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John Doerr to Step Aside From New Venture Funds at Kleiner Perkins, Become Chair — A change at the storied venture capital firm could usher in an accelerated transition to a new generation of investors. — Venture capitalist John Doerr will step away from some management duties at his firm …
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Microsoft integrates Xamarin into Visual Studio for free, will open source Xamarin runtime — Microsoft today announced that Xamarin is now available for free for every Visual Studio user. This includes all editions of Visual Studio, including the free Visual Studio Community Edition …
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Amazon expands Dash Button line-up, top sellers to date include Tide, Bounty, Cottonelle — Amazon this morning announced an expansion of its Dash Buttons product line - those Wi-Fi connected, push-button devicesthat let you buy products from its site with just a press.
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Microsoft launches preview of Azure Functions, its AWS Lambda competitor for serverless computing, and makes Azure Service Fabric generally available — Microsoft releases preview of new Azure ‘serverless compute’ service to take on AWS Lambda — Microsoft is making available … | Ian Paul / PCWorld: |
100K batteries from nearly 40 Toshiba laptop models recalled after faulty units overheat and melt — Major Toshiba laptop battery recall issued after faulty units overheat and literally melt — If you bought a Toshiba laptop between 2011 and 2016 you might have a faulty battery pack eligible for a free replacement.| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
FCC votes 3-2 along party lines to expand Lifeline subsidy so it can be used to help buy broadband services — America's poor can now get cheaper Internet access — Federal regulators have approved a historic expansion of subsidies for the poor, fleshing out for the first time a set …
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FCC advances rules requiring ISPs to get customer approval before sharing their data with advertisers and others — Limits on Internet Providers' Use of Data Advance at the FCC — Cable, telephone companies say privacy rule disadvantages them — FCC rule may benefit Google, Facebook that aren't covered
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Postmates hits 1M monthly deliveries and launches Plus Unlimited, a $9.99/month service that offers unlimited deliveries of orders over $30 — Postmates launches Amazon Prime-style subscription service, hits 1 million monthly deliveries — Postmates, which is now completing 1 million deliveries a month …
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“Fitbit for dogs” maker Whistle was acquired by Mars Petcare in February, source says for over $100M — Whistle's ‘Fitbit for dogs’ acquired by Mars Petcare — Whistle, the “Fitbit for dogs,” has found a home at Mars Petcare, TechCrunch has learned.
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DraftKings and FanDuel to suspend all college, high school, and youth sports contests indefinitely after this week's college basketball games, in deal with NCAA — DraftKings, FanDuel to stop offering college fantasy games — Leading daily fantasy sports operators DraftKings and FanDuel …
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TechCrunch, VatorNews, Gizmodo, Engadget, Re/code, NPR, Legal Sports Report and FanDuel Newsroom. Tweets: @davidpurdum. See also Mediagazer
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Facebook to allow muted video ads in Instant Articles and one additional ad unit at bottom of articles — Video Ads Are Coming to Facebook Instant Articles — The social network will also allow more advertising in every Instant Article — Facebook is making further changes …
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Microsoft denies Edge is getting native ad blocking, says roadmap shown on slide was referring to extension support in the browser — Microsoft denies Edge is getting a native ad blocker — On top of the slew of news coming out of Microsoft's Build 2016 developer conference … Sponsor Posts
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