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Welcome Mailbox — Today we're really excited to welcome the Mailbox team to Dropbox. — Like many of you, when we discovered Mailbox we fell in love—it was simple, delightful, and beautifully engineered. Many have promised to help us with our overflowing inboxes, but the Mailbox team actually delivered.
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| Jessica E. Lessin / Digits: |
Dropbox Buys Mailbox, an App With Some Buzz — Dropbox is buying the owner of the buzzy Mailbox mobile app, making its first move into products outside its core file-sharing service. — Under the deal, the 13 employees of Mailbox owner Orchestra Inc.-including alums of Apple, Stanford University and Ideo-will join Dropbox.
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Mailbox Cost Dropbox Around $100 Million — Disrupt alumnus Dropbox made the second in a series of super-savvy, super-early stage acquisitions today, picking up hyped-up email management app Mailbox in an acquisition that we're calling “DropMail.” — We had been hearing that Mailbox was raising money …
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Federal Judge Finds National Security Letters Unconstitutional, Bans Them — Ultra-secret national security letters that come with a gag order on the recipient are an unconstitutional impingement on free speech, a federal judge ruled Friday. — U.S. District Judge Susan Illston ordered … | Sam Byford / The Verge: |
New Samsung CEO says there is ‘lackluster demand’ for Windows tablets and phones — JK Shin, the Samsung Mobile Communications president who just received a promotion to co-CEO of Samsung Electronics, had some harsh words for Microsoft tonight as his company launched the Galaxy S4.| Daniel P. Howley / LAPTOP Magazine: |
Samsung Galaxy S 4 Benchmarked: Serious Power, Dim Display — After months of waiting, Samsung has officially unveiled the Galaxy S 4 to the world, and its latest super phone is packing some serious power. There will be two versions of the Galaxy S 4, an international model powered … | Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
Apple's ‘budget’ iPhone expected to have same 4-inch display as iPhone 5 — Contrary to some rumors suggesting Apple's low-cost iPhone will have a larger 4.5-inch display, the company's new entry-level handset will have a 4-inch display, matching the size of the iPhone 5.| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
Facebook Names Mike Schroepfer CTO — Facebook named Mike Schroepfer as the company's chief technical officer on Friday, rounding out the company's C-Suite of executives and elevating him from his former position of VP of engineering at the social giant. — “Mike Schroepfer's new designation …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
It's Not Just Reader - Google Kills Its RSS Subscription Browser Extension, Too — Oh Google. Thought we wouldn't notice that you're trying to kill off not just Google Reader, but also your support and endorsement for the RSS format itself? People have just started noticing … | Anand Lal Shimpi / AnandTech: |
Apple TV 2013 (A1469) Short Review: Analysis of a New A5 — The Apple TV is an incredibly relevant device today. It's Apple's attempt to augment the Netflixes and Hulu Pluses of the world with an on-demand cable TV alternative. Other companies are working on the same problem, with different solutions.
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| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
ZipCar CEO resigns, hours after Avis acquisition — ZipCar CEO resigns, just hours after company is acquired. — FORTUNE — Well, that didn't take long. — Avis Budget Group (CAR) announced after market close yesterday that it had completed its $500 million acquisition of car-sharing company ZipCar …
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| Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD: |
Renesys Confirms Network Outages — Maybe Attacks — In North Korea — There has been a rash of odd reports today about a hacking attack against networks in North Korea. Just a few minutes ago, the research firm Renesys, which tracks the overall health and working order of the Internet …
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| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Uber black towncar drivers strike in San Francisco over compensation terms and treatment — A number of Uber drivers of their ‘Black Car’ service are striking this afternoon in the SOMA neighborhood of San Francisco. Those drivers participating have parked in front of Uber's headquarters.
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| Don Reisinger / CNET: |
Wii U unit sales jump 40 percent — and still disappoint — Nintendo's device made gains in February, NPD reports, but it's hardly catching fire. And the game business as a whole continues its downward trend. — The video game industry once again had a down month as console and software sales slipped.
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Retina MacBook Pro customer launches class action lawsuit against Apple over alleged LG display flaw — Since Apple unveiled its first Retina MacBook Pro with the 15.4-inch model in June, there have been a growing number of complaints from customers experiencing issues with the product.| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Glassdoor: Employees rank Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg as CEO of the year; Apple's Tim Cook loses top spot — Career website Glassdoor on Friday released its latest report highlighting this year's top 50 highest-rated Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), and it seems like the tech world played a big role in the list.| Chris Velazco / TechCrunch: |
New Google/Motorola X Phone Rumors Point To Multiple Models And Aggressive Price Tags — Now that Sony, LG, HTC, and Samsung have all pulled back the curtains on their flagship Android smartphones, the rumor mill can churn with renewed focus on yet another nebulous device — Motorola's secretive X Phone.
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| Gerry Smith / The Huffington Post: |
Matthew Keys Suspended By Reuters After Being Charged In Connection With Anonymous Hack — Matthew Keys, a 26-year-old social media editor who has been charged with helping Anonymous attack the website of his former employer, has been suspended with pay, a Thomson Reuters spokesman told The Huffington Post.| Hanni Fakhoury / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
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