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Mojang's founders Markus “Notch” Persson, Carl Manneh, and Jakob Porsér to leave the company after Microsoft acquisition — Yes, we're being bought by Microsoft — Yes, the deal is real. Mojang is being bought by Microsoft. — It was reassuring to see how many of …
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| Microsoft Corporation: |
Microsoft buys Minecraft maker Mojang for $2.5B — Minecraft to join Microsoft — Iconic cross-platform franchise to become part of Microsoft Studios. — Microsoft Corp. today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Mojang, the celebrated Stockholm-based game developer, and the company's iconic “Minecraft” franchise.
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| Markus Persson / notch.net: |
Markus “Notch” Persson on selling and leaving Mojang: “It's not about the money. It's about my sanity.” — I'm leaving Mojang — September 15th, 2014 I don't see myself as a real game developer. I make games because it's fun, and because I love games and I love to program …
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Tweets: @mattcutts, @notch, @garrynewman, @geoffkeighley, @therealcliffyb and @bfod
| Phil Spencer / Xbox Wire: |
Head of Xbox Phil Spencer: we will “grow the Minecraft community and nurture the franchise”, continue to make the game available on all existing platforms — Minecraft to Join Microsoft — By Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox — Today is an incredibly exciting day for our team …
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| Apple: |
Apple Announces Record Pre-orders for iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus Top Four Million in First 24 Hours — Available in More Than 20 Additional Countries on Friday, September 26 — Apple® today announced a record number of first day pre-orders of iPhone® 6 and iPhone 6 Plus …
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| Brett King / Finextra: |
Apple Pay cements NFC as the industry standard, accelerates the shift toward ubiquitous mobile payments — Africa, ApplePay and the iPhone 6: Resistance is futile — If you've followed my bullish ramblings on mobile payments here at Finextra, you'll know that talk of the coming ubiquitousness …
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| Leo Kelion / BBC: |
Google launches Android One smartphones for around $105 in India, supports seven local languages and offline YouTube playback — Android One smartphones released in India by three companies — The three new smartphones feature the Android One branding on their backs
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Bill Gurley says Silicon Valley is taking on the most risk since 1999 — Venture Capitalist Sounds Alarm on Startup Investing — Silicon Valley Has Taken on Too Much Risk, Gurley Says — Silicon Valley is a risk-driven place. But over the past year, it may have taken on more than it can handle … | Christina Farr / Reuters: |
Stanford, Duke University hospitals to launch HealthKit trials with diabetics, other patients — Exclusive: Two Apple medical trials shed light on how HealthKit will work — (Reuters) - Two prominent U.S. hospitals are preparing to launch trials with diabetics and chronic disease patients …
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| Boing Boing: |
Several Massachusetts libraries installing Tor on all public PCs, coordinating privacy classes — Radical Librarianship: how ninja librarians are ensuring patrons' electronic privacy … It's no secret that libraries are among our most democratic institutions.
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
T-Mobile to Upgrade iPhone “Test-Drive” Units to iOS 8, With iPhone 6 Coming — T-Mobile, which has been letting potential customers try out an iPhone 5s for free, says it wants to incorporate Apple's latest technology into its program. — The carrier told Re/code that it will start upgrading …
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| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Netflix makes its much-anticipated debut in France — Netflix has finally said ‘bonjour’ to France after the video-on-demand site marked its long-awaited arrival in the country, another part of its ambitious European expansion program. — Announced via a tweet, Netflix's imminent arrival …
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