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Sources: potential bidders for a Yahoo sale include Verizon, IAC/InterActive, with News Corp and Time Inc. likely interested in pieces of Yahoo — Bidders Emerge for Yahoo's Internet Business — Potential buyers range from media and telecom giants to private-equity firms| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Sources: Yahoo board to discuss Alibaba spinoff and selling off some units, said to back Marissa Mayer — Despite Wall Street Noise and Sale Rumors, Yahoo Board Backs Mayer — As the old saying kind of goes, reports of the impending demise of CEO Marissa Mayer at Yahoo are greatly exaggerated.
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Google finishes porting Songza's features to Google Play Music and will shut down Songza on January 31 — Google will shut down Songza on January 31, 2016 — Google today announced the Songza website and app will be killed off on January 31, 2016. The Google Play Music team … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Uber debuts simple Ride Request Button for devs to include in iOS, Android apps, offers $5 for each new rider sign up, prohibits integrating competing services — Uber's API Now Lets Other Apps Add A “Ride Request Button”, Earn $5 Per Signup — Uber's latest growth strategy is to colonize …
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Thanks:@joshconstine| Ram Ramanathan / Google Cloud Platform Blog: |
Google previews Cloud Vision API, an image recognition service for developers — Google Cloud Vision API changes the way applications understand images — Have you ever wondered how Google Photos helps you find all your favorite dog photos? With today's release of Google Cloud Vision API …
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Google Deceptively Tracks Students' Internet Browsing, EFF Says in FTC Complaint — EFF Launches ‘Spying on Students’ Campaign to Raise Awareness About Privacy Risks of School Technology Tools — San Francisco—The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a complaint today …
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Samsung announces new A5, A7 smartphones with fingerprint readers and OIS cameras, and the cheaper A3; available in China first later this month — Samsung Announces Updated Versions of the Galaxy A3, A5, and A7 — Today Samsung announced that updated versions of their Galaxy A3, A5, and A7 smartphones are about to be released.| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Postmates partners with Starbucks, debuts pilot service in Seattle, promising delivery in less than an hour for a $5.99 fee, available only on iOS — Your coffee is here: Starbucks and Postmates launch delivery in Seattle, and this is what it's like
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Sources: Andy Rubin has tried to recruit personnel to help build a new Android phone company — For Andy Rubin, Android Comes Calling Again
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FreshBooks announces $29 card reader for in-store payments; merchants to be charged 2.7% per transaction plus CC fee, slightly more than Square's rates — FreshBooks takes on Square with $30 card reader that connects in-store payments with accountancy software| Napier Lopez / The Next Web: |
Facebook now lets you chat with businesses on their websites via Messenger's Page Plugin, adds events integration — Facebook now lets you chat with businesses via Messenger on their website — Managing a Facebook Page is a crucial social strategy for many business owners today …
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| Lucas Mearian / Computerworld: |
Consumer SSDs and hard drive prices are nearing parity — The prices of mainstream consumer SSDs have fallen dramatically every year over the past three, and by 2017 they are expected to be within 11 cents of the per-gigabyte price of hard disk drives (HDDs).
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