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Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's Kingdom Holding Co. buys 2.3% of Lyft for $247.7M, boosting Lyft's valuation to $4.92B — Saudi Prince Alwaleed's Firm Leads $247.7 Million Investment in Lyft — Ridesharing service Lyft is getting a boost from Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal.| Katie Benner / New York Times: |
How employee stock took the biggest hit when Good Technology, once valued at $1.1B, passed on a $825M offer and later sold to BlackBerry for $425M — When a Unicorn Start-Up Stumbles, Its Employees Get Hurt — On Sept. 4, employees of Good Technology, a mobile security start-up in Sunnyvale …
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Hyatt notifies customers it found malware on its payment processing systems — Hyatt Notifies Customers Of Malware Activity — CUSTOMERS ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW PAYMENT CARD ACCOUNT STATEMENTS CLOSELY — Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced that it recently identified malware …
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DraftKings and FanDuel sue to keep operating in Illinois — Fantasy sports companies including Boston's DraftKings Inc. went to court in Illinois on Thursday in a bid to keep operating there after the state's attorney general said their cash-prize games were illegal.| Dominic Patten / Deadline: |
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Sources: Twilio has filed confidentially for an IPO; Okta and Coupa are interviewing potential underwriters — Nutanix, Okta, Twilio and Coupa Ready 2016 IPOs — Startups valued at more than $1 billion herald rebound in tech IPOs after a slow year — Four technology startups … | Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
Fujitsu spins out its PC and mobile divisions — Much in the same way that Sony got rid of its PC division last year, Fujitsu has announced that it'll do the same in 2016. The outfit's leadership has revealed that its laptop and desktop firm will be spun out into a new wholly owned subsidiary … | Andrew Chung / Reuters: |
Apple says Samsung owes $180M in supplemental damages and interest, after the $548M payout in patent dispute — Apple asks court to make Samsung pay $180 million more in patent dispute — Just over a week after Samsung paid Apple more than $548 million for infringing the patents and designs …
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China's anti-terror law, requiring tech companies hand over encryption keys and other sensitive data, is back in parliament and likely to pass soon — China Defends Controversial Anti-Terror Law — China's draft anti-terror law — the bane of foreign tech firms — is moving closer to becoming reality.
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Sources: mobile payments startup Jumio restates 2013 and 2014 financial results, offers warrants to investors to avoid lawsuits — Jumio Restates Financial Results for 2013 and 2014 — Investors in Jumio are getting a lump of coal in their stocking this Christmas.| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Windows 10 Mobile review: a better platform and OS than Windows Phone 8.1, but still feels quite buggy, and offers little for existing iOS and Android users — Windows 10 Mobile review: Windows on phones gets rebooted. Again. — This is the smartphone platform Microsoft has wanted to build for a long time.| Wall Street Journal: |
Rising package volumes and costs have Amazon seeking alternative delivery routes, straining ties with UPS — Amazon Seeks to Ease Ties With UPS — Rising costs have Amazon seeking alternative delivery routes, straining relations with its longtime shipping ally
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Samsung announces the Galaxy A9 with 6-inch 1080p display, 4,000 mAh battery, 13 mpx camera with OIS, available in China later this month — Samsung announces the Galaxy A9 with a 4,000 mAh battery — As we reported earlier today, Samsung has announced the Galaxy A9 in China today during its Galaxy A Party 2016 event.Sponsor Posts
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