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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Inside today's decision by Twitter to change the default profile picture from an egg to a human silhouette — An icon that came to represent Twitter's dark side is giving way to one designed not to turn anyone off, without looking like something you'd want to stick with.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon say they don't sell customers' personal web browsing history, in response to cancellation of new FCC privacy rules — Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon published blog posts this morning responding to the backlash they've been receiving since Congress voted to revoke …
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| New York Times: |
Uber executive and Otto founder Anthony Levandowski invokes fifth amendment, seeking to avoid potential charges in Waymo's case against Uber — SAN FRANCISCO — An Uber executive accused of stealing driverless car technology from his former employers at Google is exercising his Fifth Amendment right …
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| Allegra Frank / Polygon: |
Gaming hardware and peripheral company Mad Catz shuts down and files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after months of financial woes — Troubled hardware maker used up its ninth life — Mad Catz, Inc. has filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy in the United States. As of March 30, the company has shut … | Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Cloudera files to raise $200M in IPO; the company lost $187M on $261M in revenue for the year ending January 31 — Big data software company Cloudera today submitted its S-1 filing to go public on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CLDR. — Joint underwriters on the deal include …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat starts rolling out search for public Stories to users in select US cities; public Stories from all users could stay visible for up to several months — Snapchat is shifting from a social network limited to content shared by people you follow to an ephemeral, real-time database of what's going on now everywhere.
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft is shutting down CodePlex, its service for hosting repositories of open source software, on December 15 due to the dominance of GitHub — Microsoft today announced that it's shutting down CodePlex, its service for hosting repositories of open source software.
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Brian Harry's blog, The Register, Ars Technica, Business Insider, MSPoweruser, CodePlex, and The GitHub Blog
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| TechCrunch: |
Sources: Robinhood zero-fee stock trading app is completing a round of funding led by DST Global at $1.3B valuation — Zero-fee stock trading app Robinhood is completing a huge fund raise to fuel its attack on old brokerage firms that charge around $7 to $10 per trade.| Kunal Dua / NDTV Gadgets 360: |
Phil Schiller officially opens Apple's new App Accelerator in Bengaluru for Indian developers — Phil Schiller is in India this week to mark the official opening of Apple's App Accelerator in Bengaluru, a venture that was announced by CEO Tim Cook during his visit to India last May.
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Computerworld, Mashable, The Indian Express, Engadget, TechCrunch, Tech in Asia, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, BuzzFeed, The Economic Times, iMore, TECHSEEN, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Fone Arena, iPhone Hacks, Huffington Post India, Patently Apple, 9to5Mac, Tech2, India Today, and The Tech Portal. Thanks:@kunaldua
| Anjali Athavaley / Reuters: |
Verizon restructures into three units, hires former Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg to lead network and technology group — Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) said on Friday that Hans Vestberg, the former Ericsson chief executive officer, has joined the company and will lead a team building … | Bloomberg: |
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| Nate Rau / The Tennessean: |
RIAA report: streaming music in 2016 grew 68% YoY to bring in 51% of total revenues in music market, as total revenue reaches $7.7B, up 11.4% YoY — The U.S. music industry, which was beguiled two decades ago when online music service Napster invaded college campuses, for the first time boasts streaming …
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BlackBerry reports better-than-expected adjusted earnings for the sixth straight quarter amid shift from hardware to higher-margin software business — BlackBerry Ltd reported better-than-expected adjusted earnings for the sixth straight quarter, as the smartphone pioneer's shift … Sponsor Posts
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