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Square Said to File Confidentially for Initial Public Offering — Square Inc., the mobile-payments company founded and led by Jack Dorsey, the interim chief executive officer of Twitter Inc., filed confidentially for an initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said.| Ted Johnson / Variety: |
FCC OKs AT&T-DirecTV merger with conditions lasting 4 years: expand fiber internet to 12.5M new customers, submit interconnection agreements for review, more — FCC Approves AT&T-DirecTV Merger — AT&T and DirecTV's merger cleared its final federal regulatory hurdle on Friday, garnering the votes at the FCC for approval.
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Google, Amazon, Verizon, and at least 11 others will help NASA devise the first air-traffic control system to coordinate small, low-altitude drones — Google Wants to Be the Air Traffic Controller for Drones … Google Inc., the company that brought order to the Internet …
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Sources: MCX's CurrentC mobile payment app to begin limited trial in stores next month as deals keeping Apple Pay out of stores expire — Retailers' Answer to Apple Pay Is Said to Hit Stores in August … After almost three years in development, the retail industry's answer to Apple Pay is finally getting off the ground.
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Airbnb Hires Blackstone's Tosi as CFO of Home-Sharing Network — Airbnb Inc. hired Blackstone Group LP's Laurence Tosi as chief financial officer of the home-sharing startup, filling a position left vacant since Andrew Swain departed last year. — “L.T.'s expertise in hospitality and finance …
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Verizon's mobile video service Go90 will launch late this summer, initially for free, with full TV show episodes from select networks on tap — Verizon Mobile Video Service Details Uncovered: To Be Called Go90 (Exclusive) — Verizon is getting ready to launch a new mobile video service called Go90 this summer, Variety has learned.| Kevin Kingsbury / Wall Street Journal: |
With a market cap of over $247B and a 55% rise in stock price this year, Amazon is now worth more than Wal-Mart — Amazon Is Now Worth More Than Wal-Mart — While Amazon.com Inc.'s revenue has long been fast growing, easily outpacing brick-and-mortar giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the bottom line has never been close.
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Chrysler recalls 1.4 million cars at risk of being remotely hijacked — Chrysler has announced a voluntary recall of 1.4 million vehicles just days after Wired reported a frightening vulnerability that allows hackers to remotely seize control of cars equipped with the auto maker's UConnect system.| Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: |
Unclaimed and inactive Google+ pages linked with Google My Business to be shut down July 28 — Google To Shutter Orphaned Google+ Pages Next Week (July 28) — Google is going to “unverify” inactive Google+ local pages. Business pages that have not been claimed or with unresponsive owners …
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US Consumer electronics company Vizio files for IPO with plans to raise up to $172.5M — Television-Maker Vizio Files for IPO — Best known for its low-priced televisions, Vizio plans to raise up to $172.5 million — Vizio Inc., best known for its low-priced televisions …
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YouTube CEO says big publishers opting out of YouTube's paid subscription service may be dropped from the ad-supported service — YouTube Chief Pushes Ahead with Subscriptions Despite Questions — YouTube wants to get paid in a new way, and Chief Susan Wojcicki is pushing ahead despite questions about the plan.
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Flipboard Confirms New $50M Funding Round From JP Morgan — Flipboard has confirmed to us that it has raised $50 million, two days after we first reported that the company had authorized the shares earlier this year. JP Morgan was the sole investor, the company says.Sponsor Posts
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