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Skype launches Skype for Web beta to enable instant messaging, voice, and video calls in a browser — Please welcome Skype for Web (Beta) — Skype has been breaking down barriers to communication for more than a decade by being at the forefront of real-time voice and video.
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Facebook to start limiting the number of non-ad “promotional Page posts” in News Feed in January — News Feed FYI: Reducing Overly Promotional Page Posts in News Feed — One of the main reasons people come to Facebook is to see what's happening in their News Feeds.| Reuters: |
Google Glass's future clouded as consumer launch slips to 2015, key employees depart, and many developers abandon projects on the platform — Google Glass future clouded as some early believers lose faith — (Reuters) - After two years of popping up at high-profile events sporting Google Glass … | Julia Angwin / ProPublica: |
AT&T says it's no longer inserting phone-tracking IDs in web traffic, which was only a test, but may still sell the resulting data — AT&T Stops Using Undeletable Phone Tracking IDs — AT&T says it has stopped its controversial practice of adding a hidden, undeletable tracking number to its mobile customers' Internet activity.
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Bitcoin wallet company Coinbase raising $40M-60M at a valuation of about $400M, with most funds likely coming from new investor DFJ — Bitcoin Company Coinbase Raising New Investment at $400 Million Valuation — Coinbase, a company that lets people store and buy the digital currency bitcoin … | Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
iPhone 6 accounts for 68% of all iPhone sales in first 30 days of availability in US, iPhone 6 Plus takes around 24% — iPhone 6 outselling iPhone 6 Plus by 3-to-1 margin in US - report — Though Apple doesn't break down sales figures for specific iPhone models, a new study suggests … | Nathan Layne / Reuters: |
Wal-Mart told store managers to match online prices with Amazon — Wal-Mart Stores Inc has informed managers of its roughly 5,000 stores across the United States that they can match prices with Amazon.com Inc and other online retailers, the head of the company's U.S. business said on Thursday.
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FCC Asks AT&T for Info About Delayed Fiber Build-Out Because of Net Neutrality — Two days after AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said his company would delay building out its fiber network because of uncertainty about net neutrality rules, the Federal Communications Commission has some questions.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Facebook deploys next-generation data center architecture as new facility comes online in Altoona, Iowa — Facebook's Newest Data Center Is Now Online In Altoona, Iowa — Facebook today announced that its newest data center in Altoona, Iowa, is now open for business.| Ian Hardy / MobileSyrup: |
Blackberry Classic available for preorders now, launches December 17 for $499 — BlackBerry Classic to launch on December 17th, pre-orders now live — At BlackBerry's BES 12 Event today the company unveiled a number of new products and partnerships. Most notedly was the addition … | Beth Jinks / Bloomberg: |
Activist Starboard Buys Back Into AOL Amid Yahoo Deal Campaign — Starboard Value LP, the activist hedge fund run by Jeff Smith, acquired a new stake in AOL Inc. (AOL) as it campaigns for changes at Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) including a possible combination of the web portals.
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Measuring Twitter Remains a Conundrum as ‘Timeline Views’ Metric Is Likely Discarded — Figuring out how to measure Twitter's size and usage hasn't been an easy task. On Wednesday, company executives underscored that challenge as they gingerly introduced a new metric and said another one is likely on the way out.Sponsor Posts
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