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Comcast terminates $45B Time Warner Cable merger agreement — Comcast / Time Warner Cable / Charter Transactions Terminated — Comcast Corporation announced this morning that its merger agreement with Time Warner Cable and its transactions agreement with Charter Communications, Inc. have been terminated.
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Charter's Advisers Said to Contact Time Warner Cable for Talks — Advisers for Charter Communications Inc. have already reached out to Time Warner Cable Inc. to begin friendly talks on an acquisition after Comcast Corp. withdrew its bid for the company, people with knowledge of the matter said.| Jonathan Mahler / New York Times: |
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Apple Begins Offering Virtual “Personal Setup” Appointments To New Watch Owners — As a number of early customers will receive their Apple Watch smartwatches today, Apple has also begun to send out email invitations offering “personal setup” appointments that take place via video sessions with an Apple Specialist.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
The 9 best apps for Apple Watch you can get right now — Apple has the best smartphone ecosystem, the best tablet ecosystem, and as of today, the best smartwatch ecosystem when it comes to apps. But the app story is dramatically different on the Watch in a way that you won't quite understand until you start to use one.
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| Manuela Mesco / Wall Street Journal: |
Italian eyewear maker Luxottica working with Google on cheaper version of Glass coming soon — Italian Eyewear Maker Luxottica Working on New Version of Google Glass, CEO Says — A new version of Google Glass is in the works and will be out soon, the Chief Executive Officer of Italian eyewear maker Luxottica said Friday.
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| Alex Chitu / Google Operating System: |
Google lets you send notes and directions to your Android phone from search on desktop — Android Action Cards in Google Search — Google has a few search cards that let you send some information to an Android phone from your desktop computer. In addition to finding your device …
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Swiss postal service to test drone delivery for the first time using drones made by Matternet — Matternet To Test The First Real Drone Delivery System In Switzerland — The Swiss postal service, Swiss Post, is going to attempt drone deliveries for the first time ever using Matternet …
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Software maker Apigee raises $87M in IPO, shares close down 1.88% from $17 IPO price — Apigee makes Wall Street debut with $87 million IPO — SAN JOSE — Shares of software maker Apigee popped 17 percent when the firm joined Wall Street Friday, becoming the second public offering … | Yahoo! Finance: |
Apple wins appeal in China over patent rights to Siri voice recognition software — Apple wins patent appeal in China — Apple (NasdaqGS: AAPL - news) has won an appeal in China over patent rights to voice recognition software such as the iPhone's “Siri”, with a court overruling …
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| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
How crowdsourced hardware maker Quirky brought money-losing inventions to market and ultimately cut a third of its staff — How the invention factory at Quirky almost imagined its way out of business — In February of this year, the staff of the New York startup Quirky gathered …
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Chipotle partners with Postmates to offer delivery in 67 US cities for $4.99 to $7.99 — Chipotle Signs Deal With Food Delivery Start-Up Postmates — In the age of the on-demand economy, sooner or later everything is just a few taps of a smartphone app away. Even burritos.
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Amazon shares soar over 15% to all-time high on news of high AWS operating margin and strong North American sales — Amazon Shares Soar to All-Time High on Cloud Surprise — Amazon.com shares hit an all-time high Friday as investors rewarded the e-commerce giant for showing a surprise profit …
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