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Automattic raises $300M Series D from Salesforce Ventures at a post-money valuation of $3B — Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce and soon Tumblr, has closed a $300 million funding round at a $3 billion post-money valuation. The Series D round has a single investor, Salesforce Ventures.| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Huawei unveils flagship 6.53-inch Mate 30 Pro with Kirin 990 chipset, 8GB RAM, 4,500mAh battery, fast 27W wireless charging, and no Google-licensed apps — The Huawei Mate 30 Pro has now gone official with the troubled handset coming with a serious spec sheet that includes the Kirin 990 chipset …
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Google says Google Pay in India has 67M monthly active users and has processed transactions worth $110B+ in the last 12 months and unveils Pay for Business — Rama Devi has taught more than a thousand women how to use the internet in her role as a Saathi—now she's helping farmers become more productive.| Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News: |
Google announces Vodafone-Idea Phone Line, a free phone number for the carrier's feature phone users in India to talk to Google Assistant in Hindi or English — Google will let people in emerging markets like India talk to Google Assistant, the company's virtual assistant, simply by dialing a phone number.
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GitHub buys code analysis tool Semmle, which helps identify security vulnerabilities and has Microsoft, Google among clients; Semmle raised $31M in VC funding — Microsoft's GitHub today announced that it has acquired Semmle, a code analysis tool that helps developers and security researchers … | Robert Iger / Vanity Fair: |
Book excerpt: as he exits Apple's board, Disney's Bob Iger recounts talks with Steve Jobs before Disney bought Pixar, and how their friendship grew — As he exits Apple's board, the Disney chief reminisces about his relationship with its mercurial founder—and how their radical visions aligned to save two companies.
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Airbnb, which generated revenue of more than $1B in Q2, says it intends to go public in 2020 — While $1 billion in revenue is impressive, it's not the first time Airbnb has achieved the number. What matters for the homesharing platform is the growth narrative.
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Roku unveils smaller $29.99 Express, a faster $99.99 Ultra with a customizable remote, and Roku OS 9.2 with new content discovery tools and voice capabilities — The Ultra's remote can open whatever app you want with a single button press — Roku is unveiling its fall 2019 lineup … | Crystal Tse / Bloomberg: |
Datadog, an app performance monitoring and analytics platform, raises $648M in US IPO, valuing the company at $7.83B, after rejecting Cisco's acquisition offer — Datadog Inc. raised $648 million in its U.S. initial public offering, pricing its shares above an already increased target range.
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A day before global climate strikes, Jeff Bezos announces the Climate Pledge for businesses to commit to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2040 — During a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington this morning, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos alongside former United Nations climate leaders unveiled …
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Sources: AT&T is considering parting ways with its DirecTV unit, including spinning it off into a separate public company or combining assets with Dish — Telecom giant considers fate of DirecTV satellite unit — AT&T Inc. is exploring parting with its DirecTV satellite unit …
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New Relic updates its app monitoring platform with programmability features that enable developers to build native apps on it, new AI troubleshooting tool, more — Application and DevOps monitoring company New Relic Inc. is evolving its New Relic One platform via a major update announced at its annual FutureStack conference today.
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Apple's VP of communications Steve Dowling is leaving the company after five years in the role; Dowling joined the company 16 years ago — Steve Dowling, who has headed Apple's communications for the last five years, is leaving after 16 years at the company.
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DCVC, which focuses on early-stage “deep” technology startups, closes a $725M fifth fund; the fourth DCVC fund, raised in 2016, topped out at $212M — Back in April, Crunchbase News spotted a filing by DCVC (formerly known as Data Collective) indicating that the Palo Alto-based …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook debuts Portal TV, a TV accessory for video calling, streaming, AR gaming, and co-viewing Facebook Watch shows, shipping November 5 for $149 — Facebook wants to take over your television with a clip-on camera for video calling, AR gaming, and content co-watching.
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