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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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Samsung is actively disabling Windows Update on at least some computers — Samsung is actively disabling Windows Update on at least some of the computers it sells. Microsoft MVP Patrick Barker made the discovery and documented the details on his blog after trying to help a user troubleshoot issues with his Samsung machine.| Sascha Segan / PC Magazine: |
Mobile data speed tests in 30 cities across US show Verizon Wireless has best speed and coverage — Fastest Mobile Networks 2015 — We hit 30 U.S. cities to test mobile data speeds on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless, and found the most competitive wireless landscape in six years.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft launches Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps for phones running Android 4.4 or higher — Microsoft releases Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Android phones out of preview — Microsoft today launched Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Android phones. Previously in preview …
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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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Sources: Palantir raising up to $500M at $20B valuation — Palantir Valued At $20 Billion In New Funding Round — The secretive data-processing company is raising up to $500 million in a previously undisclosed round of funding. The round makes it the third most valuable startup in the United States.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
UK Apple Pay won't require PIN but £20 contactless transaction limit does apply ... for now — Apple Pay is going international starting with the United Kingdom next month. The precise nature of how Apple Pay will work in the UK has been murky, with banks saying different things.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
You can now watch Periscope replays on the web — Since live streams began taking over Twitter feeds earlier this year, a common complaint has been that they end before you could watch them. Periscope did enable replays within 24 hours after a stream ended, but only on its apps for Android and iOS.| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Box to offer integration with IBM content management and security tools as part of a wide-ranging cloud partnership — Box And IBM Ink Wide-Ranging Cloud Partnership — IBM is going Levie. — This evening, Box and IBM announced a partnership that will see their technologies integrated, and their cloud products commingled.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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| Vlad Dudau / Neowin: |
Lenovo unveils the Ideacenter Stick 300: a $130 PC on a stick running Windows — Lenovo is introducing a brand new PC-on-a-stick device, called the Ideacenter Stick 300. The new device is designed to be taken anywhere and can transform almost any display into a Windows computer.
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Lenovo Newsroom, TechCrunch, Yahoo Tech, Engadget, ValueWalk, SlashGear, ZDNet, Inquirer, Gizmodo, WinBeta, Maximum PC, Ubergizmo, CNET, TechSpot, Pocket-lint, Geek.com, Tech Times, HotHardware.com News, BetaNews, PCWorld and Electronista
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Envoy, an iPad-based visitor management product, used in the offices of Airbnb, Pandora, Box, GoPro, more, raises $15M led by a16z — Meet Envoy, The Startup Everyone From Airbnb To Yahoo Is Using To Check In Guests — Before you can tour the offices at a big tech company in San Francisco … Sponsor Posts
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