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Travis Kalanick resigns as Uber CEO, sources say after pressure from Benchmark, First Round, Lowercase, Menlo, and Fidelity; he will remain on Uber's board — Travis Kalanick stepped down Tuesday as chief executive of Uber, the ride-hailing service that he helped found in 2009 and that he built …
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| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Benchmark confirms Bill Gurley will leave Uber's board of directors, to be replaced by fellow partner Matt Cohler — Benchmark partner Bill Gurley is in talks to leave Uber Technologies Inc.'s board of directors, two people familiar with the matter said. — If he decides to go …
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Possible Kalanick replacements at Uber: YouTube's Susan Wojcicki, ex-Ford CEO Alan Mulally, ex-eBay CEO John Donahoe; sources say Sandberg to stay at Facebook — The embattled ride-hail company needs a no-nonsense executive with some form of experience with distributed networks.
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Sources: Benchmark's Bill Gurley led the effort to build support among fellow Uber investors for a demand that Travis Kalanick resign — The plot to oust Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick began almost the moment he announced last week that he was taking a temporary break from the celebrated technology company caught up in scandals.
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| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Uber's crisis was a failure of oversight and shows founders should be constrained by lieutenants, mentors, and a forceful board of directors — Travis Kalanick's spectacular rise and fall at Uber contains many lessons for the technology industry. But one lesson should rise above the others …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snap adds Snap Map to Snapchat, offering global view of friends' locations in Bitmoji form, accessed by zooming out of default camera view — Snapchat's next big feature wants to get you to meet up with friends in real life rather than just watching each other's lives on your phones.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Snapchat quietly acquired social mapping startup Zenly last month for $250M to $350M; Zenly to continue running independently — Snapchat's newest feature, Snap Map, is based on its latest acquisition, social mapping startup Zenly. TechCrunch has learned that Snapchat has bought Zenly …
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Periscope debuts Super Hearts, which viewers can buy in-app using virtual coins starting at $0.99, earning creators a monthly pay-out — Periscope has a new revenue stream and a new way to attract the best live video content to its Twitter-owned app. Today Periscope launches Super Hearts …
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| Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Verge: |
Tumblr, known for its activism on internet issues like net neutrality and the SOPA/PIPA fight, may change to be less outspoken, now that it's owned by Verizon — One of the open internet's fiercest defenders has a new boss — In 2014, Tumblr was on the front lines of the battle for net neutrality.
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Spotify now lets users build group playlists with their friends in Facebook Messenger — Spotify is excited to introduce Group Playlists for Messenger, a new experience for creating playlists with friends on a messaging app they already know and love. — With Group Playlists for Messenger … | Gerry Doyle / New York Times: |
Toshiba says it's chosen a Japanese consortium to buy its microchip business, overlooking US-based Western Digital; full details of the deal expected next week — HONG KONG — As Toshiba, the embattled technology giant, battles for survival, it has turned to a group led by the Japanese government … | Kevin Kelleher / VentureBeat: |
Adobe buys Mettle's SkyBox tools to build up its VR offerings; Mettle cofounder Chris Bobotis to join Adobe — ANALYSIS: — In a bid to strengthen its virtual reality offerings, Adobe is buying SkyBox technology from VR software company Mettle. Mettle makes plugins that enable 360-degree and VR tools for Adobe's Creative Cloud.Sponsor Posts
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