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Exclusive: Google to Buy Artificial Intelligence Startup DeepMind for $400M — Google is shelling out $400 million to buy a secretive artificial intelligence company called DeepMind. — Google confirmed the deal after Re/code inquired about it, but declined to specify a price.
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| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Google paid more than $500M for DeepMind, beating out Facebook; creates ethics board to ensure technology isn't abused — Google Beat Facebook for DeepMind, Creates Ethics Board — Google, which is acquiring DeepMind Technologies, has agreed to establish an ethics board to ensure …
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| David Carr / New York Times: |
Ezra Klein Is Joining Vox Media as Web Journalism Asserts Itself — After a week of speculation, it turns out that Ezra Klein, the prolific creator of The Washington Post's Wonkblog, will be going to Vox Media, the online home of SB Nation, a sports site, and The Verge, a fast-growing technology site.
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Exclusive: Watch Steve Jobs' First Demonstration of the Mac for the Public, Unseen Since 1984 — It's January, 1984. Steve Jobs, nattily attired in a double-breasted suit, is demonstrating Apple's breakthrough personal computer, Macintosh, before a packed room.
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Thanks:@mariedomingo| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
Ahead of earnings, analyst estimates put Apple's fiscal Q1 revenues at $58B, up 6.6% YoY — Spreadsheet of the day: Final estimates for Apple's fiscal Q1 2014 — The consensus forecast of 47 analysts: Earnings of $14.36 per share on sales of $58 billion.
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Google and Samsung reach global patent cross-licensing agreement covering “the two companies' existing patents as well as those filed over the next 10 years” — Google and Samsung reach global patent license deal — In a move that could have big implications …
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Google Broadens Its Outreach to GOP — Long Viewed as an Ally of Democrats, It's Now Courting Conservatives on Issues Affecting Its Business — WASHINGTON— Google Inc. employees have been a top source of campaign cash for President Barack Obama. A former chief executive campaigned for the president.| Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
Wikipedia adding celebrity voices to wiki pages to preserve them for future generations — A new project called WikiVIP was announced by Wikipedia today that seeks to add the voice of celebrities and other notable people to the online encyclopedia. — The project is the brainchild …
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Samsung to Pay Hundreds of Millions of Dollars to Settle Patent Dispute With Ericsson — In the second patent deal announced by Samsung in the last 24 hours, the Korean electronics giant and Ericsson announced they have settled a dispute with a cross-licensing deal that will see some big checks … | R. Jai Krishna / Wall Street Journal: |
Google Takes Defamation Case to India's Supreme Court — An Indian Supreme Court hearing on whether the local unit of Google Inc. is liable for allegedly defamatory comments posted on its blogging site will help decide how Internet companies do business in the growing South Asian market.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Kantar: Android Accounted 70% Of Smartphone Sales In Q4, But Samsung Is Now “Under Real Pressure” — Android continues to be the most popular mobile platform, with its share of smartphone sales climbing in every major market in Q4 2013, now accounting for 69.5% of all sales across 12 key markets versus 23.7% …
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BetaNews, Kantar Worldpanel News …, The Next Web, WMPoweruser, CNET, ZDNet, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Business Insider, Engadget, Pocket-lint, Android Beat and PhoneArena. Tweets: @teroojanpera. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
End Of An Era As VKontakte Founder Durov Sells His Stake To Russian Mobile Giant — Pavel Durov, the elusive founder of VKontakt (VK) — at 100 million users Russia's biggest social network — has confirmed that he has sold his 12 percent stake to Ivan Tavrin, the CEO of major Russian mobile operator Megafon.Sponsor Posts
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