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Andreessen on factors slowing IPOs and tech M&A, higher private valuations, how tech investment remains tiny from macro POV, education and health startups, more — Brainstorming with Marc Andreessen — Internet pioneer Marc Andreessen is one of America's most active venture capitalists.| Dave McClure / Medium: |
High private tech valuations the result of investors betting against doomed public incumbents unable to innovate — Bubble, My Ass: Some Unicorns Might Be Overvalued, But All Dinosaurs Gonna Die. — Summary: pundits argue billion-dollar startups are overvalued, but few realize … | Scott Kupor / Andreessen Horowitz: |
Activist investors' near-term obsession slowing M&A for tech incumbents and IPOs for startups — What's Holding Tech M&A Back? — Mergers and acquisitions activity around the world continues on a tear. Last year alone saw $3.5 trillion of deal-making, just below the all-time high of 2007, Thomson Reuters data show.
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Twitter Is Pushing Celebrities And Publishers To Stop Using Meerkat — Twitter is doing whatever it can to help its live video streaming acquisition Periscope beat independent competitor Meerkat. Multiple sources tell TechCrunch that Twitter has been contacting celebrities who use Meerkat … | Dan Frommer / Quartz: |
Over 1M US Apple Watch preorders, with two-thirds for Sport line, and black bands most popular, according to shopping data firm Slice Intelligence — Apple Watch pre-orders were 1 million in the US on its first day, a shopping data firm estimates — (Ryan Emberley/Invision for Apple/AP Images)| Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note: |
Word of mouth after a few months of general availability, not reviews based on early impressions, will decide the success of Apple Watch — An Apple Watch Meta-Review Reimagined — Product reviews of the Apple Watch launch are reaching new summits — and depths.
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First four Game of Thrones season 5 episodes leak online, apparently originating from review copies, surfacing on major torrent sites, in major blow to HBO — First Episodes of Game of Thrones Season 5 Leak Online — Starting a few hours ago several episodes of the new Game of Thrones season started to appear online.
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Stack Overflow user survey: 92% male, 41.8% self-taught, 54.5% use Javascript, 32.4% are full-stack web developers, 9.1% mobile developers — Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2015 — Every year we run a survey. This year, more developers answered more questions than ever before.
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| Washington Post: |
Inside the battle over crypto backdoors as the White House prepares report for President Obama — As encryption spreads, U.S. grapples with clash between privacy, security — For months, federal law enforcement agencies and industry have been deadlocked on a highly contentious issue …
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| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
Marvell Semiconductor appealing record $1.53B patent award to Carnegie Mellon University in suit over hard drive technology — Chipmaker hopes to overturn largest patent verdict ever: $1.5 billion — Tensions between universities and tech sector are on the rise.
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Seeking Alpha, Seeking Alpha and The Register
| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Galaxy S6 review: spectacular camera, Exynos beats Snapdragon 810, but TouchWiz and Material Design do not mesh, S-Voice ruins always-on voice support — Samsung Galaxy S6 review: It's what's on the outside that counts — A great camera and premium materials offset the loss of power-user features.
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Mini-review of Hisense's $149 ARM Chromebook: well-made for price, but screen is mediocre, short battery life compared to Intel Chromebooks — Mini-review: Hisense's ARM Chromebook actually isn't awful for $149 — The laptop doesn't cut corners that $199 Chromebooks aren't already cutting.Sponsor Posts
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