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Verizon and Yahoo reduce price of acquisition deal by $350M, now valued at about $4.48B, and will evenly split cost of data breaches — Media contact(s) T. 908-559-6388 media@yahoo-inc.com … NEW YORK, NY and SUNNYVALE, CA - Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) and Yahoo! Inc. … | Mike Wuerthele / AppleInsider: |
Apple files 14-point appeal against European Commission's $14B tax edict, says the company's European HQ in Cork, Ireland was set up in accordance with the law — Apple has filed its appeal with the European court of appeals, all declaring that the European Commission's decision to levy $14 billion … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
TransferWise launches Facebook Messenger bot for global money transfers from US, Europe, Australia, and Canada — International money transfer service TransferWise has introduced a new Facebook Messenger bot, letting customers send money and create rate alerts directly from within Facebook Messenger.| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Uber CEO Kalanick tells staff in memo that former US AG Eric Holder has been hired to probe sexism allegations, and Uber will begin publishing diversity reports — The car-hailing company has tried to move quickly to quell the outrage over blog that alleges rampant sexism.| Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors: |
KGI: Apple's 2017 OLED iPhone to have front-facing camera with 3D sensing abilities; depth sensing could be used in facial recognition and games — The rumored “iPhone 8” with an edge-to-edge OLED display will gain a “revolutionary” front-facing camera system that consists of three modules … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook-owned WhatsApp launches Status, an encrypted Snapchat Stories clone — WhatsApp could put the brakes on Snapchat's international growth with today's launch of WhatsApp Status, a new tab for sharing decorated photos, videos and GIFs that disappear after 24 hours.| Jim McGregor / Forbes: |
ARM buys European lightweight cellular tech firms Mistbase and NextG-Com as part of new initiative to offer cellular modems for IoT — Through a recent blog post, ARM made major announcements both in its efforts to enable new applications and to offer its first cellular modem.| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Sources: Jay Z is launching a VC fund, which will partner with Sherpa Capital though it will have a separate brand, and investments won't be led by Sherpa — Rapper and ubiquitous mogul Jay Z is launching a venture capital fund, according to multiple sources.| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X20 LTE modem promises 1.2Gbps download speeds on mobile; products using it not expected until first half of 2018 — Just because true 5G wireless is edging closer doesn't mean that 4G's peak speeds can't improve in the meantime. Qualcomm has unveiled a new LTE modem … | Amar Toor / The Verge: |
Harris Poll: Samsung's reputation drops to #49 among US consumers, from #3 in 2016, following Note7 fiasco, as Amazon tops list for second consecutive year — Korean smartphone maker ranks 49th in annual reputation ratings, after coming in third in 2016 — Samsung's reputation among US … | Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
Overcast version 3 released, bringing new UI, easier navigation, and queue feature to the popular iOS podcast player — Overcast 3 is now available, and it's a huge update, mostly in the design and flow of the interface. I've been working on it since last summer, informed by over two years of testing, usage, and customer feedback.| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft strikes exclusive cloud deal with Flipkart, Amazon's biggest online retail rival in India, as a first step in a broader strategic partnership — Flipkart, the top online marketplace in India, has agreed to adopt Microsoft Azure as its exclusive public cloud platform …
Deep analysis for deep questions — Introducing Superagent. A new research product from Airtable: Subagents deeply interrogate your topic and turn it into boardroom-ready reports, slides, docs, or websites.
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
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