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AWS's new services and features go after legacy customers of tech giants like IBM, Oracle, Microsoft — Amazon Messes With Billions in Corporate Computing Dollars — LAS VEGAS — There is a famous story from the early days of Google that goes something like this: When a group … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
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Google launches Accelerated Mobile Pages for faster mobile web, partners with Twitter, Pinterest, Adobe, LinkedIn, WordPress, and more — Introducing the Accelerated Mobile Pages Project, for a faster, open mobile web — Smartphones and tablets have revolutionized the way we access information …
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Sources: Amazon weighs creating a live online TV service, holds preliminary talks with CBS, NBCUniversal — Amazon Said to Weigh Creating a Live Online Television Service — Amazon.com Inc. is exploring the creation of a live online TV service and has reached out to major media companies …
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Sources: Dell in talks for full or partial takeover of EMC — Dell Is in Talks to Strike Merger Deal With EMC, Sources Say — Unclear whether deal would be for part or all of EMC — Dell Inc. is in talks to strike a combination with EMC Corp., according to people familiar with the matter …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
HP introduces Envy all-in-one PC with a 34-inch curved display running Windows 10, available November 22 from $1,799.99 — HP's new all-in-one PC is curved and ultra wide — HP is introducing a number of new PCs today, but easily the most impressive — on a physical level, at least …
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Light debuts L16 camera, with 16 separate lens modules that can create a single 52 megapixel picture, preorder now for $1299, will ship summer 2016 — This camera is actually 16 cameras in one — It's not often that you see something truly different when it comes to camera design these days.
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| Ev Williams / Medium: |
Medium adds publishing API, @mentions, updated apps, improved editing options, custom domains for all, and a new logo — Taking Medium to the Next Level — Two years ago, we opened up Medium for anyone to write. It was a new, well-lit place for an old idea: letting people share their stories …
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| Mark Sullivan / VentureBeat: |
Andy Rubin's Playground Global incubator closes $300M funding round, will invest in hardware startups — Andy Rubin's Playground incubator has closed a $300 million funding round — Former Android chief Andy Rubin has a new incubator called Playground Global, and, Rubin says … | Sarah Jeong / Motherboard: |
Matthew Keys found guilty of hacking under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act; US attorney's office may seek less than five year prison sentence in January — Former Reuters Journalist Matthew Keys Found Guilty of Three Counts of Hacking — On Wednesday, a jury in Sacramento, California …
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Sources claim IP address belonging to Lyft CTO Chris Lambert used to accessed a security key later used in 2014 breach of Uber driver data — Exclusive: In lawsuit over hacking, Uber probes IP address assigned to Lyft exec - sources — Eight months after disclosing a major data breach … | New York Times: |
State-affiliated Chinese hackers breached LoopPay's corporate network as early as March, no indication that consumer data was stolen — Chinese Hackers Breached LoopPay, a Contributor to Samsung Pay — WASHINGTON — Months before its technology became the centerpiece of Samsung's … | Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Jet.com Overhauls Business Model, Kills $50 Membership Fee to Broaden Appeal — Jet.com launched less than three months ago, but it's already pivoting its business model. — The startup shopping site, which gives discounts to shoppers who place large orders, has decided to do away …
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Tweets: @thenextweb, @googleventures and @tomfgoodwin
| Katherine Noyes / Computerworld: |
Zendesk launches new machine learning and predictive analytics tool to help companies catch customer service problems before they occur — Zendesk taps machine learning for its Satisfaction Prediction tool — Machine learning has been making its way into a growing range of enterprise software …
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