10 Things In Tech You Need To Know This Morning
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1. 21st Century Fox put in an unsolicited $80 billion bid to buy Time Warner. Time Warner rejected the offer.
2. Amazon is testing out a $9.99/month all-you-can-eat book service. Think of it as Netflix for books. Or, the library.
3. Airbnb changed its logo, and it's pretty bad. The logo looks sexual. Plus, another company already has the same logo.
6. Snapchat filed for trademarks related to payments. Perhaps this is part of its plan to monetize.
7. Microsoft's biggest ever layoffs are happening today, Nokia will be hit hardest.
8. Marco Arment launched his new podcast app. Arment was formerly the CTO of Tumblr (and basically the cofounder). He also built, then sold Instapaper, the read it later service.
9. eBay delivered solid earnings last night powered by strong PayPal results.
10. Here are some tips and tricks to help you get the most out of using Google.
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