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Dell Enters Into Agreement to Be Acquired By Michael Dell and Silver Lake — Transaction implies a 37 percent premium over the average closing share price during the previous 90 calendar days ending Jan. 11, 2013 — Dell Inc. today announced it has signed a definitive merger agreement under …
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| Michael J. De La Merced / DealBook: |
Dell in $24 Billion Deal to Go Private — Dell announced Tuesday that it had agreed to go private in a $24 billion deal led by its founder and the investment firm Silver Lake, in the biggest leveraged buyout since the financial crisis. — Under the terms of the deal, the buyers' consortium …
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| MarketWatch: |
HP Issues Statement on Dell's Leveraged Buyout Plan — HP today issued the following statement related to Dell's announcement to enter into an agreement to be acquired by Michael Dell and Silver Lake: “Dell has a very tough road ahead. The company faces an extended period of uncertainty …
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| Microsoft: |
Microsoft Statement on Loan to Support Dell Privatization — “Microsoft has provided a $2 billion loan to the group that has proposed to take Dell private. Microsoft is committed to the long term success of the entire PC ecosystem and invests heavily in a variety of ways to build that ecosystem for the future.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Will Microsoft's $2 billion role in Dell's buyout play out like its Nokia partnership? — Summary: If Microsoft's $2 billion loan to Dell plays out the same way its Nokia deal has, other PC makers may have less to fear than they initially might expect. — One of the worst-kept secrets … | Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
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| Kevin Systrom / Instagram: |
Introducing Your Instagram Feed on the Web — Today, I'm very excited to announce the launch of a product we've been wanting to build for quite some time now. Since our launch in October of 2010, we've focused on building a simple app that has inspired creativity while capturing everyday moments through the lens of your mobile phone.
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| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
After Two Years of “Mobile First,” Instagram Brings Its Feed to the Web — Think of “mobile first” companies, and Instagram should top that list. It rose to prominence as one of the fastest-growing mobile-only companies over the past few years, and is now closing in on the 100 million active user mark.
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| Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac: |
‘Radio Buy Buttons’ found in iOS 6.1 via newly jailbroken iPads, could mean new functionality coming — ‘Radio Buy’ buttons, above, enlarged, put together from files, below — Having a look around our newly jailbroken iPads with iFunBox, we happened on a new set of files in the iPad Music.app.| Matthew Lynley / Digits: |
OUYA Finds a Friend With Amazon — OUYA, an Android-powered video game console that was funded on crowd-funding site Kickstarter, will begin selling consoles through Amazon, Gamestop and several other retailers. — The retailers will begin accepting pre-orders for both consoles and controllers on Tuesday …
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About.me Buys Itself Back From AOL — Here's your next challenge as a founder of a start-up: Sell your company to a digital behemoth for tens of millions of dollars, then buy it back for a fraction of the cost. Oh, and keep the change. — On Monday, About.me, an online identity Web site …
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Thanks:@sidharthdassani| Matt Brian / The Next Web: |
Amazon launches new ‘Coins’ virtual currency for Kindle Fire app purchases, coming to the US in May — Intent on helping app developers gain more money from their Appstore submissions, Amazon today announced the launch of ‘Amazon Coins,’ a new virtual currency that will allow Kindle Fire owners …
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| Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge: |
| Quentin Hardy / New York Times: |
Growing Numbers of Start-Ups Are Worth a Billion Dollars — SAN FRANCISCO — The number of privately held Silicon Valley start-ups that are worth more than $1 billion shocks even the executives running those companies. — “I thought we were special,” said Phil Libin, chief executive of Evernote …
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| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
BlackBerry Z10 “Off to a Better Start Than Lumia 920” — More preliminary evidence that the new BlackBerry Z10 is off to a better start than some had foreseen: A pair of research notes lending further credence to early reports of strong demand for BlackBerry's first BlackBerry 10 handset.| Jessica E. Lessin / Digits: |
Apple Tries (A Little) Harder to Get Its Message Out — Apple has been subtly increasing some of its PR—at least for now. — Last week, the company issued a press release to announce it was upgrading its mobile operating system from iOS 6 to 6.1. It was the first time Apple has issued … | Michael Carney / PandoDaily: |
Viddy CEO Brett O'Brien is out, rumors of a declined Twitter deal swirl — Viddy co-founder and CEO Brett O'Brien will no longer be involved in the company's day to day operations, and the search is underway for a new chief executive with more product and content monetization experience.
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| Brendan Sasso / Hillicon Valley: |
Walden proposes Internet freedom bill — Rep. Greg Walden (D-Ore.), chairman of the House Communications and Technology subcommittee, proposed legislation on Tuesday that would make it the official policy of the United States government to promote a free Internet.
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Microsoft announces exclusive console rights to Verizon's Redbox Instant, beta testers get Xbox access first — Microsoft announced on Tuesday it has scored a big win with Verizon. The company's Xbox 360 will be getting exclusive console rights to the carrier's Redbox Instant service.
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Xbox Live's Major Nelson, Engadget, Gizmodo, The Verge and WebProNews
| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Cloud storage service Box launches Partner Network to push into new markets and verticals, as it closes in on an IPO — File-sharing service Box has announced the creation of its Partner Network, a service that is the formalization of the company's three major tenets of partnering: alliances, channel, and platform.
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| Ryan Gallagher / Slate: |
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