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John Doerr to Step Aside From New Venture Funds at Kleiner Perkins, Become Chair — A change at the storied venture capital firm could usher in an accelerated transition to a new generation of investors. — Venture capitalist John Doerr will step away from some management duties at his firm …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon adds about 80 Dash buttons, now covers over 100 brands, says orders up 75% in past three months — Amazon expands Dash Button line-up, top sellers to date include Tide, Bounty, Cottonelle — Amazon this morning announced an expansion of its Dash Buttons product line …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft integrates Xamarin into Visual Studio for free, will open source Xamarin runtime — Microsoft today announced that Xamarin is now available for free for every Visual Studio user. This includes all editions of Visual Studio, including the free Visual Studio Community Edition …
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FCC votes 3-2 to expand Lifeline program to give low-income Americans $9.25/month subsidy for broadband — America's poor can now get cheaper Internet access — Federal regulators have approved a historic expansion of subsidies for the poor, fleshing out for the first time a set …
| Dustin Volz / Reuters: |
Reddit deletes surveillance ‘warrant canary’ in transparency report — Social networking forum reddit on Thursday removed a section from its site used to tacitly inform users it had never received a certain type of U.S. government surveillance request, suggesting the platform is now being asked …
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100K batteries from nearly 40 Toshiba laptop models recalled after faulty units overheat and melt — Major Toshiba laptop battery recall issued after faulty units overheat and literally melt — If you bought a Toshiba laptop between 2011 and 2016 you might have a faulty battery pack eligible for a free replacement.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft launches preview of Azure Functions, its AWS Lambda competitor for serverless computing, and makes Azure Service Fabric generally available — Microsoft releases preview of new Azure ‘serverless compute’ service to take on AWS Lambda — Microsoft is making available … | Adam Ewing / Bloomberg Business: |
Jay Z seeks compensation in his $56M Tidal purchase from Schibsted ASA, claiming subscriber numbers were inflated — Jay Z Says Firm That Sold Him Tidal Inflated Subscriber Numbers — Hip hop mogul says he wants some of his $56 million back — A year after acquisition, Tidal still trails Spotify, Apple
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iFixit teardown finds iPhone SE and iPhone 5S screens are interchangeable, but SE battery connector differs from 5s — iPhone SE Teardown — Teardown — Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions. — In Progress — This guide is a work in progress.
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Postmates hits 1M monthly deliveries and launches Plus Unlimited, a $9.99/month service that offers unlimited deliveries of orders over $30 — Postmates launches Amazon Prime-style subscription service, hits 1 million monthly deliveries — Postmates, which is now completing 1 million deliveries a month …
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Tweets: @ashleymayer and @skyler_irvine
| David Purdum / ESPN: |
DraftKings and FanDuel to suspend all college, high school, and youth sports contests indefinitely after this week's college basketball games, in deal with NCAA — DraftKings, FanDuel to stop offering college fantasy games — Leading daily fantasy sports operators DraftKings and FanDuel …
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TechCrunch, VatorNews, Legal Sports Report, NPR, Engadget, The Verge, Gizmodo and FanDuel Newsroom. Tweets: @davidpurdum. See also Mediagazer
| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
“Fitbit for dogs” maker Whistle was acquired by Mars Petcare in February, source says for over $100M — Whistle's ‘Fitbit for dogs’ acquired by Mars Petcare — Whistle, the “Fitbit for dogs,” has found a home at Mars Petcare, TechCrunch has learned.
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