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Sources: Twitter may receive formal bid shortly, suitors said to include Salesforce and Google — Twitter has received expressions of interest from several technology companies and may receive a formal bid shortly, sources said. — The social media company is engaged in conversations …
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See also Mediagazer| TechCrunch: |
Salesforce, Google, Microsoft, Verizon are all eyeing up a Twitter bid — Sep 23, 2016, 7:02 amSep 23, 2016, 10:08 am — Twitter continues to inch its way to a sale process, and the latest developments come in the form of alleged bids from potential buyers.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple working on Siri-based smart home device to control appliances, lights, curtains, locks, and more — Bloomberg Anywhere Remote LoginBloomberg Anywhere Login — Product would control appliances, lights, door locks and more — Apple is also trying to improve Siri on iPhones and iPads
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Oculus's Palmer Luckey funding pro-Trump political organization dedicated to “shitposting” and “meme magic” — A Silicon Valley titan is putting money behind an unofficial Donald Trump group dedicated to “shitposting” and circulating Internet memes maligning Hillary Clinton.
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Facebook says it overestimated average video viewing time metric by 60%-80% for 2 years, according to information Publicis Media says it obtained from Facebook — Social network miscalculated the average time users spent watching videos on its platform — Big ad buyers and marketers …
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See also Mediagazer| David Fischer / Facebook: |
Facebook VP of advertising David Fischer explains video metric miscalculation, apologizes, says the mistake had no impact on billing — Many of you may have seen the reports about our video metric miscalculation - I want to provide further clarity on the issue.
| Jordan Graham / Boston Herald: |
Airbnb's co-founder CTO Nathan Blecharczyk confirms $30B valuation for latest $555M round — The co-founder and chief technology officer of Airbnb today touted the company's massive $555 million funding round during a visit to his high school alma mater, saying the short-term rental company is now worth $30 billion.
| Marco della Cava / USA Today: |
Uber is rolling out a new feature that will require drivers to confirm their identities via a selfie before each shift — SAN FRANCISCO — Uber is rolling out a new feature Friday that will require drivers to confirm their identities via a selfie photo before each shift.
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| Paul Szoldra / Business Insider: |
Brian Krebs' site hit by record 620Gbps sustained DDos attack, nearly twice as big as any previous attack seen by Akamai; the site will be “offline for a while” — Cloud hosting giant Akamai Technologies has dumped journalist Brian Krebs from its servers after his website came under a “record” cyberattack.
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See also Mediagazer| AppleInsider: |
Apple releases iOS 10.0.2 update fixing Lightning EarPods bug, Photos crashes, app extension issues — Apple on Friday pushed out a minor update for its newly released iOS 10 platform, squashing a handful of bugs for iPhone and iPad users, most notably one related to controls on Lightning-connected headphones.
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Gizmodo, Macworld, The Verge, MacRumors, BGR, Gotta Be Mobile, InvestorPlace, TodaysiPhone.com and SlashGear. Thanks:@ravichandrans25
| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Source: Google to launch $129 Google Wifi router, with several units able to link together into a larger wireless mesh network — OnHub-schmonhub: two sources are now telling us that Google will introduce an own-brand Wi-Fi router called Google Wifi, and that the device will cost $129.
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| Dylan Martin / BostInno: |
UPS begins drone delivery tests with CyPhy Works, a robotic startup it invested in and partnered with last fall — On a small, uninhabited island over a mile off the coast of Marblehead, Mass., I quietly waited for a buzzing fleck to appear in the sky. It was a drone made by CyPhy Works …
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Gizmodo, ZDNet, TechCrunch, UPS Pressroom, InvestorPlace, Reuters and USA Today. Thanks:@dylanljmartin
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