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Samsung ends production of the Galaxy Note7 after global recall due to battery fires; its shares fall 8% wiping out $17B of market value — Samsung Electronics Co. is ending production of its problematic Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, taking the drastic step of killing off a smartphone that became …
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Samsung tells owners of Galaxy Note7 to stop using device, asks global carrier and retail partners to stop sales and exchanges of the phone — We are working with relevant regulatory bodies to investigate the recently reported cases involving the Galaxy Note7.
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Report: Amazon to expand grocery business with new convenience stores and curbside pickup, exclusively for AmazonFresh subscribers — Look out, 7-Eleven: Amazon's push into brick-and-mortar retail is getting serious. — The e-commerce giant is considering building its own convenience stores …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Facebook partners with Google, others to launch Yarn, a new open-source JavaScript package manager, which uses npm's registry but replaces the npm client — Facebook today launched Yarn, a new package manager for JavaScript. If you've every worked with JavaScript and Node.js … | Raphael Satter / Associated Press: |
Yahoo disabled email forwarding feature at beginning of October, making it unnecessarily difficult for users to leave service amid coverage of record breach — LONDON (AP) — As Yahoo's embattled email service suffers through a slew of bad news, some users are finding it hard to leave.
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Fortune's “Term Sheet” columnist Dan Primack leaves for Politico founders Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen's new startup; the future of the newsletter is unclear — The high-profile columnist has been the go-to blog for VC news and insights. — Dan Primack, one of the best-known … | Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Samsung unveils ArtPC, a cylindrical desktop with 360-degree audio speaker, Intel Skylake-based Core i5/i7; pre-orders open now for $1,200+, ships Oct. 28 in US — For most PC enthusiasts, if you ask them to name a cylindrical machine, the Mac Pro comes immediately to mind.| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
Greylock Partners closes $1B fund, the firm's 15th, bringing total under management to $3.5B — Greylock Partners is getting another $1 billion to invest in startups. The long-time venture capital firm is announcing its 15th fund, bringing the total to $3.5 billion currently under management.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Netgear launches Arlo Pro wireless home security camera with rechargeable batteries and two-way audio for $250 — Slowly but surely, Netgear is chipping away at the reasons for not having a home security camera. In the past, hooking these cameras up to the internet was a hassle.
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Tinder rival Hinge drops profile swiping, introduces $7/month fee to encourage serious relationships through conversations and emphasis on existing matches — Hinge, the newly pivoted “relationship app”, has today unleashed an app that it believes is the solution to the “dating apocalypse.”
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's new Azure-hosted, combined CRM and ERP service Dynamics 365 to start rolling out November 1 — Microsoft is offering a first look at its new Azure-hosted Dynamics 365 service and plans to start rolling out a number of its components as of November 1.
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Cyanogen CEO Kirt McMaster resigns, notes failure of “full stack” OS strategy and shift to modular Cyanogen Now model; Lior Tal promoted from COO to CEO — Kirt McMaster, the controversial CEO of Cyanogen Inc., will be stepping down from his role, we've learned.Sponsor Posts
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