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Redwood City-based Informatica going private in $5.3 billion deal.
Andy Rubin’s Playground Global, a hardware incubator, raises $48 million from Google, HP, others.
The Tidal effect: Jay Z’s first album has disappeared from Spotify. (Remember, Jay Z and other artists relaunched the Tidal streaming service last week.)
Apple employees will get 50 percent off the Apple Watch.
Twitter, Facebook avoid ban by complying with Turkey’s demand to remove images of hostage, but vow to appeal; Turkey threatens to ban Google if it doesn’t remove images.
Uber asks U.S. court to dismiss lawsuit in alleged Delhi rape.
Survey of critical infrastructure organizations: Destructive hacking attacks — those that destroy data or manipulate equipment — are more prevalent than widely believed.
Report: Venture-backed IPOs hit two-year low during first quarter of 2015.
Oh joy: Twitter is now allowing 116 more characters when you quote tweets.
Hillary Clinton domains selling for up to $295,000.
Photo of Jay Z from AFP/Getty Images archives
