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Pandora: Rdio to shut down the service, file for bankruptcy, with Pandora acquiring the key assets for $75M in cash — Pandora to Acquire Key Assets from Rdio -
Fred Wilson / AVC: Fidelity's markdowns are another sign that for startups, access to capital from public market investors comes with the price of increased transparency — -
Casey Newton / The Verge: Twitter is testing multiple emoji reactions to tweets — The heart's reign of terror as the only emoji-based reaction to a tweet may be coming to an end. -
Adrian Weckler / Independent.ie: Tim Cook: Apple won't create ‘converged’ MacBook and iPad — Apple will not create a “converged” MacBook and iPad, according to chief executive Tim Cook. — Google -
Sponsor Post Worldpay: Converting free-to-paid — Through a survey of 7000 digital consumers globally, find out what prompts free users to convert to paying customers. -
Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire: Microsoft and Code.org will use Minecraft to teach kids the basics of computer programming … Microsoft wants to turn kids' love of Minecraft into a love … -
Scott Webster / CNET: AT&T selling Microsoft Lumia 950, Samsung Galaxy View Nov 20 — The carrier will sell the first Windows 10 smartphone and the gargantuan tablet later this week. -
Wall Street Journal: Facebook allows Google to crawl and index public profiles, Pages, Groups, and Events from its mobile app — Google Gets Surprise Ally in Mobile-App Search Push: Facebook -
Sponsor Post Microsoft: Minecraft Hour of Code tutorial aims to inspire students to learn computer science skills — Created by Minecraft game designers, the tutorial includes characters … -
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Amazon Expands Launchpad, Its Product Hunt-Meets-Shopify-Shyp Rival, To The UK — Following on from last week's news that Amazon would expand …