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How warped incentives for Comcast's “retention specialists” lead to a vexing cancellation call — Here's why your Comcast rep is yelling at you — Warped employee incentives and an absence of competition make bad customer service inevitable — In 2006, a man named Vincent …
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Meet Executive Order 12333: The Reagan rule that lets the NSA spy on Americans — In March I received a call from the White House counsel's office regarding a speech I had prepared for my boss at the State Department. The speech was about the impact that the disclosure … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat Files Trademarks To Handle Payments — Snappay? Snapchat may try to monetize by processing peer-to-peer payments, money transfers, or online payments, according to two trademarks it filed earlier this week. Owned by Snapchat and filed on July 11th by an attorney at Cooley …
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Amazon's Cloud Is One of the Fastest-Growing Software Businesses in History — Five billion dollars. — That's how much Amazon.com (AMZN) will rake in from its cloud computing business this year, according to a new estimate from Pacific Crest Securities. If true, it's an incredible figure.
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| Se Young Lee / Reuters: |
Nearly 200 managers at Samsung's mobile division voluntarily return $3M in bonuses as firm profits decline — Samsung handset division managers return part of bonuses: source — (Reuters) - Nearly 200 managers at Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's mobile division have voluntarily returned …
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Starbucks will let customers place pickup orders via mobile app in one test market this year — Starbucks Has Bigger Plans in Mobile Payments Than Most People Realize — A decade after the idea was first sketched on the proverbial drawing broad, Starbucks is poised to finally let its customers order their coffees from their phones.| Jack Smith IV / Betabeat: |
Inside Look: Imgur Reveals Redesign, Announces Plans for a Convention — Can Imgur remain its positive, plucky self while growing to be one of the Internet's rising social titans? — Imgur's Sarah Schaaf, IRL. (Photo via Imgur) — Imgur is at a tipping point.| Lenovo Newsroom: |
Lenovo will continue selling 8" and 10" Windows tablets in the US, new models coming this holiday — Clarification on Lenovo Statement on Sales of Small Screen Windows-Based Tablets — We will continue to bring new Windows devices to market across different screen sizes …
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Internal memo: Microsoft to cut off all ‘external staff’ after 18 months, imposing mandatory 6-month break — An internal Microsoft memo, distributed earlier today, imposes new restrictions on the company's use of “external staff” — including a new limit on people who work on projects for Microsoft through vendors.Thanks:@taylor_soper
| Janko Roettgers / Gigaom: |
Netflix tests private viewing mode to hide your B-movie binges — Select Netflix members are getting a chance to hide viewing of embarrassing titles from logs, recommendations and Facebook friends. — We've all been down that road: You decide to watch some roadhouse B-movie fare on Netflix …
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| Alyson Shontell / Business Insider: |
Uber Is Being Audited By Rudy Giuliani's Team About Its Driver Background Check Process — On-demand car service and logistics company Uber has retained former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani to conduct an audit on its driver background check process. — Recently, some of Uber's drivers have stirred …
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| Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: |
Yahoo Search Share Falls Below 10 Percent For “All-Time Low” — We're on the cusp of new comScore U.S. search market share data for June. According to financial analyst notes, releasing the numbers early, desktop search declined for the fifth consecutive month after a period of growth in mid-2013.
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