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Sources: Uber board mulls offers from SoftBank and a Dragoneer-led coalition to buy from shareholders at discount from last valuation, plus a Pishevar-led offer — SAN FRANCISCO — Uber's board has voted to move forward on proposals by two investment groups to buy shares in the ride-hailing service …
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Sources: Google buys Senosis Health, maker of smartphone apps that monitor health metrics — Shwetak Patel has struck again. — The University of Washington computer scientist has sold his newest Seattle startup company, Senosis Health, to Google, according to sources familiar with the deal.| Chris Burniske / cburniske: |
As bitcoin hovers around $4,000, a look at its previous boom and bust cycles, and thoughts about cryptoasset valuations — As the cryptoasset markets develop we'll see many booms and busts as enthusiasm waxes and wanes. Waxing and waning is all part of riding a rocket to the moon.
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Bitcoin passes $4,000 mark amid ICO frenzy and a slowdown in momentum behind Bitcoin Cash — What a day for Bitcoin. — 24 hours ago the cryptocurrency was trading below $3,700. About an hour ago it surged passed $4,000 and has no signs of stopping. It's now trading around $4,135.00.
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Over 1,000 Android apps found distributing SonicSpy spyware, including three in the Google Play Store, which silently record audio, take photos, and make calls — Three fake messaging apps in the Google Play Store discovered to be distributing stealthy data-stealing SonicSpy malware … | Protocol Labs: |
Protocol Labs explains 24hr+ halt of now-resumed Filecoin ICO, which may be biggest ever if the $52M token presale is included, handily beating Tezos' $232M — NOTICE: SALE REOPENS SAT, AUG 12 AT 11:00AM PDT Dear Filecoin Investors, and broader community, Wow! We are deeply humbled and grateful for your tremendous support.
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Sources: Onavo Protect, VPN app bought in '13, gave Facebook app usage data that affected decisions like WhatsApp acquisition, adding Stories to Instagram, more — Information from data-security app shows company what people do on their phones beyond suite of firm's apps| Jessi Hempel / Wired: |
Baidu COO Qi Lu on company's and China's AI ambitions, Baidu's DuerOS natural language-based AI platform, why Alexa ecosystem is ahead of rivals in US, more — A company can have the best technology in the world. It can have the strongest talent. It can have the coolest product ideas.
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Marketing tech startup Appboy, which is challenging Salesforce's Marketing Cloud, raises $50M Series D led by Iconiq, bringing the total raised to $93.6M — Appboy, a New York-based startup that's challenging Salesforce and other business software giants, now has $50 million in new Series D money.
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FBI says ISIS used fake eBay listings to send a total of $8,700 via PayPal to a US-based ISIS operative — Affidavit alleges American citizen Mohamed Elshinawy was part of a global network stretching from Britain to Bangladesh — U.S. investigators uncovered a global financial network run … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook discontinued its Groups app for Android and iOS; users will be unable to log in after September 1 — Facebook is paring down its collection of standalone apps. The company's experimental “teens-only” app Lifestage, designed to counteract Snapchat's threat, has been pulled from the App Store.
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Hong Kong's PCCW raises $110M for 18% stake in its video and music streaming unit from Hony Capital, Foxconn, and Temasek — This week seems to be a good one for media streaming companies in Asia. Hot on the heels of Malaysia-based Iflix raising $133 million for its Netflix-like service … Sponsor Posts
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