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February 3, 2015, 9:15 PM
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Bloomberg Business:
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 …
Brian Ries / Mashable:
Obama administration publishes 2016 fiscal budget proposal on Github and Medium  —  How the White House found a publishing ally in Medium  —  The White House published President Obama's 2016 fiscal budget on Monday using a medium that's become increasingly popular among its advisors …
Ina Fried / Re/code:
ARM says next-generation A72 chip can triple the performance of today's chips, or match performance while using 75% less power  —  ARM Says Next-Gen A72 Chip Paves Way for Thinner, More Power-Efficient Phones  —  ARM, the British company whose chip designs are at the core of nearly …
Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web:
Microsoft launches Picturesque, its second free lock screen replacement app for Android  —  Microsoft quietly launches a free lock screen replacement app for Android  —  Things are busy at Microsoft Garage, where the company's employees share experimental projects they've been working on.
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.
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
Apple builds US sales team for IBM partnership to target healthcare, retail, finance, manufacturing customers  —  Apple builds national enterprise sales team for IBM partnership, targets industrial, healthcare, financial customers  —  Apple is looking to hire individuals across the US …
Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
SAP revamps Business Suite with new UI, HANA analytics  —  SAP says its Business Suite 4 on HANA has been “reinvented for the digital age.”  Adoption of the suite, which includes a new UI, is likely to be critical to SAP's 2020 outlook.
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.
Stacey Higginbotham / Gigaom:
Cisco mobile network report: data traffic to grow tenfold to 25 exabytes/month by 2019  —  The whole world is sucking down mobile data like it's water  —  We may be pushing more of our cellular activity over to Wi-Fi, but we're still guzzling mobile data like it's going out of style according …
Rachel King / ZDNet:
VMware bolstering mobile device management tools with Immidio buy  —  Summary:Founded in 2008, Amsterdam-based Immidio touts its BYOD approach as one that considers and values end user and IT needs equally.  —  VMware has acquired Immidio, a private software company specializing in enterprise mobile device management options.
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:
Fundable Acquires Mentorship Service Clarity.fm As Part Of Its New Launch Platform, Startups.co  —  Equity crowdfunding platform Fundable is announcing that it has acquired Clarity.fm, the Dan Martell-founded startup that connects entrepreneurs with mentors like Mark Cuban, Brad Feld and Eric Ries over the phone.
Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal:
Bitcoin Mining Company KnCMiner Gets $15 Million Amid Lawsuits  —  Venture capitalists continue investing in bitcoin mining company KnCMiner, despite several lawsuits filed against it by customers.  —  Stockholm-based KnCMiner raised $15 million in a Series B round led by Accel Partners.

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Nancy Scola / Washingtonian:
A deep look at FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's moves favoring the Trump administration; former chair Tom Wheeler warns against the agency becoming a political tool

Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal says he's stepping down after a year in the role; his hiring was part of a push to promote “personal liberties and free markets”

Matt Stout / The Boston Globe:
The Massachusetts Senate passes an amendment that would in many instances bar judges, grand juries, and others from forcing reporters to identify their sources

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Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
Alibaba and Lending Club partner to provide American companies with loans to buy parts and supplies from the Chinese marketplace

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