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Source: Samsung to launch refurbished smartphone program as early as next year in an effort to boost revenue, fight off mid-tier competitors — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd plans to launch a program to sell refurbished used versions of its premium smartphones as early as next year … | Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Sony to debut a new PlayStation 4 standard model alongside a high-end version on September 7 — Japanese tech company to introduce a standard and high-end version of the console next month — TOKYO— Sony Corp. plans to introduce a new PlayStation 4 standard model alongside … | Dave McClure / 500 Hats: |
Expect more non-tech public companies to buy tech unicorns as a hedge against disruption — Yeah, There's a Bubble... But it Ain't in Tech … Everybody in the press loves to write stories about the next “Tech Bubble”. — Of course, they all think they've seen this movie before—twice in fact, in 2000 and in 2008.
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The blurring of lines between media and tech firms, Silicon Valley's culture of secrecy, and a lack of skepticism and resources make tech reporting difficult — With the lines between media firms and tech firms blurring, coverage of the tech sector presents one of the most profound accountability challenges in modern journalism
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Tweets: @caseynewton, @davemcclure, @niemanlab, @niemanreports and @kimmaicutler
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How San Francisco's tech business is spilling over into other metro areas across the US, based on job growth — PHOENIX — Three years ago, Kate Rogers was caught in the Bay Area struggle. She paid the astronomical rents. She did the crushing commute. She lived the frustration … | Bloomberg: |
How a Lending Club user mined the company's data to uncover shady loans made to Lending Club insiders and repeat borrowers — Photographer: Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images — “You ready to see some crazy s**t?” — Bryan Sims and I were sitting in the dining room of his modest home in Portland …
Tweets: @aaronklein, @monstro, @dtunkelang, @digiphile, @financialbrand, @chafkin, @mdudas, @anildash and @anildash
| Brett Scott / The Long and Short: |
Inside the war for cashless society, pushed by the likes of Visa and PayPal, which will leave many without bank accounts behind — Long — Banks, governments, credit card companies and fintech evangelists all want us to believe a cashless future is inevitable and good.
Tweets: @justincormack and @adamshostack
| Dennis K. Berman / Wall Street Journal: |
Kobe Bryant and Jeff Stibel launch $100M venture capital fund based in Los Angeles, to invest in tech, media, and data companies — The retired NBA star and his partner today will unveil their vehicle for investing in technology, media and data companies — Meet Kobe Bryant, venture capitalist.| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Microsoft's Panos Panay on the evolution of Surface, from the failure of the first model with Windows RT to the trendsetting Surface Pro 4 tablet-laptop hybrid — On May 20, 2014, Satya Nadella — the recently appointed CEO of Microsoft — sat down next to Microsoft Surface boss Panos Panay in a packed New York City auditorium.
Tweets: @brianfagioli
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Sources: Chinese selfie app-maker Meitu files for IPO in Hong Kong, aims to raise between $500M and $1B — Offering will test market's competitiveness for coming Chinese startup IPOs — HONG KONG—One of China's most popular “selfie” app makers is preparing to raise up to $1 billion through …
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Sources: seed-stage firm Rothenberg Ventures near collapse as executives depart; employees blame out-of-control spending by the firm's fame-seeking founder — Rothenberg Ventures, the four-year-old, San Francisco-based seed-stage venture firm, may be on the brink of implosion, say several sources close to the firm.
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VentureBeat and tech.co. Tweets: @jaycuthrell, @rafat, @trengriffin, @scottthurm, @sarahfrier and @mhbergen
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Rakuten acquires IP and assets of Bitnet, a Bitcoin wallet startup it had invested in, for undisclosed sum, and will open a blockchain R&D lab in Belfast, UK — Rakuten has confirmed that it has acquired the assets of Bitnet, a bitcoin wallet startup it invested in … Sponsor Posts
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