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Sources: Amazon to launch hotel booking service in January 2015 — Exclusive: Amazon to Get Into Hotel Booking With Launch of Travel Site — Amazon.com is poised to launch its own travel service, featuring booking at independent hotels and resorts near major cities, Skift has learned.
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Google, Rockstar agree to settle patent litigation: filing — (Reuters) - Google Inc has agreed to settle litigation with patent consortium Rockstar, though terms of the deal were not disclosed in a court filing made public this week. — Rockstar, which counts Apple Inc as an investor … | Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
PCH International In Talks To Buy Fab For $15 Million — Multiple sources have confirmed that Fab is in talks to sell to PCH International for $15 million in a half cash and half stock deal. — Contractual agreements are in the very early stages between the two companies (and these things could always fall apart).
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| Tim Culpan / Bloomberg: |
Foxconn will spend $2.6B to build dedicated Apple display plant in Taiwan — Foxconn to Build Dedicated Apple Display Plant in Taiwan — Foxconn Technology Group will spend NT$80 billion ($2.6 billion) over the next two years on a new factory in Taiwan to supply displays exclusively for a client.
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AppleInsider, TechSpot, TechnoBuffalo, Bidness Etc, BGR, InvestorPlace, Pocketnow, iPhone in Canada Blog, iClarified, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Business Insider, Patently Apple, Cult of Mac, TodaysiPhone.com, Electronista and iMore. Thanks:@srikardr
| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Uber's Massive Fundraising Drive Forges Ahead Despite Scandal — A recent controversy ensnaring Uber doesn't appear to be lessening the company's appeal to investors as it moves forward with plans to raise one of the largest venture-capital funding rounds in history.| Napier Lopez / The Next Web: |
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| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon leases 470,000 square-foot, 12-story space in midtown Manhattan for next 17 years — Amazon to Lease Entire Manhattan Building, Hinting at Retail Ambitions — Amazon.com agreed to lease 470,000 square feet of space in midtown Manhattan from Vornado Realty Trust …
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Former Fake Steve Jobs and HubSpot content marketer Dan Lyons to head up Valleywag in January — Dan Lyons Used to be Fake Steve Jobs. Now He's the Chief Valleywag. — Valleywag's chief editor Nitasha Tiku just left for the Verge. Here's her replacement: Dan Lyons …
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Re/code drops comments on its site, noting that most discussion takes place on social media — A Note to Re/code Readers — Like all websites, Re/code is in a constant process of iteration. So, starting today, you'll notice a few changes on our site, and we wanted to let you know about them.
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| Josh Kosman / New York Post: |
GoDaddy seeks nearly $4.5B IPO valuation, talks diversifying — GoDaddy pitchwoman Danica Patrick. — GoDaddy.com is pushing ahead with an initial public offering early next year that would value the world's biggest domain registration service at roughly $4.5 billion, The Post has learned.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google's Project Loon can now launch up to 20 balloons per day, and they fly 10 times longer than in 2013 — Google today shared an update from Project Loon, the company's initiative to bring high-speed Internet access to remote areas of the world via hot air balloons.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Airbnb Rolls Out Million-Dollar Liability Insurance Program For Hosts — Airbnb today announced an additional liability insurance program that will provide U.S. hosts with up to $1 million worth of protection in the case a guest is accidentally injured anywhere in a host's building or on their property during their stay.| Mathew Ingram / Gigaom: |
Google launches Contributor, a subscription service that lets users contribute to participating sites and turn off Google ads — Google launches Contributor, a crowdfunding tool for publishers — Google is launching a new service for websites called Contributor, which allows users to sign …
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The Verge, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, Engadget, BetaNews, Marketing Land, GeekWire, Business Insider, Computerworld and The Next Web. Thanks:@mathewi. See also Mediagazer
| Jeff Barr / Amazon Web Services Blog: |
Amazon's enterprise storage and sharing service Zocalo gets iOS, Android apps, 5TB file support — Amazon Zocalo Update - Mobile Apps + 5 TB Files — I have a couple of pieces of good news for current and potential users of Amazon Zocalo. Both items are available now and you can start using them today.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Jaunt VR Releases Its First Content With App That Puts You On Stage With Paul McCartney — Jaunt wants to give you something to watch on makeshift virtual reality headsets like Google Cardboard, Dodocase, and Mirage. So today the 360-degree camera and VR production software maker launches …
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The Next Web, The Verge, Rolling Stone, Re/code, Jaunt, Re/code, Gizmodo, Variety, Engadget, Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Mashable, Ultimate Classic Rock, PCMag Australia Feed, HotHardware.com News, CNET, CNNMoney.com, Forbes and 9to5Google. Tweets: @bwerde
| Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post: |
Comcast testing feature to track technicians in real-time; trials begin outside Boston this week, will be rolled out nationally 2015 — Comcast is testing a way to tell you exactly when the cable guy is coming — Comcast is trying out a way to let customers track technicians. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)| Roberto Baldwin / The Next Web: |
Twitter launches sharing public tweets in Direct Messages — Twitter is moving towards making DMs (Direct Messages) more like the messaging apps that have captured the globe. But first, it wants to make sure you can share public tweets privately with your friends.
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The Twitter Blog, BetaNews, Marketing Land, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and 9to5Google. Tweets: @agarwal
| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
iOS 8.1.1 slightly improves iPhone 4S and iPad 2 performance, but interface lag and memory constraints remain — iOS 8.1.1, iPhone 4S, and iPad 2: A little faster, kind of, sometimes — It took a lot of work to find the promised performance and stability improvements in iOS 8.1.1 …
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Ubergizmo, Lifehacker, iPhone in Canada Blog, Gotta Be Mobile, MacRumors and BGR
| Reuters: |
Obama's immigration plans will make it easier for advanced degree holders to work in the US, but won't reduce backlog of H-1B visa holders awaiting green cards — Obama's immigration tweaks leave Big Tech wanting more — (Reuters) - Silicon Valley expects President Barack Obama to make life …
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| Husain Sumra / MacRumors: |
Sony Drops Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs Movie, Universal May Take Over — Despite Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs movie being in the casting process and moving towards full fledged production, Sony Pictures has dropped the movie and put it “in turnaround”, which allows another large studio to purchase the movie and take over, reports Deadline.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
YouTube Music Awards to Return in 2015, But Not as a Live Event — Vidsite pacts with Vice Media to produce original music videos to debut in March 2015 — YouTube, as part of its stepped-up push into the music biz, will bring back the YouTube Music Awards next March and has renewed a pact with Vice Media to produce it.Sponsor Posts
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