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| Bethany McLean / Vanity Fair: |
Can C.E.O. Satya Nadella Save Microsoft? — The Empire Reboots — Over the last decade, as the biggest force in tech history hurtled toward irrelevance (albeit lucratively), a few blamed Microsoft' s woes on founder Bill Gates, while most pointed to his successor as C.E.O., Steve Ballmer.
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| Bloomberg: |
Symantec Said to Explore Split Into Security, Storage Cos — Symantec Corp. is exploring a breakup, according to people with knowledge of the matter, joining other large technology companies that are trying to make their businesses more focused and nimble. — The Mountain View …
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PC Magazine, CNET, bizjournals, TheStreet.com, Computerworld, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat, Fortune, Seeking Alpha and Reuters. Tweets: @dinabass
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Marc Andreessen on Zuckerberg, Twitter, Apple Watch, bitcoin, PayPal spinning off, and Snowden — Zuckerberg is world's best CEO, Twitter the eighth wonder, says Marc Andreessen — The venture capitalist has been tweeting up a storm, sharing his thoughts on everything from startups to activist shareholders.| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
New Google+ Head David Besbris: We're Here for the Long Haul (Q&A) — Google+ isn't dying anytime soon, says Google's new head of social media David Besbris. — Of course, you'd expect the person in charge of the social network to say so, despite the fact that it's hard to ignore the chatter …
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| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Apple reportedly withheld $139M payment to GT Advanced ahead of bankruptcy filing — As new information about GT Advanced Technologies' dire financial straits slowly comes to light, a report on Tuesday claims Apple held back a $139 million loan installment from its partner sapphire supplier … | Killian Bell / Cult of Mac: |
iOS 8.1 blocks ‘date trick’ loophole that allows emulators on iPhone and iPad — A neat trick that allows old console emulators and other unapproved apps to be installed on iOS devices without jailbreaking is set to be wiped out with iOS 8.1. Apple has finally taken action against the …
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| Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
Product Hunt Gets $6.1 Million Series A Funding From A16Z And Alexis Ohanian — Product Hunt, a community board where people can up vote tech products, officially announced the raise of $6.1 million in a Series A today, led by Andreessen Horowitz. Y Combinator partner and Reddit co-founder …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's Josh Miller Confirms He's Built Something, But It's Not Just About Anonymity — In response to the New York Times' report that he's leading a team working on an anonymous forum app for Facebook, product manager Josh Miller posted a tweetstorm saying apps need to serve a function …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
'It's been way too long': Apple sends out invites for Thursday, October 16th iPad & Mac event — It's happening: Apple has just announced a keynote address for Thursday, October 16th to take place at the Town Hall auditorium on its Infinite Loop Campus in Cupertino, California.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Review: CarPlay has promise, but the road to perfection is long — With Pioneer now offering aftermarket CarPlay support through their existing NEX displays, I got the chance to finally test drive CarPlay (without having to buy a new car) and see how Apple's driving-optimized iPhone experience performs on the road.Thanks:@jordankahn
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google mobile app can now surface your past and upcoming bills from your Gmail account — Google today updated its main Android and iOS with support for surfacing past and upcoming bills. If you have the payment due date and amount in your Gmail account, the Google mobile app will find it.
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Confirmed: Truecaller Scores $60 Million In Series C From KPCB, Atomico, And Sequoia — Truecaller has just announced the raise of a $60 million in Series C led by Atomico, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Sequoia Capital. — As you might have noticed, TechCrunch's Ingrid Lunden tracked …
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| Patrick Hoge / San Francisco Business Times: |
SF's new “Airbnb law” officially permits short term rentals, with restrictions, starting Feb 2015 — San Francisco Supervisors give okay to Airbnb legalization ordinance — Acknowledging that the “genie is out of the bottle,” the San Francisco Board of Supervisors gave initial approval … | Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
Latest Apple TV update enables remote access relay for HomeKit connected accessories — The center of a connected smart home could soon be the Apple TV, as Apple's latest beta software officially brings HomeKit support to its $99 streaming set-top box. — As first discovered by AppleInsider …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Feds ‘Hacked’ Silk Road Without a Warrant? Perfectly Legal, Prosecutors Argue — With only a month until the scheduled trial of Ross Ulbricht, the alleged creator of the Silk Road drug site, Ulbricht's defense lawyers have zeroed in on the argument that the U.S. government illegally hacked … | Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web: |
Hacker News launches API with near real-time access to site's data — When you have a site called Hacker News that's a destination for developers, startups and anyone interested in the startup world, it only only makes sense to have an API. — Today the Y Combinator run Hacker News site announced …
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| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
AAA study: hands-free Siri more distracting while driving than other voice-control systems — AAA says Apple's Siri causes potentially dangerous driver distractions — According to a new study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, hands- and eyes-free infotainment and smartphone control systems …
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AAA, Guardian, ReadWrite, MacRumors, Tech Times, Business Insider, Marketing Land, iDownloadBlog.com, Ubergizmo, Fortune, Ars Technica, CNET, Los Angeles Times, Electronista, 9to5Mac, BGR, New York Times, Cult of Mac and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @dannysullivan
| Devindra Hardawar / VentureBeat: |
The year of Watson continues: IBM announces a slew of new partners, public cloud integration, & more — Above: IBM's Watson headquarters in Manhattan — NEW YORK — IBM's Watson supercomputer is on a roll. — More than a month after opening up Watson's cognitive computing capabilities to researchers …
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IBM, Gigaom, New York Times, TechCrunch, Apprenda, WebProNews, Engadget, PC World, eWeek and Tnooz
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Salesforce Introduces Interactive Mobile Customer Service And Gives Core CRM A Makeover — Dreamforce, Salesforce.com's conference extravaganza, is coming next week, and Salesforce has some big announcements ahead of their showcase starting with an update to their core CRM product …
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ZDNet, Nymi, CIO Today, TechRadar.com, VentureBeat, ZDNet and Techworld. Thanks:@ashleymcarlson
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