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Sources: Twitter may cut 8% of workforce, or 300 people, as soon as this week — Twitter Inc. is planning widespread job cuts, to be announced as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter. — The company may cut around 8 percent of the workforce, or about 300 people …
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| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Twitter to report 2016 Q3 results pre-market instead of post-market on Thursday October 27 at 4am Pacific Time — A lot of the industry watchers that follow Twitter are out here on the West Coast, where the company is based. And for good reason! The Twitter diaspora exists in a large force …
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TechCrunch and Business Insider. Tweets: @twitterir, @shiraovide, @catwoman2011 and @tweeter_ir
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Google Pixel XL teardown reveals little HTC branding, a 6/10 repairability score due to fragile screen, but most components are modular and easy to replace — Tools Featured in this Teardown — Introduction — Today marks our first ever teardown of a phone designed entirely by Google: the Pixel XL.
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| Jason D. Rowley / Mattermark: |
Google acquires Eyefluence, an eye-tracking tech firm for AR and VR — tl;dr: Google has acquired Eyefluence, which has developed a suite of eyeball-sensing technologies for AR and VR, for an undisclosed sum. — Today, Eyefluence quietly announced on its website that it has been acquired by Google.| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
The New York Times acquires online consumer guide The Wirecutter, founded by former Gizmodo editor-in-chief Brian Lam; sources say NYT will pay more than $30M — The New York Times is buying The Wirecutter, a five-year-old online consumer guide. The Times will pay more than $30 million …
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New York Times, Fortune, 15 Minutes in the Morning, CNNMoney, VatorNews, Boing Boing, The New York Times Company, Scripting News, Nieman Lab, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Mashable, Ars Technica UK and The Wirecutter
Tweets: @wirecutter, @benfrench, @blam, @blam, @joshuatopolsky, @nytimesbits, @smc90, @soniafaleiro, @peterpham, @kevinctofel, @rafat, @tomgara, @nichcarlson, @tedr, @ihnatko, @mims, @om, @mathewi, @benthompson, @davewiner, @bxchen, @msquinn, @basche42, @kevinroose and @hunterwalk
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Samsung: South Korean customers who exchanged their Galaxy Note7 for an S7 will be able to trade for Galaxy Note8 or S8 next year at 50% of the cost of their S7 — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday it is offering an upgrade program to Galaxy Note 7 customers in South Korea who trade …
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Alexis Ohanian, Garry Tan, and Harj Taggar's VC firm Initialized Capital raises $115M for its third fund for early stage startups — Initialized Capital, an early stage venture capital firm started by former Y Combinator partners Alexis Ohanian, Harj Taggar, and Garry Tan, has raised $115 million for its third fund.
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Initialized Capital and FinSMEs. Tweets: @garrytan, @hunterwalk, @greggretsch, @harjeet, @msuster, @markbao, @rrhoover, @ycombinator and @ashrust
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
MasterCard links MasterPass to Android Pay, Samsung Pay, Microsoft Wallet to let cardholders more easily complete purchases online using device authentication — The integration means users of Android Pay, Samsung Pay, or Microsoft Wallet will be able to complete online transactions at any merchant site that accepts MasterPass.
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The Keyword, Windows Blog, Business Wire, Pocketnow, PYMNTS.com, The Fire Hose, NFC World, Android Police and ARC
| Blaise Zerega / VentureBeat: |
Paxata gets $33.5M Series D led by Intel Capital for machine learning for information management, with Microsoft Ventures, In-Q- Tel, Accel, more participating — Paxata today announced it has raised $33.5 million to bolster the machine learning and semantic analysis foundations of its enterprise information platform.| Sarah Kessler / Fast Company: |
Profile of “Silicon Valley's favorite political fixer” Bradley Tusk, who helped Uber overcome regulatory hurdles in major cities across the US — Tusk has been called the “Uber lobbyist” and “Silicon Valley's favorite political fixer.” Does he want something more? — 5 images
Tweets: @jzupsic, @ainsleyoc, @joshmendelsohn, @frankbruni, @howiewolf, @craigfleisher and @aaronkinnari. Thanks:@anjalimullany
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
IDC: Q3 smartwatch shipments down 51.6% YoY to 2.7M with Apple Watch down 72% YoY to 1.1M units, but the impact of new Apple Watch models remains to be seen — Maybe not everyone is convinced they need a smartwatch? According to a new industry report from IDC out this morning …
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Business Wire, Digital Trends, International Business Times, SlashGear, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, BGR, The Register, TechnoBuffalo, Quartz, Engadget, Liliputing, Android Authority, 9to5Google, MobileSyrup.com, Fortune, Droid Life, TechSpot, Cult of Mac, BetaNews, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Business Insider and CNET
Tweets: @lukew, @benbajarin and @rdr0b11
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple releases iOS 10.1 with the iPhone 7 Plus' Portrait mode, which is still in beta — Apple has just released the first significant update for iOS 10. As expected, the main focus of iOS 10.1 is that insane Portrait mode for the iPhone 7 Plus. The update is rolling out and is available …
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, BGR, The Verge, The Register, Digital Trends, Quartz, Gotta Be Mobile, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, Engadget, ZDNet and Gizmodo. Tweets: @chriswelch
| Kif Leswing / Business Insider: |
Court filings: Magic Leap countersues two ex-VPs over IP who sued for wrongful termination; SF offices appear in disarray relative to Florida operations — Multi-billion dollar startup Magic Leap, which is building a cutting-edge augmented reality headset, is currently in a legal battle … Sponsor Posts
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