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Samsung Galaxy S6 and Edge version, HTC One M9, Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet expected to debut at MWC — 10 things to expect at Mobile World Congress — Every year, tens of thousands of reporters, analysts, and suited-up businesspeople descend upon Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress trade show.
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Huawei Watch, an unannounced round-faced Android Wear smartwatch, shown off in two leaked promotional videos — This is the Huawei Watch, One of the Best Looking Android Wear Devices to Date — Huawei is about to make its presence felt at MWC with the announcement of the Huawei Watch.| Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
How Samsung won and then lost the smartphone war — In November 2011, Samsung released the first of a series of ads that would define the company for the next three years. — It started with a bunch of hipster-looking people waiting outside a mock Apple Store for the next iPhone.| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Vivek Wadhwa, voice for gender diversity in Silicon Valley, shows how not to handle criticism — Vivek Wadhwa, Voice for Women in Silicon Valley, Is Foiled by His Tone — Silicon Valley has lately come to the realization that it is not the meritocracy it has long pretended to be — at least not for women and most minorities.
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Former Apple Retail Boss Ron Johnson Leads $16 Million Investment in Nasty Gal — Online retailer Nasty Gal is gearing up for its brick-and-mortar moment and has brought in former Apple retail boss Ron Johnson to help guide the way. — Johnson is leading a $16 million investment … | Nick Bilton / New York Times: |
Strippers and porn stars use Snapcash to charge Snapchat users for photos and videos — Strippers Go Undercover on Snapchat — Porn, it has been said, is a driver of technology. — Pornography has spurred the adoption of most tech innovations of the last generation.| Kevin Roose / Fusion: |
How one guy spent $18K on coupon sites to net 100K shares in Jet from its referral competition — This guy used an insane get-rich-quick scheme to become a start-up millionaire in three weeks — Tech start-ups mint new millionaires every day. Many of these people are young Stanford … | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Tinder Plus Will Launch On Monday — Tinder Plus, the dating app's first step into the wonderful world of freemium monetization, will launch on Monday for $9.99, according to sources familiar with the matter. — Tinder Plus includes at least one highly requested feature and a few others …
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Sources: Airbnb is in the process of raising close to $1B at a $20B valuation — Airbnb Is Raising A Monster Round At A $20B Valuation — Airbnb — the platform that lets travellers book private spare rooms and entire homes as an alternative to traditional hotels — is doing some booking of its own.| Ryan Koronowski / ThinkProgress: |
Google makes largest clean energy investment yet with $300M for SolarCity's residential fund — Google Wants To Help You Buy Solar Panels For Your House. Seriously. — If you to want to install solar panels on your roof but haven't yet because it's too expensive, Google really wants to help.| Charles Morris / MSDN Blogs: |
How Microsoft built a new web rendering engine for Project Spartan and IE on Windows 10 — A break from the past: the birth of Microsoft's new web rendering engine — As we announced last month, Project Spartan will be the new browser across all Windows 10 devices, from phones to tablets, PCs and beyond.
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| Kristen V. Brown / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Apple, Yahoo, eBay, Zynga, Genentech bus drivers vote to unionize — Bus drivers who herd employees to and from the offices of Apple, Yahoo, eBay, Zynga and Genentech voted to join the powerful Teamsters union Friday. — Shuttle drivers employed by Compass Transportation voted 104-38 … Sponsor Posts
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