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Carl Icahn says Apple is “dramatically undervalued” in open letter to Tim Cook, asks for an accelerated stock repurchase program — Sale: Apple Shares at Half Price — “IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE INFORMATION” — As a large Apple shareholder with approximately 53 million shares …
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| Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
Apple says it's already “executing the largest capital return program in corporate history” — Apple Responds To Carl Icahn's Letter With A Killer Chart — Carl Icahn wrote an open letter to Apple and its CEO Tim Cook. — In it, he asks Apple to accelerate its stock repurchase … | Wall Street Journal: |
Apple suppliers postpone production of 12.9" iPad from December to early 2015 in order to cope with strong iPhone demand — Larger Apple iPad to Be Delayed — Apple Suppliers Concentrating on Meeting Demand for New iPhones — Apple Inc. suppliers have pushed back plans to mass produce …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google launches Hangouts app for Chrome on Windows and Chrome OS — Google today launched a new Hangouts app for Chrome on Windows as well as Chrome OS. You can download the app now directly from the Chrome Web Store. — The release brings Google's chat service to the desktop in a new way.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft makes slew of commitments to get businesses hooked on Surface — Microsoft today made a slew of announcements as part of a new commitment to Surface for business. — The company says firms have been asking it about a longer-term commitment to Surface for businesses of all sizes.
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| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Snapchat CEO Spiegel Says Untargeted Advertising Is Coming Soon — Snapchat, the popular mobile app for disappearing messages, is close to launching its first disappearing ads as the company sets out to prove its $10 billion valuation. — Evan Spiegel, the startup's 24-year-old co-founder …
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| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
Surging Mac sales put Apple among top five global PC vendors for first time, IDC says — The Macintosh may have posted its strongest worldwide market share yet last quarter, according to the latest estimates from IDC, which place Apple among the top five global PC vendors for the first time.| Ian Sherr / CNET: |
Unity, one gaming development platform to unite them all, up for sale — A presentation pitching Unity has been circulating around the games industry, sources say. The potential buyer gets popular software that powers games, large and small.| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Google's Eric Schmidt: US spy programs may “end up breaking the internet” if not reformed — US Spy Programs May Break the Internet if Not Reformed, Google Leader Says — PALO ALTO — You own your data. And the government needs to start respecting that.
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| Sarah / The Imgur Blog: |
Imgur will convert GIF uploads to new .GIFV format MP4 videos for smaller, high quality files — Introducing GIFV — GIFs are no longer about .GIFs-the culture of the GIF now trumps the file format. With Project GIFV, Imgur is reimagining the looping GIF video with all the richness it deserves as a key piece of Internet culture.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google releases 64-bit Android L developer preview emulator image — Google today released the x86 64-bit Android L developer preview emulator image, allowing developers to start testing their 64-bit apps. You can download the emulator image now from the Android NDK page.| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
HTC introduces Desire Eye, with highest resolution front-facing camera on a smartphone, 13MP front and back — HTC's Desire Eye wants to be the king of selfies — The Desire Eye has the most powerful front-facing camera ever put on a smartphone — It's no secret that taking selfies …
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| Quentin Hardy / New York Times: |
Business subscribers of Quip productivity suite can now integrate spreadsheets into documents — Quip: Make Numbers Dynamic, Too — Quip, a fast-moving start-up that makes collaborative software for mobile workers, has an important new addition to its product: Spreadsheets.
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Alibaba Invests $50 Million in TV Remote App Peel — Alibaba, the Chinese tech giant, continues to place financial bets outside of its core e-commerce focus, investing $50 million into entertainment app maker Peel. — The Mountain View, Calif.-based startup makes apps for smartphones …
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| Brad Stone / Businessweek: |
Thync raises $13M led by Khosla Ventures for mood altering device, expected to ship 2015 — Thync Raises $13 Million for Its Brain-Stimulating Electrodes — In a windowless conference room at Thync, a secretive startup in Los Gatos, Calif., I recently tried what may be Silicon Valley's strangest new product in years.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Skype's new design on Windows and Mac focuses on messaging — Mobile look and feel reaches the desktop — Microsoft's Skype client has traditionally focused on video and voice calls, but with the rise of mobile it has started to shift to target instant messaging.
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| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Google launches Google+ polls, putting its Polar acquisition to use — Today Google announced a new feature for its oft-ignored social network: polls. — The introduction of this feature comes with little surprise, as it closely follows Google's high-profile purchase of Polar …
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| Sam Biddle / Valleywag: |
A sampler of Slack group names at major tech companies, obtained through the service's dubious usability “feature” — Slack Is Letting Anyone Peek at Their Competitors — Few pieces of corporate software have earned so many fans so quickly as Slack, which is basically a sophisticated chat room for businesses.Sponsor Posts
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