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How creative work in music, TV, movies, and books persists and often thrives in the post-Napster era, contrary to initial fears by some — The Creative Apocalypse That Wasn't — In the digital economy, it was supposed to be impossible to make money by making art.| Apple: |
Apple launches replacement program for rear-facing camera in a small percentage of iPhone 6 Plus devices that produce blurry photos — iSight Camera Replacement Program for iPhone 6 Plus — Apple has determined that, in a small percentage of iPhone 6 Plus devices, the iSight camera …
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LG G Pad II 10.1 announced: 2GB RAM, Snapdragon 800 chip and 7,400mAh battery in tow — LG has announced a brand new tablet ready to compete at the 10-inch screen size category, and by all accounts, it looks to be a decent piece of hardware. The LG G Pad II 10.1 is going to make a full appearance at IFA in a couple of weeks.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Mirantis announces $100M round led by Intel Capital and partnership with Intel to accelerate OpenStack adoption in enterprise — Mirantis Announces Second Straight $100m Round And Intel Partnership — Last October, Mirantis, the pure-play OpenStack vendor announced a $100 million round.| James Cook / Business Insider: |
European investor Klaus Hommels launches new €350M fund, talks about current state of tech startups in wide-ranging interview — European investor Klaus Hommels is launching a new €350 million fund — we talked to him about the Silicon Valley of Europe and whether we're in a tech bubble| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Comparing gender and race diversity figures reported by Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and Intel — How do tech's biggest companies compare on diversity? — Welcome to the second annual Verge Hack Week. We're totally blowing up our site: we've given our reporters … | Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider: |
How Udacity, profitable as of August, is using nanodegrees to drive student engagement and retention — The founder of Google's top secret project lab has a new plan to double the world's GDP (Goog) — More than seven years ago, Larry Page and Sergey Brin tapped Stanford professor Sebastian Thrun …
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Silicon Valley's perks arms race now includes parental leave, but tech companies are still not adequately addressing child care — The One Time Silicon Valley's Herd Mentality Comes In Handy — The perks arms race now includes parental leave along with on-site dry-cleaning and private chefs.
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Down 12.1%, Apple Down 10%, Google Down 6.5%, Microsoft Down 5.8% As Stock Markets Plummet — Tech companies are suffering from the current hostile stock market environment as stock markets around the world are plummeting following concerns over China.| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Unicorns aggressively recruit employees from Silicon Valley giants, with Airbnb poaching over 100 workers and Uber targeting Google's mapping unit — Unicorns Hunt for Talent Among Silicon Valley's Giants — For the last year, Google's work force has increasingly been under attack from a herd of unicorns.| Natalia Drozdiak / Wall Street Journal: |
European Commission asks companies for details about Google's ad contracts and scraping as it deepens its antitrust investigation — EU Deepens Antitrust Investigation Into Google's Practices — The EU is stepping up its investigation into allegations that Google abuses its dominance …
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How Coursera reached over 1M registered users in China by partnering with local companies and universities — How Coursera Cracked The Chinese Market — Coursera announced in July that they crossed 1 million registrations as China became their second largest market, overtaking India.Sponsor Posts
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