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Unilever acquires Dollar Shave Club, sources say for $1B; DSC founder and CEO Michael Dubin to continue running the company — Unilever announced on Tuesday evening that it is getting into the razor business, by agreeing to acquire Dollar Shave Club. — No financial terms were disclosed …
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Microsoft reports non-GAAP revenue of $22.6B, operating income of $6.2B for FY16 Q4; commercial cloud annualized revenue run rate exceeds $12.1B — Microsoft Cloud Strength Highlights Fourth Quarter Results — Commercial cloud annualized revenue run rate exceeds $12.1 billion
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| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter permanently suspends Breitbart tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos for repeated violation of rules regarding targeted abuse of users — After years of provocation, Twitter has permanently banned Milo Yiannopoulos from its service. — After years of provocation, Twitter has permanently banned Milo Yiannopoulos from its service.
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Twitter now lets anyone request a verified account — Twitter is opening the blue checkmark to everyone. Starting today, the company will let users request a verified account on its website by filling out a form with a verified phone number and email address, a profile photo …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Pokémon Go to launch in Japan with McDonald's as the first launch partner, with 3K+ stores set to be sponsored “gym” locations — Pokémon Go fever has doubled the value of Nintendo's business, pushing it past Sony in the process.
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Source: Niantic postponed Pokémon Go Japan launch after internal communication from McDonald's Japan, the game's sponsor, detailing the launch leaked — Game-maker Niantic has postponed today's scheduled launch of Pokémon Go in Japan following an email leak.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat confirms acquisition of Toronto startup Bitstrips, integrates Bitmojis into app to offer more personalized emoji — Snapchat bought Bitstrips, the startup behind Bitmoji, back in March. The acquisition was worth a reported $100 million, but at the time, how the product would be integrated wasn't clear.| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Nintendo's market value more than doubles to $42.5B since Pokémon Go release, surpasses Sony market value of about $40B — For a game that isn't even technically a Nintendo property, Pokémon Go is having quite the healthy impact on the Japanese company's finances.| Guillermo Parra-Bernal / Reuters: |
Brazil's Federal Supreme Court suspends a ruling by a low-tier judge that had blocked WhatsApp — Brazil's Federal Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended a ruling by a low-tier judge ordering wireless phone carriers to block access to Facebook Inc's WhatsApp, the third such decision against the popular phone messaging app in eight months.| Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal: |
Music-streaming service Deezer launches to all in the US for $10 per month with 30-day free trial — The French company goes up against an array of competitors, including Spotify and Apple Music — French music-streaming service Deezer is launching to the masses in the U.S. this week …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Slack, now with 600 apps on its platform, pours $2M into 14 Slackbot startups via its Slack Fund — Slack, the popular messaging app for co-workers to chat, share files and distract each other with GIFs, has taken some major steps forward to establish itself as a wider productivity platform.
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Facebook is paying $2.2M to Vine and YouTube stars to create content for Facebook Live — The $2.2 million in payments are intended to ‘encourage experimentation’ on Facebook Live, says a company executive — Jon Paul Piques gained social-media fame posting bawdy six-second videos on Vine.
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