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Steve Ballmer steps down as board member at Microsoft — As I approach the six month mark of my retirement and your appointment as CEO, I have been reflecting on my life, my ongoing ownership of Microsoft stock, and my involvement with the company. I have reached some conclusions and wanted to share them with you.
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Ballmer's exit from Microsoft's board expected, boosts Nadella's standing, analysts say — The former CEO cited a busy schedule, particularly involving his LA Clippers basketball team, for the board resignation — It's not surprising that former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer abruptly gave …
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iOS 8 turns up evidence of another possible iPhone 6 resolution: a larger 828 x 1472 — Early this year, we heard from a source that Apple had been testing multiple resolutions for the iPhone 6's larger display, including a resolution of 960 x 1704. As we outlined, the benefit of that resolution …
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Twitter now officially says your timeline is more than just tweets from people you follow — Many Twitter users have noticed that Twitter is now inserting tweets into their timelines that seemingly don't belong. This is not an accident. Twitter has updated its help document, “What's a Twitter timeline?”
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Netflix is now paying Time Warner Cable for direct access and faster streams — Netflix, the online streaming giant, has signed a paid peering deal with Time Warner Cable, meaning that it now has deals with the four biggest U.S. ISPs. — Time Warner Cable signed a direct interconnection deal with Netflix …
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How to Save the Net: Don't Give In to Big ISPs — The next Netflix won't stand a chance if the largest Internet service providers in the US are allowed to merge. — The Internet has — already changed how we live and work, and we're only just getting started.| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Sharp's Aquos Crystal: a 5-inch, 720p, edge-to-edge display smartphone lacking premium specs — Sharp's new phone for Sprint looks like something out of a sci-fi fantasy — And it's only $239 — This week, Sharp, Softbank, and Sprint announced a new line of devices called Acquos Crystal … | Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal: |
Twitter to Remove Images of the Deceased Upon Families' Request — Twitter said on Tuesday it will remove images of deceased individuals at the request of family members, a move that comes a week after Robin Williams's daughter said she is quitting the platform after being sent disturbing photo-shopped images of her father's death.| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Uber Hires Top Obama Adviser David Plouffe as New “Campaign Manager” — As Re/code had reported in July, Uber has zeroing in on the hiring of a high-profile “campaign manager” to head its policy and communications strategy and fight what its CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick has called “an a**hole named Taxi.”
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| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google Made 890 Improvements To Search Over The Past Year — In a Google+ post from Google head of search Amit Singhal, Google shares they have made “more than 890 improvements to Google Search last year alone.” — In 2009, Google told us they made between 350 to 400 changes to search and in 2010 …
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Intellectual Ventures lays off 140 employees, about 20% of its workforce — Mass Layoffs Hit Intellectual Ventures' Patent Factory — Intellectual Ventures, the company Silicon Valley loves to despise, is laying off about 20 percent of its employees, Bloomberg Businessweek has learned.
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Snapchat working on integrating disappearing video, news and ads, with new service Snapchat Discovery — Snapchat Discussing New Content Service With Advertisers, Media Firms — Snapchat Inc., the mobile app for disappearing messages, could soon be a service for disappearing videos, news articles and advertisements.| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Lyft COO Travis VanderZanden leaves after tensions with founders — Lyft COO Out After Tensions With Founders — According to sources close to the situation, Lyft COO Travis VanderZanden has left his job, after some level of tension with its founders. — Sources close to the situation …
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Facebook: 95% of Notification Emails Encrypted Thanks to Providers' STARTTLS Deployment — Facebook offered an update on the state of the deployment of the STARTTLS encryption standard, which it originally wrote about in May, saying that 95 percent of its notification emails …
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HTC One With Windows Phone: Another Great Phone You Won't Buy — The Best-Designed Android Phone Is Being Released With Windows Phone 8.1 — Windows Phone smartphones have gotten quite good, so why doesn't anyone buy them? Personal Tech columnist Joanna Stern tests the HTC One (M8) with Windows Phone 8.1 to find out.| Dana Wollman / Engadget: |
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