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Judge rejects $324M settlement in anti-poaching class action suit against Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe; says it should have been at least $380M — BREAKING: Judge strikes down Techtopus wage theft settlement — The judge overseeing the landmark Silicon Valley wage theft antitrust lawsuit …
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Google is testing “Listen Now” ads with Spotify, Rhapsody, and Apple's Beats Music — Google Tests New Music Ads — Google is testing “Listen Now” ads with Spotify, Rhapsody and Apple 's Beats Music, the latest in a string of new ad formats that can simplify purchases for consumers.| Reuters: |
FCC rejects Verizon's “all the kids do it” argument, asks all carriers to explain their data throttling policies — After Verizon, U.S. FCC quizzing other carriers on data management — (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. communications regulator on Friday said he is asking … | Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
T-Mobile becomes first American carrier to release phone unlocking app — One week after President Obama signed a phone-unlocking bill into law, T-Mobile has responded by becoming the first American carrier to launch its own unlocking app. Modestly titled Device Unlock … | Reuters: |
Former Microsoft senior manager Brian Jorgenson receives 2 years in prison for insider trading — Ex-Microsoft employee gets 2 years in prison for insider trades — A former Microsoft Corp employee was sentenced to two years in prison on Friday for his part in an insider trading scheme …
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China's Alibaba Is Not Investing in Snapchat — Alibaba's interest in Snapchat has disappeared. — While there have been persistent reports, including one in Forbes today, that the Chinese e-commerce giant was going to make a big investment in the popular Los Angeles-area ephemeral messaging company …
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Google Ventures-Backed Quettra Raises $2.9 Million, So Advertisers Can Know Even More About You — Mountain View, Calif.-based Quettra has raised a seed round of funding from some big-name investors based on the premise that mobile advertisers should have even more information on their users.| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Meta Watch's Meta M1 premium smartwatch is now available for preorder starting at $249 — Meta Watch's ‘premium’ smartwatch is now available for pre-order — The Meta M1 can be had in a variety of colors and band options — Smartwatches are everywhere this year, but with few exceptions …
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Google settles U.S. shareholder lawsuit over online drug ads — (Reuters) - Google Inc has agreed to create a $250 million internal program to disrupt rogue online pharmacies as part of a deal to end shareholder litigation over accusations the search company improperly allowed ads from non-U.S. drug sellers.
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Facebook unveils Autoscale, its load-balancing system that achieves an average power saving of 10-15% — Facebook today revealed details about Autoscale, a system for power-efficient load balancing that has been rolled out to production clusters in its data centers.
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Windows Phone Store hits more than 300,000 apps — And Microsoft expects the number to get much larger with the arrival of “universal” Windows apps. — Microsoft's Windows Phone Store has reached a new milestone with more than 300,000 apps on its virtual shelves.| Reuters: |
Exclusive: Tango secondary financing values company at around $1.5 billion — (Reuters) - Tango, the mobile messaging company, is arranging a financing transaction that would value its business at around $1.5 billion, roughly one-third more than the valuation it received just five months ago … | Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Rakuten acquires US based e-commerce app Slice as it thinks about expansion in country — Japan's Rakuten Buys Startup as It Mulls U.S. Entry — Rakuten, Japan's largest online retailer, has bought Slice, a U.S. based e-commerce app, as it plans a possible foray into the U.S.
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