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 | Matthew Panzarino Google is acquiring connected device company Nest for $3.2B. Google sent out an email to employees noting the acquisition today and later issued a press... read more | |  | Spencer Chen It's a pretty indefensible practice. The hiring of young, college-aged females to dress as provocatively as possible to help promote...um, Ultra HD TV sets,... read more | |  | Josh Constine Google just bought Nest for $3.2 billion cash, and that means the startup's early investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers and Shasta Ventures have struck it... read more | |  | Alex Wilhelm | |  | Matt Burns Sony is adding two smartphones to its growing stable of devices. Meet the Xperia T2 Ultra and the Xperia E1 -- both substantial updates to Sony's 2013 models.... read more | |  | Leena Rao In December, The Information reported that payments company Square was considering funding a secondary tender offer for employee shares at a $5 billion... read more | |  | Ingrid Lunden CES may be finished for another year, but one of the biggest themes of the show -- that anything (cars, watches, mirrors, tables and more) is fair game as... read more | |  | Talk about a long week. Along with a Polar Vortex infiltration, which left much of the northeast straight up... read more | |  | Every year at CES, the Eureka Park outpost where they stick the scrappy startups is the best damn part of the whole... read more | |  | One of the best parts of CES are the devices that companies show off that are more or less conceptual, and may... read more | | | To forward this newsletter to a friend, click here. | | |
