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Apple to update iPhone trade-in program to give credit for units with damaged displays, will offer screen protector installation — Apple launching new broken iPhone upgrade, screen protector installation programs — Apple is gearing up to launch a pair of new retail initiatives centered around … | Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn stock drops 30% after hours on weak guidance but company beats expectations with $862M in Q4 revenue — LinkedIn Tumbles 30% On Earnings Guidance — LinkedIn reported fourth quarter earnings after the bell Thursday. While the company beat analyst estimates on both income and revenue …
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LinkedIn says it has acquired Connectifier, a job candidates search tool; some of the Connectifier team “freely pursuing their next adventure” — LinkedIn acquires recruiting startup Connectifier — LinkedIn today announced in its earnings statement that it has acquired Connectifier …
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Keybase debuts an open-sourced filesystem with end-to-end encryption that ties users' identities from across services to make sharing easy, now invite only — The Keybase filesystem — Big news, everyone. — Alpha releases of the Keybase app are starting to come with a cryptographically secure file mount.| Walt Mossberg / The Verge: |
The quality and reliability of Apple's apps on iOS and OS X have gradually degraded over the past few years — Mossberg: Apple's apps need work — People think of Apple as a maker of excellent premium hardware. In fact, many reviewers regard Apple devices as the best you can buy.
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Android Wear adds new gestures, speaker support, and ability to send messages using your voice — Android Wear: Designed for your wrist — You're walking to meet a friend with coffee in hand. Or maybe it's really cold outside, so you're rocking a pair of mittens. Or maybe you're in the middle of making dinner.| Lucas Ballard / Google Online Security Blog: |
Chrome's Safe Browsing feature now warns users about sites with deceptive embedded content, like fake download buttons — No More Deceptive Download Buttons — In November, we announced that Safe Browsing would protect you from social engineering attacks - deceptive tactics that try …
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| Chris Kohler / Wired: |
Nintendo's Quality of Life sleep tracking device, planned for release in March, shelved indefinitely — Nintendo Puts Its Sleep-Tracking Gizmo on Hold Indefinitely — Nintendo will sleep on its so-called “quality of life” health tracking device, it said this week.
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| Rob Lewis / Techvibes Global News: |
Visa opens up its global payments network to developers with launch of Visa Developer — Visa Opens its Global Network with Launch of Visa Developer — Today in San Francisco Visa announced the launch of Visa Developer, a milestone that transforms the world's largest retail payments network …
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| Taylor Loren / Latergramme Blog: |
Instagram Rolls Out Multiple Account Switching for Some iOS Users — Now You Can Add Multiple Accounts on Instagram - If You're Lucky — If you're using Instagram on iOS, you might have access to one of the most-requested features for Instagram - and not even know it.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Rocket Internet Sells Food Startups In Spain, Italy, Brazil, Mexico For $140M To Just Eat — The takeout shakeout continues apace. Since going public in 2014, Rocket Internet has been trying to simplify and reorganize the tangle of e-commerce startups funded and grown by the Berlin-based incubator … | Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
How prioritizing enterprise clients has sown conflict between employees and management at GitHub, which has lost nine executives in recent months — Why $2 billion startup GitHub is apparently in crisis, again — GitHub's internal culture seems to be melting down.Sponsor Posts
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