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SAP announces it will buy user experience management platform Qualtrics, which had planned to go public later this month, for $8B — SAP on Sunday night announced that it will purchase Qualtrics, a U.S.-based maker of survey software that had been expected to go public this week, for $8 billion in cash,
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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Qualtrics had 2017 revenue of $289.9M; with the $8B acquisition, Accel and IVP's stakes are each worth $1B+, and the Smith family's stake is ~$2.6B after taxes — Utah-founded cloud unicorn Qualtrics was set to have one of tech's most hotly-anticipated initial public offerings this week.| CoinDesk: |
A look at the heated debate raging in the Bitcoin Cash community ahead of the contentious hard fork that may split the cryptocurrency's blockchain on Nov. 15 — “Do not come crying when you are bankrupt.” — Lobbed at those bitcoin cash enthusiasts supporting Bitcoin ABC …
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Tweets: @poloniex, @proffaustus, @whalepanda, @el33th4xor, @alistairmilne, @zooko, @ljxie, @pt, and @poloniex
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft XO18 roundup: Microsoft acquires game studios inXile and Obsidian, announces 91M+ MAUs for Minecraft, and says Minecraft Marketplace has 77 partners — Microsoft is throwing a big fan bash in Mexico City, and it made a lot of news announcements about new games, services, and acquisitions at its XO18 fan event.
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Xbox Wire, Xbox Wire, Xbox Wire, Business Insider, Thurrott.com, SlashGear, YouTube, PCWorld, CNET, Xbox Live's Major Nelson, and Gematsu
Tweets: @aarongreenberg and @charalanahzard
| Morgan Little / CNET: |
Microsoft says mouse and keyboard support for the Xbox One is coming on November 14 — Microsoft revealed the timing for mouse and keyboard support for the Xbox One Saturday, announcing that it would launch Wednesday, November 14, among its many other reveals during its X018 event.
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Polygon, The Next Web, Engadget, The Verge, VentureBeat, CNET, TechCrunch, GameSpot, VG247, Polygon, Windows Central, and IGN
Tweets: @ign, @tomwarren, @majornelson, and @cnetnews
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Cloudflare launches Android and iOS apps for its privacy-focused DNS service 1.1.1.1 — Months after announcing its privacy-focused DNS service, Cloudflare is bringing 1.1.1.1 to mobile users. — Granted, nothing ever stopped anyone from using 1.1.1.1 on their phones or tablets already.
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App Store, The Cloudflare Blog, Engadget, BleepingComputer, ZDNet, Android Central, Android Police, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @cloudflare
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Facebook pressured Palmer Luckey to say he supported libertarian Gary Johnson despite his years-long support of Trump; Luckey's exit package was $100M+ — Palmer Luckey, co-founder of virtual-reality pioneer Oculus, was ousted after his political activity sparked a furor within the social-media giant and Silicon Valley
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Engadget, The Hill, SiliconANGLE, and CNET
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| Emily Dreyfuss / Wired: |
Sue Gordon, the principal deputy director of national intelligence, explains the need for a new partnership between the intelligence agencies and Silicon Valley — SUE GORDON, THE principal deputy director of national intelligence, wakes up every day at 3 am, jumps on a Peloton … | Emma Grey Ellis / Wired: |
Changing viewing habits and a desire for more ad revenue are prompting YouTube creators to post ever longer videos — ONE MONTH AGO, a dog I have never met died. His owners are YouTubers Simon and Martina, a Canadian couple who make videos about the delicious food they eat in Tokyo, where they live.
Tweets: @nxthompson, @wired, @jamcnn, @sushubh, and @_danielsinclair
| Eamon Barrett / Fortune: |
How Alibaba turned Singles' Day into a multi-billion dollar sales event bigger than Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined — Valentine's Day can be a lonely time if you don't have a partner. But, at least in China, there's a holiday that celebrates singledom too.| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
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Tweets: @danheld and @option_snipper
| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Don MacAskill, CEO of Flickr-owner SmugMug, on why the service will end Flickr's free 1TB storage and delete all but the last 1,000 photos from free accounts — The criticisms started piling up as soon as Flickr said it would end its free terabyte of photo storage and delete all but a member's 1,000 …
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| Will Knight / MIT Technology Review: |
Andrew Moore, Google Cloud's new head of AI, on mistakes companies make in adopting AI, working with US military, and China's importance to Google's AI plans — Andrew Moore is the new head of Google's Cloud AI business, a unit that is striving to make machine-learning tools and techniques … | Colin Harper / Bitcoin Magazine: |
Bitcoin evangelist and educator Andreas Antonopoulos reflects on the first 10 years of blockchain — As Bitcoin approaches its 10th anniversary, its community, old and new, has begun taking stock of how a decade has come to alter or define the cryptocurrency — and what Bitcoin has done to alter or define the decade.Sponsor Posts
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