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NBCUniversal's movie ticketing company Fandango has agreed to buy Walmart's on-demand video streaming service Vudu for an undisclosed sum — Movie ticketing company Fandango has agreed to buy Walmart's on-demand video streaming service, Vudu, for an undisclosed sum.
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| Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News: |
Facebook removes some events calling for protests of stay-at-home orders, saying “events that defy government's guidance on social distancing aren't allowed” — The events, which were planned in California, Nebraska and New Jersey, violated protective measures imposed by governors, Facebook said.
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| Zac Bowden / Windows Central: |
Sources: Microsoft's upcoming Surface Go 2, which could debut in May, will have a larger 10.5" display with smaller bezels, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage in base model — More power, a larger display, and thinner bezels are top billing for Surface Go 2 this spring. — Microsoft's Surface Go 2 is right around the corner.
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| Mark Zuckerberg / Washington Post: |
Facebook releases initial results of Carnegie Mellon's COVID-19 survey in the US and interactive maps based on de-identified, aggregated data, updated daily — Mark Zuckerberg is founder and chief executive of Facebook. — As the world fights covid-19 and countries develop plans to reopen …
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| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
Google rolls out BeyondCorp Remote Access, a cloud-based tool that lets employees securely access their company's internal web apps without using a VPN — Google is rolling out the product now as organizations figure out how to accommodate remote workforces through the Covid-19 pandemic.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Apple Magic Keyboard with trackpad review: great typing experience and excellent trackpad, but it's heavy and thick, expensive, and has no function row — It's what we've all been asking for — for better or worse — At first glance, Apple's new Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro looks …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Internal memo: Kickstarter announced it will likely lay off employees and restructure the business as projects are down ~35% YoY with “no clear sign of rebound” — Talks are starting with the union — Kickstarter announced in an internal memo today that it's likely going to lay off employees.| Financial Times: |
Uber says it will test two new delivery initiatives during the pandemic: Direct, aimed at retailers and businesses, and Connect, aimed at personal items — Drivers to transport items ranging from medical supplies to pet food — Uber is reviving an attempt to offer deliveries of goods …
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| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba says it will invest $28B over the next three years to expand cloud infrastructure, such as data centers, to extend its cloud services to more countries — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. will invest 200 billion yuan ($28 billion) on cloud infrastructure such as datacenters over the next three years …
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
After the pandemic shut down live-music venues, some artists have turned to sites like Stageit to livestream performances with typical viewers paying around $15 — The crowd of a few hundred begins to gather a half-hour before Rhett Miller takes the stage.
Tweets: @rhettmiller
| New York Times: |
Sources: Zoom's business partner Dropbox privately paid hackers to find bugs in Zoom's code and pressed the company to fix them, fearing vulnerabilities — Dropbox privately paid top hackers to find bugs in software by the videoconferencing company Zoom, then pressed it to fix them.
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Guru, an enterprise-focused knowledge management software provider, raised $30M Series C led by Accel with Slack among returning investors — Guru, a Philadelphia-based collaborative knowledge management software provider, has raised $30 million in a Series C funding round led by Accel.| Yunan Zhang / The Information: |
Sources: Didi Chuxing's bike-sharing unit Qingju raised $150M from SoftBank and Legend Capital in its latest round, while Didi itself invested ~$850M — China's ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing has raised $150 million from SoftBank and Legend Capital for its bike-sharing unit, Qingju.Sponsor Posts
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