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LG cancels rollout of Urbane 2nd Edition LTE smartwatch due to hardware issues, says uncertain if it will launch at all — LG Cancels The Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE Indefinitely Because Of Unspecified, Complex “Hardware Issue” — LG reached out to us moments ago with news …
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| Kelly Winters / Facebook: |
Facebook tests tools that offer to hide ex-partners from you and limit the content they can see after breakup — Improving the Experience When Relationships End — Community Support FYI is a new series of blog posts about how we work to keep the Facebook community safe, supported and connected.
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| Leena Rao / Fortune: |
Square Closes At $13.07 Per Share, Up 45% From IPO Price — Square's shares pop in first day of trading. Shares of Square, the payment technology company founded and led by Twitter TWTR 1.60% CEO Jack Dorsey, closed at $13.07 per share, up 45% from its initial pricing of $9 per share Square …
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg View: |
Lessons from Square's IPO: all investors made at least a 20% return, the ratchet worked perfectly, and valuing companies is hard — Square Turns the IPO Corner — The initial public offering of Square was supposed to be a sign of doom for unicorns, a proof that you can't make money investing in pre-IPO tech companies any more.
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| Miguel Helft / Forbes: |
As Yahoo's core business declines, current and former executives criticize Marissa Mayer's leadership — The Last Days Of Marissa Mayer? — The late October offsite meeting for more than 120 of Yahoo's top executives at the Park Central Hotel in San Francisco started well enough.
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Thanks:@mhelft| Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
Google appoints Diane Greene, co-founder and former CEO of VMWare, as head of all cloud businesses as it acquires her company, Bebop — Google Picks Diane Greene to Expand Its Cloud Business — Google is playing catch-up in the booming cloud computing market, well behind the early leader, Amazon.
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| Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire: |
Microsoft partners with Volvo to explore augmented reality applications in car buying and more — Virtual car shopping on a HoloLens? Volvo says it's coming next year thanks to Microsoft partnership … Volvo says I saw the future of car dealerships earlier today.
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| Rich Williams / Groupon Blog: |
Groupon's new CEO says company is misunderstood, dispels myths, and lays out future plans — Why We'll Win in Local — After two weeks in the CEO chair, a couple of things are abundantly clear... 1) Groupon is a misunderstood company. We're misunderstood by analysts. We're misunderstood by media.
| Patrick Wynn / Official Google for Work Blog: |
Google Hangouts rolls out ability to add users without a Google account to video calls by sending an invitation link — Meetings made simple with guest access — Joining a meeting should be as easy as walking into a room. That should be the case whether you're meeting in person, or face-to-face over video.| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
HP unveils fanless, Surface-like, Elite x2 convertible, offers easy DIY upgrades, Intel Skylake Core M, available in January from $899 — Hands on with HP's Elite x2, a Surface clone you can actually open and upgrade — A Core M-powered business convertible that makes some interesting trade-offs.
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| Ben Sisario / New York Times: |
Sources: Adele's new album, 25, won't be available on streaming services when it's released on Friday; Adele involved in decision — Adele Is Said to Reject Streaming for ‘25’ — For weeks, the music industry has been awaiting the release of Adele's new album, “25,” with a mixture of excitement and anxiety.
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
LG partners with local banks to launch its own mobile payment service in South Korea, no word on international plans yet — LG Is Developing Its Own Mobile Payment Service — Apple Pay, Android Pay, Samsung Pay... there'll one more to add to the list soon.Sponsor Posts
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