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Square Said to File Confidentially for Initial Public Offering — Square Inc., the mobile-payments company founded and led by Jack Dorsey, the interim chief executive officer of Twitter Inc., filed confidentially for an initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Sources: MCX's CurrentC mobile payment app to begin limited trial in stores next month as deals keeping Apple Pay out of stores expire — Retailers' Answer to Apple Pay Is Said to Hit Stores in August … After almost three years in development, the retail industry's answer to Apple Pay is finally getting off the ground.
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Verizon's mobile video service Go90 will launch late this summer, initially for free, with full TV show episodes from select networks on tap — Verizon Mobile Video Service Details Uncovered: To Be Called Go90 (Exclusive) — Verizon is getting ready to launch a new mobile video service called Go90 this summer, Variety has learned.| Kevin Kingsbury / Wall Street Journal: |
With a market cap of over $247B and a 55% rise in stock price this year, Amazon is now worth more than Wal-Mart — Amazon Is Now Worth More Than Wal-Mart — While Amazon.com Inc.'s revenue has long been fast growing, easily outpacing brick-and-mortar giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the bottom line has never been close.
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Google, Amazon, Verizon, and at least 11 others will help NASA devise the first air-traffic control system to coordinate small, low-altitude drones — Google Wants to Be the Air Traffic Controller for Drones … Google Inc., the company that brought order to the Internet …
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FCC has approved AT&T's $48.5B acquisition of DirecTV with conditions, making combined firm the largest US pay TV company with 26M subscribers — FCC approves AT&T-DirecTV merger — The FCC has approved AT&T's $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV, bringing one of the nation's largest …
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| Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: |
Unclaimed and inactive Google+ pages linked with Google My Business to be shut down July 28 — Google To Shutter Orphaned Google+ Pages Next Week (July 28) — Google is going to “unverify” inactive Google+ local pages. Business pages that have not been claimed or with unresponsive owners …
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YouTube CEO says big publishers opting out of YouTube's paid subscription service may be dropped from the ad-supported service — YouTube Chief Pushes Ahead with Subscriptions Despite Questions — YouTube wants to get paid in a new way, and Chief Susan Wojcicki is pushing ahead despite questions about the plan.
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Chrysler recalls 1.4 million cars at risk of being remotely hijacked — Chrysler has announced a voluntary recall of 1.4 million vehicles just days after Wired reported a frightening vulnerability that allows hackers to remotely seize control of cars equipped with the auto maker's UConnect system.| Brian Hall / Surface Blog: |
Unlocked Surface 3 LTE now on sale in the US at AT&T and Microsoft stores, arrives at T-Mobile July 31 — Surface 3 (4G LTE) now available in the U.S.! — A few weeks ago we announced the availability of the mobile broadband-capable Surface 3 (4G LTE) for business customers in France … | Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Facebook defeats shareholder suit that had alleged inadequate pre-IPO disclosures in 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals — Facebook defeats shareholder litigation over IPO — (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday said Facebook Inc officials including Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg cannot …
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Comcast discussing deals with several online publishers including Vice, BuzzFeed, and Business Insider, and has talked about increasing its 14% stake in Vox — Comcast in Talks With Multiple New-Media Firms — Cable giant negotiating with Vice, BuzzFeed, others, as it seeks access to young audiences
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