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SAP announces it will buy user experience management platform Qualtrics, which had planned to go public later this month, for $8B — SAP on Sunday night announced that it will purchase Qualtrics, a U.S.-based maker of survey software that had been expected to go public this week, for $8 billion in cash,
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SAP News Center, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, Sequoia Capital, ZDNet, Silicon Valley Business …, Business Insider, Business Insider, and CNBC
Tweets: @alexrkonrad, @qualtrics, @eladgil, @profcarroll, @mdudas, @robertgehrke, @villi, @casey__allen, @annbordetsky, @sequoia, and @schreier
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Qualtrics had 2017 revenue of $289.9M; with the $8B acquisition, Accel and IVP's stakes are each worth $1B+, and the Smith family's stake is ~$2.6B after taxes — Utah-founded cloud unicorn Qualtrics was set to have one of tech's most hotly-anticipated initial public offerings this week.| CoinDesk: |
A look at the heated debate raging in the Bitcoin Cash community ahead of the contentious hard fork that may split the cryptocurrency's blockchain on Nov. 15 — “Do not come crying when you are bankrupt.” — Lobbed at those bitcoin cash enthusiasts supporting Bitcoin ABC …
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Circle, Bitfinex blog, poloniex.freshdesk.com, Financial Times, CCN, CCN, Bitcoinist.com, CryptoGlobe, Bitsonline, CCN, Trustnodes, Trustnodes, CoinDesk, CryptoGlobe, Bitsonline, SludgeFeed, BitcoinExchangeGuide, The Block, Bitsonline, ETHNews, NewsBTC, CryptoGlobe, CoinSpeaker, Coingeek, CoinSpeaker, Trustnodes, Trustnodes, Decrypt Media, NewsBTC, Bitcoinist.com, SludgeFeed, Trustnodes, and Coinjournal
Tweets: @poloniex, @proffaustus, @whalepanda, @zooko, @ljxie, @pt, @alistairmilne, and @el33th4xor
| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the tug of war between the data driven tech team and the relationship-oriented Hollywood team at Netflix — As the company plunges deeper into originals, its L.A. wing is doing the once-unthinkable: overriding the metrics — Netflix Inc.'s executives were torn.
Tweets: @memles, @memles, @memles, @memles, @filmmakermag, @ledgerstatus, @wsj, @asharma, @wsj, @trevornoren, and @sub8u
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Cloudflare launches Android and iOS apps for its privacy-focused DNS service 1.1.1.1 — Months after announcing its privacy-focused DNS service, Cloudflare is bringing 1.1.1.1 to mobile users. — Granted, nothing ever stopped anyone from using 1.1.1.1 on their phones or tablets already.
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App Store, The Cloudflare Blog, The Next Web, BleepingComputer, Android Central, Android Police, Engadget, ZDNet, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @cloudflare
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft XO18 roundup: Microsoft acquires game studios inXile and Obsidian, announces 91M+ MAUs for Minecraft, and says Minecraft Marketplace has 77 partners — Microsoft is throwing a big fan bash in Mexico City, and it made a lot of news announcements about new games, services, and acquisitions at its XO18 fan event.
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Xbox Wire, Xbox Wire, Business Insider, Thurrott.com, SlashGear, PCWorld, YouTube, CNET, Xbox Live's Major Nelson, and Gematsu
Tweets: @aarongreenberg and @charalanahzard
| Morgan Little / CNET: |
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Polygon, The Next Web, Engadget, VentureBeat, The Verge, CNET, TechCrunch, GameSpot, VG247, Polygon, Windows Central, and IGN
Tweets: @ign, @tomwarren, @majornelson, and @cnetnews
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Facebook pressured Palmer Luckey to say he supported libertarian Gary Johnson despite his years-long support of Trump; Luckey's exit package was $100M+ — Palmer Luckey, co-founder of virtual-reality pioneer Oculus, was ousted after his political activity sparked a furor within the social-media giant and Silicon Valley
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Engadget, Mashable, The Hill, SiliconANGLE, and CNET
Tweets: @keachhagey, @oneunderscore__, @keachhagey, @josh_emerson, @juliacarriew, @mikeisaac, @wsj, @justinhendrix, and @mollymckew
| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Alibaba sold $30.8B worth of goods during the 24-hour Singles' Day shopping event, topping the 2017 Singles Day sales of $25.3B — - Singles Day got off to a strong start with sales hitting $1 billion in one minute and 25 seconds. — Alibaba on Sunday tore through last year's Singles Day sales record …
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Bloomberg, Engadget, ZDNet, New York Times, Telegraph, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, CNET, Ad Age, Business Wire, Bloomberg, BBC, ecns, WWD, TechCrunch, South China Morning Post, Mashable, Reuters, Fortune, Firstpost, ABC News, Axios, CNN, The Business of Fashion, The Verge, and Tech in Asia
Tweets: @shiraovide, @danheld, and @option_snipper
| Daniel Oberhaus / Motherboard: |
Researchers warn so-called “perceptual” ad blockers, which aim to visually recognize ads on a page to block them, are ineffective and create new attack vectors — Perceptual ad blockers will come out on the losing side in the war against internet advertisers and expose users … | Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Waitlisting apps like Yelp's Nowait are increasingly popular with customers and businesses but critics wonder if the convenience is worth the privacy trade-offs — I hate having to wait. But do I hate it enough to give up my privacy? — This dilemma popped up on a Wednesday night in October … | Ismail Shakil / Reuters: |
Cloud-based IT management startup Apptio says it has agreed to be bought by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners for about $1.94B in cash — (Reuters) - Software company Apptio Inc (APTI.O) said on Sunday it had agreed to be bought by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners for about $1.94 billion in cash.
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GeekWire, SiliconANGLE, and Wall Street Journal
| Iris Deng / South China Morning Post: |
A ruling against a shareholder of Tencent's WeBank put 12.6M shares up for auction on Taobao, which, as of Nov. 2017, had processed ~610K such judicial auctions — - A court ruling against the fourth largest shareholder of WeBank has put 12.6 million shares in the private online lender up for auction on Taobao| Emily Dreyfuss / Wired: |
Sue Gordon, the principal deputy director of national intelligence, explains the need for a new partnership between the intelligence agencies and Silicon Valley — SUE GORDON, THE principal deputy director of national intelligence, wakes up every day at 3 am, jumps on a Peloton …
Tweets: @john_sipher
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