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| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
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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VC at Venrock on how Dollar Shave Club became successful and why he invested in it — Success has many fathers, but in this case, there is only one. — When I first met Michael in June of 2012, I had already seen the DSC launch video like everyone else. I saw his site melt down and watched the video explode and actually go viral.
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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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See also Mediagazer| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Microsoft Q4: Azure revenue up 102% YoY with compute usage doubling, Intelligent Cloud revenue up 7% YoY, Surface revenue up 9% YoY; Office 365 subs top 23M — The company delivered strong cloud growth as its Office 365, Dynamics and Azure products and services chugged along.
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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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| 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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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
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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| Ganesh T S / AnandTech: |
Seagate unveils three 10TB, helium-based 7200 RPM hard drives for the consumer market, with prices starting at $460 — Our recent interview with Seagate's CTO, Mark Re, gave us an idea about of the future of the hard drive market. As late as Q1 2016, Seagate had considered helium-based drives suitable for high-end applications only.| 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.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Duolingo releases Tinycards, a free, game-like memorization app for iOS, that lets users create flashcards, or select from the hundreds currently available — Duolingo is probably the most popular mobile education app, but until now, the company's focus has been solely on language learning.
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| 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.Sponsor Posts
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