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Facebook tests shops within Pages that bring entire shopping experience from product discovery to checkout inside Facebook — Facebook Takes Big Step Forward On Commerce, Builds Shops Into Pages — A test with the potential to transform online commerce. — Mock-up of Facebook's new shop pages.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
EBay confirms agreement to sell eBay Enterprise to investment consortium for $925M — EBay has confirmed previous rumors that it's selling its enterprise services business, eBay Enterprise, for $925 million. — The unit specializes in developing and managing e-commerce sites for retailers …
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eBay Reports Q2 Revenues Of $4.4B, EPS Of $0.76, Sells Enterprise Division For $925M — In its last quarter before the spin off of PayPal as a separate company, e-commerce giant eBay today reported its Q2 earnings for the quarter that ended June 30. — The company reported total revenues …
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Intel shows Moore's Law is slowing with plans for a third generation of 14nm chips, delays switch to 10nm process to 2017 — Intel confirms tick-tock-shattering Kaby Lake processor as Moore's Law falters — Company will make three generations of 14nm processors, delaying the switch to 10nm.| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
| Orr Hirschauge / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook to Pay About $60 Million for Gesture-Control Firm Pebbles — Facebook Inc. Thursday agreed to buy Israel-based gesture-control company Pebbles Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter. — Facebook agreed to pay around $60 million for the company, according to one of these people.
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| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Android M will feature visual voicemail in the native dialer, support T-Mobile US and French carrier Orange at launch — [Android M Feature Spotlight] Android M Will Have Proper Visual Voicemail Support In The Dialer — Voicemails are terrible. Anyone willing to sit through the message …
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| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
FireEye suspends intern Morgan Culbertson from future work after Justice Department charges him with creating Dendroid, a remote access toolkit for Android — Darkode Shutdown: FireEye Intern Accused Of Creating $65,000 Android Malware — One of the more successful English-speaking cybercrime forums … | Rick Webb / Medium: |
Banners are useful for brand marketers despite “fraud”, because they're cheap and effective for raising awareness — Banner “Fraud” Doesn't Matter — A Message from brand marketers to publishers — Here's a message on behalf of brand marketers everywhere.† We know about banner fraud already.
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| Jackie Dove / The Next Web: |
App Annie: iOS lags Google Play in app downloads but still generated 70% more revenue on strength in China — App Annie report: Google Play's downloads top the App Store as Apple retains revenue lead — While the Google Play store crushed Apple's App Store in worldwide downloads …
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| Carmel DeAmicis / Re/code: |
California Public Utilities Commission fines Uber $7.3M for failing to provide accessibility data, Uber to appeal — Uber Fined $7.3 Million for Not Reporting California Accessibility Data — The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) slapped Uber with a $7.3 million fine for failing …
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| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
E.U. Opens Antitrust Investigations Into Qualcomm — The European Commission announced two antitrust investigations on Thursday into the chip maker Qualcomm, the latest in a number of competition inquiries that have targeted United States technology giants.| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Pushbullet Android update brings full SMS syncing to your desktop — Pushbullet Update Brings Full SMS Messaging Support To Your Desktop — It's been scarcely two weeks since Pushbullet had its last big update, and here we are again. An update is rolling out in the Play Store … | Erica Swanson / Google Fiber Blog: |
Google to offer free internet access in select public housing areas in all Google Fiber markets, as part of ConnectHome, Obama's low-cost Internet program — Bringing Internet access to public housing residents — The web is where we go to connect with people, learn new subjects …
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