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Pandora shares fall more than 30% after company reports quarterly loss of $85M — Pandora investors are losing faith in its ability to compete — Long before there was a Spotify or an Apple Music, there was Pandora. One of the earliest streaming music services, it was founded in 2000 …
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Twitter's first Promoted Moments native advertising campaign rolls out this weekend — Twitter Rolls Out Advertising on New ‘Moments’ Feature — First Promoted Moment to run this weekend for movie ‘Creed’ — Twitter Inc. isn't wasting any time making money from its newest feature, called Moments.
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UK ISP TalkTalk suffers massive breach, warns data of 4M customers, including credit card and bank details, could have been accessed — TalkTalk website hit by cyber-attack — Police are investigating after a “significant and sustained cyber-attack” on the TalkTalk website, the UK company has confirmed.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
ESPN is shutting down its YouTube channels over paid subscriptions — Not everyone's on-board with YouTube's new paid subscription option. In the wake of this week's announcement, ESPN has begun pulling its videos off YouTube, as a result of a rights conflict with YouTube's paid subscription model.
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Gizmodo, Deadspin, TechCrunch, GeekWire, CNET, TechHive, Variety, Tech Insider, MacNN, Exstreamist, Tubefilter, Digiday, Bloomberg Business, FierceCable, Consumerist and Enterprise Innovation. Tweets: @joshconstine
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Microsoft restructures, changes leadership of some units within its Cloud and Enterprise division amid strong growth — Microsoft shuffles its cloud business to keep the good times rolling — Microsoft's cloud infrastructure business is leading the company's ongoing growth …
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BlackBerry launches US preorders for $699 Priv Android slider phone, to work only with AT&T and T-Mobile and ship on November 6 — BlackBerry launches US preorders for $699 Priv Android slider phone — BlackBerry's Priv will start shipping in the United States on November 6th …
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As EU votes on net neutrality rules on Tuesday next week, activists urge MEPs to adopt key amendments — Europe Is About to Adopt Bad Net Neutrality Rules. Here's How to Fix Them — On Tuesday, October 27, the European Parliament will vote on rules intended to protect network neutrality in the European Union (EU).
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Amazon completes acquisition of video processing company Elemental Technologies for $296M — Here's how much Amazon paid to acquire Portland's Elemental Technologies … Now we know how much Amazon paid to acquire Elemental Technologies. — In an SEC filing posted on Friday …
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Palantir adds $105M to latest round that closed in July and gave company a $20B valuation — Big Data Company Palantir Technologies Adds Independent Director — Founder's classmate and venture investor Adam Ross added to board — Palantir Technologies, Inc., the secretive Silicon …
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Numerify, a cloud-based IT business analytics provider, closes $37.5M Series C led by Tenaya Capital — IT business analytics company Numerify secures $37.5M in new funding — A lot has been said about technology as the driving force behind nearly every kind of business.
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Naspers acquires majority stake in Russian online classifieds group Avito in $1.2 billion transaction — South African Internet and media company Naspers has become the largest shareholder in Avito, the leading online classifieds platform in Russia with more than 35 million unique monthly visitors …
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Hong Kong-based REX Global buys a 64.9% stake in Yota Devices for $100M, invests $50M — Hong Kong investors buy majority stake in Russian tech firm Yota — Hong Kong-based investment company REX Global Entertainment has acquired a 64.9 percent share in Russian smartphone manufacturer Yota Devices for $100 million.
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