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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple eyes March 15 event for iPhone 5se, iPad Air 3 & Apple Watch updates — Apple is currently aiming to unveil the new 4-inch the iPhone 5se, the iPad Air 3, and new Apple Watch band options at an event on Tuesday, March 15th, according to sources. We previously reported that Apple …
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Yahoo announces 15% staff cut, will close 5 overseas offices as part of “aggressive strategic plan”, $1.27B in quarterly revenue, up 1.5% YoY, beating estimates — Yahoo to lay off 15% of its workforce as part of ‘aggressive strategic plan’ — Yahoo (YHOO) announced plans today … | Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
A look at the $1M motivational guidebook commissioned by Marissa Mayer for all Yahoo employees — Marissa Mayer's Big Red Book: A Guide to What the Yahoo CEO Will Do Next — In the late fall, employees across Yahoo arrived at work to find a message from CEO Marissa Mayer on their desks.
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| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon plans to open “300 to 400” brick-and-mortar bookstores, according to CEO of mall operator General Growth Properties — Amazon Plans Hundreds of Brick-and-Mortar Bookstores, Mall CEO Says — The Seattle company plans as many as 400 bookstores, according to the chief executive of General Growth Properties
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Uber announces major rebranding with icons designed to reflect regional colors and patterns, as well as a new logotype — Celebrating Cities: A New Look and Feel for Uber — Have you ever looked at someone's hairstyle and thought “oh my, you peaked in the 1990s?” Well that's a bit how I feel about Uber's look today.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Microsoft to acquire AI powered keyboard maker Swiftkey for about $250M — Microsoft in $250m artificial intelligence keyboards deal — Microsoft is paying around $250m to acquire London-based Swiftkey, maker of a predictive keyboard powered by artificial intelligence that is installed …
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| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
US, Europe reach safe harbor data deal, includes ombudsman in State Dept. for quick response to grievances; privacy rights advocates may file legal challenges — U.S. and Europe in ‘Safe Harbor’ Data Deal, but Legal Fight May Await — European officials on Tuesday agreed to a deal …
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| TechCrunch: |
Twitter now lets logged out mobile visitors see full conversations, not just individual tweets, brings the redesigned homepage to 23 new countries — Twitter Starts Taking Its Logged-Out Users Seriously — Twitter announced two updates today that should make it easier to use for logged-out users … | Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg Business: |
Nintendo quarterly profit down 36% as Wii U and 3DS sales drop; first smartphone game on track for March release — Oh No Mario: Nintendo Profit Dives as Buyers Await Mobile Games — Wii U, 3DS hardware sales languish despite Splatoon, Mario — President Kimishima affirms first smartphone game in March
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
T-Mobile has fastest US 4G network, closely followed by Verizon, with AT&T and Sprint lagging behind, says crowdsourced mobile data company OpenSignal — T-Mobile is fastest U.S. 4G network, according to crowdsourced mobile data company OpenSignal — A new report from OpenSignal shines …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to turn on Yammer by default for eligible Office 365 customers over next few months as it tries to head off Facebook at Work — Microsoft tries to head off Facebook at Work by turning on Yammer by default — Microsoft is turning Yammer on by default for eligible Office 365 commercial customers over the next few months.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
SoundCloud Gets Its Own Radio Feature With Launch Of “Stations” On iOS And Android — With opportune timing, given Apple's decision to put its curated iTunes Radio stations behind a paywall, music streaming service SoundCloud today launched its own take on continuous, lean-back listening with the debut of “Stations.”Sponsor Posts
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