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Samsung ends production of the Galaxy Note7 after global recall due to battery fires; shares fell 8% wiping out $17B of market value before termination news — Samsung Electronics Co. is ending production of its problematic Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, taking the drastic step of killing off … | Samsung Global Newsroom: |
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Apple and Samsung argue patent case before Supreme Court; justices challenge value of design patents, which Samsung was found to have infringed — Several Supreme Court justices challenged Samsung's argument on Tuesday that the company should owe Apple less than $399 million for infringing on the design of the iPhone.| Matt Cagle / ACLU of Northern California: |
Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter gave data access to domestic surveillance firm Geofeedia; all have blocked access after ACLU shed light on the relationship — Privacy and Government Surveillance, Racial Justice, Technology and Civil Liberties — The ACLU of California has obtained records showing … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Report: Amazon to expand grocery business with new convenience stores and curbside pickup, exclusively for AmazonFresh subscribers — Look out, 7-Eleven: Amazon's push into brick-and-mortar retail is getting serious. — The e-commerce giant is considering building its own convenience stores … | Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Google acquires FameBit to better connect YouTube creators with brands — Google announced on Tuesday that it has acquired FameBit, with plans to leverage its technology platform to help YouTube creators better connect with brands. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google debuts Project Fi group plan to add up to 5 people for $15/month per user for texts and calls — Starting today, Google's Project Fi now offers a group plan. Fi users can now have up to six people on one plan, inviting new members at any time for $15 per month.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Stack Overflow launches Developer Story, a free résumé profile page tool for programmers — Stack Overflow, the community site best known for providing answers for all of your random coding questions, also has a thriving jobs board and provides services to employers looking to hire developers.| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox updates iOS app with PDF signing, file sharing iMessage integrations, iPad picture-in-picture video support; split-screen mode for iPad coming this year — Dropbox is still working its way through the enterprise world in order to show the world it isn't just dumb online storage … | Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
FCC fines Comcast $2.3M for charging customers for services they didn't ask for, including premium channels, DVRs, more, in largest FCC fine of a cable operator — “It is basic that a cable bill include charges only for services and equipment ordered.” — The FCC announced a $2.3 million fine … | Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Fortune's “Term Sheet” columnist Dan Primack leaves for Politico founders Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen's new startup; the future of the newsletter is unclear — The high-profile columnist has been the go-to blog for VC news and insights. — Dan Primack, one of the best-known … | Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Square discussed selling Caviar with Uber, GrubHub, and Yelp in talks from late 2015 to early 2016; proposed price of $100M was rebuffed — Price of about $100 million proposed for food-delivery unit — Payments company couldn't find buyer willing to pay enough| AnandTech: |
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