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Marketplace Tech for Thursday, November 14, 2013
Nov 14, 2013

Marketplace Tech for Thursday, November 14, 2013

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If you want to know how hot social networks are right now, no need to look farther than self-destructing messaging app Snapchat. The Wall Street Journal reports the company recently got an offer from Facebook to the tune of $3 billion. Snapchat owners apparently turned down the social network. And the website Wikileaks has leaked a new document, one that shows an evolving international conversation about intellectual property in the digital world.

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Snapchat thinks it can do a lot better than Facebook's $3 billion

Nov 14, 2013
The social media service reportedly declined a $3 billion offer from Facebook

WikiLeaks exposes Pacific Rim treaty's secret IP provisions

Nov 14, 2013
Wikileaks has leaked a new document, one that shows an evolving international conversation about intellectual property in the digital world.

If you want to know how hot social networks are right now, no need to look farther than self-destructing messaging app Snapchat. The Wall Street Journal reports the company recently got an offer from Facebook to the tune of $3 billion. Snapchat owners apparently turned down the social network. And the website Wikileaks has leaked a new document, one that shows an evolving international conversation about intellectual property in the digital world.

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