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Google developing its own Uber competitor, likely in conjunction with driverless car project — Exclusive: Google Is Developing Its Own Uber Competitor — The two companies are going to war over self-driving taxis — Don't Miss Out — … Uber faces an ever-growing cast of adversaries …
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Sources: Report of Google's plan for Uber rival overblown; app is only internal tool for carpooling — Uber Chases Google in Self-Driving Cars With Carnegie Mellon Deal — Uber on Monday said it formed a partnership with Carnegie Mellon University to develop driverless car and mapping technology …
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| John Biggs / TechCrunch: |
Uber Opening Robotics Research Facility In Pittsburgh To Build Self-Driving Cars — Driver-on-demand service Uber is building a robotics research lab in Pittsburgh, PA to “kickstart autonomous taxi fleet development,” sources close to the decision have confirmed to TechCrunch.
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Amazon discussed buying some RadioShack stores to showcase its hardware and serve as pickup/drop-off centers — Amazon in Talks to Buy Some of RadioShack's Stores — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc., aiming to bolster its brick-and-mortar operations …
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| Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg Business: |
Inside RadioShack's Slow-Motion Collapse … Nathan Hill learned a lot about entertaining himself during his time as a RadioShack employee. For 15 months during 2013 and 2014, he worked at two locations in two separate strip malls in suburban Phoenix. It was dull, but Hill … | Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
With an Eye on Wall Street, Twitter Starts Selling Twitter Ads Outside of Twitter — Twitter is rolling out plans for a new revenue stream: Twitter ads that don't appear on Twitter. — Starting today, the company will start running its core “Promoted Tweet” ad unit on other people's apps and sites.| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Eero aims to eliminate WiFi dead-spots in homes using a mesh network created by a set of boxes — Eero Is A Smart Wireless Routing System That Wants To Do For WiFi What Nest Did For Thermostats — Have you tried to purchase or install a wireless router lately? I have, and it is hell.
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| David E. Sanger / New York Times: |
NSA analysts will be required to delete incidental information on Americans within one year, on foreigners within five — President Tweaks the Rules on Data Collection — WASHINGTON — A year after President Obama ordered modest changes in how the nation's intelligence agencies collect … | Toby Wolpe / ZDNet: |
DataStax snaps up Aurelius and its Titan team to build new graph database — Summary:The prize in DataStax's acquisition of open-source firm Aurelius is not the Titan database but rather engineering expertise, which will be used in developing a new graph database.
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In Net Neutrality Push, F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating Internet Service as a Utility — The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission this week is widely expected to propose regulating Internet service like a public utility, a move certain to unleash another round … | Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
eBay layoffs begin with many involved in PayPal's disappointing in-store initiatives — Big Layoffs Begin at eBay and PayPal — The big job cuts eBay promised last month are here. — On Monday, eBay and PayPal began notifying employees who were losing their jobs as part of the cuts … | Tim Higgins / Bloomberg Business: |
Apple plans to invest $2B in GT Advanced Arizona plant to convert it into a data center — Apple to Convert Failed Arizona Sapphire Plant Into Data Center — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. plans to invest $2 billion to convert an Arizona factory into a data center … | Danny D. / SamMobile: |
Samsung sends out invitations to March 1 event, hints at curved design for Galaxy S6 — Samsung starts sending out press invitations for March 1st, hints at curved design — Press invites for an event scheduled for March 1st have finally started making rounds.
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Google US search share drops to 74.8% as Yahoo usage on Firefox almost triples since November — Yahoo gains further US search share in January — Google falls below 75% for first time — US Yahoo-on-Firefox usage almost triples since November — San Francisco, CA & Dublin … | Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Foursquare's original chief technical officer is the latest to leave the company — The company's first hire is moving on to “somewhere new” — Foursquare's original chief technical officer has left the company after more than five years, The Verge has learned.
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| Biz Carson / Gigaom: |
Reddit fires lead Notes engineer, says launch delayed until cryptocurrency law and technology improve — After key engineer leaves, what will happen to Reddit Notes? — A company changing its project outline for a year isn't surprising, nor is laying off staff — except when that the project … | Lauren Goode / Re/code: |
Review of three new Fitbits: accuracy of heart-rate sensors in Charge HR and Surge disappoints — Three New Fitbits: See How They Run — Depending on what you read, the market for step-and-sleep-tracking wristbands is either set to explode, or is hanging in a wobbly balance while everyone waits …
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