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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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Read the emails that Dick Costolo and Jack Dorsey sent to Twitter staff announcing CEO change — Read Dick Costolo's Goodbye to Twitter and Jack Dorsey's Hello — Shortly after 1 p.m. in San Francisco on Thursday, Dick Costolo told his staff, and the world, that he would be stepping down at Twitter in a surprise announcement.
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Interview with Dick Costolo and Jack Dorsey on Twitter's CEO transition: Dorsey doesn't deny interest in becoming full-time CEO — I just interviewed Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Dick Costolo — here's what they had to say — In something of a surprise, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo announced … | Euan Rocha / Reuters: |
Sources: BlackBerry considering Android for upcoming smartphone as it moves focus to software and device management — Exclusive: BlackBerry may put Android system on new device: sources — BlackBerry (BB.TO) is considering equipping an upcoming smartphone with Google Inc.'s (GOOGL.O) … | 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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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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| Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal: |
Ad Tech Firms Find Venture Capital Funding Is Running Dry — It's a tough time to be raising money if you have the words “ad” and “tech” close together in your business plan. — Executives in the advertising technology sector and venture capitalists who are versed in the space say the climate … | Android Police: |
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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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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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.| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Leaked Kalanick email: Uber nears 1M trips/day in China, plans investment of over $1B there in 2015 and a new round of funding specifically for UberChina — Uber nears 1m trips every day in China — Uber drivers are making close to 1m trips every day in China, almost …
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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.| Ken Dilanian / Associated Press: |
Federal worker union says Social Security Numbers and other data on all federal employees stolen in hack of Office of Personnel Management — Union: Hackers have personnel data on every federal employee — WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal employee union says hackers stole personnel data …
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| Carmel DeAmicis / Re/code: |
Greylock Partners hires its first female investment partner, Pinterest product manager Sarah Tavel — Greylock Just Hired Its First Female Investment Partner — The product manager who oversaw Pinterest's search tool, Sarah Tavel, is headed to Greylock.
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| Amy Schatz / Re/code: |
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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| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
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