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YouTube to Acquire Videogame-Streaming Service Twitch for $1 Billion: Sources — Deal would be biggest ever for YouTube — Google's YouTube has reached a deal to buy Twitch, a popular videogame-streaming company, for more than $1 billion, according to sources familiar with the pact.
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Twitch chooses Google over Microsoft amid multiple buyout offers — Video game streaming startup believes YouTube is its best bet for mainstream success — YouTube is indeed close to securing a $1 billion buyout of live streaming service Twitch, and will have fended off multiple suitors including Microsoft …
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Google's acquisition talks with Twitch still at an early stage — Google in Talks About Possible Acquisition of Twitch — Google's Talks With Live Video-Streaming Service at Early Stage — Google Inc. is in talks about a possible acquisition of Twitch, a fast-growing live video-streaming service …
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US Justice Department charges five members of Chinese military with conducting economic cyber-espionage against six American companies — Chinese military members charged with cyber-espionage against U.S. firms — The Justice Department on Monday charged members of the Chinese military … | Pete Williams / NBC News: |
FBI Director says Chinese govt blatantly uses cyber-espionage to obtain economic advantages — U.S. Charges China With Cyber-Spying on American Firms — The Justice Department has filed criminal charges against several Chinese government officials, accusing them of stealing American trade …
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Twitter Is Considering a Deal to Buy SoundCloud — Twitter may try to buy its way out of its growth problem by making another move into music. — The company is considering a deal to acquire SoundCloud, the music and audio-sharing company, according to people familiar with both companies.
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Google Buys an Enterprise Android Company, Divide (Formerly Known as Enterproid) — Google is buying a startup that focuses on Android in the enterprise and was backed by its Google Ventures investing group. — Needless to say, it's an alignment of interests. — The company is Divide, formerly known as Enterproid.| First Look Media: |
NSA records every cell phone call in the Bahamas and one unnamed country, gathers call metadata in Mexico, the Philippines, and Kenya — Data Pirates of the Caribbean: The NSA Is Recording Every Cell Phone Call in the Bahamas — The National Security Agency is secretly intercepting …
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Groupon to Replace Nearly All of Its Merchants' Cash Registers With iPads — Groupon has long said it wants to be known as more than a deals company. Now it's showing how. — Today, the company is introducing an iPad-based checkout system that it expects tens of thousands of businesses that run a Groupon promotion to use.
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Exclusive: Intel CEO promises Broadwell PCs on shelves for holidays — (Reuters) - Intel Corp's next-generation Broadwell processors will ship in time to be used in personal computers sold during the holiday season but probably won't be available for back-to-school shopping, Chief Executive Brian Krzanich said.
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Angela Ahrendts' plan for the future of Apple Retail: China emphasis, mobile payments, revamped experience — When Ron Johnson finalized his decision to move from leading Apple's retail strategy to become the Chief Executive Officer of J.C. Penney, the executive jumped in his car to drive … | Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Biometrics pioneer cautions against unfettered proliferation of face recognition technology — Never Forgetting a Face — Joseph J. Atick cased the floor of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington as if he owned the place. In a way, he did.| AT&T: |
AT&T agrees to acquire DirecTV in stock-and-cash deal for $95 per share — AT&T to Acquire DIRECTV — Creates Content Distribution Leader Across Mobile, Video & Broadband Platforms — The premier pay TV brand with the best content relationships now poised to deliver video to multiple screens …
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IndoorAtlas publicly maps a building's interior for free, charges $99/month to keep it private — Mapping Our Interiors — Sure, that's your office cubicle. Your corner store. Maybe even the layout of your furniture in your living room. But that doesn't mean that soon we won't all be peering at it, too.| Rita El Khoury / Android Beat: |
Samsung sold 500,000 smartwatches in Q1 2014, for 71% of the global marketshare — According to a new report by Strategy Analytics, the worldwide smartwatch market during the first quarter of 2014 equated to 700.000 units, of which Samsung sold about 500.000, giving the Korean company …
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