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Microsoft evaluates possible bid for Salesforce though companies are not in talks — Microsoft Is Said to Evaluate Possible Bid for Salesforce.com — Microsoft Corp. is evaluating a bid for Salesforce.com Inc., after the cloud software provider was approached by another would-be buyer, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple to announce new Beats at WWDC on June 8 with consumer non-beta launch late June — Beats revamp still debuting at WWDC, global release late-June, iOS 9 details revealed — According to a report today from Billboard, Apple does not have the deals in place to launch …
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Google Ventures' Bill Maris likens the $6M cash-out by founders of portfolio company Secret to a “bank heist” in interview — The Lessons Google Ventures Learned From Secret — For many in Silicon Valley, the rapid rise and precipitous fall of Secret, the prominent start …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Launches Cloud Bigtable, A Very Fast NoSQL Database For The Enterprise — With Cloud Bigtable, Google is launching a new NoSQL database service today that, as the name implies, is powered by the company's Bigtable data storage system. — The added twist here is that the new service …
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EU court rules Skype's name is too similar to Britain's Sky broadcasting, preventing Microsoft from registering trademark — Court says Skype's name is too similar to Sky's — The court said Skype's logo resembled a cloud — Video chat software Skype's name is so similar …
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| Matt Townsend / Bloomberg Business: |
Home Depot announces it will accept Apple Pay after equipment upgrade, making it the biggest retailer to do so with more than 2K stores — Home Depot to Become Largest Retailer to Accept Apple Pay — Home Depot Inc. plans to enable Apple Inc.'s mobile-payment platform at its more than 2,000 stores … | Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Zenefits raises $500M round led by Fidelity Management and TPG at a valuation of $4.5B — Zenefits Tagged With $4.5 Billion Valuation After Just Two Years — The latest software company valued at over $1 billion doesn't make a dime selling software. — Rather, San Francisco startup Zenefits …
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
App Annie buys app data provider Mobidia to combine app download and usage analytics in 60 countries — Data Vendor App Annie Buys Mobidia, Looking to Grow, Stay Independent — Mobile analytics company App Annie said Wednesday it is buying Vancouver-based app data provider Mobidia in a cash and stock deal.
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| Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review: |
Sources: Apple working with US researchers to offer DNA testing via ResearchKit — Apple Has Plans for Your DNA — The iPhone could become a new tool in genetic studies. — Of all the rumors ever to swirl around the world's most valuable company, this may be the first that could involve spitting in a plastic cup.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's Outlook.com will be powered by Office 365, but the name will remain the same — Microsoft's Outlook.com will be powered by Office 365 — Microsoft is planning to replace the technology and interface of Outlook.com with Office 365. Sources familiar with Microsoft's plans tell …
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| Nitasha Tiku / The Verge: |
Source: Twitter CFO Anthony Noto to head marketing department as search for CMO continues — Twitter gives control of its hapless marketing department to its chief financial officer — As an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, Anthony Noto orchestrated Twitter's initial public offering.
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| Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code: |
OpenTV files lawsuit against Apple alleging iTunes software violates five streaming patents — Interactive TV Pioneer OpenTV Sues Apple, Alleging Patent Infringement — Interactive television pioneer OpenTV has sued Apple, alleging that the Cupertino technology giant infringed on its patents.
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| Sharon Begley / Reuters: |
IBM's Watson to guide cancer therapies at 14 centers, analyzing tumors' genetic make-up with the findings of scientific papers and clinical trials — IBM's Watson to guide cancer therapies at 14 centers — (Reuters) - Fourteen U.S. and Canadian cancer institutes will use International … | Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal: |
Google rolls out new ad formats for small screens as mobile searches overtake desktop in US, Japan, and eight other countries — Google Rolls Out New Ads as Mobile Searches Top PCs in 10 Countries — Google Tuesday expanded its suite of ads for mobile devices that offer users information …
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| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Google to let developers A/B test app profile pages on Play Store, try different price points, will likely announce at Google I/O 2015 — Google Sweetens Android for App Developers — App stores have hardly been hotbeds of innovation in recent years. But Google is taking some new steps … | Michael McWhertor / Polygon: |
PlayStation Now, Sony's cloud gaming subscription service, will be available for PS3 on May 12 — PlayStation Now subscriptions coming to PS3 on May 12 — Subscriptions for Sony's game streaming service, PlayStation Now, are coming to PlayStation 3 on May 12, PlayStation … | Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
GOG's DRM-free Steam competitor is finally open to everyone — GOG is best known for its library of classic games — it was originally called Good Old Games — but last year the company announced a new venture that would put it in direct competition with PC gaming behemoth Steam.
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| Dan Froomkin / The Intercept: |
NSA had broadly deployed technology to convert spoken words from phone calls into searchable text by 2006, Snowden documents reveal — How the NSA Converts Spoken Words Into Searchable Text — Most people realize that emails and other digital communications they once considered private can now become part of their permanent record.| Stacey Higginbotham / Fortune: |
Comcast expands home automation platform with nine new partners including Nest, August, and Automatic, plans SDK later this year — Comcast's Xfinity home platform adds Nest, August, and more — Comcast has expanded its home automation lineup by adding support for devices … | Madeline McMahon / Bloomberg Business: |
Apple's Ahrendts was the top-paid woman in the US last year with $83M, Marissa Mayer was the country's highest-paid female CEO making $59.1M — Apple's Ahrendts Emerges as Top-Paid U.S. Woman With $83 Million — Angela Ahrendts, Apple Inc.'s senior vice president of retail and online stores … Sponsor Posts
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