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Jack Dorsey says product VP Kevin Weil, media VP Katie Stanton, engineering VP Alex Roetter, and HR VP Skip Schipper have “chosen to leave” Twitter — Was really hoping to talk to Twitter employees about this later this week, but want to set the record straight now: http://twitter.com/...
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Sources: Top choice for Twitter CMO role is American Express marketing VP Leslie Berland — Amex Marketing Exec Tops Twitter CMO List — It's a woman. She is from a major brand company. The hire will report directly to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. — So far, that is the person who sources …
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Spotify to roll out video to all Android users this week, iOS users next week, in US, UK, Germany and Sweden — Spotify Ready to Introduce Video Product — Content from BBC, Maker Studios, ESPN will soon be added to popular music app — Spotify AB is finally rolling out its video product to the masses.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
‘iPhone 5se’ likely to have faster A9/M9 chips & always-on Siri, come in 16/64GB capacities — Last week we reported that Apple is preparing to announce a new 4-inch iPhone dubbed the “iPhone 5se” as soon as mid-March. Our report noted that the new iPhone is essentially an upgraded iPhone 5s … | Cody Toombs / Android Police: |
Google Streamlines Play Games API: Allows Automatic Sign-In And Only Shows A Prompt When Google+ Access Is Requested — If you're an avid gamer on Android, get ready to see quite a bit fewer of those pesky Google+ sign-in prompts. Google is rearranging things a bit in the Games API to cut … | James Vincent / The Verge: |
Samsung begins rollout of Gear S2 Classic in China, coming soon to other regions, available in rose gold plate and platinum plate — Samsung's gold Gear S2 smartwatch ships for a fraction of the price of Apple's — It's apparently cheaper to buy a gold smartwatch from Samsung than it is from Apple.
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| Richard Trenholm / CNET: |
Samsung to open VR movie studio in New York: ‘We love stories’ — The company behind the Gear VR virtual-reality headset partners with the Sundance film festival to foster new immersive experiences.| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Google shuts down Glass social media accounts as it refocuses on Glass Enterprise Edition — Google Glass social media finally goes dead as Enterprise Edition rollout widens — The Google Glass social media accounts—including Twitter, Google+, Instagram, and others … | Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
As Amazon and Google lobby for FAA rules that would allow commercial drone delivery testing, DJI and GoPro lobby against new recreational drone regulations — Drone Lobbying Heats Up on Capitol Hill — WASHINGTON — The last time Congress weighed in on rules for nonmilitary drones … | Chris Messina: |
How chat apps could usher in a new wave of services that are easier to deploy and access — 2016 will be the year of conversational commerce — As — I've surveyed the landscape collecting startups and apps that fit into this paradigm, talked with the press, observed how marketers … | Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Second-generation Intel Compute Stick review: still a $159 niche PC, but the new wireless adapter fixes the major flaw of its predecessor — Better wireless helps Intel's new Compute Stick deliver on its potential — Review: Still a $159 niche PC, but at least it's a niche PC that works well.
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