Satya Nadella email to employees on aligning engineering to strategy
As we approach a new fiscal year, I'd like to share with you how we are aligning our structure to our strategy and the changes to our Senior Leadership Team. — Over the past year, I have said that M...
British Independent music labels balk at Apple's plans for free trial period, during which they would receive no royalties
Record labels attack Apple deals that would leave them ‘completely screwed’ — Independents claim they could be forced out of business by free trial …
California Labor Commission rules Uber drivers are employees, not contractors
Uber drivers are employees, not contractors -Calif. Labor Commission — A San Francisco-based driver for ride-hailing service Uber is an employee, according to a ruling by the California Labor Commis...
Microsoft announces executive shakeup and internal reorganization as Stephen Elop departs
Microsoft Shakes Up Its Leadership And Internal Structure As Its Fiscal Year Comes To A Close — This morning Microsoft announced changes to its organizational structure and leadership team.
Amazon updates Kindle Paperwhite with doubled resolution of 300ppi at the same price of $119
Amazon announces new Kindle Paperwhite with a high-resolution screen — Amazon is updating the Kindle Paperwhite today with a new display, now at 300 pixels per inch.
Microsoft's Mark Penn Forms New Digital Marketing Investment Group
Mr. Penn's new fund, Stagwell Group LLC …
San Diego firm plans to file first net neutrality complaint against TWC for charging unreasonable rates to deliver streaming video
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Microsoft partners with 150 accelerators worldwide to offer $120K free Azure cloud credits to startups beginning July 1
Microsoft Teams with Top Global Accelerators and Incubators to Provide Startups with $120,000/Year of Free Azure Cloud Credits — Every startup is unique.
Uber hires Brian McClendon, Google ten-year veteran and former head of Maps, to oversee its Pittsburgh Advanced Technologies Center
Uber Hires Google's Former Head of Maps to Oversee Location Technology, Pittsburgh Center — Uber is getting serious about maps, and it has poached the former head of Google Maps to lead the charge.
Dropbox now allows Basic and Pro users to request files up to 2GB from multiple people, coming to Dropbox Business users in a few weeks
Dropbox now lets you request files from multiple people with just a link — Got email marketing? We've got best practices from LivingSocial …
FCC Fining AT&T $100 Million for Misleading Unlimited Data Plans
Federal Communications Commission officials announced plans Wednesday to fine AT&T $100 million for misleading subscribers about unlimited data plans. — It's the largest such fine the agency has eve...
AMD unveils R9 Fury X for $649, Fury for $549, and Nano graphics cards based on Fiji chip, should be available this summer
AMD unveils R9 Fury X, Fury, and Nano graphics cards — Plus, a nutty dual-GPU Fury X PC called Project Quantum and rebranded 300-series .
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Q&A: why he stepped down, what it's like serving on a board with two former CEOs, and more
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo Q&A: Why He Stepped Down, and What's Next — Don't expect the onetime stand-up comic to return to the stage: On Twitter, “I can be heckled in real time anywhere around the wo...
Let's Encrypt, the free SSL certificate service backed by EFF, Mozilla, others, announces limited launch end of July and general availability mid-September
Let's Encrypt Launch Schedule — Let's Encrypt has reached a point where we're ready to announce our launch schedule.
Cohesity Emerges With $70 Million to Consolidate Data Storage
Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal : … Serial entrepreneur Mohit Aron is unveiling his latest company, Cohesity Inc., which continues his quest to consolidate computing and storage systems so that da...
SEC filing shows Y Combinator raising money for new VC fund, the Y Combinator Continuity Fund I
Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's hottest startup factory, has filed to raise a venture capital fund — Y Combinator is raising money to create a new VC fund according to forms filed with the SEC.
Mapbox Raises $52.6M Led By DFJ To Be The “Map Layer” For All Apps
With questions swirling over who may end up buying Nokia's mapping division Here, a startup trying to disrupt it and other big boys like Google has raised some major funding. Mapbox, a developer of c...
Amazon Bans Kodi/XBMC App Over Piracy Concerns
Taking “infringing” apps out of popular app stores is one of Hollywood's key anti-piracy priorities for the years to come. — Various entertainment industry groups frequently report “piracy-enabling”...
Twitter's new shared blocking feature is poorly implemented, requires CSV export and import; block lists can only be shared through a third-party service
The Glaring Hole In Twitter's New Shared Blocking Feature — Last week Twitter announced a new tool to stem online harassment …
Fairphone 2, a new modular Android smartphone, with HD 5-inch display, 2GB RAM, MicroSD and dual SIM slots, will be available in Europe in the fall, for €525
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Rejecting M&A, FreedomPop Raises Another $30M For Its Free Mobile Service
FreedomPop is taking another step ahead today in its bid to build out a global mobile business based on free voice, text and data bundles and upselling additional services. Amid months of M&A rumors ...
LG licenses 2G, 3G and 4G patents to Nokia; royalty payments subject to arbitration, will be determined within the next two years
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‘600 Million’ Samsung Mobiles Vulnerable To Keyboard Cracking Attack
with no end in sight Kellex / Droid Life : About All This 600 Million+ Samsung Owners and Swiftkey Users Security Flaw Stuff Graham Cluley / HOTforSecurity : Samsung Galaxy phones at risk from massive...
Amazon says federal rules, not state or local, should regulate unmanned aerial systems ahead of oversight committee hearing Wednesday
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Mozilla Makes A Beta Version Of Webmaker For Android Available To Download From Google Play
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Tidemark announces $25M funding, bringing total raised to $100M as the company expands further into Europe
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TWC says it can bring gigabit internet to LA with D3.1 technology, which allows cable operators to deliver multi-gigabit speeds on hybrid fiber/coax networks
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Hulu changes the name of its paid tier from Hulu Plus to just Hulu
Following Facebook's Cues … Karl Bode / DSLreports : Hulu Officially Ditches the ‘Plus’ in Hulu Plus Todd Haselton / TechnoBuffalo : You can stop calling it Hulu Plus now Stephen Silver / TechnologyTe...
Apple revokes Monster's authority to make licensed accessories through its MFi program
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Comparison shopping engine Connexity buys PriceGrabber, making it the second-largest retail lead generator behind Google
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Jason Kilar's subscription video service Vessel launches beta Android app
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HTC confirms sponsored content coming to BlinkFeed in several countries
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Huge Loss For Free Speech In Europe: Human Rights Court Says Sites Liable For User Comments
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Snapchat debuts the first sponsored geofilter at all McDonald's locations in the US
Paresh Dave / Los Angeles Times :
Adobe sees strong Q2 with $1.16B in revenue, 639K new Creative Cloud subscribers
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Andreessen Horowitz makes case against tech bubble talk
What's Going On? - by Morgan Bender, Benedict Evans, Scott Kupor Mike Billings / Wall Street Journal : The Daily Startup: Foundation Rebukes VCs for Failing to Put Skin in the Game Tweets: Scott Kupor...
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