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Source: Square acquired the engineering team of Yik Yak, which had raised ~$74M in total funding, for less than $3M — Company pays less than $3 million for small team of engineers — The deal is a sign of the once high-flying app's decline — Square Inc. acquired the engineering team of Yik Yak … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn says it now has 500M members in 200 countries, up from 467M in October 2016; it has 9M+ companies and 10M+ jobs listed — Now that LinkedIn is a part of Microsoft (after closing its $26.2 billion acquisition in December), the social networking site for the working world no longer reports earnings …
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| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Xiaomi-backed Yi Technology debuts Yi Halo, a $17K 17-camera VR rig made in partnership with Google that can shoot stereoscopic video in 8K resolution at 30FPS — Plus a promising new 360-degree consumer camera from Yi Technology — Chinese company Yi Technology has made a name for itself … | Shona Ghosh / Business Insider: |
Unroll.me CEO says it's “heartbreaking” that users are upset Unroll.me sold their anonymized email data to Uber — Sorry not sorry. — That's the tone of the apology posted by Unroll.me, an email decluttering service which takes a look at the subscriptions clogging up your inbox …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says it will start integrating Dynamics 365 for Sales with LinkedIn's Sales Navigator in July and announces new HR app called Dynamics 365 for Talent — Microsoft is rolling out a new talent-management application, staking out a space in human-capital management …
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Sources: Amazon has created a team for self-driving tech, which focuses not on building vehicles but on how to leverage them — Group could help retailer deliver packages quickly as it builds out its supply chain and logistics network — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -.39% has created a team focused …
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| John Voorhees / MacStories: |
Apple announces it's reducing affiliate commissions on apps and in-app purchases from 7% to 2.5% starting May 1 — Today, Apple announced that it is reducing the commissions it pays on apps and In-App Purchases from 7% to 2.5% effective May 1st. The iTunes Affiliate Program pays a commission …
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
T-Mobile reports net income of $698M, up 46% YoY, and says it gained 914K post-paid customers in Q1, amid Verizon's loss of 289K post-paid customers — The carrier's move to eliminate all options except for its T-Mobile One unlimited data plan didn't slow its momentum down.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Netflix to raise $1B through debt offering to fund new content and other “strategic transactions” — Netflix has announced that it intends to raise €1 billion — a smidgen more than $1 billion (USD) when converted at today's rate — via a senior note debt offering for … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches Subscribe with Amazon, a marketplace for digital subscriptions in development since last year — Amazon has made headway in the subscription business with its Subscribe & Save feature for consumers, which offers discounted pricing on products if you agree to buy on a recurring basis.
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| Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch: |
DJI's new FPV headset, called DJI Goggles, lets you control your drone with head movements, shipping after May 20 for $499 — When DJI announced the Mavic Pro last year they also teased a pair of FPV goggles that could be used to see first-person video from DJI's drones.
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Digital Trends, The Verge, and Engadget
| Chris Preimesberger / eWeek: |
Violin Memory, which went public in 2013, announces it has been acquired by private investment fund Quantum Partners — Violin will retain its proprietary intellectual property, customer base and professional team. The private fund will handle the business of the company.
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