by Alpha | Apr 12, 2017 | Pre-Market
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3. PLX:$PLX Announces Positive Results From Phase II Clinical Trial of Alidornase Alfa ) for the Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis
4. QCOM:$BBRY BlackBerry Awarded U.S. $814,868,350.00 in Arbitration Against $QCOM Nice Win!
5. NBIX:$NBIX PT raised to $65 from $58 at Jefferies
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1. Blackberry awarded $815 million in arbitration case against Qualcomm
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2. United will not use police to remove overbooked passengers
United Airlines Chief Executive Officer Oscar Munoz said the company would not use law enforcement officers to remove overbooked passengers from aircraft in the wake of a video that showed a forcible removal of a Chicago passenger on Sunday.
3. OPEC Production Keeps Declining as U.S. Shale Surges
OPEC said its output kept falling in March as members tightened compliance to agreed cuts, but said U.S. producers were enjoying a revival thanks to higher oil prices.
4. ClubCorp to not pursue strategic alternatives; CEO to step down
ClubCorp Holdings Inc (MYCC.N), one of the largest owners and operators of private golf and country clubs in the United States, said on Wednesday that it would not explore strategic alternatives at this time.
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ride sharing increasingly in high demand we are proud to partner with Lyft for their differentiated culture impressive growth strategy and exceptional management team and to work together to change transportation for the better for both passengers and.
DeleteUber which trended at the end of January because of the reaction to President Donald first immigrant travel ban led hundreds of thousands of people to remove the app in a week.
While Lyft has said it wants to reduce its losses the company has continued to raise money to sustain its expenses including offering discounted rides and paying drivers bonuses to lure them away from Uber.
Many publishers are deeply unhappy with the monetization on these pages with major partners like The New York Times throwing in the towel and many others cutting back the amount of content pushed to the IA platform.
There are also a lot of details to be worked out when it comes to subscription signups on Instant such as who owns the customer relationship what data the publisher gets and how the revenue is shared Wilson added.
For other publishers that heavily dependent on subscriptions as the Times is or have lucrative direct ad sales businesses Facebook Instant may still makes sense though.
Uber confirmed the departure and when I pinged Whetstone for comment she sent me this statement am incredibly proud of the team that built and that just as when I left Google a strong and brilliant woman will be taking my place.
Whetstone also has a witty side to her efforts such as when she wrote a blog post titled Rupert to strike back at a Wall Street Journal editorial about power.
Thus those who keep insisting to me that PR is the problem for Uber have to catch a clue The company is having troubles because it neglected to put key human resources and management systems in place that would counter its tendencies.
Many publishers are deeply unhappy with the monetization on these pages with major partners like The New York Times throwing in the towel and many others cutting back the amount of content pushed to the IA platform.
There are also a lot of details to be worked out when it comes to subscription signups on Instant such as who owns the customer relationship what data the publisher gets and how the revenue is shared Wilson added.
For other publishers that heavily dependent on subscriptions as the Times is or have lucrative direct ad sales businesses Facebook Instant may still makes sense though.
ET Uber Technologies is losing its communications chief in the middle of a crisis for the company.
Rachel Whetstone who joined Uber in from Alphabet Google where she also led communications and public policy said in a statement Tuesday she is leaving the company without citing a reason.
Previous investors GGV Capital GV formerly Google Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers also participated.
Perhaps because Synack takes an unusual approach to enterprise security going on offense instead of defense according to company CTO Mark Kuhr.
In fact the command piece starts with a community of several hundred hackers from around the world whom the company has vetted to be sure they are ethical and pass a background check.
Uber confirmed the departure and when I pinged Whetstone for comment she sent me this statement am incredibly proud of the team that built and that just as when I left Google a strong and brilliant woman will be taking my place.
Whetstone also has a witty side to her efforts such as when she wrote a blog post titled Rupert to strike back at a Wall Street Journal editorial about power.
Thus those who keep insisting to me that PR is the problem for Uber have to catch a clue The company is having troubles because it neglected to put key human resources and management systems in place that would counter its tendencies.
The authorities hope to recognize bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in as they seek to enforce rules against illegal transfers Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Moiseev said in an interview.
