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How employee stock took the biggest hit when Good Technology, once valued at $1.1B, passed on a $825M offer and later sold to BlackBerry for $425M — When a Unicorn Start-Up Stumbles, Its Employees Get Hurt — On Sept. 4, employees of Good Technology, a mobile security start-up in Sunnyvale …
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The Beatles are available for streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, Tidal, Amazon's Prime Music, and others from December 24 — Sources: Beatles hit Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, other streaming services on Dec. 24 — You can spend Christmas streaming the Beatles.
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AdBlock Plus will be included and activated by default in Asus' proprietary browser that ships with all of its products, starting early 2016 — Browsers Are Starting to Block Ads by Default — Here's an intriguing new twist in the debate over adblockers: starting in early 2016 … | Hyatt Newsroom: |
Hyatt notifies customers it found malware on its payment processing systems — Hyatt Notifies Customers Of Malware Activity — CUSTOMERS ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW PAYMENT CARD ACCOUNT STATEMENTS CLOSELY — Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced that it recently identified malware …
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Top-secret document from 2011 reveals that GCHQ, with cooperation of NSA, acquired the capability to exploit 13 models of Juniper firewalls — NSA Helped British Spies Find Security Holes In Juniper Firewalls — A top-secret document dated February 2011 reveals that British spy agency GCHQ …
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Rising package volumes and costs have Amazon seeking alternative delivery routes, straining ties with UPS — Amazon Seeks to Ease Ties With UPS — Rising costs have Amazon seeking alternative delivery routes, straining relations with its longtime shipping ally
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| Bryan Lufkin / Gizmodo: |
Disney-funded VR service, Littlstar, announces it's bringing 360-degree videos to Apple TV — You Can Now Watch 360-Degree Video on Your TV — Earlier this year, YouTube rolled out 360-degree videos. Like magic, they let you peer around in any direction from within the video.| Pankaj Doval / The Economic Times: |
Indian regulator asks Facebook's telecom partner Reliance Communications to temporarily suspend Free Basics service on net neutrality grounds — Put Facebook's Free Basics service on hold, TRAI tells Reliance Communications — Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) …
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Palantir adds another $200M to its financing round, now totaling $880M, updated SEC filing shows — Palantir Technologies raises $880 million from investors — Palantir Technologies, a big-data Silicon Valley company that helps government agencies track down terrorists and uncover financial fraud …
| Jim Edwards / Business Insider: |
Judge dismisses case alleging Apple failed to deliver texts to customers who switched from iPhones to Android devices in violation of Federal Wiretap Act — Apple wins complete victory in class-action lawsuit that claimed iMessage was rigged to not deliver texts to Android phones
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Twitter wants to patent a drone controlled by tweets — Twitter may be the latest tech giant interested in unmanned aerial vehicles — but not for delivery. The company has applied for a patent, which became available last week, for a drone capable of taking photos and videos and transmitting them through users' Twitter accounts.
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Evernote's Exits Continue As VPs Of Partnerships And Brand Both Move On — Evernote is a company very much in transition, and that's highlighted by the exit of couple of notable vice presidents at the company. Vice President of Partnerships Alex Pachikov, a nine-year veteran at the company …
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