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The Information You Missed This Week
Happy Easter!What a week! We really got the tech world talking this week with a couple of blockbuster exclusives.
Breaking news before it's public.
Exclusive
Facebook Messenger Prepares In-Store Purchase Service
Facebook appears to be preparing features to spur more purchases on Messenger, such as giving users capabilities to pay for items they pick up in person. The Messenger app’s data files also ...
In-depth, interactive data projects.
Future List
The Information's Future List
For the technology industry to thrive, investors need to find entrepreneurs in more places. And the talent pool is diversifying far faster than investments firms are. That’s why we created the Future List. For three months, we worked with Social Capital to create a list of the venture capital firms best positioned for the future.
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True Value
Amazon’s AWS Conundrum
As Amazon Web Services grows, questions about whether it fits within Amazon are likely to intensify on Wall Street. But breaking the company up would be difficult for many reasons.
Real issues facing founders and investors.
Modest Proposals
Why Tech Needs Epic Failures
The much publicized failures at big tech companies in recent years, including the Apple Watch, Amazon phone and Facebook’s Home, are not something to worry about. It’s more a cause for concern if ...
Executives,
unfiltered.
The Big Interview
Xiaomi’s New IP Guy
The Xiaomi executive responsible for its supply chain and IP portfolio talks about the company’s plans in China and India, its virtual reality strategy and its work on its own mobile phone ...
What the insiders think.
Subscriber Survey
Subscriber Sentiment Towards Tech Improves
Our latest subscriber survey showed improvements in sentiment towards the broader economy and tech, particularly private tech firms such as Snapchat. And a big majority of subscribers said they ...
