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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Exclusive: Top Execs Bates and Reller to Depart, as Musical Chairs Begins at Microsoft — Two direct reports to new Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella — EVP of business development and evangelism Tony Bates and EVP of marketing Tami Reller — are leaving the company, according to numerous sources close to the situation.
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| Adam Lashinsky / Fortune: |
| Stuart Dredge / Guardian: |
Apple CarPlay in-car initiative debuts with Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo — iOS in the Car rebranded with Siri, Maps and third-party music apps all included — Apple has a number of automotive partners for CarPlay. — Apple has rebranded its iOS in the Car initiative as CarPlay …
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| Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land: |
Ellen Was On Stage At Oscars With Samsung, Backstage With iPhone — Samsung's a big sponsor of the Oscars, to the degree that it even had this year's host Ellen DeGeneres doing a record-breaking star-studded selfie with a Galaxy phone. But behind the scenes, there's an iPhone being used.
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| Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat: |
Ellen's Oscars selfie now the most retweeted post ever — a huge win for Samsung — Sorry, President Obama — the Internet likes Ellen a lot more. — During the Samsung-sponsored Academy Awards tonight, host Ellen Degeneres wrangled celebrities from the audience to tweet an awkward selfie …
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See also Mediagazer| Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple Hiring Engineers in Asia to Speed Product Launches — Tech Company Wooing Workers From HTC, Other Rivals — TAIPEI— Apple Inc. is hiring hundreds of new engineers and supply-chain managers in China and Taiwan as it attempts to speed up product development and launch a wider range of devices.
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| Marc Andreessen / Andreessen Horowitz: |
Marc Andreessen: “I dispute all accusations that I have violated any of my duties to eBay shareholders” — My Statement on eBay Director Role and Governance — False and misleading accusations have been made against eBay and against me in my role as an eBay director.
| Carl Icahn / Shareholders Square Table: |
Marc Andreessen's conflicts on eBay are “clear and insurmountable” — OPEN LETTER TO EBAY SHAREHOLDERS — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — CARL ICAHN ON EBAY: “SO MUCH FOR HONEST, ACCURATE DEBATE” — New York, New York, March 3, 2014 - Today Carl C. Icahn released the following open letter to stockholders of eBay Inc.
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple seemingly turns to Tumblr to promote the iPhone 5c — Apple appears to have taken to Tumblr to start up a new advertising campaign for the iPhone 5c. The campaign is called “Every color has a story,” and the webpage called “ISee5c” appeared within the past couple of days.| Paul Sawers / The Next Web: |
The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Google's mapping empire … This definition of omnipresent sums up many facets of society. Fast food chains? Everywhere. Reality TV shows? You know the answer. And what about Google? Yup, right again.| New York Times: |
Start-ups rush to improve data security as breaches become more commonplace — When Start-Ups Don't Lock the Doors — Young tech companies have a long list of to-dos. Signing up users and raising money are usually at the top of the list. — Much further down? Data security.| Pete Rizzo / CoinDesk: |
UK to Eliminate 20% Tax on Bitcoin Trading — The UK's tax agency is set to reverse an earlier ruling that classified virtual currencies as gift vouchers, exempting digital currency trading from a 20% value added tax (VAT). — Expected to be formally announced this week … | Bloomberg: |
Bitcoin Derivatives Sprout as Regulators Play Catch-Up — The bankruptcy of a major Bitcoin exchange in Japan not only focused attention on the digital currency's risks, it also rattled a still-newer market that regulators are just starting to monitor: Bitcoin derivatives.
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