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BlackBerry might quit the handset business if it can’t turn a profit

BlackBerry's decision to remain in the handset market, despite failing to turn a profit for years and having lost almost all of its market share, could be seen as either denial...

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YouNow raises $15 million to expand its live streaming social network

Meerkat and Periscope are the only non-gaming live streaming apps of note at the moment, but YouNow wants to change that by taking a rather unique approach to live streaming,...

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Twitter might be doing away with its 140-character limit

Instagram limited itself to using square pictures, Snapchat limited itself to sending disappearing messages, and Twitter limited itself to supporting 140-character or less posts. These limitations are the quirks that made...

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YouTube’s ad-free subscription service might finally launch next month

YouTube has been rumored to be working on a subscription-based video service for years, but it wasn't until this year that we actually started seeing evidence of such a service. YouTube Music...

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DraftKings is bringing online gambling to the world of eSports

You could fill a library with all the arguments on Internet forums about whether eSports are actually sports or not, but they're definitely a competition, and that's good enough for...

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Instagram is close to becoming a $5 billion per year business

Facebook is actually fairly open with its own finances, but Instagram is another matter. The company likes to remain tight-lipped regarding how much money its standalone photo-sharing app makes, but analysts...

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Ellen Pao has given up her fight against Kleiner Perkins

A three-year-long legal battle came to a close earlier today, one that had come to symbolize Silicon Valley's numerous issues with sexism. Ellen Pao filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against her former...

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Uber wants to double its expansion rate in China

With hundreds of millions of people, low levels of car ownership, really crowded cities, and underdeveloped public transit, China may be Uber's most important market. CEO Travis Kalanick seems to...

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Uber will reportedly announce its delivery service this fall

Uber has been testing out its own courier service for a few months now, and it looks like the company is finally ready to actually launch it. According to reports,...

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Netflix is about to lose a bunch of big-name movies

Netflix's five year distribution deal with Epix is coming to an end next month, and the company has announced that it won't be renewing it. The deal was first signed back...

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