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Samsung: South Korean customers who exchanged their Galaxy Note7 for an S7 will be able to trade for Galaxy Note8 or S8 next year at 50% of the cost of their S7 — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday it is offering an upgrade program to Galaxy Note 7 customers in South Korea who trade …
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Amid Note7 fiasco, hundreds file class action lawsuits against Samsung, and new Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee faces pushback from investment groups — Proxy advisor speaks out against Jay Y. Lee joining the board — Hundreds file class-action lawsuit demanding compensation
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The New York Times is buying online consumer guide The Wirecutter, founded by former Gizmodo editor-in-chief Brian Lam; sources say NYT will pay more than $30M — The New York Times is buying The Wirecutter, a five-year-old online consumer guide. The Times will pay more than $30 million …
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Sources: Twitter may cut 8% of workforce, or 300 people, as soon as this week — Twitter Inc. is planning widespread job cuts, to be announced as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter. — The company may cut around 8 percent of the workforce, or about 300 people … | Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Twitter to report 2016 Q3 results pre-market instead of post-market on Thursday October 27 at 4am Pacific Time — A lot of the industry watchers that follow Twitter are out here on the West Coast, where the company is based. And for good reason! The Twitter diaspora exists in a large force … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google announces strategic partnerships with Visa and Mastercard; Android Pay users will be able to check out from sites supporting Visa Checkout or Masterpass — Google announced this morning two strategic partnerships with Visa and MasterCard aimed at expanding the reach of its mobile payments service, Android Pay.
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In wake of botnet DDoS attack on DynDNS, Hangzhou Xiongmai issues US recall of webcam models that had easy-to-guess default passwords — Chinese firm Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology Co Ltd said it will recall some of its products sold in the United States after it was identified by security researchers …
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IDC: Q3 smartwatch shipments down 51.6% YoY to 2.7M with Apple Watch down 72% YoY to 1.1M units, but the impact of new Apple Watch models remains to be seen — Maybe not everyone is convinced they need a smartwatch? According to a new industry report from IDC out this morning …
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Apple releases iOS 10.1 with the iPhone 7 Plus' Portrait mode, which is still in beta — Apple has just released the first significant update for iOS 10. As expected, the main focus of iOS 10.1 is that insane Portrait mode for the iPhone 7 Plus. The update is rolling out and is available …
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Paxata gets $33.5M Series D led by Intel Capital for machine learning for information management, with Microsoft Ventures, In-Q- Tel, Accel, more participating — Paxata today announced it has raised $33.5 million to bolster the machine learning and semantic analysis foundations of its enterprise information platform.
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Facebook Messenger, which currently only supports debit cards, will get new PayPal payment option in US; users will also get in-app PayPal payment notifications — PayPal has announced that it's rolling out as an additional payment option within Facebook Messenger, which currently supports payments via debit cards.
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Court filings: Magic Leap countersues two ex-VPs over IP who sued for wrongful termination; SF offices appear in disarray relative to Florida operations — Multi-billion dollar startup Magic Leap, which is building a cutting-edge augmented reality headset, is currently in a legal battle … | iFixit: |
Google Pixel XL teardown reveals little HTC branding, gets a 6/10 repairability score due to fragile screen, but most components are modular and easy to replace — Tools Featured in this Teardown — Introduction — Today marks our first ever teardown of a phone designed entirely by Google: the Pixel XL.
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