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Sources: Uber looking to raise close to $1B in new venture capital at valuation of $60B-$70B — Uber Said to Plan Another $1 Billion in Fund-Raising — Just three months after raising an enormous sum of money from investors, Uber is at it again. — The ride-hailing service is planning …
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Nexus 5X teardown shows many components are modular and can be replaced independently — Nexus 5X Teardown … Teardown — Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions. — Featured Guide — This guide has been found to be exceptionally cool by the iFixit staff.| Bloomberg Business: |
Amazon, Google, and Microsoft's strong earnings highlight the benefit of a head start in cloud services over legacy IT firms — The Cloud Is Raining Cash on Amazon, Google, and Microsoft — Each company's impressive earnings can be attributed to a shift in the industry that's punishing a slew of legacy firms.
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| Dell Cameron / The Daily Dot: |
DoJ says courts should require Apple to decrypt data on iOS devices because software is “licensed, not sold” to customers — DOJ dismisses Apple's arguments against decrypting iOS communications — The U.S. government rejected Apple's arguments in federal court …
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| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Google CEO Sundar Pichai Brings in Less Egotistical Leadership — Bruno Bowden describes Google's top ranks in a very Google-y way. With stats. — “In leadership at Google, you have to be three-plus standard deviations better than normal in technical ability,” said Bowden … | Semil Shah / Haywire: |
Y Combinator's and AngelList's recent announcements of follow-on funds, while disruptive to traditional VC, are nonetheless good for the overall VC ecosystem — AngelList and Y Combinator Continue To Shake The Trees — They say that “bad things come in threes.”
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| Startups and S**t: |
Why distribution deals with unsigned artists are a good path to profitability for music platforms like Pandora and Spotify — Thinking Outside of Pandora's Box — “And you ain't get a coin, [Nas], you was getting f**ked then — I know who I paid, God - Serchlite publishing
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HTC and Under Armour delay fitness tracker again, with HTC promising suite of related fitness products in early 2016 — HTC's Under Armour fitness tracker slips to Q1 2016 — In July we reported on HTC and Under Armour delaying the HTC Grip until later this year.
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Ausdroid, Fone Arena, Ubergizmo, Droid Life and Android Central
| Bloomberg Business: |
Sources: Toshiba is close to selling its image sensor business to Sony for $165M — Toshiba Said Near $165 Million Sale of Sensor Business to Sony — Companies said to announce deal as early as next week — Toshiba selling assets after $1.3 billion accounting scandal
| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Android compatibility document mentions forthcoming car infotainment OS — Google details how to implement a car version of Android—which doesn't exist yet. — With every new version of Android comes a new version of the Android Compatibility Definition Document (CDD).
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| ACLU: |
District court dismisses Wikimedia v. NSA internet surveillance case brought by ACLU for broad coalition, says plaintiffs failed to show they were monitored — Court Dismisses ACLU Challenge to NSA Internet Surveillance — ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal district court granted the government's motion …
| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
US district judge rules against Pinterest in its trademark suit against Pintrips — Judge: Pinterest can't force Pintrips to change names — Pinterest can't stop a travel app—or anyone else—from “pinning” stuff online. — After its launch in 2010, Pinterest, a service that allows users …
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