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AT&T brings back unlimited data plans for its DirecTV and U-verse subscribers — AT&T is bringing back unlimited data. The number-two wireless carrier discontinued its original unlimited plans years ago, but it's resuscitating the all-you-can-eat option as a cross-promotion with its DirecTV and U-verse television services.
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Eddy Cue: due to a glitch, Apple has been underestimating the number of News app users since launch and passing that inaccurate information to publishers — Apple News App Is Off to a Rocky Start — There's one glitch: Neither publishers nor the company know how many people are reading
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Pre-orders for HTC's VR headset Vive start February 29, ships in April — HTC Vive pre-orders to start on February 29 — Pre-orders for HTC's virtual reality headset Vive will open on February 29, boss Cher Wang confirms — HTC will start taking pre-orders for Vive, its virtual reality headset …
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Sources: Apple Music now has more than 10M subscribers — Apple's music streaming subscribers top 10m — Apple has passed 10m subscribers for its music streaming service, taking six months to hit a milestone which took its arch-rival Spotify six years to hit, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Thanks:@tim. See also Mediagazer| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Nielsen: Music Streams Doubled In 2015, Digital Sales Continue To Fall — 2015 was a good year for streaming services, according to Nielsen's year-end Music report out now. In 2015, on-demand streaming services grew to 317 billion streams - that's a doubling from 2014, which saw 164.5 billion songs streamed, Nielsen report states.
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Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes is trying to sell The New Republic, after buying it in 2012 — New Republic Owner Chris Hughes Puts Magazine Up For Sale — Facebook co-founder, who purchased the title in 2012, says magazine needs a new business model — The New Republic …
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Xiaomi's Redmi 3 offers a massive 4,100mAh battery and all-metal body for just $107 — Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi announced its latest budget handset today, the Redmi 3. The device features all-metal construction and a large 4,100mAh battery, which are both unusual in phones below $250.| Vindu Goel / New York Times: |
Sources: more than 30% of Yahoo's workforce has left in the last year, but company says it is still hiring, and application numbers are strong — Yahoo's Brain Drain Shows a Loss of Faith Inside the Company — SAN FRANCISCO — Marissa Mayer, the glamorous, geeky Google executive hired …
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| Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
SoundCloud raises €32 million in debt funding with an option for additional loans — According to Swedish technology news site DiGITAL, Berlin-based SoundCloud has raised 300 million Swedish krona (a little more than €32 million, or about $35 million) in debt funding.
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| Tracey Lien / Los Angeles Times: |
Lyft defies predictions by continuing to grow as a rival to Uber — From January 2014 to January 2015, Lyft grew fivefold in rides and revenue. Above, a driver for Lyft and Uber at Los Angeles International Airport last month. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times) — It's Saturday night in San Francisco's Mission District.| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Didi Kuaidi says it has booked 1.43B rides in 2015, 200M of them in December — Take That, Uber! Didi Kuaidi Says It Booked Over a Billion Rides Just in 2015. — Last month, Uber declared that it had booked over one billion rides worldwide through its app since its creation in 2009.| Bruce Schneier / CNN: |
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