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| Ev Williams / Medium: |
Jack Dorsey's ability as a leader and thinker as interim CEO demonstrated that he was the best choice for permanent CEO — Why I'm glad Jack is back at Twitter — The last 100 or so days—since Dick told the board he was stepping down as Twitter CEO—have been among the most educational of my professional career.
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| Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
Jack Dorsey named permanent Twitter CEO, will remain as Square CEO; Adam Bain promoted to COO; Dick Costolo steps down from board; stock closes up 7% — It's official: Twitter makes Jack Dorsey full time CEO — Jack Dorsey, cofounder of Twitter and Square, has been named Twitter's permanent CEO.
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See also Mediagazer| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Big questions for Square now: How will the IPO be affected, who's really running the company and why doesn't Jack give up the CEO role? — Three Questions for Square Now That Jack Dorsey Is Officially Working Part Time — Johannes Simon / Getty Images via Thinkstock| Brian Rakowski / Official Android Blog: |
Google rolling out Android 6.0 Marshmallow to Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7 (2013), Nexus 9, and Nexus Player — Get ready for the sweet taste of Android 6.0 Marshmallow — Today we're starting to roll out Android 6.0 Marshmallow to Nexus users. Of course, the new Nexus 5X and 6P will ship with Android 6.0, straight from the factory.
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Android 6.0 review: useful home screen features, permissions system works well, SD cards now as good as internal storage, but apps can opt-out of power saving — Android 6.0 Marshmallow, thoroughly reviewed — Marshmallow brings a lot of user-requested features but still has no update solution.
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Sources: Google takes stake in Symphony, valuing messaging startup at $650M — Google Takes Stake in Messaging Startup Symphony Communication Services — New fundraising round values Symphony at $650 million — Google Inc. has invested in a new round of funding for Symphony Communication Services LLC …
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| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Adobe unveils new mobile apps Fix & Capture, UX prototyping tool Comet, Photoshop updates, more — Today Adobe unveiled a flood of new apps and updates for creatives during its second major launch event of the year. — On stage during its Max conference keynote, the company showcased … | Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
Russia tells Google to remove app bundling requirements in Android OEM contracts by Nov. 18 — Russia's Regulators: Google Has Until November 18th To Play Fair — Early last month, Russia's FAS (Federal Antimonopoly Service) stated that Google had violated Russian competition rules with its stock apps in Android.
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| Michael Yamartino / Pinterest for Business: |
Pinterest brings Buyable Pins to Bigcommerce, Magento, and IBM Commerce, turns on the feature for more merchants on Shopify and Demandware — New merchants and platforms for Buyable Pins — In June, we announced Buyable Pins to let people buy things they want right from Pinterest.
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ZDNet, Fortune, SocialTimes, Re/code, TechCrunch, Marketing Land, NFC World+ and WebProNews. Thanks:@jamiefavazza
| Roger D. Hodge / New Republic: |
How some Zappos employees, now without a formal process for budgeting and raises, are struggling to adapt to Holacracy's lack of structure — A radical experiment at Zappos to end the office workplace as we know it — TONY HSIEH, the CEO of Zappos, the online shoe and clothing store, lives in a trailer park in downtown Las Vegas.
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| Pete Rizzo / CoinDesk: |
Winklevoss twins' Gemini bitcoin exchange gets NY regulator approval, starts trading Oct. 8 — Bitcoin Exchange Gemini Approved for Launch in New York — Gemini, the much-anticipated bitcoin exchange led by entrepreneurs and investors Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has received approval …
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| Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider: |
LinkedIn agrees to $13M settlement in class action suit for spamming users' email contacts, will now warn members that it will send messages on their behalf — LinkedIn might have to pay you money for spamming your email contacts — If you just got a long email about LinkedIn … | Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Philips officially unveils Bridge 2.0, bringing Siri-powered HomeKit to existing Hue bulbs and lamps — Siri voice control is finally coming to Philips Hue connected light bulbs thanks to promised HomeKit support and a new bridge product. Details have been surfacing over the last month … Sponsor Posts
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