The plan to legalize and monitor bitcoin is taking shape as traditional schemes are drying up with dubious operations such as fake trades and loans used to move money abroad dropping by half to million last year according to central bank data.
Initially cryptocurrencies in Russia are most likely to be bought via bank accounts in order to make online purchases with some also acquired as a speculative investment Vice President Oleg Legostev said in comments emailed by the press service.
by Alpha | Apr 11, 2017 | Pre-Market
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4. CYTX:$CYTX 8.6M shares priced at $1.10
6. NADL:$NADL was 2+ before refinance talks bogged down …. if this solves that issue… then still has some room here
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1. Secret Recordings Play Role in SEC Probe of Insurer AmTrust
The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into accounting practices at insurer AmTrust Financial Services, and secretly-recorded conversations are part of the probe.
2. Mystery Clot Reveals a Helpful Mutant Gene in Hunt for a Cure
When he first saw the results from his 23-year-old patient with a painful leg clot, Paolo Simioni assumed the test was botched and angrily told his lab technician repeat it. But the number came back the same: A key protein in the man’s blood was almost eight times more powerful than normal.
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Malware that WikiLeaks purports belongs to the Central Intelligence Agency has been definitively tied to an advanced hacking operation that has been penetrating governments and private industries around the world for years researchers from security firm Symantec say.
Longhorn has used advanced malware tools and vulnerabilities to infiltrate a string of targets worldwide Symantec researchers wrote in a blog post published Monday.
Symantec also uncovered them the code word scoobysnack software compilation showed Longhorn members spoke English and likely lived in North America.
The American intelligence agencies have said Russian hackers broke into the servers of the Democratic National Committee and the email of Hillary campaign chairman and released documents in an effort to sway the election toward Donald Trump.
The researchers said Peter Severa had been on closed chat sites trying to recruit underground hackers for a later abandoned effort by the Russian security services to crash Islamic extremist websites.
Peter spam operation ran a sophisticated evolving family of computer viruses called Waledac and later Kelihos developed in part by a former military engineer also living in Petersburg named Andrei Sabelnikov according to a American court filing by Microsoft.
The Justice Department maintains that Severa was the Russian partner of Alan Ralsky a convicted American spammer who specialized in spam schemes designed to artificially inflate the value of penny stocks.
According to the stolen SpamIt records Severa this time using the alias Viktor Sergeevich brought in revenues of and earned commissions of spamming rogue online pharmacy sites over a period.
The Reuters story on arrest cited reporting from Russian news outlet RT which associated Levashov with hacking attacks linked to alleged interference in last election.
Speaking at his Paris launch Mr Macron said he wants to legally compel social media companies to give authorities access to encrypted messages between terror suspects.
Ms Le Pen who heads the National Front party created by her father was heavily criticised at the weekend for saying France was not responsible for rounding up Jews to send them to Nazi death camps during the World War Two.
However late on Sunday Ms Le Pen issued a statement saying her stance in no way exonerates the effective and personal responsibility of the French people who took part in the horrible Vel roundup and in all the atrocities committed during this period.
operation announced today targeted an ongoing international scheme that was distributing hundreds of millions of fraudulent per year intercepting the credentials to online and financial accounts belonging to thousands of Americans and spreading ransomware throughout our networks.
success in disrupting the Kelihos botnet was the result of strong cooperation between private industry experts and law enforcement and the use of innovative legal and technical tactics.
April we started the extraordinary task of blocking malicious domains associated with the Khelios botnet to prohibit further infections said FBI Special Agent in Charge Ritzman.
Freestyle was founded by Josh Felser and Dave Samuel serial entrepreneurs who had previously built and sold a couple of companies together.
For Fund IV Freestyle upped the ante and raised million in part so that it could put Lefcourt on an equal footing with the founding partners.
Hiring a new general partner is never an easy decision to make especially when talking about adding an equal third to a couple of guys who have been working together for the past two decades.
stand with airline pilots flight attendants and flying public against the plan to allow people to make cellphone calls on planes Pai told USA TODAY in a statement.
Flight attendants were among the most vocally opposed to lifting the ban because of concerns including passengers ignoring safety briefings getting into fights over noise or possibly helping terrorists coordinate attacks.
