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Android Instant Apps starts initial live testing, with apps from BuzzFeed, Wish, Periscope, others — Posted by Aurash Mahbod, Software Engineer, Google Play — Android Instant Apps was previewed at Google I/O last year as a new way to run Android apps without requiring installation.
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| Josh Ye / South China Morning Post: |
China tightens Great Firewall, declaring Chinese VPN services need prior government approval; large VPN-provider Vypr says it's “working on ways around this” — Move means all cable and VPN services need prior government approval and comes as Beijing steps up censorship before power-reshuffle party congress
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Samsung reports revenue of $45.8B in Q4 with profits growing 50% YoY to $7.93B, the highest in three years; profit from chips business grew 77% YoY to $4.25B — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) on Tuesday said it expects profit growth in 2017 despite challenges arising from political uncertainty … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
President Trump designates net neutrality opponent Ajit Pai as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission — Donald Trump has elevated Ajit Pai to chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, giving control over the agency to a reliable conservative who's been opposed to pretty …
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Google Voice rolls out revamped design to Android, iOS, and web, adds support for MMS photos, more — Will Google follow through on its commitment to regular updates? — Google just announced the new and improved Google Voice that the company teased a few weeks ago.
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Some Uber drivers in the US are sleeping in their cars so they can drive in cities with higher fares that are far away from their home or to maximize work hours — In the 1970s, the Safeway grocery store in San Francisco's gleaming Marina neighborhood, known as the Social Safeway, was a cornerstone of the pre-Tinder dating scene.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative acquires science search engine Meta and will make its tool free in a few months, after enhancing the product — Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's $45 billion philanthropy organization is making its first acquisition in order to make it easier for scientists to search …
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Alibaba beats estimates as revenue rises 54% to $7.67B, raises 2017 full-year guidance for revenue growth from 48% to 54% — Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd reported a better-than-expected 54 percent rise in third-quarter revenue, helped mainly by higher sales during its Single's Day shopping event.
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Sources: IBM is firing thousands of US employees and sending many of the jobs overseas even as it pledges to hire 25K workers over four years — Big Blue pledged to hire 25,000 workers over four years. It wasn't long before employees were accusing the company's CEO of hypocrisy. — by| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Yahoo reports Q4 revenue of $1.47B vs $1.38B expected, postpones target closing date of Verizon deal to Q2 2017 — Yahoo ($YHOO) on Monday released its fourth quarter earnings results, saying it generated $1.47 billion in revenue (a 15 percent increase) and earnings per share of $0.17.| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
After working on health tech at Apple, Yoky Matsuoka returns to Nest as CTO to oversee long-term product roadmap — Alphabet Inc. re-hired Yoky Matsuoka to oversee technology at its Nest Labs Inc. smart home unit, snapping up the robotics and artificial intelligence expert after she recently left Apple Inc.
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Verizon laid off 155 employees from its mobile streaming service Go90; sources say Vessel team, acquired in October, will rebuild the service — Team from acquisition Vessel charged with app rebuild — Verizon's mobile streaming service Go90 is about to get a hard reset … | Samsung Global Newsroom: |
Samsung infographic breaks down the flaws that caused Galaxy Note7 batteries to short circuit — To find the cause of the Galaxy Note7 incidents, Samsung examined every aspect of the Galaxy Note7, including hardware, software and related processes over the past several months.
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