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Google launches new Chromebook Pixel at a lower price with two USB Type-C ports, $999 for Core i5, $1,299 for Core i7, now for sale on Google Store — Meet Google's New Chromebook Pixel — Google's Chromebook Pixel has always been an aspirational machine meant to show off Chrome OS at its best.
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| Serena Saitto / Bloomberg Business: |
Sources: Alibaba to invest $200M in Snapchat at a valuation of $15B — Snapchat Is Raising Money From Alibaba at a $15 Billion Valuation — (Bloomberg) — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. plans to invest in Snapchat Inc., the mobile application for sending disappearing photos …
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Judges reject Uber, Lyft requests that drivers be deemed contractors, say juries must decide — Uber, Lyft rebuffed in bids to deem drivers independent contractors — (Reuters) - Ride hailing apps Uber and Lyft failed to persuade separate U.S. judges on Wednesday to rule that their drivers …
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After 11 hours, the App Store and iTunes are back online — Apple's App Store and iTunes have sprung back into life, after technical issues brought the download stores offline in the early hours of this morning. Downloads of apps, music, and video resumed at approximately 1:30pm Pactific today … | Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Sony is closing its failed PlayStation Mobile platform — PlayStation Mobile, Sony's initiative to build a store for indie games and PlayStation classics that could be played on both the PS Vita handheld and certain Android phones, is coming to an end. No further content will be published …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Verizon finally launches Nexus 6 with Android 5.1 and HD Voice, available online tomorrow and in stores on March 19 — Verizon finally picks up the Nexus 6, comes with 5.1 and HD voice — Google's flagship comes to Verizon on March 12th. — Four months after every other carrier … | Elizabeth Dwoskin / Wall Street Journal: |
Guardian corrects, clarifies articles on Whisper app privacy, takes down commentary post — Guardian Backpedals on Whisper App Privacy Violations — The Guardian on Tuesday clarified and corrected a series of controversial articles it published late last year about Whisper, a mobile app designed to transmit messages anonymously.
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Sony to offer PlayStation Vue Internet TV service in New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia within two weeks, plans nationwide rollout by the end of the year — Sony to Roll Out New Internet TV Service This Year — PlayStation Vue service to compete with Dish Network's Sling TV
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Snapchat seeking deals with sports leagues and networks to feature live sports, starting with NCAA Final Four, plans ad revenue split — Coming to Snapchat: live sports broadcasting — Snapchat has grand ambitions to become a dominant mobile media platform, and it has taken one step closer with live sports.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Launches Cloud Storage Nearline, A Low-Cost Storage Service For Cold Data — Google is launching a new cloud storage service today that has the potential to change how many companies, ranging from startups to enterprises, view online storage. With Google Cloud Storage Nearline …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Teardown Reveals New 13-Inch MacBook Air SSD is Nearly Twice as Fast as SSD in New 11-Inch MacBook Air — Apple on Monday refreshed its MacBook Air lineup, adding Broadwell chips and Intel 6000 graphics. Both models received the same processor updates, but the 13-inch MacBook Air got an extra boost …
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| Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal: |
Zuora Raises $115 Million to Fuel Subscription Economy … More than seven years ago, Tien Tzuo left Salesforce.com Inc., where he had risen to chief marketing officer and then chief strategy officer, to help found a startup, Zuora Inc. — Companies were starting to shift from running software inside …
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Twitter updates privacy policy, prohibits uploading intimate photos and video taken without subject's consent — Twitter Takes Steps To Combat Stolen Nudes And Revenge Porn — The company issued new rules that prohibit uploading nonconsensual nudes and says it will lock the accounts of users who have posted them.
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Box reports fiscal Q4 earnings: $62.6M revenue, loss of $1.65 per share, share price falls 13% after hours — Box Drops 15% Despite Reporting Stronger Than Expected Q4 Revenue Growth — Update: Box's shares have recovered somewhat, and are now down around 10 percent, instead of 15 percent.
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| Don Reisinger / CNET: |
Amazon's new Exclusives store features “up-and-coming brands” including Shark Tank and Kickstarter successes — Amazon launches Exclusives to surface ‘up-and-coming brands’ — It's yet another niche for the e-commerce titan: Amazon Exclusives are available only via Amazon or the product makers' own pages.Sponsor Posts
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