Cathleen Freesen of Springfield said would be pure hell on a plane in that confined space to have to listen to inane Robert Laurens of Atlanta who said he flies segments per year urged the department to THE BAN ON PHONE CALLS IN.
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by Alpha | Apr 10, 2017 | Pre-Market
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4. TXMD:$TXMD the FDA has identified deficiencies that preclude discussion of labeling and postmarketing requirements/commitments at this time.
5. OMED:$OMED halted, news pending
8. T:$T AT&T Announces Acquisition Of Straight Path, Valued At $95.63/Share In All Stock Deal
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1. Barclays C.E.O. Investigated Over Treatment of Whistle-Blower
The British authorities are investigating the lender and its chief executive, James E. Staley, after he admitted to trying to learn the identity of the author of an anonymous letter.
2. Wells Fargo board slams former CEO Stumpf and Tolstedt, claws back millions in pay
Wells Fargo’s independent directors have decided to initiate corporate pay clawbacks that total some of the largest in history.
3. Matthew Herper on Twitter
“After returning 32 times what was invest in $MDVN, David Hung says he had 20 job offers. He chose $AXON.
4. Axovant Sciences Announces Appointment of Dr. David Hung as Chief Executive Officer and Expansion of Board of Directors
BASEL, Switzerland, April 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Axovant Sciences (NYSE: AXON), a leading clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of dementia, today announced that David Hung, MD, has been
5. ‘Best banker in America’ blamed for Wells Fargo sales scandal
An out-of-control sales culture, a defensive boss obsessed with stamping out negative views about her division and a group chief executive who called her “the best banker in America” were to blame for Wells Fargo & Co’s (WFC.N) devastating sales scandal, an internal investigation found.
6. Scoop: Trump’s potentially explosive trade play
Executive order could lead to tariffs on products like steel, aluminum and household goods
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Tencent a leading provider of internet services in China joins as a strategic investor bringing experience in linking social networking and.
We look forward to helping Flipkart to deliver compelling experiences to users throughout India and to contribute to the development of the internet ecosystem there said Martin Lau Tencent President.
success has also emboldened a generation of Indian startups and entrepreneurial ventures fanning the zeal of entrepreneurs and attracting big investments in the sector.
As part of an ongoing DoL investigation the government has collected information that suggests the internet search giant is violating federal employment laws with its salaries for women agency officials said.
Reached for comment Friday afternoon Janet Herold regional solicitor for the DoL said investigation is not complete but at this point the department has received compelling evidence of very significant discrimination against women in the most common positions at Google.
After the suit was originally filed a company spokesperson claimed that Google had provided of thousands of to the government and that the requests outlined in the complaint were overbroad revealed confidential information or violated privacy.
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Recode had contacted the company after hearing of the talks from sources as well as a hiring of Bank of America Merrill Lynch as advisers which came as the San chore service was in the process of raising another round of funding.
In a Recode Decode podcast last September said the company has been growing quickly and has struck a number of partnerships such as with furniture giant Ikea.
a former Google exec and a board member at HP took over the top job at TaskRabbit from founder Leah Busque exactly a year ago.
To push Watson its artificial intelligence platform IBM is now running a true marathon event with a more normal work schedule of three years with a million prize attached.
Devpost founder Brandon Kessler said recently noticed the rise of nontech companies and live events like Fashion Week in New York seeking to infuse technology into their main business by hosting and sponsoring hackathons.
Founders sometimes game competitions too using hackathons as a place to launch their mostly baked startup ideas and presenting polished projects that have been a steady focus for months rather than a basic prototype created in a flash of inspiration.
Alphabet founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin were the first to introduce share structures to tech shortly before the search initial public offering.
Parker had learned the hard way about losing control of a company In addition to Napster he cofounded the online address book Plaxo and then was fired by his investors.
Ultimately the challenge with The argument for allowing a small set of founders complete control over their boards is the same one to be made for enabling benevolent dictatorships.
Then about two weeks later there was a news article about how he went out and killed a mentally handicapped woman and her father and he was just completely insane and he was wearing a cape and a paintball mask at the time.
You have to put in a little investment if you want to participate and if you a real shithead you going to end up paying Rich like because you keep buying accounts which is good for the site and it also kind of funny to watch really really bad people shell out a lot of money.
