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Apple targets Watch battery life of 2.5 hours heavy use and 3.5 hours standard use; pure standby battery life likely to be 2-3 days; CPU said to be A5-caliber — Apple targets for Apple Watch battery life revealed, A5-caliber CPU inside — Although Apple has said that the Apple Watch …
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Winklevoss Twins Aim to Take Bitcoin Mainstream With a Regulated Exchange — Bitcoin, the virtual currency that was once the talk of the financial world, has been taking a beating over the last year with the price tumbling downward. — Now two of the biggest boosters of the virtual currency …
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Cover story on the rise of unicorns: 80+ private companies achieve valuations of at least $1B — The Age of Unicorns — Stewart Butterfield had one objective when he set out to raise money for his startup last fall: a billion dollars or nothing. If he couldn't reach a $1 billion valuation for Slack …
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Andreessen Horowitz explains 16 tech trends of interest including VR and machine learning — 16 Things — We don't invest in themes; we invest in special founders with breakthrough ideas. Which means we don't make investments based on a pre-existing thesis about a category.
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Verizon: Don't expect us to offer a data rollover plan — Verizon CFO Fran Shammo says the carrier won't be following AT&T and T-Mobile's lead. — Don't hold your breath for Verizon Wireless to counter AT&T and T-Mobile with a data rollover program. — That's according to Verizon Chief …
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Underwriter: Box IPO priced at $14 per share, valuing company at $1.67B — Box IPO values data storage provider at $1.67 billion — (Reuters) - Box Inc's (BOX.N) shares have been priced at $14, an underwriter said, valuing the online data storage provider at about $1.67 billion …
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Bill and Melinda Gates annual letter: How the smartphone will lift up the world — Fifteen years after starting their foundation, Bill and Melinda Gates released their 2015 annual letter overnight, laying out their goals for the next 15 years and explaining their “big bet” — that … | Tim Higgins / Bloomberg: |
Tim Cook's compensation doubled to $9.22M in 2014; retail executive Angela Ahrendts received $73.4M — Apple's Cook Gets $9.22 Million in Pay as Stock Reaches High — Apple Inc. (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook received compensation valued at $9.22 million last year …
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Apple HomeKit incompatible with home automation accessories not licensed as MFi products that connect over WiFi, like Nest Thermostat — Apple details HomeKit compatibility with competing home automation platforms, rules out rival Wi-Fi gear — Apple will allow its upcoming Siri-controlled … | Leon Spencer / ZDNet: |
Uber relaunches in Delhi with radio taxi licence — Summary:Uber is resuming operations under a radio taxi licence in Delhi six weeks after it was banned in the city when one of its drivers was pulled up on rape charges. — Controversial ride-share app developer Uber has relaunched …
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Expedia Acquires Travelocity for $280 Million — As expected after the early termination of a Federal Trade Commission antitrust review earlier two weeks ago, Expedia Inc. acquired Travelocity outright for an underwhelming $280 million in cash. — The acquisition from Travelocity's parent …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Hutchison Says It's In Exclusive Negotiations To Buy UK's O2 For Up To £10.25B — Today, Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa released a statement saying that it is in exclusive negotiations with Telefonica to acquire mobile carrier O2 in the UK, offering to pay up to £10.25 billion ($15.3 billion, €13.5 billion ).
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| Martin Beck / Marketing Land: |
Twitter launches Bing translation of tweets on iOS, Android, and web — Twitter Officially Rolls Out Bing Translation — Tweets in users' non-native languages will automatically trigger translations. After being reintroduced on TweetDeck earlier this month, the feature has been added to iOS, Android and Twitter.com.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
J.Crew CEO Millard Drexler is retiring from Apple's Board of Directors; no replacement named — Apple Director Millard Drexler to retire, replacement yet to be named — In a filing for shareholders today, Apple announced that Millard Drexler, a member of the eight-person Board of Directors, is retiring from the Board.
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