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Apple will offer Android switchers gift cards to trade-in rival smartphones for iPhones — Apple is preparing to launch another program to boost iPhone sales in its stores, a stated goal of CEO Tim Cook. — According to sources, Apple will soon introduce a new recycling and trade-in program …
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Explaining Our Community Standards and Approach to Government Requests — By Monika Bickert, Head of Global Policy Management, and Chris Sonderby, Deputy General Counsel — Every day, people around the world use Facebook to connect with family and friends, share information and express themselves.
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Pew survey examines changes in American attitudes about online privacy post-Snowden — Americans' Privacy Strategies Post-Snowden — It has been nearly two years since the first disclosures of government surveillance programs by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden …
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Lyft forecasts $1.2B revenue in 2015, profitability in 2016 on $2.7B in gross sales, monthly rides to grow from 2.5M to 13M in 2015 — A Look Inside Lyft's Financial Forecast For 2015 And Beyond — Last week on-demand transportation service Lyft announced that it had raised $530 million …
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Uber CFO Brent Callinicos Steps Down, Memo Says — To stay on as adviser to company — Brent Callinicos is stepping down as Uber Technologies Inc.'s chief financial officer after helping spearhead the car-hailing service's fastest years of growth. — Uber Chief Executive Travis Kalanick shared …
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Pinterest has raised $367M at a $11B valuation for international expansion, may raise up to $211M more — Pinterest Valued at $11 Billion After Latest Funding — Pinterest has raised $367 million at a rich valuation of $11 billion, according to a regulatory filing on Monday.| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Cablevision to Offer HBO Now to Broadband-Only Customers — Cablevision Systems is the first pay-TV provider to agree to offer HBO's standalone Internet-streaming service — without having to also buy a TV package. — Pricing for HBO Now as purchased through Cablevision's Optimum service was not announced.
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LinkedIn Buys Careerify To Build Out Its Big Data Recruitment Business — LinkedIn has made another acquisition to build out its big data recruitment business. It's acquired Careerify, a startup based out of Toronto, Canada, that focuses on software for businesses to hire people.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches Office 2016 preview for IT pros and developers, Skype for Business preview to replace Lync — Microsoft launches Office 2016 and Skype for Business previews — A leaked version of Office 2016 gave us an early look at a new colorful theme early today … | Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Facebook to announce ad performance measurement tool on its own and third party apps next week — Mobile Ad World Braces for Facebook's Move Into Measurement — Facebook next week is expected to announce a tool to help mobile app developers measure whether an ad caused people to download an app …
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| Martin Bryant / The Next Web: |
Google is working on an open API to allow any app integrate with Google Now — A Google Now open API is in the works... and support for theme park ride queue times — Google Now will one day be able to work with information from all of the apps you use.
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Pocketnow, TechnoBuffalo, ReadWrite, Search Engine Land, ITworld.com, SlashGear, Phandroid, Gizmodo, PhoneDog.com, Digital Trends, DailyTech, Tech Times, Droid Life, Android Authority, Android Central and Engadget. Tweets: @harrymccracken
| Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
Windows 10 to compress system files, eliminate separate recovery image to increase disk space — Microsoft promises drastic cuts in disk space use for Windows 10 — Summary:The increasing popularity of SSDs and flash-based storage have created a big problem for Windows …
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| Jordan Pearson / Motherboard: |
‘Sirius’ Is the Google-Backed Open Source Siri — Sirius, a Google-funded open source program similar to Apple's Siri or Google's Google Now voice recognition application, could finally democratize the virtual assistant. — RIght now, virtual assistants are a game for the big kids of the tech world …
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| Napier Lopez / The Next Web: |
YouTube introduces interactive cards to complement annotations - and they work on mobile too — YouTube annotations - often useful uploader addendums, other times annoying distractions. Today though, the video platform is announcing a new and improved tool: cards.| Donny Kwok / Reuters: |
China's Li Ning to team up with Xiaomi on ‘smart’ running shoes — (Reuters) - China's Li Ning Co Ltd is teaming up with Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi [XTC.UL] to produce a new generation of “smart” running shoes this year, in the sports brand's latest effort to revive its waning fortunes.
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