For whatever reason it attracted a group of posters with a unique sense of humor a mix of high and low culture simultaneously crass and sophisticated.
by Alpha | Apr 7, 2017 | Pre-Market
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1. US created 98,000 jobs in March, vs 180,000 expected
Nonfarm payrolls likely increased by 180,000 in March while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.7 percent, according to economists surveyed by Reuters.
2. U.S. job growth slows sharply, unemployment rate falls to 4.5 percent
U.S. employers added the fewest number of workers in 10 months in March, but a drop in the unemployment rate to a near 10-year low of 4.5 percent pointed to a labor market that continues to tighten.
3. Payroll Gains Slow While U.S. Jobless Rate at Lowest Since 2007
U.S. payroll gains slowed in March while the jobless rate unexpectedly dropped to the lowest in almost a decade, suggesting the labor market is returning to a more sustainable pace of progress.
4. dough on Twitter
“FBR $AUPH Staying Single in the U.S., Europe and Japan—AURORA May be an Adequate Confirmatory Study”
5. Merck Receives Complete Response Letter from the U.S. FDA for TECOS Study with Sitagliptin
Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada , today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has issued a Complete Response Letter regarding Merck’s Supplemental New Drug Applications for JANUVIA ® (sitagliptin), JANUMET ® (sitagliptin and metformin HCl) and JANUMET XR ® (sitagliptin and metformin HCl extended-release). With these applications, Merck is seeking to include data from TECOS (Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes with Sitagliptin) in the prescribing information of sitagliptin-containing medicines. Merck is reviewing the letter and will discuss next steps with the FDA . Important Information about JANUVIA® (sitagliptin) 25 mg, 50 mg and 100 mg tablets JANUVIA is indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. JANUVIA should not be used in patients with type 1 diabetes or for the treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis. JANUVIA has not been studied in patients with a
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Following Trump inauguration in January anonymous Twitter feeds that borrowed the names and logos of more than a dozen government agencies appeared to challenge the president views on climate change and other issues.
Senator Ron Wyden an Oregon Democrat said in a statement it was a waste of resources to try to uncover an anonymous critic and he called on the Homeland Security inspector general to investigate who directed the witch hunt.
Twitter might have a strong case that the summons was improper said Paul Alan Levy staff attorney at Public Citizen Litigation Group who specializes in online privacy and free speech issues.
Atlas companies are building everything you could imagine including a deployment platform in California a presentation tool in Chile and a cosmetics startup in the Gaza Strip.
In addition Atlas founders can request a US debit card that makes it easy to sign up for other services and pay for other products.
We plan to continue these over time and over the next month we be hosting private interviews with Sam Altman President of Y Combinator and Diane Greene founder of VMWare and SVP of Google Cloud.
Twitter contends the request amounts to an use of the investigative powers as the rules that allow customs and border officials to issue summonses generally relate to the import of merchandise including counterfeit goods not information involving online accounts.
Department of Homeland Security appears to have abused its authority and wasted taxpayer resources all to uncover an anonymous critic on Twitter the Oregon lawmaker told Recode in a statement.
users appear to view and depend on preservation of their anonymity as crucial to their ability to express information and ideas that are contrary to the policies and objectives of the Administration and its agencies as Twitter explains in its court briefing.
ET YouTube said Thursday that video channels on its site must now have more than total views before the company will place ads on their videos a major shift in policy the company said is designed to punish rule breakers.
The move by YouTube owned by Alphabet Google comes amid a backlash from advertisers over the placement of ads on objectionable videos.
The change is likely to reassure some advertisers though.
Speaking of users also making the new TITAN Xp open to the Mac community with new beta Pascal drivers coming this month.
This is an extremely exciting revelation for Mac users who require the power provided by the latest graphics architecture.
Jeff leads YouTube channel editing and producing tech videos walkthroughs written tutorials and reviews.
we said in our brief Terms of Service make absolutely clear that its users own their content Twitter legal counsel Ben Lee said in a statement provided to AllThingsD.
Harris a senior editor at online publication The New Inquiry was arrested in conjunction with a massive Occupy Wall Street protest last October that blocked the Brooklyn Bridge.
Internet meme parlance Twitter is basically telling the government at me bro privacy researcher Christopher Soghoian told AllThingsD in an interview.
