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Rdio to shut down the service, file for bankruptcy, with Pandora acquiring the key assets for $75M in cash — Pandora to Acquire Key Assets from Rdio — Adding technology, IP and talent to accelerate development of new capabilities; Pandora hosting investor call to outline growth strategy at 1:30 p.m. PT today
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Tweets: @micahsingleton, @eringriffith, @ingridlunden, @kennethn and @caseynewton
See also Mediagazer| Adrian Weckler / Independent.ie: |
Tim Cook: Apple won't create ‘converged’ MacBook and iPad — Apple will not create a “converged” MacBook and iPad, according to chief executive Tim Cook. — Google — Speaking to Independent.ie , Cook denied that the death of computers such as the Mac was imminent …
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App Advice, iMore, Engadget, TechCrunch, Computerworld, 9to5Mac, Forbes, CIO.com, Ars Technica, PCMag UK, Digital Trends, TechnoBuffalo, iPhone Hacks, Fortune, Insanely Great Mac, O'Grady's PowerPage, TechRadar.com, iDownloadBlog.com, Redmond Pie, Tech Times, The Verge, Neowin, BetaNews, USA Today, MacRumors, FierceMobileIT News, MacNN, Cult of Mac, iLounge, The Next Web, Pocketnow, Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog, Ubergizmo, AppleInsider, SlashGear, Pocket-lint, Business Insider, ZDNet, BGR, Slashdot and MobileSyrup.com. Tweets: @joannastern
| Fred Wilson / AVC: |
Fidelity's markdowns are another sign that for startups, access to capital from public market investors comes with the price of increased transparency — The Blurring Of The Public And Private Markets — Five or six years ago, as the USV team was discussing the evolution of late stage financings …
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VatorNews and Re/code. Tweets: @semil, @delrey, @aweissman, @reformedbroker and @modestproposal1
| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google's natural language search gets smarter, can now handle superlatives, ordered items, time based, and more complicated queries — Google's Natural Language Search Gets Smarter — Google is saying their search engine is getting better at understanding our natural language searches … | Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
Uber is testing a new feature for drivers to pick up riders headed in the same direction as them, in the Bay Area — Uber Drivers Can Now Pick Up Riders Headed In The Same Direction As Them — Going My Way? A new Uber feature allows drivers the ability to set a destination and pick up riders headed in that same direction.
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Uber Global, The Verge, VatorNews, SlashGear, Fortune, The Next Web, Engadget, The Tech Portal, Tech Times, TIME and Wired. Tweets: @pierce
| Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook allows Google to crawl and index public profiles, Pages, Groups, and Events from its mobile app — Google Gets Surprise Ally in Mobile-App Search Push: Facebook — Google's effort to keep its search engine relevant in a world of mobile apps just got a boost from a big rival.
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Engadget, Macworld, Business Insider, The Verge, USA Today, Android Authority, Tech Times, 9to5Google, iDownloadBlog.com, Yahoo Tech and WebProNews. Tweets: @dannysullivan
| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
Facebook Now Using Google App Indexing To Drive Visitors From Search Into Its App — Facebook has long opened up some of its walled garden to Google, in order to gain Google traffic. Now Facebook is stepping up its search engine optimization game by implementing Google App Indexing to ensure … | Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitter is testing multiple emoji reactions to tweets — The heart's reign of terror as the only emoji-based reaction to a tweet may be coming to an end. Twitter user _Ninji noticed the ability to select multiple emoji from the heart, including the frown, the grimace, the party noisemaker, and the 100.
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The Daily Dot, Engadget, The Next Web, TechCrunch, Tech Times, Fortune and MobileSyrup.com
Tweets: @_ninji, @marissadraws and @caseynewton
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
How Facebook is betting its future on artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and bringing Internet to 4B people not yet connected — Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Bold Plan For The Future Of Facebook — Facebook is firing on all cylinders. Now Mark Zuckerberg is looking to the decade ahead, from AI to VR to drones.
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Daily Mail, Gizmodo, Business Insider, VatorNews, VRFocus, Tech Insider and TIME
Tweets: @harrymccracken, @cwarzel and @ajs
| Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire: |
Microsoft and Code.org will use Minecraft to teach kids the basics of computer programming … Microsoft wants to turn kids' love of Minecraft into a love of computer programming through a partnership with Code.org, announced on Monday morning. — They've built a tutorial that students across … | Scott Webster / CNET: |
AT&T selling Microsoft Lumia 950, Samsung Galaxy View Nov 20 — The carrier will sell the first Windows 10 smartphone and the gargantuan tablet later this week.
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AT&T, The Verge, Digital Trends, 9to5Google, Microsoft Store, Android Police, WinBeta, The Next Web, TechnoBuffalo, Engadget, ZDNet, PhoneDog.com, PhoneDog.com, Ubergizmo, Windows Central, Thurrott.com, Digital Trends, AndroidGuys, Thurrott.com, Neowin, Pocketnow, WinBeta and Inquirer. Tweets: @verge
| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
SteamOS gaming performs significantly worse than Windows, Ars analysis shows — Cross-platform 3D games face 21- to 58-percent frame rate dip on same hardware. — Since Valve started publicly talking about its own Linux-powered “Steam Boxes” about three years ago now …
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Business Insider, The Verge, TechSpot, TechnoBuffalo, Tech Times and GamesIndustry.biz. Tweets: @edzitron
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Expands Launchpad, Its Product Hunt-Meets-Shopify-Shyp Rival, To The UK — Following on from last week's news that Amazon would expand its Pantry household items delivery service to the UK while also discounting new Prime memberships in the country, the e-commerce giant …
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Financial Times, Fortune, Wired.co.uk, Engadget and Business Insider
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