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Leaked Uber presentation: global bookings to reach $10.8B in 2015, revenue would be roughly $2B, IPO within 18-24 months — Uber seen reaching $10.8 billion in bookings in 2015: fundraising presentation — Uber Technologies Inc's [UBER.UL] global bookings are projected to rise nearly threefold …
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Ashley Madison hackers post new 20GB archive that appears to include company emails and internal documents — Hackers Dump More Ashley Madison Data — Over the past few days, people have been digging through 10GB of data apparently sourced from the extramarital dating site Ashley Madison, and its parent site Avid Life Media.
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| Carmel DeAmicis / Re/code: |
Bill Gurley marks recent tech sell-off with another warning about unprofitable unicorns, says cycle “where growth is valued more than profitability” may end — Bill Gurley to Unicorns: Winter Is Coming. You Ready? — Tech stocks have been taking a beating lately …
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| Jack Clark / Bloomberg Business: |
HP Q3 revenue falls to $25.3B, down 8.1% YoY on slumping PC sales, lower demand for services — HP Forecast Misses Estimates on PC Market Slump Before Split — Hewlett-Packard Co. issued a profit forecast that fell short of estimates, hurt by slumping personal-computer sales that underscore …
| Nigel Manuel / CNET: |
Samsung offers iPhone users a free 30-day trial with new Galaxy phones on any carrier — Samsung to give iPhone users a trial run with new Galaxy smartphones — Just weeks before the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+ launches, Samsung is attempting to sway iPhone users.| Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
Google ordered by UK's ICO to remove nine links to ‘right to be forgotten’ removal stories — Google ordered to remove links to stories about ‘right to be forgotten’ removals — UK data protection watchdog orders search engine to remove search result links to news stories about right to be forgotten link removals
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Tweets: @mcandrew, @niemanlab, @dangillmor and @dannysullivan
Thanks:@samuelgibbs. See also Mediagazer| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
New Spotify privacy policy says it can collect data on location, sensors, and photos from your phone — Location, Sensors, Voice, Photos?! Spotify Just Got Real Creepy With The Data It Collects On You — Spotify has updated its privacy policy, and users should be careful about what they agree to.
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Thanks:@bupbin. See also Mediagazer| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook to allow businesses to post GIFs as ads and Page posts, begins testing with Wendy's and Coca-Cola's Brazilian brand Kuat — After Years Of Restraint, Facebook Tries Allowing GIFs In Ads And Page Posts — Facebook refused to fill its site with flashy animated banner ads for a decade.
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Intuit announces it will divest Demandforce, QuickBase, and Quicken as it reports mixed Q4 earnings — Intuit reports mixed bag on Q4 earnings; divestitures on deck — Wall Street expected a loss of 12 cents per share, with revenues of $738.9 million. — Intuit published its fourth quarter …
| Andrew Chung / Reuters: |
Microsoft files federal antitrust lawsuit against Interdigital for “abusive licensing practices” — Microsoft files antitrust suit against InterDigital in patent feud — InterDigital Inc has violated U.S. antitrust law by failing to keep its promise to fairly license …
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GeekWire, Bloomberg Business, WMPoweruser and CIO.com
| Tom Cheredar / Gigaom: |
Flipboard update brings personalization to news feed with voting options using Zite technology — Ahead of Apple News launch, Flipboard adds voting to its news feed — Digital magazine app Flipboard is getting an update that will allow users to fine-tune the news feed that appears …
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The Next Web, Flipboard and VentureBeat
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Oracle to acquire cloud-based consumer personalization software firm Maxymiser — Oracle nabs marketing software maker Maxymiser — Oracle plans to integrate Maxymiser's software into the Oracle Marketing Cloud and use it to better compete with rivals Salesforce and Adobe.
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AdExchanger, SiliconANGLE, The Drum, Business Insider, eWeek, Wall Street Journal and Fortune
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Note5 review: excellent software support for the S Pen and amazing screen make it a great smartphone despite a smaller, irreplaceable battery — Samsung Galaxy Note 5 review — Samsung's Note line of phones has always been about three things: a huge screen, outsized performance, and a stylus.
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