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October 14, 2015, 3:50 PM
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Twitter appoints former Google chief business officer Omid Kordestani as executive chairman  —  Omid Kordestani Leaves Google, Joins Twitter As Its Executive Chairman  —  Yet more changes afoot for Twitter as the social network continues its big turnaround effort.
Carmel DeAmicis / Re/code:
Uber launches on-demand delivery service UberRush, goes live in Chicago and San Francisco  —  Uber Expands Its Same-Day Delivery Service: 'It's No Longer an Experiment'  —  Local delivery is one of the most crowded spaces in tech right now, and ride-hailing giant Uber wants a piece of it.
Praveen Maloo / Office Blogs:
Skype for Business iOS app comes out of preview, Android public release later this year  —  Skype for Business iOS app now available  —  It's never been more important to be able to get work done and collaborate with others from anywhere—be it participating in an important meeting …
Ina Fried / Re/code:
AT&T to launch NumberSync, a service that lets multiple devices share one phone number, removing friction from owning multiple devices with cellular  —  AT&T Readies Technology to Let Multiple Devices Share One Phone Number  —  AT&T is nearly ready to launch a feature that will allow …
FiveThirtyEight:
Study finds Uber displacing cabs in Manhattan, supplementing them in outer boroughs, not increasing city congestion  —  Uber Is Taking Millions Of Manhattan Rides Away From Taxis  —  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio took aim at Uber this summer, trying (and failing) …
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Loan Platform Kabbage Raises $135M At A $1B Valuation, Grows Credit Line to $900M  —  Kabbage — the online platform that loans money to businesses and individuals using a wide set of online data and algorithms to measure credit-worthiness — is growing once more.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
LivingSocial Lays Off 200, 20% Of Staff, As It Shifts From Deals To ‘Experiences’  —  Its been crunch time for daily deals sites for a while now, and today one of the bigger and older of those platforms is announcing a round of layoffs as it looks to cut costs, reorganise its operations, and push itself into profitability.
Ben Kepes / Computerworld:
EverString raises $65M to deliver predictive analytics to B2B  —  One of the more generously funded areas in the technology industry is predictive analytics.  Depending on your perspective that is either a frothy bubble just waiting to burst or an indication of a massive market opportunity that people are jumping to get on board with.

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Deadline:
Disney initiates a third round of layoffs under Josh D'Amaro, sources say impacting a couple hundred staff, largely in HR and tech, smaller than prior rounds

John Koblin / New York Times:
Paramount streaming chief Cindy Holland is leaving the company; she joined Skydance as an adviser and became Paramount's direct-to-consumer chief last year

Wall Street Journal:
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