Happy Friday…Here are some tech items of note heading into the weekend…
–Is it possible that Microsoft might be getting back into the let s-try-to-acquire-Yahoo-game?
–Netflix admitted it has throttled , or limited the speed of videos played over AT&T and Verizon wireless networks in order to help consumers not exceed mobile data caps.
–TiVo shares climbed more than 23 percent Thursday on reports it may be about to be acquired by Rovi. Why would Rovi do this?
–Big money in emojis…Snapchat is said to be buying Bitstrips, a Toronto-based maker of personalized emojis, or bitmojis for $100 million.
–Google is reportedly working on an Amazon Echo killer .
–Apple said it is working on a non-scripted TV show with musician Will.i.am that will be about apps and the app economy.
–Google has cut the price of its Nik Collection of photo editing software to…Free…It was $149 and people who recently paid that amount can get a refund.
Photo: People walk past a Microsoft office in New York in October 2015. Reports surfaced Friday saying Microsoft might be looking at helping to finance an acquisition of Yahoo. (Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images).
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