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Sources: Uber has submitted a bid for Nokia's HERE mapping service, for as much as $3B — Uber Joins the Bidding for Here, Nokia's Digital Mapping Service — Uber is best known for allowing people to book a taxi through its smartphone application. But the fast-growing company has far broader ambitions.
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Google enables ordering and delivery from restaurants directly from mobile search results in US, via Seamless, Grubhub, Eat24, and other providers — Whether you're craving deep dish pizza or pad thai, starting today you can order food from some of your favorite restaurants directly from Google search results.
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Alibaba in talks to buy $1.2 billion stake in India phone maker Micromax: sources — Alibaba Group Holding (BABA.N) is in talks with India's Micromax Informatics (IPO-MINF.NS) to buy an about 20 percent stake in the smartphone maker, helping the Chinese e-commerce giant expand …
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Windows 10 described as “the last version of Windows” because it will receive regular, incremental updates rather than big releases — Why Microsoft is calling Windows 10 ‘the last version of Windows’ — “Right now we're releasing Windows 10, and because Windows 10 …
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Facebook's news polarization study is flawed because it only counted users self-reporting their ideological affiliation — The Facebook “It's Not Our Fault” Study — Today in Science, members of the Facebook data science team released a provocative study about adult Facebook users in the US …
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Ericsson takes lawsuit against Apple to Europe, wants up to $725m per year — Claiming that Apple is infringing on several of its patents, Ericsson has ramped up its lawsuit efforts against the company by expanding them to cover Germany, Britain and the Netherlands.
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Google may debut an à la carte app permission system for Android, similar to App Ops in Android 4.3, at Google I/O — Android could finally be getting back à la carte app permissions — As it stand right now, app permission control in Android is frustratingly monolithic.| James B. Stewart / New York Times: |
In Europe, Google is considered a search monopolist, but its entry into wireless and broadband in the US could make it a champion of competition — Not to Be Stopped, Google Takes On the Wireless World — Call it the Google paradox. — Last month, the European Union's antitrust chief accused Google … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's app install ads can now deep link to information in an app opened for the first time — Facebook Launches In-App Purchase Install Ads — Facebook is combining its lucrative app install ads with deep linking so a specific in-app purchase page opens once the app downloads.
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Fitbit files for $100M IPO, revealing $132M net income in 2014, plans to trade on NYSE under symbol FIT — Fitbit files for $100 million IPO, shows big profits — Fitbit, a maker of fitness tracking devices that is being challenged by Apple's AAPL new watch product, has filed for a $100 million IPO.
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| Vikas SN / The Economic Times: |
OnePlus handsets in India will get Cyanogen updates after companies resolve legal dispute — Micromax & OnePlus resolve legal dispute; OnePlus handsets will get Cyanogen updates — OnePlus said that all legal proceedings have been resolved and both the cases have been withdrawn through mutual consent.| Michelle Castillo / Adweek: |
Snapchat debuts 10-second video ads for Discover publishers that cost two cents per view — Snapchat Debuts Video Ads for 2 Cents a View — Snapchat wants companies to know its not just for millennials: Advertisers can find a home there as well. At the Daily Mail/Elite Daily Digital … Sponsor Posts
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