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Twitter Is Planning Company-Wide Layoffs for Next Week — Jack Dorsey was named permanent CEO of Twitter on Monday, and a big reason he got the job was that as a co-founder, Dorsey isn't afraid to make the tough, necessary decisions. He isn't wasting much time.| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
BlackBerry CEO says company needs to sell 5M phones a year to make business profitable, hints it may exit handset business if it doesn't meet that goal — BlackBerry CEO wants to sell 5 million phones a year — It's been a long time since BlackBerry was on top of the smartphone world … | Sarah McBride / Reuters: |
For the first time, computer science is the most popular major for female students at Stanford; 30% of Stanford computer science majors are women — Computer science now top major for women at Stanford University — Computer science has for the first time become the most popular major … | Dan Primack / Fortune: |
“Last call!” — Valuations for later-stage tech companies are finally receding, say Silicon Valley dealmakers — Fear and sadness in Silicon Valley — Every couple of months I leave my small Massachusetts town — where most people still shop for their own groceries …
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| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Google promotes Neal Mohan to SVP for ads and Hiroshi Lockheimer to SVP for Android, Chrome OS and Chromecast — New Google CEO Sundar Pichai Makes First Major Executive Picks — Sundar Pichai, Google's new CEO under the company's Alphabet restructuring, has made his first major wave …
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| Matt Hamblen / Computerworld: |
Display Dock for Windows 10 mobile devices to cost $99, will launch alongside the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL — Display Dock for new Lumias will cost $99 — Microsoft will charge $99 for an upcoming Display Dock device to connect next-generation Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL smartphones …
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Pinterest says nearly half of its users are outside the US, begins localizing search in France, Germany, Brazil, and Japan — Pinterest Localizes Search For Its Large International Audience — Nearly half of Pinterest users live abroad, so the company is making the search experience better …
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| Andrew Perrin / Pew Internet: |
Report: 65% of US adults now use social networking sites, up from 7% a decade earlier — Social Media Usage: 2005-2015 — 65% of adults now use social networking sites - a nearly tenfold jump in the past decade — Nearly two-thirds of American adults (65%) use social networking sites …
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Marketing Land, Socialnomics and Social Media Today
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Period Tracker App Clue Gets $7M To Build A Platform For Female Health — Berlin-based Clue, which makes a period tracker app designed to let women keep tabs on their monthly cycles and help predict their fertile window, has closed a $7 million Series A round, with investment … | Spencer Soper / Bloomberg Business: |
Amazon surveys employees daily about their jobs after critical reports on workplace culture — Amazon Wants to Know How Its Employees Feel Every Day — Web retailer poses daily questions on job-related topics — Connections effort started at warehouses before expansion
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DocuSign Chairman and CEO Keith Krach says he will step down as CEO and company will start search for new CEO; will remain chairman 3 years after new CEO starts — DocuSign CEO to Step Down After New CEO Search Is Complete — Chairman and CEO Keith Krach told the staff of DocuSign …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google Search app now indexes iOS 9 apps with deep links to open content surfaced from apps, Safari to also show app content by end of month — Google Search now indexes iOS 9 apps with deep links, Safari will show app content by end of the month — In May, Google began allowing iOS developers … Sponsor Posts
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