronics and local players.| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Twitter will increase DM character limit from 140 to 10,000 in July — Get ready to receive Twitter direct messages that are a lot longer. — Twitter announced today that DMs will no longer be capped at 140 characters. Now they will be limited to 10,000 characters.
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Antitrust: Commission opens formal investigation into Amazon's e-book distribution arrangements — The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into certain business practices by Amazon in the distribution of electronic books ("e-books").
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FTC takes first action against a fraudulent Kickstarter campaign, after cancelled board game fails to refund backers — FTC Takes First Action Against a Fraudulent Kickstarter Campaign — It's not okay to raise thousands of dollars through Kickstarter and keep the money without producing anything …
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Kevin Rose's Watchville merging with wristwatch enthusiast site HODINKEE; combined company raising $3.6M from True Ventures as Rose becomes NYC-based CEO — Kevin Rose Moves On From Silicon Valley to Watches — For some start-up founders, once you get the bug to create your own companies, it is hard to stop.
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Early look at Hangouts 4.0 for Android: cleaner UI, new status option, still no tablet layout — An Exclusive Early Look At Hangouts 4.0 — Liam loves Android, design, user experience, and travel. He doesn't love ill-proportioned letter forms, advertisements made entirely of stock photography, and writing biographical snippets.
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“Free” app for iOS, co-founded by product designer Danny Trinh, lets you see which friends are available to hang out — “Free” Shows Which Friends Are Available To Hang Out — Sick of lonely nights at home browsing feeds? Free tells you which friends are...free … | Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Court refuses to halt FCC rules, net neutrality rules go into effect on Friday — In a victory for the Federal Communications Commission, a Washington appeals court on Thursday refused to grant a request by the telecom industry to suspend “net neutrality” rules that are scheduled to go into effect tomorrow.
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Product Hunt makes first expansion away from tech with new gaming category to be led by Polygon co-founder Russ Frushtick — Product Hunt Levels Up With A Gaming Category — Product Hunt, the platform for upvoting the top tech products, is making its first expansion outside of tech …
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Twitter opens HQ in Singapore, plans to add over 100 to current staff of 80 in the next few years — Twitter opens Asia HQ in Singapore, and it's hiring big — Why Twitter launched new Asia HQ in Singapore — Shailesh Rao, vice president for APAC, Americas and Emerging Markets at Twitter … | Johana Bhuiyan / BuzzFeed: |
Uber launches UberDrive, an iOS game to test driver knowledge and help recruit new drivers — Uber Just Launched A Video Game — Confirming a December BuzzFeed News report, Uber is rolling out a new video game called UberDrive to give people a peek into a day in the life of an Uber driver …
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| Nate Swanner / The Next Web: |
Apple Music will stream at 256kbps, below the ‘industry standard’ 320kbps — Arriving June 30, Apple Music is going to try and curate tracks with a human touch. It won't stream them at the highest possible bitrate, though. — Apple has confirmed Apple Music's streaming bitrate is 256kbps.
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Matt Murphy Moves to Menlo Ventures From Kleiner — Venture capitalist Matt Murphy, who left Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers earlier this year, has found a new investing home. — Murphy will join Menlo Ventures as managing director, the Menlo Park, Calif., firm said on Thursday.| Robert Hackett / Fortune: |
Security firm Rapid7 files for $80 million IPO — Rapid7, a Boston, Mass.-based cybersecurity company, has filed for an $80 million IPO. — According to the tech firm's publicly available S-1 form, Rapid7 will begin selling its common stock “as soon as practicable.”
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