10 Things In Tech You Need To Know This Morning
Apr 7, 2014, 16:12 IST
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- Apple's own internal slides reveal that consumers want what it doesn't offer - a phone with a bigger screen.
- Google is planning "Android TV," which is a new user interface for TV set top boxes.
- Yahoo is planning to do original programming just like Amazon and Netflix.
- Google studied an acquisition of Jack Dorsey's e-commerce company Square, but it looks like nothing came of it.
- Anarchists picketed the home of Google Ventures partner Kevin Rose, demanding $3 billion. There has been a lot of anti-tech protesting happening in San Francisco.
- Social media stocks are getting demolished right now in the market. In the last week, we've seen LinkedIn -13% Twitter -8.8% Facebook -5.4%.
- HTC posted a $62 million loss, which was worse than expected.
- The founder of Techmeme, the must-read site for anyone in technology, did a Q&A with our own Megan Dickey.
- Amazon launched a new product called "Dash" for customers that use Amazon Fresh, its grocery delivery service. The Dash device lets you scan bar codes of stuff that you're about to run out of. It then adds that to your delivery list.
- Dropbox raised $500 million in debt financing recently.