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Twitter Is Planning Company-Wide Layoffs for Next Week — Jack Dorsey was named permanent CEO of Twitter on Monday, and a big reason he got the job was that as a co-founder, Dorsey isn't afraid to make the tough, necessary decisions. He isn't wasting much time.| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
BlackBerry CEO says company needs to sell 5M phones a year to make business profitable, hints it may exit handset business if it doesn't meet that goal — BlackBerry CEO wants to sell 5 million phones a year — It's been a long time since BlackBerry was on top of the smartphone world … | Sarah McBride / Reuters: |
For the first time, computer science is the most popular major for female students at Stanford; 30% of Stanford computer science majors are women — Computer science now top major for women at Stanford University — Computer science has for the first time become the most popular major …
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Source: Apple disables Apple News in China, likely to avoid requirement to censor content — Apple Is Said to Deactivate Its News App in China — HONG KONG — Apple has disabled its news app in China, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation, the most recent sign … | Lance Ulanoff / Mashable: |
Surface's creative director Ralf Groene and Windows devices head Panos Panay on the evolution of the Surface Book's design — Inside the creation of the Microsoft Surface Book — No one saw it coming: The Surface Book, history's first Microsoft laptop (or notebook, if you prefer).| Martin Beck / Marketing Land: |
Pinterest says nearly half of its users are outside the US, begins localizing search in France, Germany, Brazil, and Japan — Pinterest Localizes Search For Its Large International Audience — Nearly half of Pinterest users live abroad, so the company is making the search experience better …
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Google promotes Neal Mohan to SVP for ads and Hiroshi Lockheimer to SVP for Android, Chrome OS and Chromecast — New Google CEO Sundar Pichai Makes First Major Executive Picks — Sundar Pichai, Google's new CEO under the company's Alphabet restructuring, has made his first major wave …
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The Register, Engadget, Android Beat, Android Central, Seeking Alpha and Business Insider
| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
“Last call!” — Valuations for later-stage tech companies are finally receding, say Silicon Valley dealmakers — Fear and sadness in Silicon Valley — Every couple of months I leave my small Massachusetts town — where most people still shop for their own groceries …
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Mattermark and Business Insider. Tweets: @davemcclure, @mikeisaac, @ajs, @peterjthomson, @bfeld, @randfish, @halletecco, @noahpinion, @hchawlah, @mattrosoff and @puiwingtam
| Andrew Perrin / Pew Internet: |
Report: 65% of US adults now use social networking sites, up from 7% a decade earlier — Social Media Usage: 2005-2015 — 65% of adults now use social networking sites - a nearly tenfold jump in the past decade — Nearly two-thirds of American adults (65%) use social networking sites …
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Marketing Land, Socialnomics and Social Media Today
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Period Tracker App Clue Gets $7M To Build A Platform For Female Health — Berlin-based Clue, which makes a period tracker app designed to let women keep tabs on their monthly cycles and help predict their fertile window, has closed a $7 million Series A round, with investment … | Matt Hamblen / Computerworld: |
Display Dock for Windows 10 mobile devices to cost $99, will launch alongside the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL — Display Dock for new Lumias will cost $99 — Microsoft will charge $99 for an upcoming Display Dock device to connect next-generation Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL smartphones …
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Macworld, WMPoweruser, Neowin, Windows Central, Fone Arena, WinBeta, Pocketnow, TechnoBuffalo and eWeek
| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg Business: |
Amazon surveys employees daily about their jobs after critical reports on workplace culture — Amazon Wants to Know How Its Employees Feel Every Day — Web retailer poses daily questions on job-related topics — Connections effort started at warehouses before expansion
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