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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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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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See also Mediagazer| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Interview with AOL's Tim Armstrong on why he pushed Verizon to buy Yahoo, integration between the companies, and Mayer's probable departure — The new majordomo of the combined unit says there's new structure to come — Today, in an interview after the deal that everyone knew was coming …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo's remaining assets to rebrand after sale to Verizon in 2017 — One asset that Verizon will be getting as part of its $4.83 billion acquisition of Yahoo's core assets, which it did not specifically mention in its big announcement today, is Yahoo's (in)famous brand — main name, purple color and exclamation mark all included.| Matt Hamblen / Computerworld: |
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple taps highly regarded hardware executive Bob Mansfield to oversee car project — Highly regarded executive helped bring to market many of Apple's signature products — Apple Inc. has tapped a highly-regarded senior executive who helped bring to market many of Apple's signature products …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter tries to explain itself as a breaking news destination in new marketing campaign — Do you have to tweet to use Twitter? Is Twitter a social network? Many people still think so because the company has failed to properly position itself - and its broader use cases - to the general public throughout the years.
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See also Mediagazer| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Windows 10 Anniversary Update brings minor tweaks like improved Windows Ink support, Edge extensions, dark theme and other UI refinements, new Skype app, more — In just a few short days, Microsoft will be celebrating Windows 10's first birthday. It has been a busy year that has seen …
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| CBS News: |
FBI is investigating suspected Russian hack of DNC, which led to an email trove on Wikileaks — WASHINGTON — The FBI confirmed Monday that it's investigating the hack involving Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails. — “The FBI is investigating a cyber intrusion involving the DNC …
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See also Mediagazer| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Security-as-a-service startup StackPath nabs $180M, 4 acquisitions including MaxCDN — A mass migration of IT services to the cloud, coupled with a huge growth of connected devices, has created a perfect storm for security breaches with some 400 million malware attacks identified last year alone according to IDC.
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| William Alden / BuzzFeed: |
Zenefits settles for $62,500 with Tennessee over insurance violations, will keep operating in state, creates precedent for talks with other regulators — The deal, which will allow Zenefits to continue operating in Tennessee, gives the startup a precedent to use in negotiations with regulators in other states.
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| Steve Kondik / CyanogenMod: |
Cyanogen founder says CyanogenMod will not be shelved, dismisses rumors of “pivot” to apps, will provide more information soon — I wanted to quickly address the circus of misinformation which has sprung up recently, particularly for everyone who uses CM or has been involved with the project.
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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 … Sponsor Posts
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