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Square prices IPO at $9 per share, below $11-$13 range, valuing company at $2.9B — Square prices IPO at just $9 per share, valued at $2.66 billion — Jack Dorsey's payment company disappoints. Square, the payment technology company founded and led by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey …
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Square pays $93M penalty to investors like Rizvi Traverse, J.P. Morgan, and others, thanks to ratchet clause in its 2014 round — Square Pays $93 Million Penalty to Some Investors in IPO — Square Inc. will have to give some investors additional shares valued at $93 million …
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| Ruth Reader / VentureBeat: |
Square debuts at $11.20 per share, is already trading up 32% — Today Square began trading at $11.20 a share on the New York Stock Exchange, up slightly from its $9 pricing last night. The stock is currently up 32 percent from market open. — Square's public offering has been the subject of much discussion.| Noah Kulwin / Re/code: |
On Eve of IPO, Match Group Disavows Tinder CEO Sean Rad's Disastrous Interview — This morning, the Internet collectively pointed and laughed at Tinder CEO Sean Rad for giving a trainwreck of an interview to the London Evening Standard. In the article, Rad confused the definition of sodomy …
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| Charlotte Edwardes / London Evening Standard: |
Tinder CEO Sean Rad, in an interview on the eve of Match Group's IPO, wanders into very awkward territory — Tinder? I'm an addict, says hook-up app's co-creator and CEO Sean Rad — Sean Rad's hook-up app has revolutionised the global dating scene. Here, the reinstated CEO talks …
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Amazon quietly turned on two-factor authentication a few weeks ago after private beta — It's time to secure your Amazon account with two-factor authentication — Relying solely on passwords to secure important accounts may be outdated, but until they're gone for good your best alternative …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Zerodium publishes hack price list: cracking an Android or Windows Phone could cost $100K, but expect to pay $500K to crack iOS — Here's a Spy Firm's Price List for Secret Hacker Techniques — The trade in the secret hacker techniques known as “zero day exploits” has long taken place in the dark …
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Google Play Store to add ad-supported label for all apps containing ads starting in early 2016 — Google Play Store app listings in 2016 will let users know if any app contains ads — Listings in the Google Play Store will soon be much more upfront about whether or not they feature advertising.| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
iFixit gives modular Fairphone 2 a rare 10 out of 10 for repairability [Updated] — It's bulky and its specs are almost two years old, but it's easy to pop open. — iFixit's teardowns are handy disassembly guides, and they're great for confirming just what hardware is included inside our gadgets …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google's Compute Engine gets Custom Machine Types to let you tailor VM RAM and virtual CPU allotments — Google Launches Custom Machine Types For Its Cloud Platform — Google launched a new way of buying virtual machines in its cloud today. — No matter whether you choose the Google Cloud Platform …
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Samsung unveils BRITECELL camera sensor technology with enhanced sensitivity in low light, likely to ship with Galaxy S7 next year — Samsung reveals BRITECELL camera technology at its Investors Forum — At the Samsung Electronics 2015 Investors Forum the company talked … | Dan Froomkin / The Intercept: |
Unencrypted smartphone likely used by Paris attacker reveals messages were sent in the clear over SMS — Signs Point to Unencrypted Communications Between Terror Suspects — In the wake of the Paris attack, intelligence officials and sympathizers upset by the Edward Snowden leaks … | Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
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| Bloomberg Business: |
Leaked Lyft financials show first half of year brought less revenue, higher losses, and fewer new customers than projected in Feb., with $96M spent on marketing — Leaked Lyft Financials Show the Struggles of Being No. 2 Behind Uber — In the first half of the year …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google search on Android starts surfacing app content without matching web content, streams apps from the cloud if they're not installed on your phone — Google Search Now Surfaces App-Only Content, Streams Apps From The Cloud When Not Installed On Your Phone
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