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| Verizon Communications Inc.: |
Verizon confirms plans to acquire Yahoo's Internet business for $4.83B in cash; deal excludes some IP, stakes in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan — Transaction will create a new rival in mobile media technology reaching over 1B users* with an unrivaled roster of the world's most beloved brands
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| Yahoo: |
Marissa Mayer says she plans to stay at Yahoo but does not specify for how long, in company wide email — Today is a big day for Yahoo! This is the email that I sent to Yahoos around the world today. Given the interest around our journey to this point, I wanted to share more about today's announcement.
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Nintendo stock plummets after it warned on Friday that the financial impact of Pokémon Go will be limited — Shares can fall as much as 18 percent today, per exchange rule — Nintendo's U.S.-listed shares dropped 11 percent on Friday — Nintendo Co. shares plunged after the company …
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| Brian Crecente / Polygon: |
Pokémon Go sets App Store record for most downloads in its first week, Apple confirms — CLASH OF WHAT NOW? — There is still no official word on the number of times the incredibly popular Pokémon Go game has been downloaded, but Apple today confirmed to Polygon that the game has broken a record.
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| Rose Eveleth / Fusion: |
Police asked this 3D printing lab to recreate a dead man's fingers to unlock his phone — Last month, law enforcement officers showed up at the lab of Anil Jain, a professor at Michigan State University. Jain wasn't in trouble; the officers wanted his help.
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| Matthias Verbergt / Wall Street Journal: |
Spotify launches programmatic ads, lets advertisers target its 70M non-paying users by age, gender, genres, and playlists globally — STOCKHOLM—Swedish music-streaming company Spotify AB on Wednesday launched programmatic ad buying for all its markets, allowing advertisers to target …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
German fintech startup Number26 receives EU-wide banking license, rebrands as N26 — Number26, a Peter Thiel-backed mobile banking startup that's setting out to create the bank account of the future, has finally received its banking license, giving the company full regulatory approval … | David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Sources: Cyanogen Inc. is undergoing major layoffs, may “pivot” to apps — We're hearing from multiple sources that Cyanogen Inc. is in the midst of laying off a significant portion of its workforce around the world today. The layoffs most heavily impact the open source arm of the Android ROM-gone-startup …
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| Cody Toombs / Android Police: |
Google Maps is rolling out Wi-Fi only mode and mass transit delay notifications to some users — A couple of very useful features have started rolling out to a few lucky Google Maps users in the last couple of days. If you've been following along with our APK Teardowns …
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| Rachel Courtland / IEEE Spectrum: |
Semiconductor Industry Association: transistors to stop shrinking in 2021, but processors can continue to fulfill Moore's Law with increased vertical density — After more than 50 years of miniaturization, the transistor could stop shrinking in just five years.
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| Jennifer Maloney / Wall Street Journal: |
Publishers are pouring more resources into the production of audiobooks after seeing sales grow 21% in the US and Canada in 2015 — Smartphones and multitasking have stoked an explosion in audiobooks. Publishers, spotting a juggernaut, are expanding their offerings and enlisting star narrators.
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| Marc Schneider / Billboard: |
Neil Young's Pono music store goes offline for several weeks as it switches from audio provider Omnifone to 7digital — Neil Young's PonoMusic digital service is offline following the recent acquisition of Omnifone, up until now the company's sole provider of hi-resolution audio downloads.Sponsor Posts
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