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| Kellex / Droid Life: |
Blackberry Priv Arrives at AT&T on November 6, $249 on a two year contract — Blackberry Priv Arrives at AT&T on November 6 — If you were turned off at the unlocked price of the Blackberry Priv when it went up for pre-order a couple of weeks ago, I can't say I blame you.
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| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Apple indoor positioning app ‘Indoor Survey’ spotted on iOS App Store — Apple could be on the verge of releasing its first dedicated indoor positioning app for iPhone, as a seemingly legitimate, albeit non-operational, first party app called “Indoor Survey” was spotted in the iOS App Store on Sunday.
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9to5Mac, The Verge, The Next Web, PC Magazine, Daily Mail, ZDNet, Engadget, Computerworld, International Business Times, Mashable, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Tech Times, bizjournals, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, MacNN, Pocket-lint, Redmond Pie, Ubergizmo, Gizmodo, SlashGear, iPhone Hacks, Spatially Adjusted, Business Insider and Cult of Mac. Tweets: @stroughtonsmith
| Ritika Shah / CNBC: |
Sources: Square to set IPO price range this week, start trading the week before Thanksgiving — Square IPO roadshow to begin next week: Sources — Financial services startup, Square is slated to set its IPO price range this week according to sources familiar with the matter.
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SiliconBeat, Business Insider, Fortune, Seeking Alpha, Reuters, silicontap.com and Mercury News
| Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
Sources: Pivotal may IPO in early 2016; EMC would sell about 20% of shares and retain the rest — EMC May Float Pivotal in IPO Next Year in a Plan Blessed by Dell — David Paul Morris, Slaven Vlasic / Getty — EMC and Dell are speeding up plans to take the software company Pivotal public … | Cam Bunton / 9to5Google: |
T-Mobile announces new 4G LTE CellSpot, offering LTE signal from Wi-Fi wherever you want it — John Legere took to Twitter in a surprisingly short and subdued Tweetstorm just a short while ago to announce a new move the ‘Uncarrier’ is making this week. Ahead of its Uncarrier X event …
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MacRumors, PCWorld, Android Police, The Verge, iMore and PhoneDog.com
| Martin Bryant / The Next Web: |
SoundCloud launches Pulse for Android to help artists keep in touch with fans on the go — SoundCloud suffered some criticism for stripping creator-focused features out of its mobile apps last year but now it's making amends with the launch of Pulse, a new Android app that allows artists …
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SoundCloud, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Engadget and 9to5Google
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Handy raises $50M Series C led by Fidelity Management, reportedly at $500M valuation — Handy Raises $50M Led By Fidelity, Reportedly At $500M Valuation, To Clean Up In Home Services — There has been consolidation, collapse and other troubles among some on-demand home services startups … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Jawbone Files Countersuit Against Fitbit In “Frivolous” Patent Infringement Case — The war continues apace in the world of wearable fitness trackers. Jawbone — which makes fitness trackers, speakers and Bluetooth headsets — has filed a counterclaim against Fitbit in a patent infringement case brought …
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| Biz Carson / Business Insider: |
Proposition F, on the ballot Tuesday in San Francisco, threatens to limit short-term rentals and could cost Airbnb $6M in lost revenue each year — Airbnb is fighting a critical war in its own back yard this week — Airbnb is on an “inexorable march towards history,” says its head of global policy, Chris Lehane.
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New York Times, Street Fight, New York Times, Fortune, Los Angeles Times and BetaBoston
Tweets: @nytimesbusiness and @startupljackson
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
ClearSky Data Lands $27 Million To Expand Hybrid Storage Solution — ClearSky Data has come up with an interesting approach to solve the data storage cost and speed problem. Today it was rewarded with a $27 million Series B round to continue the mission. — The company came out of stealth …
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SiliconANGLE, PE Hub Blog, InfoWorld, Xconomy, Fortune, VentureBeat, bizjournals and Boston Herald. Tweets: @polarisvc
| Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code: |
Artemis and Nokia Networks to begin testing Steve Perlman's pCell wireless technology in 2016 — Nokia Networks to Test Steve Perlman's pCell Approach for Speeding Wireless Networks — Steve Perlman's intriguing approach for dramatically speeding up wireless service is finally going to be put to the test.
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Gizmodo, Wired and New York Times
| Oscar Williams-Grut / Business Insider: |
Profile of TransferWise, a rapidly growing London-based p2p international money transfer startup, valued at $1B and backed by a16z, Peter Thiel, others — The inside story of TransferWise — London's hottest ‘unicorn’ — TransferWise became London's highest profile startup in January … | Sarah Halzack / Washington Post: |
How QVC became the fifth-largest US mobile retailer on the strength of its digital strategy — QVC: The unlikely juggernaut of mobile shopping — WEST CHESTER, PA. — In Control Room A at QVC's 58,000-square-foot studios, line producer Sean Hagan is perched behind five computer screens …
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