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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Online personal shopping startup Stitch Fix files for IPO, says it lost just under $1M on $977M in revenue for the year ending July 29, will trade on Nasdaq — Stitch Fix, a personal shopping subscription service founded by Katrina Lake, has filed for an initial public offering.
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Lyft says it has raised $1B, led by Alphabet's CapitalG, at an $11B post-money valuation; CapitalG partner David Lawee joins Lyft board — Today we're happy to announce CapitalG — Alphabet's growth investment fund — is leading a $1 billion financing round in Lyft. This brings Lyft's post-money valuation to $11 billion.
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Tweets: @fromedome, @dmac1, @logangreen, @johnzimmer, and @bizcarson
| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Sources: Facebook's news subscription tool is delayed on iOS over Apple's 30% App Store cut; the tool will roll out on Android phones over coming weeks — The problem: Apple's 30 percent tax. — Facebook's effort to help media companies sell subscriptions has hit a snag: Apple.
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| Reuters: |
Founders of company that owns Tezos code seek to oust head of the Swiss foundation set up to manage its $232M ICO, putting project at risk — Anna Irrera, Steve Stecklow, Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi — ZUG, Switzerland/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Just three months ago, a tech project called Tezos …
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Twitter unveils user safety roadmap through Jan. 2018: expand definitions of non-consensual nudity, update policy around hate, add info for suspended accounts — As we said last week, we're updating our approach to make Twitter a safer place. This won't be a quick or easy fix, but we're committed to getting it right.
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| Tony Romm / Recode: |
Senate bill on political ads, called the Honest Ads Act, would regulate web firms with 50M+ annual visitors, require copies of ads and info on $500+/year buyers — An early look at the Honest Ads Act by Sens. Mark Warner, Amy Klobuchar and John McCain — A trio of top Senate lawmakers …
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Tweets: @edmundlee, @amyklobuchar, @hannahkuchler, @markwarner, @markwarner, @sarahfrier, @markwarner, and @tonyromm. Thanks:@tonyromm
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Ex-Googlers unveil Coda, a collaborative editor with word processor and spreadsheet tools, in private beta, reveal two rounds raised $60M, Reid Hoffman on board — From rows and columns to custom apps — When Shishir Mehrotra worked at YouTube, he was struck by the relatively pedestrian tools that kept the site running.| Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: |
Pew survey of 1,116 technologists and other experts: consensus that current environment is conducive to misinfo; 51% say things won't improve over next decade — It can be nice to hear from experts (even the so-called experts) how things are going to shake out.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Apple Watch customers in China no longer able to sign up for cellular service; analysts say change is likely due to government concerns over tracking users — BEIJING— Apple Inc. AAPL -0.44% has another headache in China: this time with its latest watch. — For the first time …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
How Amazon uses an in-house team of specialists to gain incentives from local and state governments for building projects, including its second headquarters — Cities and states woo e-commerce giant to house its second headquarters; request for proposals closes Thursday
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook begins letting developers monetize Messenger's Instant Games with in-app purchases and video ads — Facebook is finally giving developers a reason to build games for Messenger while also opening a new revenue stream for the chat app. After launching HTML5 ‘Instant Games’ inside Messenger …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Play rolls out “Try It Now” button for Android Instant Apps, updates Editor's Choice section and Play Console — Google today is announcing a number of changes to its Google Play app store, the most notable being a new way to try apps immediately without having to first install them on your mobile device.
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| Brandon Butler / Network World: |
Cisco to acquire machine learning startup Perspica and integrate its real-time data processing tool into AppDynamics — Real-time data processing tool will be integrated with AppDynamics — Cisco today announced plans to acquire San Jose-based startup Perspica, a company that specializes …
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| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
MongoDB closes up 34% on its first day of trading on the Nasdaq, at a market cap of around $1.6B, after raising $192M in its IPO — New York-based MongoDB went public on the Nasdaq on Thursday, finishing the day at $32.07, up 34 percent above its IPO price of $24.| Leigh Cuen / International Business Times: |
Report: Google, Citi, and Goldman Sachs among biggest investors in blockchain tech; $390M was invested in blockchain products in 2016, $327M so far in 2017 — The buzz around blockchain technology is all about its potential to disrupt the status quo. But the truth is Silicon Valley … Sponsor Posts
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