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Yahoo's sale “book”, circulated among prospective buyers, reveals expected 2016 revenue dropping 15%, earnings by 20%, and its pricey bet on mobile voice search — Secrets of the Yahoo Sale ‘Book’ Reveal Financial Meltdown and Big Bet on Mobile Voice Search| Michelle Castillo / CNBC: |
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In his annual shareholder letter, Jeff Bezos reveals AWS is on track to reach $10B in annual sales, defends Amazon's working culture, and more — Jeff Bezos Calls Amazon ‘Best Place In The World To Fail’ In Shareholder Letter — In his annual shareholder letter, which was unveiled on Tuesday …
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Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs with Bash, Cortana cross-device features, universal Skype app — Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs. This is the first build released since Build 2016, where the company announced the Windows 10 Anniversary Update coming this summer.| Kantar Worldpanel: |
Kantar report: iOS market share fell for the first time in urban China since August 2014, a 3.2% drop between February 2015 and February 2016 — Android OS Share in China Gets Boost from New Year's Sales — The latest smartphone OS data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech …
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A detailed look at the components making up the $3K Microsoft HoloLens Development Edition — Inside Microsoft's HoloLens — When I tried Microsoft's HoloLens headset last year, security guards lined the walls of a hotel, and I had to stash all my belongings in a locker before I even set foot near it.| Joon Ian Wong / Quartz: |
A dozen WiFi-connected trucks from Volvo, Daimler, and others, completed a long autonomous driving trip across Europe, improving fuel efficiency and safety — A fleet of trucks just drove themselves across Europe — About a dozen trucks from major manufacturers like Volvo and Daimler …
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A look at the software and methods used to distribute 11M documents, totaling 2.6TB, of the Panama Papers to 100+ publications and about 400 journalists — From Encrypted Drives To Amazon's Cloud — The Amazing Flight Of The Panama Papers — It was an epic haul.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Chrome Canary implements native push notifications on Mac, but feature is not enabled by default; support for merged tabs on Chrome for Android is removed — Google testing Chrome notifications in Mac OS X notification center, removed merged tabs on Android| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
UK grants E-Money Issuer license to a virtual currency company, Boston-based Circle, for the first time, allowing for a banking relationship with Barclays — Social payments startup Circle rolls into Europe — It may have started as a Bitcoin wallet but veteran entrepreneur Jeremy Allaire's … | Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Dispatch raises $2M in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to develop a delivery robot which travels up to 4 mph and transports up to 100 pounds — Self-driving delivery vehicle startup Dispatch raises $2 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz — On-demand delivery is something consumers have come to expect.
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LG G5 receives a high 8/10 repairability score from iFixit teardown thanks to its modular design — LG G5 Teardown — Teardown — Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions. — Featured Guide — This guide has been found to be exceptionally cool by the iFixit staff.
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Yik Yak CTO Tom Chernetsky leaves amid falling download rates, traffic; source says app has had zero significant growth in past year, plans messaging feature — Yik Yak's CTO drops out as the hyped anonymous app stagnates — Is Yik Yak a thing anymore? Not so much, according to download stats …
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Sources: NFL selected Twitter because it felt Facebook undervalued content rights, has poor monetization model — Sources: Bad blood between NFL, Facebook led to Twitter deal — Twitter's surprising deal to stream NFL games may have been the result of a dispute between the sports league … | BuzzFeed: |
Report: Many Latin American governments unlawfully purchase and deploy surveillance software, often through intermediaries to avoid explicit export restrictions — Nearly Every Latin American Country Is Using This Software To Spy On Their Citizens — Governments in Latin America are ignoring …
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