10 Things In Tech You Need To Know Today
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Good morning! We're more than half way through this month. It's been pretty good so far! Let's look at the news:
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- Microsoft announced plans to buy Minecraft, a building game that's basically the digital version of Legos, for $2.5 billion.
- Here's why Microsoft bought Minecraft: It's a good business deal, Microsoft is committed to gaming, and Minecraft is more than a game, it's almost a social network.
- Here's a big profile of Tony Fadell, founder/CEO of Nest, which is now a Google company.
- If you want to understand Alibaba, which is about to have the biggest IPO in history, then you have to read this.
- Here are the biggest advertisers on Google. Amazon is number one.
- We went to the Uber driver protests here in New York City.
- Charlie Rose ran part 2 of the Tim Cook interview, and in it Cook says your data is safer with Apple than anyone else.
- Apple created a webpage so you can delete the U2 album it's giving you for free.
- eBay's PayPal is running attack ads against Apple, saying "we want our money safer than our selfies."
- People are developing self-healing roads that could change our infrastructure forever.
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- A couple accidentally shipped their cat in an Amazon return package. It arrived safely 6 days later, hundreds of miles away.
- A centenarian who starts her day with gentle exercise and loves walks shares 5 longevity tips, including staying single
- 2 states where home prices are falling because there are too many houses and not enough buyers
- 7 Nutritious and flavourful tiffin ideas to pack for school
- India's e-commerce market set to skyrocket as the country's digital economy surges to USD 1 Trillion by 2030
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- Indian economy remains in bright spot: Ministry of Finance
- A surprise visit: Tesla CEO Elon Musk heads to China after deferring India visit