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Source: Amazon to debut new lines of private label products, including perishable foods and household items, for Prime members only in coming weeks — The first of the brands could appear on the company's website in coming weeks — Amazon.com Inc. in the coming weeks is set to roll …
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| Lauren Pollock / Wall Street Journal: |
Filing: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owned 9.81M Apple shares on March 31, valued at $1.07B — Legendary investor, who previously avoided technology stocks, also slightly increases position in IBM — Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. took a new position in Apple Inc. in the first quarter …
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| Christopher Williams / Telegraph: |
Sources: EU may announce €3B fine against Google in shopping search case as early as next month — Google faces a record-breaking fine for monopoly abuse within weeks, as officials in Brussels put the finishing touches to a seven-year investigation of company's dominant search engine.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google plans to make Flash plugin click-to-play by default in Chrome in Q4'16, rendering HTML5 instead when available, except for 10 top sites relying on Flash — Google has outlined a plan to push HTML5 by default in Chrome, instead of Flash. In Q4 2016, the company plans to only serve Flash …
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| Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority: |
WhatsApp beta users briefly get the option to make video calls, hinting at future in-app feature — A beta version of WhatsApp for Android included the option to initiate a video call. The feature was not active for most users, and it was removed with a later update … | Patrick Foster / Telegraph: |
Sources: BBC working on subscription streaming service to rival Netflix, dubbed Britflix, delivered via iPlayer; ITV and NBC Universal are involved — The BBC is to push ahead with plans to launch a British rival to Netflix, after getting the go-ahead from the government to develop a new subscription streaming service.
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Acer partners with Starbreeze on StarVR headset with 210-degree field of view for arcades and theme parks — Acer is joining forces with the game studio Starbreeze to develop a high-end virtual reality headset designed for arcades and theme parks. Starbreeze has already been showcasing the headset … | Michael del Castillo / CoinDesk: |
The DAO, a distributed organization on the Ethereum blockchain that disperses ETH to other startups and projects, has now raised 10.5M+ ETH, worth about $105M — A distributed organization with no single leader that could theoretically exist so long as there's an Internet connection was launched last month …
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| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Facebook says it has invited “about a dozen” conservative leaders to meet Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday, including Glenn Beck — “It would be interesting to look him in the eye.” — Mark Zuckerberg is hosting a summit for conservative leaders on Wednesday. — So says Glenn Beck, who says he will attend.
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See also Mediagazer| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
AT&T buys Quickplay, will use it to power three new DirecTV streaming services later in 2016; terms not disclosed — AT&T is acquiring Quickplay Media, a provider of Internet-video streaming services, which it will use to launch three over-the-top DirecTV services later in 2016.| Wall Street Journal: |
Walmart tests two-day subscription service to challenge Amazon Prime, builds regional delivery network around eight mega-warehouses in US with $2B investment — Retailer tests two-day shipping to challenge Prime, builds regional delivery network in U.S. — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is testing … | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Didi Chuxing, China's largest taxi on-demand firm, denies plan for U.S. IPO in 2017 — Didi Chuxing, the ride-sharing firm that leads Uber in China, has denied a report that it plans to go public in the U.S. next year. — Just days after Didi announced a landmark $1 billion investment from Apple …
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