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Sources: Yahoo hires bank to auction off 3K patents, including original search patent, expects $1B+, sets mid-June deadline for preliminary bids — Yahoo has set mid-June deadline for preliminary bids and hired Black Stone IP to run auction — Yahoo Inc. has kicked off an auction …
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Slack calls feature no longer invite only, is now available on desktop and for iOS and Android devices — A simple, pleasant way to speak with your team — Typing is great. We love typing. And while there are many fine ways to communicate via typing—messaging in channels …
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| Joshua Sabatini / The San Francisco Examiner: |
New San Francisco legislation requires Airbnb to list only registered hosts or face daily fines of up to $1K — Short-term rental websites will have to play by a much tougher set of rules in San Francisco under legislation approved by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it has put plans to add a TV DVR feature to the Xbox One on hold — Microsoft is no longer planning to add a TV DVR feature to its Xbox One console. The software giant originally unveiled plans to add TV DVR to the Xbox One back in August, noting that the feature would arrive some time in 2016.
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| Rachael King / Wall Street Journal: |
Salesforce to invest $50M in startups and launch an incubator to foster an ecosystem of apps that run on its cloud-computing platform — Move intended to foster ecosystem of applications that run on its cloud-computing platform — SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—Salesforce.com will devote …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Big data analytics startup Celonis, which specializes in process mining, raises $27.5M Series A round led by Accel and 83 North — How do big businesses optimize IT-driven processes? Often by hiring management consultants to cast an expert eye over digital traceries and deliver recommendations …
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft's business collaboration app GigJam available in preview to all, coming to Office 365 later this year — Microsoft today announced that its GigJam app for working with someone else on certain workflows, like sending an email or entering a record in customer relationship management software …
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Sources: F5 Networks hires Goldman Sachs to field interest in an acquisition following takeover interest; shares up 12.6% — F5 Networks Inc (FFIV.O), a U.S. computer networking company whose technology helps speed up data center traffic, has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc …
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| Jeremy Kahn / Bloomberg: |
UK MPs pass the Investigatory Powers Bill 444-69 in House of Commons; bill was modified to appease concerns of major tech companies like Apple — Law modified to meet objections from major tech companies — Debate over mass surveillance, hacking law now moves to Lords
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TechCrunch, MacRumors, iLounge, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacNN, SlashGear, Patently Apple, AppleInsider, Ars Technica UK, Engadget, BetaNews, International Business Times and TechCrunch
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Vivendi buys out founding family of French mobile-gaming firm Gameloft SE — Guillemot family to sell bulk of shares; Vivendi thought to be eyeing Ubisoft — PARIS— Vivendi SA is set to buy out the founding family of French mobile-gaming company Gameloft SE, taking the French media …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Secret founder David Byttow unveils Bold, a publishing platform for enterprise with bot assistants, raised $1M this summer — David Byttow learned just how much goes unsaid inside companies while he was running Secret. Blasting private information out publicly causes harassment … | Ashlee Kieler / Consumerist: |
MCX to disable all CurrentC accounts June 28 as beta test ends — Weeks after CurrentC was delayed (again) and half the team was laid off, the mobile payment that was supposed to serve as a merchant-backed alternative to payment systems from Apple and Android may be over for good.
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