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HP's split into two publicly traded companies called Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. expected to be completed by November 2015 — HP To Separate Into Two New Industry-Leading Public Companies — Hewlett-Packard Enterprise will define the next generation of technology infrastructure …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
HP announces split, boosts number of expected layoffs by 5K to 55K — Hewlett-Packard Announces Plans to Break Up Company — H-P Would Separate PC, Printer Business from Corporate Hardware, Services; Expects More Layoffs — Tech company Hewlett-Packard has announced that it will separate …
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Meg Whitman will be CEO of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and nonexecutive chairman of HP Inc. — Hewlett-Packard Announces Breakup Plan as Technology Landscape Shifts — Hewlett-Packard confirmed on Monday that it planned to break into two companies. — The company, considered …
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| Brad Stone / Businessweek: |
Washington Post working on curated news app for the new 8.9" Kindle Fire launching this fall; app will come to other tablets eventually — Jeff Bezos's New Plan for News: The Washington Post Becomes an Amazon Product — Jeff Bezos wants to turn the Washington Post into a national publication …
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Uber Hires Former Lyft COO VanderZanden to Spur International Growth — Will the ongoing Spy vs. Spy war between San Francisco ride-sharing services Lyft and Uber ever end? — Not today it won't, with Uber hiring recently departed Lyft COO Travis VanderZanden to head a new unit that will focus on international growth.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Adobe launches cloud-connected Capture & new Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, and Premiere iOS apps — Ahead of its annual MAX Conference kicking off today, Adobe has launched an entirely new suite of apps that are now available on the iPhone and iPad App Store.
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Insider breach at AT&T compromises Social Security and drivers' license numbers; company offers credit monitoring to those affected — AT&T Hit By Insider Breach — AT&T is warning consumers about a data breach involving an insider who illegally accessed the personal information of an unspecified number of users.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple sapphire crystal supplier GT Advanced files for bankruptcy — Apple sapphire supplier GT Advanced Tech has today released a statement announcing that it is filing for bankruptcy under Chapter 11. Filing for Chapter 11 means the company will be able to continue normal operations until it can resolve issues with creditors.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Plex Launches On Xbox One — Perennial media management software favorite Plex is celebrating a return of sorts today: The company has launched an official client for Xbox One, after having originally been based on XBMC, the open-source media player that took its name from the original Xbox.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's ‘RoomAlive’ transforms any room into a giant Xbox game — When Microsoft first demonstrated its IllumiRoom research project at CES last year it generated a huge amount of attention ahead of a next-generation Xbox unveiling. A video showed off a projection system that was linked … | Evelyn M. Rusli / Wall Street Journal: |
Free Spending by Startups Stir Memories of Dot-Com Era Excesses — Growing Trend of High Salaries and Pricey Offices as Venture Capital Pours into Tech Firms — San Francisco real-estate agent Jeffrey Moeller wants tech entrepreneurs to spend less. — “A four-person startup will tell me … | Lizette Chapman / Wall Street Journal: |
Beepi Raises $60 Million to Sell Used Cars to the Smartphone Generation — Investors are bankrolling used-car marketplace Beepi Inc. in a bet that people will purchase used cars with a few taps from their smartphones without ever taking a test drive. — The Los Altos, Calif.-based company … | Zachary Davies Boren / The Independent: |
Yahoo confirms its servers were breached via a Shellshock exploit, buy says no user data was accessed — Shellshock: Romanian hackers are accessing Yahoo servers, claims security expert — Hackers are exploiting Yahoo's bash bug vulnerability, according to technology consultant Jonathan Hall| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Closes WhatsApp Acquisition, Jan Koum To Match Zuckerberg's $1 Annual Salary — Facebook is now the legal owner of WhatsApp, following a filing made with the SEC today. This is the final step in a process begun when Facebook announced its intent to acquire the messaging company in February of this year.
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| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
With new $400 million fund, Thrive Capital, which has invested in Kickstarter, Spotify, Twitch, and Instagram, is New York's quietest success story — With new $400 million fund, Thrive Capital is New York's quietest success story — Unlike just about every venture capital firm, Thrive Capital doesn't tweet.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Backed By $9.5 Million, Curbside Launches A Mobile Shopping App For Same-Day Pickup, Not Delivery — A number of companies today are experimenting with same-day e-commerce, including Amazon, Google, eBay, Instacart and others - but for most, the focus has been on same-day delivery.
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The Next Web, ScreenwerkScreenwerk, Index Ventures, Re/code, USA Today, PandoDaily, VentureBeat and bizjournals. Tweets: @mdudas
| Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
Gmail updates for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus displays — Sometimes it's the little things that make a big difference, like apps that take proper advantage of the extra screen real-estate of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, so consider it welcome news that Gmail has updated for iOS 8.
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