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Amazon launches Amazon Business marketplace with exclusive merchandise and better prices, phases out Amazon Supply — Amazon Expands Business-Sales Marketplace After Three Years — After three years of testing, Amazon.com is hoping to widen the reach of its business customer marketplace site … | Stan Chudnovsky / Facebook: |
Facebook adds video calling to Messenger in select countries including US, Canada, Mexico and parts of EU, on both iOS and Android — Introducing Video Calling in Messenger — Today, we're introducing video calling in Messenger. Now you can have face-to-face conversations with your friends …
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Fashion and lifestyle site Refinery29 raises $50M at $290M valuation, led by WPP Ventures and Scripps Networks Interactive — Refinery29 Joins the Big Media Startup Club, with a $50 Million Funding Round — It's no longer surprising when investors write big checks to a media startup.
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SendGrid: Employee Account Hacked, Used to Steal Customer Credentials — Sendgrid, an email service used by tens of thousands of companies — including Silicon Valley giants as well as Bitcoin exchange Coinbase — said attackers compromised a Sendgrid employee's account … | Reuters: |
Tim Cook says expanding middle class is fueling iPhone sales in China as revenues increase 71% to $16.8B, beating US sales for first time — China iPhone sales boosts Apple; shares up modestly — (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) beat Wall Street's revenue and profit forecasts on Monday …
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
T-Mobile Gains 1.8 Million Customers in First Quarter as Revenue Slightly Exceeds Expectations — T-Mobile on Tuesday reported that added 1.8 million customers in the first quarter, including 1.1 million core postpaid customers under the T-Mobile brand. — The carrier also said it expects …
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Loop Commerce Raises $16 Million For Its “E-Gifting” Checkout Service For Online Retailers — Loop Commerce, a company that has developed an alternative checkout technology for e-commerce sites that allows customers to more easily buy gifts for friends without having to worry with product details …
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Valve kills paid mods on Steam, will refund Skyrim mod buyers — Just a few days after launching paid mods on Steam through the Skyrim Workshop, Valve is removing the payment option, citing customer feedback. Valve says it will refund Steam users who purchased a Skyrim mod on Steam.
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| Buster Hein / Cult of Mac: |
Apple Watch Sport has better display than pricier models — Apple is pushing into new territory with the Apple Watch, by making it the first device to come from Cupertino that uses an OLED display. One of the reasons Apple's never brought OLED displays to the iPhone is they're more challenging to engineer than long-established LCDs.| Jane Martinson / Guardian: |
Google and eight European publishers plan Digital News Initiative to develop news business models, with $163M Google innovation fund — Google admits mistakes with news outlets as it announces new partnership — The Digital News Initiative is likely to be seen as an attempt for Google …
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Tweets: @dannysullivan, @mcseain, @timcohn and @dangillmor
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Lenovo announces $199 ThinkCentre Chromebox, arriving in June to integrate with Tiny-In-One workstation — Lenovo's new ThinkCentre Chromebox: The right size for small business — Summary:Lenovo's new $199 Chromebox can be out of sight on employee desks: Just attach it to the back of Lenovo's Tiny …
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Microsoft phones infringe on two InterDigital patents, ITC judge rules — Microsoft Phones Infringe Patents, ITC Judge Rules — Microsoft lost a round in a potentially costly patent battle when a U.S. International Trade Commission judge on Monday found that the software giant used … | Nitasha Tiku / The Verge: |
Uber is bringing its food delivery service to New York City and Chicago — This week Uber is launching its food delivery service, UberEats, in New York City and Chicago. The company has already piloted the program in Los Angeles and Barcelona. UberEats will be accessible from within Uber's existing app …
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Best Buy changes course, will support Apple Pay in its iOS app today, in retail stores later this year — Best Buy to gain Apple Pay support in-app today, in retail stores this fall — Apple CEO Tim Cook announced today during the company's earnings call that Best Buy will gain support … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
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