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Sources: Flipkart board approved in-principle to engaging Walmart on ~$15B bid with Alphabet investing too; Amazon bid unlikely to win due to competitive issues — MUMBAI/BENGALURU/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart's board is yet to finalize a deal to sell a controlling stake …
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Facebook has been conducting market research to determine whether an ad-free subscription-based version would spur more people to join the network — - Internal debate whether users will pay to avoid advertisments — Data-privacy crisis forces company to seek to regain trust| Linda Sui / Strategy Analytics: |
Analysis: 345M smartphones shipped in Q1 2018, down 2.4% YoY; iPhone X was world's best-selling smartphone with 16M units shipped this quarter — According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics Smartphone Model Tracker (SMT) service, global smartphone shipments reached 345 million units in Q1 2018.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann postpones Vine successor v2 indefinitely, citing need for funding, logistical issues conflicting with early-stage startup he runs — Citing funding and logistical issues — Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann announced today that his planned sequel to the popular …
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| David McCabe / Axios: |
Starting July 10, Google will require people buying ads related to candidates in US federal elections to be US citizens or lawful permanent residents — People buying Google ads related to candidates in U.S. federal elections will have to prove they are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents beginning July 10, the company says.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Apple shutting down Texture's magazine app on Windows after acquisition, will continue support for other platforms; Windows app was neglected before acquisition — Texture, the magazine subscription service that Apple purchased back in March, plans to shut down its Windows app at the end of June.
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| Sherri L. Smith / Tom's Guide: |
Lenovo Mirage Solo review: a great wireless, standalone VR experience with Daydream WorldSense tech and 110° FoV but less content and 2x as pricey as Oculus Go — For a while now, there have been limitations on what you could do in virtual reality. You could walk around the room, but you were tethered to a PC.
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| Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed: |
GoDaddy takes down Richard Spencer's website altright.com, says it has “encouraged and promoted violence in a direct and threatening manner” — Richard Spencer speaking at the Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 19, 2017, in Gainesville, Florida. — Joe Raedle / Getty Images| Becky Quick / CNBC: |
Ahead of annual shareholders meeting, Berkshire Hathaway reveals it bought 75M shares of Apple, adding to the 165.3M shares it already owned at the end of 2017 — - In the first quarter, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway bought an astounding 75 million shares of Apple.
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| Nicole Jao / TechNode: |
UBTECH, a Shenzhen-based intelligent humanoid robots maker, raises $820M Series C led by Tencent, bringing the startup's valuation to about $5B — Shenzhen-based AI and humanoid robotic company Ubtech has secured $820 million in Some eries C funding round, our sister site TechNode Chinese is reporting …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Cybersecurity company Carbon Black closes up 26% on its first day of trading after raising $152M in its IPO and is now valued at $2B — Cybersecurity company Carbon Black went public on Friday, raising $152 million in its IPO and closing its first day of trading up 26%.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Xerox reverses course, says its CEO and majority of the board are staying, after agreement with shareholders opposing a buyout by Fujifilm expired on Thursday — The reversal came two days after reaching agreement with activists Icahn and Deason, which expired without certain stipulations being met
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