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| Marissa Mayer / Yahoo!: |
Tumblr. + Yahoo! = !! — I'm delighted to announce that we've reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr! — We promise not to screw it up. Tumblr is incredibly special and has a great thing going. We will operate Tumblr independently. David Karp will remain CEO.
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The One-Person Product — In 2006, I moved to New York and started working for David Karp doing web development for various media companies. That fall, in a brief gap before starting a new client, David said that we were going to make a prototype of an idea he'd had for a while.| David Karp / Tumblr Staff: |
News! — Everyone, I'm elated to tell you that Tumblr will be joining Yahoo. — Before touching on how awesome this is, let me try to allay any concerns: We're not turning purple. Our headquarters isn't moving. Our team isn't changing. Our roadmap isn't changing.
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| Markus Spiering / Flickr Blog: |
A better, brighter Flickr — In the beginning, Flickr innovated the way people share and discover photos. Today, we are shifting the photo-sharing landscape again. We're releasing a Flickr that's more spectacular, much bigger, and one you can take anywhere. — Biggr. A free terabyte of space
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Thanks:@saurabhsahni| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Flickr Gets A Huge Revamp With Hi-Res Image-Filled UI, New Android App, And 1TB Of Free Storage — The new Flickr is live. — Smack-dab in the middle of Yahoo-Tumblr aqcuisition day, Yahoo is holding a major press event here in NYC. But announcements coming out of this event aren't related …
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Tweets: @mhelft and @stevenlevy
| Jackie Reses / Yahoo!: |
Yahoo! Takes Over Times Square — I am so pleased to share that our New York City-based Yahoo! team will soon move into an incredible, four-story space just around the corner from Times Square. It's thrilling for us - and really an important sign of the new direction of Yahoo! …
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| Nikhyl Singhal / Google+: |
Hangouts, phone calls and Google Voice — Thanks for all of your feedback on last week's Hangouts launch. I wanted to quickly talk about 1) making/receiving phone calls in Gmail, and 2) Google Voice support more generally. 1) Today's version of Hangouts doesn't yet support outbound calls …
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| Horace Dediu / asymco: |
Apple retail revenues per visitor reach new record — In the US, on a sales per square foot basis, Apple retail continues to perform twice as well as Tiffany & Co., the second best retailer, and three times as well as lululemon athletica, the third best retailer.
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| Jordan Golson / MacRumors: |
Apple Releases Statement Ahead of Tim Cook's Senate Appearance on Tax Policy — Apple today released a statement [PDF] ahead of Apple CEO Tim Cook, CFO Peter Oppenheimer, and head of tax operations Phillip A. Bullock's appearances in front of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation tomorrow.
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| Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: |
Chinese hackers who breached Google gained access to sensitive data, U.S. officials say — Chinese hackers who breached Google's servers several years ago gained access to a sensitive database with years' worth of information about U.S. surveillance targets, according to current and former government officials.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
AT&T says ‘any’ mobile video chat app will work on its network by the end of 2013 — When Google Hangouts first launched, we noted that AT&T Android customers couldn't use its video chat capabilitieson a cellular network. A statement from AT&T implied that video chat could be used on downloaded apps …
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| GSMArena.com: |
See the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active for the first time — The Samsung I9295 Galaxy S4 Active has been in our rumor mill for quite some time. The latest leaked shots reveal that the Active will be a tougher dust and water resistant version of the Galaxy S4 flagship.
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| Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
Square Cash Will Let You Send Money To Your Friends By Email — Square's not just for businesses apparently, as an invite-only page for a product called “Square Cash” has popped up. Not many details are known about it, but we've reached out to the company for comment.
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| Alexis Santos / Engadget: |
Google Checkout for web merchants to be retired on November 20th — Although Google Checkout was rolled into Google Wallet at the end of 2011, it's still been an option for folks who peddle their wares online to collect payments. Come November 20th, however, the service will officially shut down.
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