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Jawbone Lays Off 60, 15% Of Staff Globally, Closes NY Office — Some difficult news this week for Jawbone, maker of fitness trackers, speakers and Bluetooth headsets. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that the company yesterday laid off around 60 employees, or 15% of staff.
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Yahoo Mail is blocking ad-block users from accessing their email — Yahoo Mail is purportedly locking out people who use ad-blockers. — According to a post on Adblock Plus' message boards, a Yahoo user noticed the issue on Google Chrome when trying to access email this morning, posting this screenshot:| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Airbnb raises over $100M on same $25.5B valuation from summer fundraising, had Q3 revenue of $340M on bookings of $2.2B, roughly doubling year-over-year — Airbnb Raises Over $100 Million as It Touts Strong Growth — Home-rental service posted $340 million of third-quarter revenue
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Facebook At Work Gets Its Own Version Of Messenger With Debut of “Work Chat” — Facebook at Work, the version of Facebook designed for chatting with colleagues on a private social network, now has its own chat client as well. Somewhat like Facebook at Work's version of Messenger, the new … | Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Coinbase Partners With Shift Payments To Issue Bitcoin Debit Card — This isn't the first bitcoin debit card in the world, but this is the first one that works with your Coinbase account. Coinbase has partnered with Shift Payments so that you can get a Visa card for just $10 and pay everywhere with your bitcoins.
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Cisco buys conferencing software maker Acano for $700 million — Cisco said Acano's technology and expertise will bolster Cisco's development in the key collaboration areas of interoperability and scalability. — Cisco said Friday it plans to acquire Acano, a London-based tech firm …
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Cisco Blog, Tech.eu, Business Insider, SiliconBeat, Wall Street Journal, InvestorPlace, Cisco, TechCrunch, Seeking Alpha, Bloomberg Business, Re/code, eWeek, TechEye, bizjournals, FierceCIO News and silicontap.com. Tweets: @robinwauters
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Google aims for China launch of Google Play app store next year -sources — Google, part of Alphabet Inc, aims to launch the China version of its Google Play smartphone app store next year, according to people familiar with the matter, its first major foray in the market since ending localized product support in 2010.| Peter Rubin / Wired: |
Samsung Gear VR Review: $99 headset paired with a Samsung phone is the best VR experience available until dedicated systems arrive next year — Review: Samsung Gear VR — In the space of three and a half years, virtual reality has matured from a long-dead relic of '90s futurism …
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PlayStation 2 Emulation Coming to PS4, Sony Confirms — Sony is working on bringing PlayStation 2 titles to the PlayStation 4, the company confirmed to WIRED Thursday evening. — “We are working on utilizing PS2 emulation technology to bring PS2 games forward to the current generation,” a Sony representative told WIRED via email.
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Lumia 950 review: great screen and camera, using phone as a PC is neat but limited; it's not the ground-breaking phone Windows Phone needed to attract new users — Lumia 950 review: Windows Phone finally has a new flagship—will anyone care? — Camera is great and Continuum is cool … | Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
Jolla is in big trouble: funding delay results in ‘temporary lay-offs’ as startup files for debt restructuring — Finnish mobile devices and OS maker Jolla hits a major snag. The company just announced that its latest financing round has been postponed. — Finnish mobile devices and operating system maker Jolla's woes continue.| Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
30 years of Windows: 10 milestones that changed the face of computing — When Windows 1.0 arrived 30 years ago, it hardly seemed like a juggernaut. Apple had beaten Microsoft to the punch with the Mac OS, and Windows was mostly a shell on top of MS-DOS. Here's a record of three decades … | 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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