Archive for December, 2015
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Mark Zuckerberg defends Internet.org’s Free Basics in India
Asking “who could possibly be against this,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg again defended Internet.org’s Free Basics in India in an op-ed published in the Times of India today. His renewed […]
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A Prime holiday for Amazon
It was another busy holiday season for Amazon, and a big year for its Prime service. More than three million people signed up for Prime in the third week of […]
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Intel completes Altera acquisition
Intel said Monday that it has completed its acquisition of Altera, which will now operate as a business unit of the giant Santa Clara chip company. “Altera is now part […]
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Uber goes into 2016 with guns blazing
For a company that over the past year has been shifting paradigms like there was no tomorrow, Uber in the new year promises more of the same fireworks that the […]
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Off topic: Plant explosions, mad about rubber, Bible typo, art crime
If you like watching things blow up, check out these exploding plants. Long read: All about rubber and the ecological effects of our dependence on it. Sinful typo: The so-called […]
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Netflix in 2015: Shares, subscribers soared
What a difference a few years makes. In 2011, Netflix faced a customer revolt in its attempt to speed up the transition from DVDs to video streaming by raising prices and […]
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When unicorns bleed, employees feel the pain
Working at one of the “unicorns” — those 100+ private tech firms valued over $1 billion — is not always the road to riches. It turns comes with some serious […]
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On topic: Tech news to know now
Here’s what’s on the Thursday menu. Hyatt Hotels says it discovered payment-card-stealing malware on its system. Palantir Technologies raises $880 million in its latest funding round. The FAA has already […]
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Tech’s top 2015 perk: Paid parental leave
Tech companies in 2015 opened up a new front in the recruiting and retention competition: Offering more generous paid family leave benefits. As I wrote when the parental leave perk […]
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Off topic: Drone footage, hard-to-read mail, protesting Christmas, a satanist’s Christmas
Oh, the places drones will go: Touring Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House, the Tesla Gigafactory, Chicago and more. A look at the 78,000-square-foot U.S. Postal Service branch in Utah that’s dedicated to deciphering […]
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