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| Jena McGregor / Washington Post: |
As his fifth anniversary as Apple CEO approaches, Tim Cook reflects on his tenure and Apple's future: mistakes, progress made, AI and AR efforts, more — Apple's CEO talks iPhones, AI, privacy, civil rights, missteps, China, taxes, Steve Jobs — and steers right past the car rumors
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See also Mediagazer| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
KGI: Apple planning three new iPads in 2017 including a 10.5" iPad Pro, and an iPad with flexible AMOLED in 2018 at the earliest — Noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has released a new research report outlining his expectations for the future of Apple's iPad lineup, predicting three new iPads ranging …
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Sources: Twitter in talks with Apple to bring its app to Apple TV, hoping to fully capitalize on its live-streaming deals with NFL, MLB, NBA, Wimbledon, others — SAN FRANCISCO — Last March, Twitter and Facebook, along with other tech companies, faced off over which of them would get the rights …
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See also Mediagazer| Garett Sloane / Ad Age: |
Twitter debuts Promoted #Stickers for brands, featured in the stickers library; clicking on them takes you to tweets containing them; Pepsi is the first partner — Platform Pursuing Its Turn Toward the Visual — Twitter has introduced its first “#Promoted Stickers” campaign, with Pepsi as its inaugural customer.| The Intercept: |
New Zealand intel requested and received emails, Facebook chats of Fiji pro-democracy activists from NSA; first publicly confirmed PRISM target is a NZ citizen — Tony Fullman is a middle-aged former tax man and a pro-democracy activist. But four years ago, a botched operation launched …
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| Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal: |
After initial rollouts prove costly, Google Fiber looks for alternatives to deliver connectivity: wireless, leasing fiber, and asking cities to build networks — After initial rollouts prove costly, Google Fiber rethinks how to deliver connections in metro areas — Google's high-speed-internet business is slowing down.
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VideoNuze Analysis, DSLreports, Christian Science Monitor, Liliputing, Washington Post, SlashGear, Fortune, Tech Times and O'Grady's PowerPage. Tweets: @halsinger
| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
US court documents show Australian authorities hacked Tor users in US as part of a child pornography investigation and shared the findings with the FBI — Australian authorities hacked Tor users in the US as part of a child pornography investigation, Motherboard has learned.
Tweets: @pwnallthethings
| Ankit Ajmera / Reuters: |
Online used car dealer Carvana raises $160M Series C to grow its business and build more vending machines for cars — Online used-car startup Carvana, known for delivering vehicles through vending machines, said on Wednesday it closed a $160 million Series C funding round that brought the total raised to nearly half a billion dollars.
| Ellen Mitchell / Politico: |
How Palantir muscled its way into national security contracting via investment from In-Q-Tel, effective narrative, and well-funded lobbyists — Armed with effective narrative and backed by aggressive lawmakers, the upstart has steadily landed more federal business and is now shouldering its way into the Army acquisition system.| Paul Carsten / Reuters: |
Profile of Didi Chuxing CEO Cheng Wei, who started at a foot massage company and worked as a salesman at Alibaba before launching China's ride-hailing giant — Cheng Wei, 34, was once assistant to the head of a foot massage firm. Last week, his company Didi Chuxing bagged Uber's China business … | Wall Street Journal: |
Uber's new option for riders to pay with cash in Johannesburg, South Africa and a few other markets fuels tensions with traditional taxi drivers — Uber drivers complain of increased intimidation by metered-taxi rivals — JOHANNESBURG—A new service by Uber Technologies Inc. that allows riders …
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PYMNTS.com and Business Insider
| Bloomberg: |
Steeply discounted on-demand services will fade in China due to consolidation and an investment drought, after its tech sector peaked with $20.3B raised in 2015 — Ridiculously cheap everything-on-demand is great ... while it lasts — For the past year, Li Weiling has been living large …
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