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Uber raises $1.2B, looks to invest in the Asia Pacific region; acknowledges shortcomings in company's culture — The Ride Ahead — 2014 has been a year of tremendous growth for Uber. It was just a year ago that Uber was operating in 60 cities and 21 countries - today we are in over 250 cities in 50 countries.
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| Liz Gannes / Re/code: |
Uber confirms $40B valuation; $1.2B round of funding could swell to $1.8B — Uber Announces $1.2 Billion Raise, Confirms $40 Billion Valuation — Quick on the heels of a filing this morning, Uber announced it has raised $1.2 billion in a new round of funding.
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| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
Operation AURORAGOLD: How the NSA hacks cellphone networks worldwide and spies on the GSM Association, which includes Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, Facebook, others — How the NSA Hacks Cellphone Networks Worldwide — In March 2011, two weeks before the Western intervention in Libya …
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| Murali Sitaram / Official Google for Work Blog: |
Google launches the Google for Work and Education Partner Program, consolidating existing programs across Apps, Chrome, Cloud Platform, Maps and Search — Introducing the Google for Work & Education Partner Program — Posted by Murali Sitaram, Director of Global Partnerships & Strategic Alliances, Google for Work
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| Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Google to raise commissions for resellers of Google Apps for Work in a push to woo larger organizations — Google Makes Move on Microsoft's Turf in Workplace — Gmail Operator to Offer Bigger Fees to Resellers Amid Push to Challenge Outlook Owner — Google Inc. plans to boost … | Sherrel Wheeler Stewart / Reuters: |
Tim Cook agrees to lend his name to Alabama LGBT anti-discrimination bill after initial resistance from Apple — Alabama anti-discrimination bill to be named after Apple's Tim Cook — (Reuters) - An anti-discrimination bill championed by Alabama's only openly gay lawmaker will bear …
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| Lev Grossman / TIME: |
Inside Mark Zuckerberg's plan to wire the world and put every single human being online — Exclusive: Inside Facebook's Plan to Wire the World — Chandauli is a tiny town in rural India about a four-hour drive southwest of New Delhi. India's a big country, and there are several Chandaulis.
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Amazon Unveils Its Own Diapers and Baby Wipes Called Amazon Elements — For years, Amazon naysayers have warned that the e-commerce giant's ambition would drive it to compete ever more directly with the merchants who sell goods on Amazon's popular online marketplace.
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| Brian Womack / Bloomberg: |
Yahoo Set to Pass Twitter in U.S. Mobile Ads After Mayer Revamp — Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) is poised to surpass Twitter Inc. (TWTR) next year to become the third-biggest company in U.S. mobile advertising, bolstering a key part of Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer's turnaround effort.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft sells its 17.6% stake in Nook back to Barnes & Noble for $62M and 2.7M shares — Microsoft sells its stake in Nook back to Barnes & Noble — Microsoft and Barnes & Noble unveiled a “strategic partnership” back in April 2012 which involved the software maker investing $300 million … | Nick Statt / CNET: |
Eddy Cue testimony in antitrust trial: Apple's iPod updates, DRM strategy were to prevent hacks, piracy — Apple defended iPod from hackers, iTunes chief says in antitrust trial — iTunes chief Eddy Cue says hackers wanted to break apart Apple's digital music ecosystem in a trial questioning its use of software updates.
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| Aruna Viswanatha / Reuters: |
US Justice Department creating new unit to work with the private sector to prevent online crime and advise on electronic surveillance in cyber investigations — New U.S. cybersecurity prosecutor unit to focus on prevention — (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is creating a unit within …
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Docker announces Docker Hub Enterprise to manage companies' apps behind the firewall, and a suite of orchestration services for admins — Docker debuts on-premises software for storing companies' apps in containers — At its user conference in Amsterdam today, the executives of hot startup Docker …
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| Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
Facebook's Slingshot hits 2.0, now emulates Snapchat's stories feature instead — Facebook's answer to Snapchat, dubbed Slingshot, launched with a fizz back in June but didn't see much adoption, with many complaining it was too much work compared with Snapchat.
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| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Google's Inbox team promises cross-browser support, unified inbox, and more in Reddit AMA — Google's Inbox team promises cross-browser support and a host of other features soon — Google's new Inbox interface for its longstanding Gmail service is an intriguing, futuristic … | Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Four Months After Acquisition, Square Launches iOS App For Food Delivery Service Caviar — Over the summer, Square purchased food delivery startup Caviar. Today, it's making ordering on the service even easier with the launch of a mobile app. — Square announced the acquisition …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google+ now lets you pin posts on profiles and pages — Google today added a new feature to Google+: pinned posts. You can now choose to pin one of your posts to the top of your profile or page. — As you'd expect, a pinned post is shown above all your other posts when someone visits your profile or page.Sponsor Posts
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