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| Ryan Roslansky / Official LinkedIn Blog: |
Welcome to the LinkedIn Family, lynda.com! — Many people don't know that I started my first company when I was a freshman in college. I didn't know the first thing about designing a website and relied on a Lynda Weinman web graphics book to get my site up and running.| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
LinkedIn to acquire online learning firm Lynda.com in a cash and stock deal valued at $1.5B — LinkedIn buys Lynda.com for $1.5 billion — Summary:Executives for both companies said the deal, which is LinkedIn's largest acquisition to date, is the “kind of fit that benefits everyone.”
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| Apple: |
Apple Watch in-store preview and online only pre-order begin Friday — Apple Watch In-Store Preview & Online Pre-Order Begin Friday — Available for Purchase Online April 24 — Apple Watch™, Apple's most personal device yet, will be available for preview and pre-order on Friday, April 10.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Sources: YouTube's ad-free subscription service coming in the next few months for around $10/month, will offer offline viewing, creators required to join — YouTube's paid subscription offering takes shape — and it's almost here — YouTube's forthcoming paid subscription offering …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon files first-ever suit over fake product reviews, alleges Calif. man sold fraudulent praise … Amazon has filed suit against the alleged operator of several sites that offer Amazon sellers the ability to purchase fake 4- and 5-star customer reviews of their products.
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| Ronald Grover / TheStreet.com: |
Sources: Disney pressures Apple to carry more of its channels on rumored TV streaming service, Apple wants fewer channels to keep cost of service down — Disney Presses Apple to Carry More Channels on Internet TV Service — NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Apple (AAPL - Get Report) and Walt Disney …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
European Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Heads To Court In Vienna — A class action data privacy lawsuit that's being brought against Facebook in Europe — for participation in the NSA's PRISM dragnet surveillance program, among other alleged data protection violations — gets its first preparatory …
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| Lisa Fleisher / Wall Street Journal: |
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| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
DJI's new Phantom 3 drones start at $999, feature visual positioning, GLONASS support, bundled Lightbridge video streaming, 4K camera option — DJI updates our favorite line of drones with the new Phantom 3 — DJI created the Kleenex of consumer drones with its Phantom line of quadcopters.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Product Hunt for iOS Gains New Tool for Creating Curated Collections, Bookmarking Products — Product Hunt, the popular site that specializes in surfacing new products, is today launching an updated iOS app that adds several features to the existing Product Hunt app for iOS …
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| Bloomberg Business: |
Kik Interactive Said to Explore Sale or Corporate Investment — Kik Interactive Inc., which makes a messaging application popular with young teens, is exploring a sale, people with knowledge of the matter said. — The company hired Qatalyst Partners to set up conversations with potential acquirers …
| Min-Jeong Lee / Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung Facing Supply Shortages for Curved-Screen Galaxy S6 Edge — Company's mobile chief points to difficulties in manufacturing the screens — SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co.'s mobile chief J.K. Shin said Thursday there could be limited supplies of its new curved-screen smartphone …
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| Don Clark / Wall Street Journal: |
U.S. Agencies Block Technology Exports for Supercomputer in China — Moves comes as U.S. technology companies grapple with Beijing's proposed restrictions — U.S. officials are blocking technology exports to facilities in China associated with the world's fastest supercomputer … | Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Intel shows its latest RealSense depth-sensing camera, small enough for a 6-inch smartphone — Intel's made a tinier, longer-range depth camera for phones — Intel's been a huge backer of gesture control plus 3D scanning, and so far it's managed to integrate its RealSense technology into select desktops …
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| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Twitter is not currently a takeover target; recent rumors fueled by management instability, slowing growth, vulnerable single-class stock structure — Get Used to More Twitter Takeover Rumors — At the beginning of this year, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo was rumored to be stepping down immediately (he didn't).| New York Times: |
Zynga founder and chairman Mark Pincus returns as CEO, replacing Don Mattrick — Mark Pincus, Zynga's Founder, Returns as C.E.O. — When Mark Pincus hired a new executive to run Zynga, the online games company he founded, he tweeted a message calling the executive, Don Mattrick, an “Internet treasure.”
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