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HP plans to split into two businesses, one for PCs and printers and the other for corporate hardware and services — Hewlett-Packard Plans to Break in Two — H-P will separate its PC and printer operation from its corporate hardware and other units, sources say.
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HP revives its three-year-old breakup plan after failing to sell off several business units — HP Returns to Breakup Plan It Shelved Three Years Ago — Computing giant Hewlett-Packard is close to breaking itself into two companies after CEO Meg Whitman ran out of options to turn around … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Hacked Screenshots Show Friend-To-Friend Payments Feature Hidden In Facebook Messenger — Facebook Messenger is all set up to allow friends to send each other money. All Facebook has to do is turn on the feature, according to screenshots and video taken using iOS app exploration developer tool Cycript …
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Thanks:@joshconstine| Matthew Wisnioski / Washington Post: |
Walter Isaacon's “The Innovators” is the most accessible, comprehensive history of the digital age — Book review: ‘The Innovators,’ on the digital revolution, by Walter Isaacson — In the Industrial Revolution's wake, aspiring entrepreneurs combed through a landmark biography of inventors for the secrets to success.| Jeff Elder / Wall Street Journal: |
Google to Make Security Guards Employees, Rather Than Contractors — In a move that could reverberate around Silicon Valley, Google plans to hire more than 200 security guards as its own employees, rather than through an outside contractor. — The guards will be eligible for the same benefits … | Jenna Wortham / New York Times: |
Founding “queen” of pirate streaming site NinjaVideo is unrepentant after 16 months in prison — The Unrepentant Bootlegger — The Deposed Queen of NinjaVideo The Deposed Queen of NinjaVideo — Hana Beshara, a founder of NinjaVideo, once a popular illegal video downloading site, was known as Queen Phara to its users.
Tweets: @margotkaminski, @thejoebrown, @wyattnyt, @choitotheworld, @percival and @anildash
| Matthew Lynley / BuzzFeed: |
Behind the Dropbox team working to deeply integrate the company's services in phones like the Galaxy Note 4 and Xperia Z3 — Meet The Team Putting Dropbox On Your Phone — Dropbox's strategic partnerships team, filled with a batch of former Googlers and other policy experts, is tasked with embedding Dropbox into new mobile devices.| Jake Swearingen / The Atlantic Online: |
A Year After Death of Silk Road, Darknet Markets Are Booming — It's been one year since the FBI shut down Silk Road, the granddaddy of darknet marketplaces, and arrested main Silk Road admin Ross William Ulbricht (or, as he was known online, Dread Pirate Roberts).| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Netflix's Exclusive Content Push Continues With A Foray Into Film — Over the last few days, Netflix has announced a couple of deals that will bring a series of films to its streaming video platform over the coming years. The partnerships represent a new form of “exclusive” content for Netflix …
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Redbox Instant streaming video service operated by Redbox and Verizon is shutting down on October 7 — Redbox Instant is shutting down October 7 — A year and a half after its official launch, Redbox Instant is calling it quits. The shut-down shows how hard it is to compete with Netflix for streaming video subscriptions.
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