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WhatsApp to share phone numbers and analytics data of users with Facebook — SAN FRANCISCO — When Facebook bought the start-up WhatsApp in 2014, Jan Koum, WhatsApp's co-founder, declared that the deal would not affect the digital privacy of his mobile messaging service's millions of users.
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Sources: Apple developing a Snapchat-like video sharing and editing app and multiple social features for iOS — Company looks to catch up as video sharing gains popularity — Engineers test deeper social ties across iPhone, iPad software — Apple Inc., seeking to capitalize on the popularity …
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| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Uber lost $1.2B in first half of 2016, including $520M in Q1 and $750M in Q2; net revenue grew 18% from $960M in Q1 to $1.1B in Q2 — After touting profitability in the U.S. early this year, the ride-hailing company is said to post second-quarter losses exceeding $100 million.| Jim Weber / LinkedIn Pulse: |
Sports writer says Twitter permanently banned his account with nearly 100K followers after he tweeted three Olympics GIFs — I thought the only people to get permanently banned from Twitter were Leslie Jones' online bully and terrorists. Apparently those who post a GIF …
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Google brings Wi-Fi Assistant, a previously exclusive Project Fi feature that cuts down on data usage, to all Nexus devices in the US, UK, Canada, and more — Starting in the coming weeks, Google is adding a new data-saving perk for owners of its Nexus smartphones.| Seth Fiegerman / CNNMoney: |
Five years after Tim Cook became Apple CEO, the company has doubled staff, is more socially conscious, but hasn't created a new product category rivaling iPhone — Hours after Steve Jobs resigned as the CEO of Apple, his successor Tim Cook sent an email to reassure employees about the company's future.
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| Jan Dawson / Beyond Devices: |
Breaking down Apple's last five years in charts covering R&D spend, regional trends, profit margins, cash on hand, unit sales and revenue by category, more — This week marks the fifth anniversary of Tim Cook's appointment as permanent CEO at Apple—he was appointed CEO on August 24th, 2011.| Biz Carson / Business Insider: |
Legalist, a startup launched by a Thiel Fellow, will fund lawsuits in exchange for up to 50% cut of settlement based on algorithmic calculation of winning — It's a startup idea that looks like it's ripped straight from the headlines. — This summer, Forbes revealed that tech luminary Peter Thiel …
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Thanks:@lexnfx| Jonathan Vanian / Fortune: |
HP reports Q3 revenue of $11.9B, down 4% YoY, marking third decline in quarterly sales since November split — HP Inc. continues to face challenges during its first year as an independent company. — The printer and personal computer giant said Wednesday that its latest quarterly revenue dropped 4% year over year to $11.9 billion.| Steven Levy / Backchannel: |
Apple execs Cue, Schiller, and Federighi as well as key Siri scientists Alex Acero and Tom Gruber explain Apple's secretive approach to AI and machine learning — On July 30, 2014, Siri had a brain transplant. — Three years earlier, Apple had been the first major tech company to integrate …
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| Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Sources: YouTube building Backstage feature that allows creators to share photos, polls, links, and more that will appear in subscribers' feeds, slated for fall — EXCLUSIVE: — YouTube, the world's largest video-sharing service, is looking beyond video to keep its homegrown stars … | Lora Kolodny / TechCrunch: |
Drone data management firm DroneDeploy raises $20M Series B round led by Scale Venture Partners — A San Francisco-based startup called DroneDeploy has raised $20 million in Series B funding to grow their drone data management platform. — The drone tech startup closed its Series B deal …
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