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Sam Altman announces Ellen Pao's resignation to Reddit, begins AMA — An old team at reddit — Ellen Pao resigned from reddit today by mutual agreement. I'm delighted to announce that Steve Huffman, founder and the original reddit CEO, is returning as CEO.
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Ellen Pao out as Reddit CEO, co-founder and original CEO Steve Huffman takes over immediately; Pao to remain as adviser to the board through end of 2015 — Pao Out as Reddit CEO; Co-Founder Huffman Takes Over — Ellen Pao is stepping down as Reddit's CEO, a move that comes amid mounting pressure … | Reuters: |
Sources: FTC looking into claims Apple treats rival music streaming services in its app store illegally under antitrust law — FTC exploring Apple rules for streaming music rivals in App Store — U.S. government antitrust regulators are looking into claims about whether Apple's treatment …
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How Marketplace Lite, a coders-for-hire team, salvaged healthcare.gov after the “tech surge” — The Secret Startup That Saved the Worst Website in America — Loren Yu was on a weekend trip in Los Angeles when he received an urgent email from a friend. The friend, Kalvin Wang, had a proposition.| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
First look: iOS 9 public beta is the update the iPad deserves — A smallish update for phones is a Mac-sized leap for tablets. — Up until now, Apple has kept beta versions of major iOS releases locked away behind its $99-a-year developer paywall. You didn't need to actually be a developer … | Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
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Apple signs lease on 300K-square-foot campus in north San Jose, former Atmel headquarters, marking first major entry into the city in decades — Exclusive: Apple signs major lease in north San Jose, marking first significant entry into city — It's not the “Spaceship.”
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| Danny Yadron / Wall Street Journal: |
Profile of Open Whisper Systems' founder Moxie Marlinspike, whose encryption software alarms governments unable to crack it — Moxie Marlinspike: The Coder Who Encrypted Your Texts — Dreadlocked programmer has spooked the FBI by creating a tool that police can't crack| Re/code: |
Target creates 3,500 square foot Open House in San Francisco store to showcase and sell 35 internet-connected devices — Target's Tech Open House Demonstrates Internet of Things — San Francisco is home to technology. Now it's home to perhaps the most technologically-advanced house, too.
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| Jacob Long / Android Police: |
Sunrise Calendar Now Has Full Integration With Office 365 Accounts, Outlook.com Is Mostly Supported — In a move that isn't altogether unsurprising, Sunrise Calendar now offers full support for Office 365 accounts. Considering that Microsoft bought Sunrise a few months ago …
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| Rob Walker / Bloomberg: |
The challenges and opportunities for SoundCloud as it grows from a popular app with 12 hours of audio uploaded every minute to a viable business — Can SoundCloud Be the Facebook of Music? — In ripped white jeans and a midriff-baring SoundCloud T-shirt, 20-year-old Toni Romiti belts … | Bertel King, Jr / Android Police: |
Now You Can Send Directions From Desktop Google Maps To Your Android Device — It can be convenient to pull up directions at a PC while you're sitting at your desk, but you're not going to lug that thing outside to the car when it's time to hit the road. That means you have to get the directions …
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| Joseph Sirosh / TechNet Blogs: |
Microsoft announces public preview of Azure Data Catalog, an enterprise metadata repository, available July 13 — Announcing the Public Preview of Azure Data Catalog — This post is authored by Joseph Sirosh, Corporate Vice President of Information Management & Machine Learning at Microsoft.
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