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Google Acquires Bump for at Least $30M — Google has acquired the mobile startup Bump. A source close to the transaction said it was worth at least $30 million, and perhaps as much as $60 million. — Bump had raised about $20 million from backers including Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Bump Mobile Contact Sharing App Acquired By Google, Will Stay Alive For Now — After raising nearly $20 million and becoming one of the most downloaded mobile apps but failing to find real revenue, Bump Technologies has been acquired by Google. Its namesake app Bump lets …
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Twitter iOS Redesign Focuses on Streams, Media, TV and Photos — Twitter has lots of users. It wants a lot more. — That is, in part, why it is planning a massive overhaul of its mobile apps, designed to make the service more appealing to mainstream users.
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Box Notes takes on Google Docs with a web beta for collaborative, lightweight file editing — Box joins the crew of companies trying to disrupt Microsoft Office — You knew it had to happen. — A year ago, file storage and collaboration service Box hired Sam Schillace …
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Thanks:@citeworld| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Stores to show off iPhone 5s Touch ID feature using demo app — One of the cornerstone features of Apple's upcoming iPhone 5s is the Touch ID fingerprint scanning system. The feature allows an iPhone 5s user to unlock their iPhone or authenticate iTunes/App Store/iBooks downloads … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Tumblr Inks Firehose Deal With DataSift To Tumble Further Into The World Of Big Media Advertising — When Yahoo acquired Tumblr for $1.1 billion earlier this year, Yahoo's CEO Marissa Mayer and CFO Ken Goldman both pointed out that advertising on the site (and revenues from those ads) … | Alexis Santos / Engadget: |
Google Glass no longer requires tethering plan for smartphone data sharing — An Explorer Edition of Glass is already a pricey piece of tech, and smartphone tethering plans required to give it a mobile Internet connection have only made ownership that much more expensive.
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| David Meyer / GigaOM: |
Belgian telco says it was hacked, while reports point to NSA or GCHQ as culprit — Here's a curious one: Belgium's largest telco has filed a complaint against an “unknown third party” that hacked into its internal IT systems and apparently inserted a virus.
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| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Upworthy Raises $8 Million for Clickbait With a Mission — Can you build a successful website by repackaging work done by other people? — Of course you can! — What about building a successful website by repackaging other people's work, in service of a “mission-driven” agenda?| Ben Sisario / New York Times: |
Rdio to announce ad-supported free tier in partnership with radio operator Cumulus — Online Music Service Rdio in Deal With Cumulus — As radio broadcasters go digital and online music services try to stand out in a crowded market, both are finding ways to scratch each other's backs.
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See also Mediagazer| David Meyer / GigaOM: |
Jolla's Sailfish OS gains Android compatibility, making it an easier sell for manufacturers — Finland's Jolla has made its Sailfish OS hardware- and app-compatible with Android, a move it says will help manufacturers pick up the new mobile operating system with minimal hassle.| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Google and Samsung soar into list of top 10 Linux contributors — Linus Torvalds' creation has expended to 17 million lines of code. — Athanasios Kasampalis — Google and Samsung have become increasingly frequent contributors to Linux, and each is now among the top 10 companies sponsoring …
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