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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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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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 … | Abhijeet M. / SamMobile: |
Sources: Samsung's Tizen-based Gear A smartwatch will feature a 1.2 GHz Exynos processor, Bluetooth 4.1, a digital crown, and more — Exclusive: Samsung Gear A (Orbis) specifications — With all the Galaxy Note 5 news flooding the internet of late, Samsung's upcoming smartwatch hasn't been in the limelight for some time now.| 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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| 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: |
| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
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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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
To Boost Video Views, Facebook Tests A New “Watch Later” Button — Video has been one of the fastest-growing content categories on Facebook of late, with 4 billion daily video views on the site as of last quarter. Now, the social network wants to expand that even more.
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| 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 … | 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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Apple and Samsung are in advanced talks with GSMA telecom association about standardized electronic SIM cards with support from AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, more — Apple, Samsung in talks with telecom groups to launch e-Sim card — Apple and Samsung are in advanced talks to join the rest …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft to acquire FieldOne Systems, expanding Dynamics business in mobile customer service … Microsoft has reached a deal to buy FieldOne Systems LLC, a company that makes customer service technology for workers in the field — including mobile apps and cloud services for automated scheduling …
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The Official Microsoft Blog, VentureBeat, ZDNet and WinBeta
| 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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Digital Trends, PC Magazine, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Verge, Tech Times, TmoNews, PhoneDog.com, The Next Web, Pocket-lint and Android Beat
| 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 … Sponsor Posts
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