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Alibaba closes first day of trading on NYSE at $93.89 per share, up 38% from IPO price of $68 — Alibaba Closes Up 38% at $93.89, Volume Falls Off — Alibab Group Holdings (BABA), after opening at $92.70, up 36% from its offer price of $68, slipped in afternoon trading then steadily worked … | Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Yahoo's Core Business Value Cut in Half to $6.8 Billion After Alibaba IPO — As Alibaba shares soared in their first day of trading on Friday, the value that investors are placing on Yahoo 's core business was sliced in half to about $6.8 billion. — That's because Yahoo still owns …
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Verizon's VoLTE, enabling simultaneous voice/data and HD voice, now working on iPhone 6/6 Plus, LG G2, Samsung Galaxy S5 — Simultaneous Voice/Data, HD Voice Now Available to Verizon iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Users — Verizon began rolling out its Advanced Calling service earlier this week … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Use 20-Nanometer A8 Processor From TSMC — Apple's 20-nanometer A8 processor in the new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus was fabricated by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), according to Chipworks (via iFixit). Chipworks has been analyzing the various parts in the iPhone 6 … | iFixit: |
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Tim Cook visits Palo Alto Apple Store for iPhone 6 launch as Angela Ahrendts welcomes Sydney — Apple's leadership is out in full force today for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus launch across the globe. — Apple CEO Tim Cook has been spotted at the company's local Apple Store in Palo Alto …
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Patent troll gives up, can't defend “matchmaking” patent under new law — A patent troll called Lumen View Technology got stopped in its tracks last year after it sued Santa Barbara-based startup FindTheBest, then asked the company for a quick $50,000 settlement.
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Facebook's US Ad Revenues Outpace Users' Average Daily Time Spent on the Site — Facebook bucks trend of digital ad dollars lagging time spent with digital media — US adults will spend an average of 21 minutes each day on Facebook in 2014, according to new figures from eMarketer …
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Online court archive PACER says it will restore access to missing records — The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (or AO) has a plan to restore online access to documents that were controversially removed in August from PACER, the online system for accessing public court records, a spokesperson said.
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Belkin's WeMo Smart LED Bulbs now on sale in US and Canada — Belkin has announced that its WeMo Smart LED Bulbs, which can be controlled by iOS or Android apps, are now on sale in the US and Canada, both as individual bulbs as well as in a Starter Kit that includes a WeMo Link which can control up to 50 of those lights.
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Hearst Starts Silicon Valley Development Unit, Acquires BranchOut Assets — Hearst Corp. on Friday announced the launch of a new digital development unit in Silicon Valley to build new apps and services across the publisher's diversified media properties. — Leading the new group …
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Sony's SmartEyeglass prototype makes Google Glass look chic — As Sony's smartphone division continues to struggle, the company is working out what it needs to return to profitability. Does it concentrate on the high-end market dominated by Apple and Samsung, or does it try to appeal … | Bloomberg: |
Gold IPhones at $3,600 as China Delay Fuels Black Market — Liu Min stands a few feet from an Apple Inc. (AAPL) store in Beijing hawking something that can't be bought inside: the new iPhone 6. — While the device debuted today in the U.S., Hong Kong, Japan and Australia …
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iCloud for Windows update means PCs can use iCloud Drive before Macs can — iCloud Drive is now available on Windows, but not OS X. — Apple officially released iCloud Drive yesterday as part of the iOS 8 update, but it came with a caveat: turning it on disables the “old” way of iCloud syncing …
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