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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 …
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SiliconANGLE, Fortune, FierceCIO News, Business Cloud News, Seeking Alpha and ZDNet. Tweets: @cloud_opinion
| 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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AT&T, Re/code, Reuters, New York Times, The Verge, 9to5Google, Engadget, PhoneDog.com, Android Beat and CrackBerry.com
| 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
| 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
| 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, Computerworld, Engadget, Mashable, 9to5Mac, International Business Times, Tech Times, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, bizjournals, Pocket-lint, iPhone in Canada Blog, Redmond Pie, Ubergizmo, MacNN, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, Gizmodo, iPhone Hacks, Spatially Adjusted, Business Insider and Cult of Mac. Tweets: @stroughtonsmith
| 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: |
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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| 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 … | 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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Wired, New York Times and Gizmodo
| 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, VentureBeat, Xconomy, Fortune, bizjournals and Boston Herald. Tweets: @polarisvc
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Uber pulls out of Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Düsseldorf after court ban shrinks driver pool, keeps operations in Berlin and Munich — Uber Pulls Out Of Three German Cities After Court Ban Shrinks Driver Pool — Despite raising a warchest of some $8 billion thus far …
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