On March Twitter received a summons from Customs requesting records that could reveal the identity of the operator including IP logs and any associated phone number or mailing address.
In addition to the Department of Homeland Security and its subagency the lawsuit names four individuals as defendants DHS secretary John Kelly acting CBP commissioner Kevin McAleenan and special agents Stephen Caruso and Adam Hoffman who issued and served the order itself.
The Trump administration has responded aggressively to leaks in the past including phone checks of White House staffers suspected of sharing information with the press.
The goal is to create an integrated Twitter API platform that all developers from indie app makers to large enterprise can use.
Finally Twitter updated its automation rules to guide chatbot developers announced plans to replace User Streams and Site Streams with the new Account Activity API and announced a plan to replace several endpoints public and with a streamlined API that provides increased access when rate limits are reached.
Offering its roadmap and increased transparency may help to soothe some concerns but with own future continually uncertain not clear how many developers will take up the charge.
by Alpha | Apr 5, 2017 | Pre-Market
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3. MON:#BREAKING: Monsanto $MON Q2 Adjusted Earnings Per Share beats estimates, $3.19 vs. $2.79 expected
4. ADAP:$ADAP direct offering $42m at $6
6. WBA:$WBA Walgreens Boots Alliance Q2 17 Earnings Results: -Adj EPS: $1.36 -Revenue: $29.4B
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1. A Senator found Medicare blowing hundreds of millions on a loser drug — and no one even got a slap on the wrist
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4. Panera sells for $7.5 billion to the coffee giant that owns Keurig and Peet’s
Luxembourg-based JAB, the owner of Caribou Coffee and Peet’s Coffee & Tea, agreed to acquire bakery chain Panera Bread, as it expands its coffee and breakfast empire.
5. B I O T E C H on Twitter
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6. Factbox: Issues at stake in Trump-China summit in Florida
President Donald Trump faces his biggest test as a world leader when he meets Chinese President Xi Jinping this week for a summit that will set the tone for perhaps the most consequential of U.S. foreign relationships.
7. Acorda is shifting into survival mode. And it’s going to start by axing more than 100 staffers.
PHOTO: Cohen at BIO 2016 One month after a US district court tossed four key patents on its flagship drug Ampyra, leaving it with one to stand on into next year, Acorda $ACOR is chopping 20% of its staff as it scrambles to restructure while gambling that it can field
8. Apple Pay Promised to Make Plastic Obsolete. Then Came Wary Shoppers, Confused Clerks
More than two years after its launch, Apple Pay isn’t as ubiquitous as Apple and analysts had expected. Adoption has faltered amid consumers’ security concerns, large retailers’ slow acceptance, and Apple’s relatively paltry marketing.
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ET Visitors to the could be forced to provide cellphone contacts and passwords and answer questions about their ideology according to Trump administration officials measures that could intrude into the lives of millions of foreigners.
The changes being considered could apply to visitors from closest allies as well as other nations and include subjecting more visa applicants to intense security reviews.
The comments came after it emerged that attacker Khalid Masood had checked WhatsApp which offers encryption two minutes before ploughing an SUV through pedestrians on Westminster Bridge then leaping out and fatally stabbing an unarmed policeman standing guard at the gates of the Houses of Parliament.
David Emm principal security researcher at Kaspersky Lab noted that tech firms are unlikely to be happy about switching to a form of encryption as illustrated by the between Apple and the FBI last year.
Sir Tim is also against weakening net neutrality opposes laws that would allow US ISP to broker sales in users data such as surfing history and in favour of combatting fake news.
proprietary software company harvests personal information from a centralized government database using unaudited technology in a jurisdiction without a proper privacy or data protection law said Sunil Abraham director of the Centre for Internet and Society CIS an influential think tank.
In November Ramanathan organized a daylong session in New Delhi that was attended by more than people lawyers activists social workers researchers academics and journalists to draw up a plan to spread awareness about privacy issues related to the Aadhaar program.
In March parliament passed legislation giving federal agencies access to the entire Aadhaar database all names fingerprints irises mobile numbers addresses and photographs in the interest of In February the UIDAI was accused of trying to silence critics by filing a police complaint against a writer who wrote about the data security vulnerabilities.
proprietary software company harvests personal information from a centralized government database using unaudited technology in a jurisdiction without a proper privacy or data protection law said Sunil Abraham director of the Centre for Internet and Society CIS an influential think tank.
