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Oracle to Buy Cloud-Software Provider NetSuite for $9.3 Billion — Larry Ellison is largest holder of NetSuite, which is led by an ex-Oracle executive — Oracle Corp. agreed to buy NetSuite Inc. for $9.3 billion, among the largest acquisitions in its history, bolstering …
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Samsung reports Q2 revenue of $45.2B, up 5% YoY, and profit of $7.22B, up 18% on strong Galaxy S7 sales — Samsung Electronics has published its full second-quarter earnings, confirming earlier guidance that indicated the company's strongest profits in over two years.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Keys to Chimera crypto ransomware allegedly leaked by rival crime gang — First, Mischa devs stole their rival's code. Now, they may have killed its business. — Sometimes, the fierce competition in the booming crypto ransomware market works in the favor of the victims whose priceless data is held hostage.| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Didi Chuxing and Uber to become legal in China starting November; drivers must be licensed, have three years experience, and no criminal record — HONG KONG — Ride-hailing services in China have attracted billions of dollars in investments. They have pulled in money from some of the …
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Dropbox launches AdminX, a new dashboard allowing IT admins to better control their companies' files and users on Dropbox Business accounts — As Dropbox — the cloud storage company with 500 million users — gets more profitable and inches towards an IPO, the company is slowly adding …
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Cortana in Windows 10 Anniversary Update can't be turned off fully, but its reach can be limited — ...but you can lessen her awareness. — Microsoft made an interesting decision with Windows 10's Anniversary Update, which is now in its final stages of development before it rolls out on August 2.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Upthere, a cloud storage service letting all your devices see the same files, exits beta, announces $77M in funding led by KPCB and Western Digital — Upthere isn't your parents' personal cloud storage service. The team behind the service, which is coming out of beta today with $77 million …
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Source: Apple's car project switches focus to developing an autonomous driving software system, though Apple isn't ditching efforts to create its own vehicle — Dan Dodge, former founder, CEO of QNX, joined Apple this year — Bob Mansfield took over cars initiative with emphasis on tech| Wall Street Journal: |
How Apple's assertive negotiating style alienated cable providers and networks, and hurt its efforts to revolutionize the TV industry — In search of its new big thing, the company has alienated cable providers and networks with an assertive negotiating style; ‘time is on my side’
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LaunchKit team heads to Google and open-sources its tools for helping devs launch their apps; LaunchKit's hosted services will be discontinued in 12 months — The team behind LaunchKit, a set of tools that helps developers launch their apps, is heading to Google and joining the Developer Product Group.
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Garrett Camp's Expa Studios launches Haus, a startup that digitizes the buying and selling of residential property to increase transparency — Garrett Camp, Uber cofounder and CEO of Expa Studios, is today unveiling Expa's latest project, Haus. Haus is the studio's first real estate play …
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Facebook reports searches up 33% over past nine months to 2B per day, as it hopes to attract more of the chatter that ends up on Twitter — Facebook wants to be known as a place to search for mentions of current news in hopes of drawing more public chatter that normally ends up on Twitter.
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Qualcomm to pay $19.5M to settle with 3,300 female employees who said they received lower pay and fewer chances for promotion — Women said they received lower pay and fewer chances for promotion — Chip maker Qualcomm Inc. will pay $19.5 million to settle claims that women …
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