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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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Profile of Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith, who resisted taking VC money for over a decade before finally agreeing to deals with Accel and Sequoia Capital — - SAP is paying $8 billion in cash for Ryan Smith's Qualtrics — Utah-based software company had been planning to go public| 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.| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the tug of war between the data driven tech team and the relationship-oriented Hollywood team at Netflix — As the company plunges deeper into originals, its L.A. wing is doing the once-unthinkable: overriding the metrics — Netflix Inc.'s executives were torn.
Tweets: @ledgerstatus, @memles, @wsj, @asharma, @sub8u, @memles, @memles, @wsj, @memles, @trevornoren, and @filmmakermag
| Yonhap News Agency: |
Sources: Samsung to launch the flagship Galaxy S10 in February, Galaxy S10 with 5G support and its foldable phone called Galaxy F in March — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to launch its first foldable smartphone in March, along with a fifth-generation (5G) network-powered Galaxy S10, industry sources said Monday.
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The Verge, Business Insider, The Next Web, Engadget, Inquirer, Pocket-lint, Tom's Guide, Softpedia News, and Mashable
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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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Circle, Bitfinex blog, poloniex.freshdesk.com, CryptoGlobe, Bitcoinist.com, Bitsonline, Financial Times, CCN, Trustnodes, CCN, CCN, Trustnodes, CryptoGlobe, CoinDesk, Bitsonline, SludgeFeed, BitcoinExchangeGuide, The Block, Bitsonline, ETHNews, NewsBTC, CryptoGlobe, CoinSpeaker, Coingeek, CoinSpeaker, Trustnodes, Trustnodes, Decrypt Media, NewsBTC, Bitcoinist.com, SludgeFeed, Trustnodes, and Coinjournal
Tweets: @poloniex, @proffaustus, @pt, @whalepanda, @zooko, @ljxie, @alistairmilne, and @el33th4xor
| Reuters: |
Regulatory filing shows SoftBank Group seeks to raise ~$21B in an IPO for its Japanese mobile telecom unit on December 19 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange — TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp's domestic telecoms unit on Monday received approval to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange …
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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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Business Insider, Fortune, Engadget, Firstpost, UploadVR, SiliconANGLE, Mashable, The Hill, and CNET
Tweets: @keachhagey, @oneunderscore__, @boztank, @boztank, @keachhagey, @josh_emerson, @juliacarriew, @mikeisaac, @wsj, @justinhendrix, and @mollymckew
| Eliot Brown / Wall Street Journal: |
Report: 1,594 US startups received initial VC funding in the first 9 months of 2018, down 40% from 2015, while median seed round was $2M, ~4X the 2013 average — The result is a big increase in the size of some early-stage investments and valuations — It has been a fast ride … | 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, The Verge, Inquirer, BetaNews, Firstpost, TechSpot, Android Police, ZDNet, MSPoweruser, The Next Web, BleepingComputer, Engadget, Android Central, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @cloudflare
| Daniel Oberhaus / Motherboard: |
Researchers warn so-called “perceptual” ad blockers, which aim to visually recognize ads on a page to block them, are ineffective and create new attack vectors — Perceptual ad blockers will come out on the losing side in the war against internet advertisers and expose users …
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Alibaba sold $30.8B worth of goods during the 24-hour Singles' Day shopping event, topping the 2017 Singles Day sales of $25.3B — - Singles Day got off to a strong start with sales hitting $1 billion in one minute and 25 seconds. — Alibaba on Sunday tore through last year's Singles Day sales record …
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TechCrunch, New York Times, The Verge, CNBC, Bloomberg, ZDNet, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, Telegraph, Cult of Mac, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, CNET, Ad Age, Business Wire, Bloomberg, BBC, ecns, WWD, Mashable, TechCrunch, South China Morning Post, Reuters, Fortune, Firstpost, ABC News, Axios, CNN, The Business of Fashion, The Verge, and Tech in Asia
Tweets: @shiraovide, @arjunkharpal, @jonrussell, @jonrussell, @danheld, and @option_snipper
| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at nascent efforts to stream video games, as latency seems set to drop even lower with the proliferation of data centers and 5G rolling out — By making game consoles unnecessary, streaming could dramatically broaden the videogame market — Technology giants are trying to bring …
Tweets: @saraheneedleman
| 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, Tom's Guide, Business Insider, Thurrott.com, SlashGear, PCWorld, YouTube, CNET, Xbox Live's Major Nelson, and Gematsu
Tweets: @aarongreenberg and @charalanahzard
| Morgan Little / CNET: |
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The Next Web, Engadget, VentureBeat, The Verge, Polygon, TechCrunch, GameSpot, Engadget, Windows Central, VG247, Polygon, Windows Central, and IGN
Tweets: @ign, @tomwarren, @majornelson, and @cnetnews
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