In November Ramanathan organized a daylong session in New Delhi that was attended by more than people lawyers activists social workers researchers academics and journalists to draw up a plan to spread awareness about privacy issues related to the Aadhaar program.
In March parliament passed legislation giving federal agencies access to the entire Aadhaar database all names fingerprints irises mobile numbers addresses and photographs in the interest of In February the UIDAI was accused of trying to silence critics by filing a police complaint against a writer who wrote about the data security vulnerabilities.
Four lawmakers have introduced legislation requiring law enforcement officials to obtain a warrant before searching phones belonging to US citizens and prohibiting them from barring entry to Americans who decline to share their passwords at the border.
By requiring a warrant to search devices and prohibiting unreasonable delay this bill makes sure that border agents are focused on criminals and terrorists instead of wasting their time thumbing through innocent personal photos and other data.
Some law enforcement agencies have asserted broad authority to conduct searches of devices at the border the lawmakers contend in a way that circumvents the Fourth Amendment protections.
Four lawmakers have introduced legislation requiring law enforcement officials to obtain a warrant before searching phones belonging to US citizens and prohibiting them from barring entry to Americans who decline to share their passwords at the border.
By requiring a warrant to search devices and prohibiting unreasonable delay this bill makes sure that border agents are focused on criminals and terrorists instead of wasting their time thumbing through innocent personal photos and other data.
Some law enforcement agencies have asserted broad authority to conduct searches of devices at the border the lawmakers contend in a way that circumvents the Fourth Amendment protections.
Sequoia Capital the biggest investor has in recent weeks held deal talks with potential buyers for the startup.
Yik tale is a common one in Silicon Valley Investors race to pour money into the hot app of the moment only to watch adoption and usage drop shortly after the ink dries on the term sheet.
Then the app becomes a punch line then forgotten then somebody snidely tweets yikyak or frontback or secret or yo or ello or meerkat or wuwu Social media is a business but even harder than making a hit is staying one.
Sequoia Capital the biggest investor has in recent weeks held deal talks with potential buyers for the startup.
Yik tale is a common one in Silicon Valley Investors race to pour money into the hot app of the moment only to watch adoption and usage drop shortly after the ink dries on the term sheet.
Then the app becomes a punch line then forgotten then somebody snidely tweets yikyak or frontback or secret or yo or ello or meerkat or wuwu Social media is a business but even harder than making a hit is staying one.
As part of the deal Spotify has agreed to allow new albums from Universal artists to be restricted to its premium service for up to two weeks moving forward confirming our report from last month.
today Universal artists can choose to release new albums on premium only for two weeks offering subscribers an earlier chance to explore the complete creative work while the singles are available across Spotify for all our listeners to.
The company wanted to IPO this year but given how long the negotiating process has taken plans have been pushed back to.
Gelsinger packaged the deal as a win for customers saying they will benefit from greater choice with the ability to select from global data centres and experience faster performance.
But safe to say that vCloud Air was not considered a top priority or worthwhile investment to Dell EMC VMware ultimate owner.
Dell dropped the notion of running its own cloud some time ago faced with a world defined and dominated by Amazon Web Services and to a lesser extent Microsoft and Google.
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Discover the best new deals everyday in UAE, Dubai, Abu Dhabi | daily electronics, watches, mobiles, TVs, Laptops, headphones and perfumes deals
2. Tesla Wins Tencent Backing as China Tech Giant Buys 5% Stake
Chinese Internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd. purchased a 5 percent stake in Tesla Inc. as the electric-car maker run by Elon Musk races to bring his critical Model 3 sedan to market later this year.
3. Facebook just rolled out a bunch of features that are almost exactly like Snapchat
Facebook has taken its most aggressive steps yet to counter Snapchat’s popularity among teens.
4. Uber to end services in Denmark after less than three years
Ride-hailing group Uber Technologies [UBER.UL] will withdraw services in Denmark next month due to a taxi law that sets out new requirements for drivers such as mandatory fare meters, the company said on Tuesday.
