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Apple in final talks to acquire Beats for $3.2b, deal could be announced next week — According to the Financial Times, Apple is in late-stage talks with Beats to acquire the music streaming and headphone maker for a deal worth $3.2 billion. The deal could be announced as soon as next week, according to the report.
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Thanks:@swb1192. See also Mediagazer| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Why Apple Is Betting Big on Beats: Hardware for Now, Streaming for Later — Apple is set to make the biggest purchase in its history: A $3 billion-plus deal for Beats, the company that sells high-end headphones and recently launched a streaming music service.| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
50 leading tech investors tells the FCC a pay-to-play internet would kill startups — Venture capitalist are anxiously awaiting the agency's new plan for an open internet — Would it be possible to build the next YouTube or the next Netflix if big ISPs like Comcast and Verizon were allowed …
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The Slow Hunch, Businessweek, AllFacebook, Techdirt, Union Square Ventures, The Next Web and Washington Post
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Comcast is the one who should pay for network connections, Cogent claims — Internet backbone operator Cogent has long expressed its displeasure with Comcast's demands for payment in exchange for accepting Netflix video and other traffic.Comcast has argued that the data Netflix sends … | Sam Biddle / Valleywag: |
Goodbye to Katie Cotton, the Queen of Evil Tech PR — After 18 years of spin, Katie Cotton, Apple's magnetically ruthless vice president of worldwide corporate communications, has left her job, and tributes from the tech press are pouring in. What no one will admit is that we were all afraid of her.
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| Jenna Wortham / New York Times: |
Snapchat settles with FTC over misleading marketing, address book collection, security breach; no monetary penalty imposed — Snapchat Reaches Settlement With Federal Trade Commission — The disappearing act of messages on Snapchat, the mobile messaging service, has not been as foolproof as the company promised.
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| Miyoung Kim / Reuters: |
Samsung's head of mobile design resigns amid lukewarm Galaxy S5 reception — Samsung Electronics replaces mobile design head — (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world's biggest handset maker, has replaced the head of its mobile design team amid criticism of the latest Galaxy S smartphone.
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| Tammy Parker / FierceWireless: |
Sprint slams on the brakes for top 5% of data users in congested areas — Sprint's (NYSE: S) pledge of unlimited data is looking increasingly less sustainable, as the carrier maneuvers to rein in network traffic generated by its heaviest data users and ensure quality of service for the majority of its customers.
| Adam Lashinsky / Fortune: |
Reporter offered pre-IPO shares by Arista Networks, considers it another sign of a tech bubble — Yes, we're in a tech bubble. Here's how I know it — When tech startups are willing to offer almost anyone — even a journalist — shares ahead of an I.P.O., a burst isn't terribly far behind.
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| David Peisner / Rolling Stone: |
Markus Persson, a.k.a. Notch, is gaming's biggest rock star. But he may never make a second album — Markus Persson, a.k.a. Notch, is gaming's biggest rock star. But he may never make a second album — It's a wet monday morning in Stockholm, and the door to Markus Persson's office is closed.
Tweets: @sai
| Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
Lyft goes after Uber's black cars with new high-end rides — The rideshare company uses new funds to move beyond fist-bumps and pink mustaches — On an unusually gusty San Francisco day, a beaming new white Ford Explorer sits idling in a tent in front of me.
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Engadget, Re/code, TechCrunch, Business Insider, CNET News, PC World, GeekWire and The Next Web. Tweets: @joshconstine
| William Alden / New York Times: |
Science Inc. buys Delicious from YouTube co-founders' Avos Systems for an undisclosed sum — YouTube Founders to Sell Delicious, a Social Bookmarking Site — The social bookmarking service Delicious has changed hands twice over the last decade, while failing to attract a mainstream audience.
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science-inc.com, The Official Delicious Blog, VentureBeat, VentureBreak, WebProNews, I4U News, Mashable and The Next Web
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See also Mediagazer| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Online Learning Marketplace Udemy Raises $32M To Scale Up Internationally — Long time player in the online learning space, Udemy, which has built a skills-based marketplace where individual tutors can sell their skills and learners can get access to courses (both paid and free) …
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Stock Investment And Wealth Management Service Motif Investing Raises $35 Million — Retail investors in the U.S. looking for ways to play the stock market have several startups offering them services, and now Motif Investing has raised $35 million in late-stage funding from new backers to take its services worldwide.
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| Aaron Levie / The Box Blog: |
Box strikes deal with GE to become the default file-sharing service of its 300,000+ employees — General Electric and User-Centric IT — I'm incredibly excited to share that General Electric has chosen Box as its corporate standard for content sharing and collaboration.
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Tweets: @shiraovide, @levie, @stevesi, @djtgallagher and @benedictevans
| Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
Instapaper freshens up with a new logo, website redesign and text highlighting feature — Instapaper today revamped its save-it-for-later bookmarking service with a brand new logo, website design and text highlighting feature. — The typography used for the old Instapaper logo and app icon … | John Koetsier / VentureBeat: |
OMsignal unveils ‘biometric smartwear’ T-shirts for fitness geeks, quantified selfers, and you — What's next in mobile? Find out at MobileBeat, VentureBeat's 7th annual event on the future of mobile, on July 8-9 in San Francisco. Register now and save $400! — Smart wearables are here, and they're huge.| Richard Nieva / CNET News: |
California Senate approves smartphone ‘kill-switch’ bill — After failing in the state Senate two weeks ago, a bill requiring that device makers include antitheft software on phones sold in the state passes muster. — State Sen. Mark Leno and San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon introducing the …
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Bloomberg, TechHive, New York Times, 9to5Google, Associated Press and SlashGear. Thanks:@nickstatt
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Former NSA Chief Defends Stockpiling Software Flaws for Spying — The NSA has never said much about the open secret that it collects and sometimes even pays for information about hackable bugs in commonly used software. But in a rare statement following his retirement last month …
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The Intercept, Wall Street Journal, Australian Financial Review, CNET News, Techdirt, Threatpost and Reuters. Tweets: @dangillmor
| David Gelles / New York Times: |
Omnicom-Publicis $35B mega-merger called off due to internal differences and regulatory issues — Ad Agency Giants Said to Call Off $35 Billion Merger — Omnicom Group and Publicis have called off their $35 billion merger, bringing a premature end to a deal that would have created … | Politico: |
House Intelligence Committee unexpectedly passes USA Freedom Act text approved by House Judiciary — House intel surprises on NSA surveillance — The House Intelligence Committee passed a version of the USA Freedom Act on Thursday, unexpectedly approving that measure while not holding …
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Computerworld, Reuters and NationalJournal.com
| Josh Ong / The Next Web: |
Uber launches uberFAMILY, a pilot service in NYC that uses cars with child seats — Uber has announced uberFAMILY, a subset of uberX that caters to families with kids. Launching first in New York City, the service offers car seat-equipped vehicles for a $10 surcharge.
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TechCrunch, Uber Blog, Engadget, Betabeat, TIME, TechHive, The Car Seat Lady, GeekWire and Electronista
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon and USPS expand Sunday delivery to 15 more cities, will reach ‘large portion’ of U.S. this year — Amazon is bringing Sunday delivery to 15 more cities in seven states, expanding an arrangement with the U.S. Postal Service that launched last year in L.A. and New York.Sponsor Posts
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