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Report on stalled and struggling Nest says Google is building an Amazon Echo rival — Google is reportedly building an Amazon Echo rival — Google executives have seen and heard all the positive buzz around Amazon's Echo speaker, and now the company is said to be preparing a similar product for the home.
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| Adam Lashinsky / Fortune: |
How Jeff Bezos, as owner of The Washington Post and founder of Blue Origin, became a power beyond Amazon — Bezos Prime — Amazon's CEO has driven his company to all-consuming growth (and even, believe it or not, profits). Today, though, as he deepens his involvement in his media and space ventures …
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Activist investor Starboard names nine candidates to replace Yahoo's entire board, launching proxy fight — Starboard Value Plans to Oust Yahoo's Board — SAN FRANCISCO — Starboard Value plans to make good on its threat to start a board fight at Yahoo.| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Sources: Yahoo seeks $10B bid, Microsoft tells equity firms mulling acquisition it may lend them “significant” funds to maintain good relationship with company — Microsoft Tells Possible Yahoo Buyers It Would Consider Backing Bids With Big Bucks
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| Emily Steel / New York Times: |
Apple working with Will.i.am on unscripted TV show about apps — Apple's First Foray Into Original TV Is a Series About Apps — Apple's ambitions to go head to head with Netflix and create its own lineup of exclusive movies and TV shows has long been the subject of much chatter and speculation.
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See also Mediagazer| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Sources: Snapchat to acquire Bitstrips, maker of personalized emoji app Bitmoji; deal valued “in the ballpark” of $100M says one source — Exclusive: Snapchat Buys Bitmoji Maker — Snapchat has agreed to acquire Bitstrips, the Toronto-based maker of personalized emojis known as bitmojis …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft's new AI bot Tay goes silent after Twitter users teach it racism; Microsoft deletes damaging tweets, begins “making adjustments” to Tay — Microsoft silences its new A.I. bot Tay, after Twitter users teach it racism [Updated] — Microsoft's newly launched …
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Netflix says it has throttled its videos on AT&T's and Verizon's wireless networks for more than five years to protect users from exceeding data caps — Netflix Throttles Its Videos on AT&T, Verizon Networks — Streaming service says it limits video quality to protect users from exceeding data caps
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| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal: |
iPhone SE review: $399 4-inch phone offers better battery life, inferior screen compared to the iPhone 6s — iPhone SE Review: Smaller Gets Smarter With Better Battery Life to Boot — Apple's powerful new 4-inch iPhone has the size and battery performance that many have been waiting for
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Oculus begins shipping Rift headsets, which will arrive starting March 28 — The Oculus Rift has started shipping — Oculus VR will make good on a promise that's been years in the making: starting next week, the first consumer versions of the company's Rift virtual reality headset will begin arriving at preorder customers' doors.
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Gizmodo, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, CNNMoney, Engadget, Re/code and VRFocus. Tweets: @brendaniribe
| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Mesosphere raises $73.5M round led by HPE, including a significant contribution from Microsoft, at a reported valuation of well over $1B — Microsoft is investing millions in a $1 billion startup that rejected its acquisition offer — Last year, reports emerged that Microsoft tried to buy Mesosphere …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to reunify Skype calling, messaging, video in new Universal Windows 10 app — Microsoft is readying a new Universal Windows Platform version of its Skype app for Windows 10 for PCs and phones that will bring together Skype's calling, messaging and video features.
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