5. Amazon buys Middle East e-commerce giant Souq
Amazon buys Middle East Souq.com
6. AI to become main way banks interact with customers within three years: Accenture
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8. The DNA of oil wells: U.S. shale enlists genetics to boost output
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The consequences of repeal are simple ISPs like Comcast AT T and Charter will be free to sell your personal information to the highest bidder without your permission and no one will be able to protect you.
The Federal Trade Commission has no legal authority to oversee ISP practices and the bill under consideration ensures that the FCC can not adopt rules.
Color of Change the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Free Press have simple ways for you to tell your Representative what you think of the rules and efforts to eliminate them.
The consequences of repeal are simple ISPs like Comcast AT T and Charter will be free to sell your personal information to the highest bidder without your permission and no one will be able to protect you.
The Federal Trade Commission has no legal authority to oversee ISP practices and the bill under consideration ensures that the FCC can not adopt rules.
Color of Change the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Free Press have simple ways for you to tell your Representative what you think of the rules and efforts to eliminate them.
The consequences of repeal are simple ISPs like Comcast AT T and Charter will be free to sell your personal information to the highest bidder without your permission and no one will be able to protect you.
The Federal Trade Commission has no legal authority to oversee ISP practices and the bill under consideration ensures that the FCC can not adopt rules.
Color of Change the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Free Press have simple ways for you to tell your Representative what you think of the rules and efforts to eliminate them.
Should they be passed into law these rules could end up guiding the rights of consumers far beyond Illinois because they would provide a model for other states and because it would be difficult for technology companies with hundreds of millions of users to create a patchwork of and features to localize their effects.
Last year Nebraska and West Virginia passed laws that limit how companies can monitor social media accounts while legislators in Hawaii Missouri and elsewhere are pushing similar bills for employees as well as for students and tenants.
In an interview Carl Szabo senior policy counsel at NetChoice said the law could add a burden of compliance costs and legal fees on essentially any company with a website that collects information even routine things like creating email lists or giving online support to customers.
Facebook is rolling out ephemeral stories and messaging in its mobile apps today bringing the popular format for sharing photos and videos to more than billion people a day.
The move is part of an effort to blunt the momentum of Snapchat which invented the stories format in and to ensure continued dominance in an era where photo and video become a primary mode of communication.
The company is so large that its features often seem to succeed by default save for later button a halfhearted competitor to Pocket and Instagram last year reached an astounding million users a month.
Today Apple released an update to iOS that changed how Mobile Safari handles JavaScript which Lookout discovered scammers using to execute a scareware campaign.
However a knowledgeable user could restore functionality of Mobile Safari by clearing the cache via the the iOS Settings the attack actually encrypt any data and hold it ransom.
As part of the iOS patch released today Apple closed the attack vector by changing how Mobile Safari handles website dialogs making them rather than taking over the entire app.
ET Building a electric vehicle and colonizing Mars ambitious enough for Elon Musk.
The billionaire entrepreneur now wants to merge computers with human brains to help people keep up with machines.
The founder and chief executive of Tesla and Space Exploration Technologies has launched another company called Neuralink according to people familiar with the matter.
In the late she covered those companies as a stock analyst for Montgomery Securities studying wonky measurements like customer traffic in retail locations and a profitability per square foot.
After Green invested in in she chatted with executives almost weekly about matters including strategy and potential acquisitions said Katie Finnegan who was the online head of corporate development.
Green has real instinct for brands said Rachel Blumenthal the founder of the apparel Rockets of Awesome which sends subscribers a customized box of clothing for every new season.
kind of skeptical the executive Mike McNamara said in an interview at an industry trade show that day.
But really more a reflection of the swing Amazon is taking with the system it has developed for the Go store something it has dubbed Just Walk Out Technology.
not alone several retail executives expressed similar skepticism to me in private conversations since the original December announcement.
The consequences of repeal are simple ISPs like Comcast AT T and Charter will be free to sell your personal information to the highest bidder without your permission and no one will be able to protect you.
The Federal Trade Commission has no legal authority to oversee ISP practices and the bill under consideration ensures that the FCC can not adopt rules.
Color of Change the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Free Press have simple ways for you to tell your Representative what you think of the rules and efforts to eliminate them.
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