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Didi Chuxing acquires Uber China; Uber China investors get a 20% stake of the combined business, which sources say has a $35B valuation — Uber Technologies Inc. will merge its China business with Didi Chuxing, the dominant ride-hailing service in the country, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Didi's acquisition of Uber China and $1B investment in Uber leaves the future of Lyft's alliance with Didi in doubt — Lyft sees ally Didi team with its biggest rival, which is now no longer burdened by China — Uber Technologies Inc.'s retreat from China creates ripples in its second-biggest market …
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Didi Chuxing to acquire UberChina — Combined resources to promote healthy development of the rideshare industry — Didi Chuxing today announced a strategic agreement with Uber under which Didi Chuxing will acquire all assets of UberChina—including its brand,business operations and data—for operation within mainland China.
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Salesforce buys word processing app Quip, sources say for $750M — Salesforce is continuing its buying spree to expand the services that it offers to its customers. The company has just announced that it is acquiring Quip, the cloud-based word processing app that was co-founded by Bret Taylor, formerly CTO of Facebook.
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Washington state sues Comcast for $100M+, saying customers paid $73M for “near-worthless” protection plan over 5 years, had their credit unnecessarily checked — Comcast is being sued for more than $100 million by Washington state, which claims that the cable giant illegally deceived customers … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
New York's correctional dept., at Gov. Cuomo's behest, makes playing online games a parole violation for sex offenders, spurred by report on Pokémon Go usage — At the direction of Governor Andrew Cuomo, New York's correctional department has made playing online games a violation …
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
IDC: global tablet market down 12.3% YoY to 38.7M units; Apple marketshare increases to 25.8% despite iPad sales declining 9.2% YoY — According to the latest data from IDC out today, Apple continued its lead of the worldwide tablet market in Q2 despite a decline in overall sales.| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Less than 6 months after joining, Twitter VP of communications Natalie Kerris is leaving the company — Natalie Kerris, who joined Twitter as its VP of communications in February, is leaving the company, BuzzFeed News has learned. Leslie Berland, Twitter's chief marketing officer …
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Gawker Media founder Nick Denton files for Chapter 11 personal bankruptcy protection; in tweet, he says his colleagues will be “freed” from Thiel's “vendetta” — Denton's bankruptcy comes as a result of Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker
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Judge voids VirnetX's $625.6M patent infringement verdict in case against Apple, says it was unfair that two lawsuits were combined in one trial; new trials set — A federal judge has thrown out a verdict requiring Apple Inc (AAPL.O) to pay VirnetX Holding Corp (VHC.A) …
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Verizon buys Fleetmatics, provider of SaaS GPS and logistics products, for $2.4B in cash — Hot off the heels of its acquisition of Yahoo last week for $4.8 billion, today Verizon announced another huge purchase: it's buying Fleetmatics, a telematics company based out of Dublin, Ireland …
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Niantic updates Pokémon Go to remove a notoriously glitchy Pokémon proximity tracking feature, angering many fans that it wasn't simply fixed — Some players are even asking for refunds — and getting them. — César Salza / CNET — It seemed like Pokemon Go's Friday update …
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