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Salesforce announces it's buying Slack in a $27.7B deal — Salesforce, the CRM powerhouse that recently surpassed $20 billion in annual revenue, announced today it is wading deeper into enterprise social by acquiring Slack in a $27.7 billion megadeal. — Every worker at every company needs …
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Tweets: @stewart, @levie, @stewart, @salesforce, @stewart, @stewart, @stewart, @spencerrascoff, @benioff, @alexrkonrad, @morningbrew, @marshallk, @mikebutcher, @levie, @markberman, @joedmarti, @digiphile, @backlon, @loudmouthjulia, @eringriffith, @profcarroll, @chrismessina, @stilgherrian, @slackhq, @stocktwits, @patrickmoorhead, @jbillinson, @lubchansky, @metaltxt, @axios, @amyxzh, @chriskeall, @tomwarren, @danprimack, @bdsams, and @caseynewton
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches EC2 Mac instances, bringing Intel-based Mac minis to its cloud for $1.083 per hour billed by the second — AWS today opened its re:Invent conference with a surprise announcement: the company is bringing the Mac mini to its cloud. These new EC2 Mac instances, as AWS calls them, are now available in preview.
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AWS News Blog, Protocol, Engadget, Amazon Web Services, Inc., HotHardware.com News, ZDNet, The Verge, Ars Technica, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, CNBC, AWS News Blog, Computerworld, TechRepublic, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, XDA Developers, SlashGear, iMore, ServeTheHome, CNET, AppleInsider, SiliconANGLE, Daring Fireball, GitHub, GeekWire, Bloomberg, MSPoweruser, Wall Street Journal, MacRumors, and Six Colors
Tweets: @dinodaizovi, @film_girl, @timsweeneyepic, @thedavedev, @timbray, @fredericl, @profmatsuoka, @kfury, @stevesi, and @quinnypig
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
AWS unveils new compute instances like the compute heavy C6gn powered by Arm-based Graviton2 that it says performs 40% better on price vs comparable x86 options — The company introduced several new advancements to its compute portfolio to kick off re:Invent.
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AWS News Blog, Amazon.com, Inc., ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @rakyll, @bianchiluca, @mojombo, @mjasay, @_msw_, and @ericjhonsa
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
AWS announces Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL, which aims to make it easier and cheaper for Microsoft SQL Server users to migrate to the AWS cloud — AWS today announced a new database product that is clearly meant to go after Microsoft's SQL Server and make it easier — and cheaper — for SQL Server users to migrate to the AWS cloud.
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Amazon Web Services, ZDNet, AWS News Blog, and TechRepublic
Tweets: @hunter_owens, @mjasay, @craigkerstiens, @brento, and @shawnbice
| BBC: |
Facebook's Oversight Board takes up first cases for review, all involving decisions to remove user content, says users have submitted 20K cases since Oct. 2020 — Facebook's Oversight Board has chosen its first batch of cases to review. — All involve decisions originally made by the platform to remove user content.
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Tweets: @oversightboard, @senhawleypress, @daphnehk, @lmatsakis, @justinhendrix, @fboversight, @chrismessina, @zeynep, @an_open_mind, @sivavaid, and @martinsfp
| Reuters: |
Sources: Samsung may discontinue Galaxy Note next year, reflecting the sharp drop in demand for high-end smartphones due to the pandemic — SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd may discontinue its premium Galaxy Note phone next year, sources with knowledge of the matter said …
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Android Authority, The Next Web, HotHardware.com News, Engadget, Ars Technica, Liliputing, Trusted Reviews, CNET, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Google, ZDNet, The Verge, Phandroid, KnowTechie, Neowin, Wccftech, Thurrott, Android Central, iPhone Hacks, New York Post, and Daring Fireball
Tweets: @quinnypig and @arjunkharpal
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft will remove user names from Productivity Score feature after a privacy backlash, says Microsoft 365 will only aggregate data at the organization level — Microsoft says it will make changes in its new Productivity Score feature, including removing the ability for companies to see data …
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Microsoft 365 Blog, PCWorld, Engadget, Thurrott, BetaNews, ZDNet, OnMSFT.com, and MSPoweruser
| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Qualcomm unveils its upcoming flagship chipset Snapdragon 888, including a 5G modem with both mmWave and sub-6GHz 5G support and an AI engine capable of 26 TOPS — The chip that will power most high-end 5G phones next year is here: the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888.
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Tweets: @dhh and @patrickmoorhead
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Libra Association is rebranding to Diem, distancing itself from the initial Facebook-led vision debuted last year, ahead of its expected 2021 stablecoin launch — The Libra Association put together by Facebook last year is rebranding in further efforts to distance itself from the original Facebook-led vision rolled out last year.
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Diem Association, TechCrunch, The Verge, Gizmodo, Mashable, Fortune, Social Media Today, Input, PaymentsSource, MakeUseOf, The Hill, SlashGear, CoinGeek, Finextra, CNET, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @nickwingfield, @davidmarcus, @mgsiegler, @dgntec, @caseynewton, @mikojava, @alexvoica, @coindesk, @diemassociation, and @caseynewton
| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Google Maps rolls out a new community feed section within Explore tab, featuring posts from local experts, food and drink merchants, and publishers you follow — Google is introducing a new community feed to Maps that the company says will help keep you informed of all the latest developments in your city …
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TechCrunch, The Keyword, Search Engine Land, 9to5Google, and Trusted Reviews
| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
HPE announces it will relocate its headquarters from San Jose, CA, to Houston, TX, that it's constructing a new campus there, and no layoffs come with the move — - Hewlett Packard Enterprise is relocating its headquarters to Houston, Texas. — The company is currently constructing a new campus.
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Bloomberg
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Amazon says 2020's holiday shopping season has been its biggest ever, with independent sellers reaching $4.8B+ in worldwide sales over the weekend, up 60% YoY — - Amazon has announced that this year's holiday shopping season has been the biggest in its history.
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Amazon, The Verge, Reuters, Forbes, PYMNTS.com, The Hill, coinspeaker.com, Footwear News, TheStreet, ZDNet, PYMNTS.com, and WRAL TechWire. Tweets: @besvinick
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft Teams adds support for answering calls via Apple CarPlay, transferring calls between mobile and desktop, and adding call recordings to OneDrive — Microsoft Teams will soon let you transfer calls easily between desktop and mobile — Microsoft is overhauling its calling features inside Microsoft Teams today.
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VentureBeat, Engadget, Windows Central, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, BleepingComputer, Apple Terminal, Petri, iDownloadBlog.com, and The Mac Observer. Tweets: @stevekovach
| Sahil Patel / Wall Street Journal: |
Reddit says it averaged 52M DAUs in October, up 44% YoY, disclosing the metric for the first time; ad revenue hit $100M+ in 2019, on track to rise 70%+ in 2020 — The disclosure comes as the tech company pursues new advertisers — Reddit Inc. said it averaged 52 million daily active users in October …
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The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Mashable, Social Media Today, TechSpot, and Engadget
Tweets: @anthony and @quinnypig
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Wyze unveils a $20 smartwatch with nine-day battery life and heart rate and blood oxygen tracking but no GPS support, slated to ship in February 2021 — With heart rate and blood oxygen saturation tracking — Wyze, the smart home company best known for its range of budget internet-connected … | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
IT security company Ivanti has acquired enterprise mobile security firm MobileIron for $872M in stock and corporate VPN provider Pulse Secure for an unknown sum — IT security software company Ivanti has acquired two security companies: enterprise mobile security firm MobileIron, and corporate virtual network provider Pulse Secure.
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