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Nadella: “Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world”, reaffirms commitment to Xbox — Satya Nadella's email to employees: Bold ambition and our core — Team, As we start FY15, I want to thank you for all of your contributions this past year.
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| Joshua Topolsky / The Verge: |
A chat with Microsoft's CEO: why Apple and Google haven't won yet — “Guess what, you're just not a consumer.” — Satya Nadella has been CEO of Microsoft for five months, and he's made it clear he intends to change and re-focus the software behemoth as it navigates the next generations of technological change.
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| Nancy Gohring / CITEworld: |
The three most important things in Satya Nadella's mega-memo — One thing we know about Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella — he's a fan of long memos. — Today's memo to employees, posted online, rambles through a tweak to Microsoft's mission, emphasizes a commitment to Xbox … | Federal Trade Commission: |
FTC Alleges Amazon Unlawfully Billed Parents for Millions of Dollars in Children's Unauthorized In-App Charges — No Password or Other Indication of Parental Consent Was Required for Charges in Kids' Apps; Internal E-mail Referred to Situation as “House on Fire”—Amazon.com …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Goes After Box, Dropbox And Huddle, Launches Zocalo For Secure Enterprise Storage — E-Commerce giant Amazon has made huge competitive inroads into the cloud services market with Amazon Web Services, and today it's adding another feature that will put it into direct competition …
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| Lorraine Luk / Wall Street Journal: |
TSMC Starts Shipping Microprocessors to Apple — iPhone and iPad Maker Seeks to Diversify Suppliers After Samsung Dispute — Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has started filling orders for the brains in Apple's iPhones and iPads, a significant step in Apple's push to diversify its suppliers.| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
TaskRabbit pivots, launches on-demand service for cleaning, handiwork, moving, & errands — TaskRabbit just killed off its famous task bidding system for an new model: instantly bookable services in four of its most popular categories. — News of the change was shared last month to ease …
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Kent Goldman's New Seed-Stage Fund Is A Partnership Where Founders Share In The Upside — When Kent Goldman left First Round Capital earlier this year, he did so with plans to start his own investment firm. Now he's ready to talk about the firm, which is called Upside Partnership and just closed …
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Restaurant Payments App Cover Raises $5.5 Million From Spark Capital — Cover wants to facilitate the process of paying your check at the end of the meal, removing friction and encouraging more restaurants to accept mobile payments. To get more restaurants — and users — signed up …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Misfit teams up with Beddit to sell branded sleep tracking hardware, integrates with iOS app — Misfit, the creator of the popular shine fitness tracking wearable, and Beddit, the creator of sleep analysis hardware, today announced a partnership that brings sleep tracking to Misfit's iOS app.
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| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
Chromecast and Roku sold an estimated 3.8M units each in 2013 in the US, compared to 2M Apple TVs — Roku and Chromecast go head-to-head in streaming race, Apple TV falling behind — Roku and Chromecast were the two most successful streaming devices sold in the U.S. in 2013 …
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| Brooke Crothers / CNET: |
PCs see surprising gain in US as global decline slows, but Apple slips — PCs are seeing surprising strength, especially in the US, according to IDC. Are some tablet models starting a slow fade? — HP EliteBook Folio 1040: HP gained, as business laptops are seeing strength. — Hewlett-Packard| Myles Udland / Business Insider: |
CYNK Technology, a dubious “social networking” company with no revenue, valued at $4B after 25,000% market rise in a few weeks — A ‘Social Networking’ Stock Has Exploded 25,000% In A Few Days, And It's Not Even Clear If The Company Exists — This is a chart showing trading … | Reuters: |
Access to Google services within China returns — (Reuters) - Users in China were able to access online services for Google Inc on Thursday, after more than a month of severe disruption that almost completely blocked people from using features such as its search, maps and e-mail functions.
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| David Meyer / Gigaom: |
UK fast-tracks communications data retention law in attempt to expand powers overseas — As reported a few days ago, the U.K. is set to introduce emergency legislation to respond to a recent ruling by Europe's top court, which struck down an EU-wide law forcing communications firms to hang …
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| Matina Stevis / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple Secures EU Trademark for Store Layouts — Court Ruling Extends Apple's Trademark beyond U.S.
| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
Sonos is finally adding SoundCloud support — It's been a long time coming, but Sonos has finally added SoundCloud to the list of music services officially supported by its internet-connected loudspeakers. SoundCloud music became available in beta through the Sonos app Thursday …
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| Grant Gross / Computerworld: |
Senate committee unanimously approves mobile phone unlocking bill — The legislation would overturn a Library of Congress decision to remove legal protections for unlocking — The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to approve legislation that would allow mobile phone owners to unlock …
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| Tom Brewster / Guardian: |
Silent Circle takes on Skype and Viber with global, encrypted phone calls — Secure comms firm promises ‘beautiful disruption’ with its new Silent Phone calling plans, but will businesses agree? — Silent Circle's Silent Phone service. — Secure communications firm Silent Circle is taking …
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| Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
Google sets up European venture capital arm with initial $100 million fund and four general partners — The beans have been spilled, courtesy of the FT: Google is creating a $100 million fund to invest in European startups. — The Internet behemoth's newest VC arm will have five general partners …
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| TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn Steps Up Its AI Play, Turns Its Contacts App Into A New Connected App — With 40% of LinkedIn's 300 million users accessing the social network for professionals via mobile devices, the company has been stepping up a gear on its mobile business, adding new apps around specific experiences like job hunting.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Forget “OK Glass,” MindRDR Is A Google Glass App You Control With Your Thoughts — Google Glass has made a name for itself (somewhat infamously) as head-mounted hardware that you can control with your voice and a sliding finger. Now, a team based out of interactive studio This Place in London …
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Ready for takeoff: Microsoft's iconic Flight Simulator revived, coming to Steam — Microsoft Flight Simulator is making a comeback — but Microsoft won't be doing any of the work to make it happen. Dovetail Games, makers of the Train Simulator franchise, has signed a global licensing deal …
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