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Apple Music signs thousands of independent labels after changing royalty structure during trial period — Apple Music Signs Beggars Group, Merlin: Sources — Beggars comprises the imprints 4AD, XL, Matador and Rough Trade and has had a hand in the careers of Adele, Radiohead and Arcade Fire …
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Circa is shutting down indefinitely after failure to monetize and close funding deals; CEO Matt Galligan says firm is working on deal involving underlying tech — Farewell to Circa News — It's with great disappointment that we let you know that Circa News has been put on indefinite hiatus.
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Facebook Messenger no longer requires a Facebook account to sign up, just a first name, last name, and phone number in the US, Canada, Peru, Venezuela — Messenger No Longer Requires A Facebook Account — Facebook wants even the people who hate Facebook to use Messenger …
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Thanks:@joshconstine| Vidya Nagarajan / Official Google for Work Blog: |
Google releases new $1,999 Chromebox for meetings bundle targeted at larger conference rooms with support for up to 20 people — Chromebox, now bringing face-to-face meetings to bigger spaces — When we launched Chromebox for meetings last year, we wanted to help teams meet face to face …
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Apple to block apps like Twitter from scanning users' iPhones and iPads to see which other apps are installed — Apple Moves to Block iPhone App-Scanning — In order to decide what ad to show to a person, Facebook and Twitter have sometimes drawn on data about other apps that are already installed on that person's phone.
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Slack hits 1.1M daily users, 900K third-party integration installs, and 300K paying customers as Twitter's April Underwood joins as head of platform — As Slack Hits 1M Daily Users And 900K Integration Installs, It Hires April Underwood As Head Of Platform
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Tweets: @ow, @vindugoel, @aunder, @mattnavarra and @tomwarren
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Dropbox hits 400M registered users, but company still struggles with sales strategy and lacks stability within executive ranks as rivals catch up — Dropbox Is Struggling and Competitors Are Catching Up — Dropbox CEO: We Have 400 Million Users and Growing — Dropbox made itself a household name by giving away cloud storage.| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
iOS 9's Safari View Controller lets developers replace custom in-app web views with a Safari-based browser that can access Safari's cookies and autofill — iOS 9 and Safari View Controller: The Future of Web Views — For a long time, iOS apps have been able to open links as web views.
Tweets: @davidkaneda, @rsarver, @pierrevalade, @mgsiegler and @joshelman
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Spotify acquires analytics firm Seed Scientific that included Beats Music as a client, will exclusively get access to services — Spotify Buys Beats' Analytics Provider Seed Scientific — Spotify wants to own big data about bands. Today it acquired analytics firm Seed Scientific to forge … | Wall Street Journal: |
GoFundMe to be acquired by investor group led by Accel and Technology Crossover, at a valuation source says is around $600M — GoFundMe Founders to Reap a Fortune in Buyout — The two founders of crowdfunding site GoFundMe are relinquishing control and reaping a fortune by selling …
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VenueNext, which creates apps for stadiums, raises $9M from investors including Twitter Ventures — Twitter Invests in VenueNext, Which Builds Apps for Arenas and Stadiums — Hey, can you tweet me some nachos? — This may someday be a legitimate request for stadium-goers given Twitter's latest investment, VenueNext.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
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