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Tinder owner Match is suing Bumble over patents

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Drama is heating up between the dating apps. Tinder, which is owned by Match Group, is suing rival Bumble, alleging patent infringement and misuse of intellectual property. The suit alleges that Bumble “copied Tinder’s world-changing, card-swipe-based, mutual opt-in premise.” It’s complicated because Bumble was founded by CEO Whitney Wolfe, who was also a co-founder at Tinder. […]

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Facebook suspends Cambridge Analytica, the data analysis firm that worked for the Trump campaign

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Facebook announced late Friday that it had suspended the account of Strategic Communication Laboratories, and its political data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica — which used Facebook data to target voters for President Donald Trump’s campaign in the 2016 election.In a statement released by Paul Grewal, the company’s vice president and deputy general counsel, Facebook explained […]

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Facebook suspends Cambridge Analytica, the data analysis firm that worked for the Trump campaign

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Facebook announced late Friday that it had suspended the account of Strategic Communication Laboratories, and its political data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica — which used Facebook data to target voters for President Donald Trump’s campaign in the 2016 election.In a statement released by Paul Grewal, the company’s vice president and deputy general counsel, Facebook explained […]

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VR startup Upload shuts down its offices as funding from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey runs out

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Upload, the VR startup which was rocked by a sexual harassment suit exactly one year ago, is shutting down both its San Francisco office and its 20,000 sq. foot Los Angeles co-working space as it struggles to secure new funding, multiple sources tell TechCrunch. All of the company’s LA employees were laid off yesterday. The […]

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VR startup Upload shuts down its offices as funding from Oculus founder Palmer Luckey runs out

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Upload, the VR startup which was rocked by a sexual harassment suit exactly one year ago, is shutting down both its San Francisco office and its 20,000 sq. foot Los Angeles co-working space as it struggles to secure new funding, multiple sources tell TechCrunch. All of the company’s LA employees were laid off yesterday. The […]

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Qualcomm’s former exec chair will exit after exploring an acquisition bid

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There’s a new twist in the BroadQualm saga this afternoon as Qualcomm has said it won’t renominate Paul Jacobs, the former executive chairman of the company, after he notified the board that he decided to explore the possibility of making a proposal to acquire Qualcomm. The last time we saw such a huge exploration to […]

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Qualcomm’s former exec chair will exit after exploring an acquisition bid

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There’s a new twist in the BroadQualm saga this afternoon as Qualcomm has said it won’t renominate Paul Jacobs, the former executive chairman of the company, after he notified the board that he decided to explore the possibility of making a proposal to acquire Qualcomm. The last time we saw such a huge exploration to […]

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