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Instagram's New Standalone App Boomerang Captures 1-Second Video Loops — Instagram doesn't want its feed getting stale, but doesn't want to bloat its app with extra features either. So today it's launching Boomerang on iOS and Android. It's a dead-simple app where you shoot a one-second burst …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: Major Windows 10 update set for early November release with UI changes, Messaging app, but no Edge extensions — Next big Windows 10 update will arrive in early November — Microsoft is currently putting the finishing touches on its next big Windows 10 update.| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
Nasdaq Acquires SecondMarket to Help Startups Sell Shares — Nasdaq has agreed to buy SecondMarket Solutions to combine forces with the Nasdaq Private Market. The group will facilitate the exchange of shares for private companies including DocuSign, Pinterest, Shazam and Tango.
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| Matt Leske / YouTube Blog: |
YouTube introduces YouTube Red, which combines ad-free viewing and Google Play Music subscription — Meet YouTube Red, the ultimate YouTube experience — For years, YouTube's fans have been telling us they want more—more choice when watching their favorite content …
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| Walt Mossberg / Re/code: |
Aaron Sorkin's movie isn't about the Steve Jobs I knew, and ignores the best part of Jobs' career — Mossberg: The Steve Jobs I Knew Isn't in This Movie — In 1941, the brilliant writer and director Orson Welles made a movie loosely based on a famous, powerful, contemporary American business figure …
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| Bloomberg Business: |
EU's Top Court Rules That Bitcoin Exchange Is Tax-Free — Bitcoin and other virtual currencies can be exchanged tax free, the EU's top court ruled on Thursday. — The virtual currencies should be treated in the same way as traditional money, the Court of Justice said.| Fred Wilson / AVC: |
Most of today's high-growth companies with negative gross margins will ultimately fail, unable to establish a monopoly amid similarly well-funded competition — Negative Gross Margins — There's been a lot of talk coming out of silicon valley lately about fast growing companies …
| Julia Carrie Wong / SFWeekly: |
Airbnb apologizes for San Francisco ad campaign touting company's tax payments, will take them down after local uproar — Airbnb Apologizes For Passive Aggressive Ads on Muni Shelters (UPDATED) — Less than two weeks before San Franciscans could vote to severely restrict Airbnb …
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| Associated Press: |
Semiconductor equipment maker Lam Research to buy KLA-Tencor for about $10.6B to rival Applied Materials — LAM RESEARCH BIDS $10.6B FOR KLA-TENCOR, CREATING CHIP GIANT — NEW YORK (AP) — Lam Research Corp. is buying KLA-Tencor Corp. for about $10.6 billion, creating a huge player …
| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 Review: New Hope for Windows Hardware — Microsoft's first-ever laptop makes you wonder why the company didn't make one years ago — I want to tell you about a very exciting, cutting-edge piece of technology. It's a computer with a screen and a keyboard that fits in your lap.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google opens applications in Europe for $170M Digital News Initiative innovation fund with 120+ news publishers on board — With 120+ News Publishers Signed On, Google Opens Applications For $170M DNI Innovation Fund — Search giant Google today is taking the next step in its bid …
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The Next Web, Marketing Land, 9to5Google, Guardian, Tech.eu and Google Europe Blog. Thanks:@ingridlunden. See also Mediagazer
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple adds Find My Friends app to iCloud on the web — Following a slew of updates for iOS, OS X, tvOS and watchOS, Apple has also given its web portal iCloud.com some love too. Last week, Apple took iWork for iCloud out of beta. Today, Apple has added the Find My Friends web app to the site.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
FCC to release robocall data weekly to help developers build stronger do-not-disturb technologies — The FCC will publicly shame robocallers and telemarketers every week — The FCC is ramping up its continued war against spammers and telemarketers. Today the commission announced that going forward … | Ginny Marvin / Marketing Land: |
IAB: Digital advertising revenue reaches record high of $27.5B during first half of 2015, with mobile accounting for 30% of all digital ad spend — IAB: US Internet Ad Revenues Up 19 Percent In First Half of 2015, Driven By Mobile, Social, Video — Second quarter revenues hit a new record and top Q4 revenues for the first time.
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Twitter launches a tweet composer to show tweet previews inside other apps — Twitter today announced the release of a new tweet composer for its TwitterKit package of mobile app development tools. The tool will allow mobile app developers to show users previews of tweets they write from within third-party apps.
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| Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Introduces Gnip Insights APIs To Help Brands Better Understand Audiences And Content — Gnip is the company that has been keeping archives of every tweet going back to the first one in 2006. Twitter knew how important this data was to marketers and companies so it acquired the company …
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