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WSJ: Facebook building video app for Apple TV and other set-top boxes as it ramps up its original programming efforts — Facebook is developing an app for set-top boxes including Apple TV, as a way to bring longer-form video content — and video ads — to big-screen TVs in consumers' living rooms, the Wall Street Journal reported.| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Apple reports Q1 revenue of $78.4B, up from $75.9B a year ago, as profit reaches $17.9B; 78.3M iPhones sold, up 5% YoY, as iPad sales declined 19% YoY to 13.08M — Apple today disclosed that it produced a $17.8 billion profit, or $3.36 in earnings per diluted share, on $78.35 billion in sales … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple's Q1 2017 revenue from services, which includes iCloud and Apple Pay, reaches $7.17B, up 18% YoY from $6B, as Apple aims to double it in four years — During today's earnings call for the first fiscal quarter of 2017 (fourth calendar quarter), Apple announced that its services revenue … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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EU announces deal to end all wireless roaming charges starting June 2017 — The European Union took a big step toward creating a Digital Single Market today with the announcement of a deal that would end roaming charges for mobile consumers across the continent.| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Jim Goetz to step down as a “steward” of Sequoia, to be succeeded by Roelof Botha; Botha and Alfred Lin will lead US venture team — Sequoia Capital on Tuesday told investors that partner Jim Goetz will be stepping back as the firm's “steward” and head of U.S. venture capital … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is now training its News Feed algorithm to detect authenticity of posts to reduce the promotion of spammy, fake, and sensational stories — Facebook is prioritizing “authentic” content in News Feed with a ranking algorithm change that detects and promotes content “that people consider genuine … | Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Fitbit to shut down Coin product services on February 28; cards will still be usable until end of their battery life — This was all inevitable, of course. Fitbit has made its plans for Coin clear since it bought the mobile payment company back in May of last year.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Slack debuts Enterprise Grid, an admin-focused tool to scale its software for large firms, including the ability to create an unlimited number of “workspaces” — With the launch of its new ‘Enterprise Grid’ — Team communication service Slack today announced a new product designed … | Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple-recommended LG UltraFine 5K Display doesn't operate well near routers, dropping connections or freezing connected Macs; LG acknowledges the issue — Apple discontinued its Thunderbolt Display last summer after five years on the market, and now Apple recommends the LG UltraFine 5K Display … | Seth Fiegerman / CNNMoney: |
Lyft, Airbnb, and Stripe, all backed by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, have now criticized Trump's immigration order — Peter Thiel defends his support of Donald Trump — Lyft is having what could only be described as a banner week. — The ride-hailing service earned praise from customers … | Hamza Shaban / BuzzFeed: |
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Indian IT-outsourcing giants lose billions in market value following reports of proposal by Rep. Zoe Lofgren that would double salaries required for H-1B visas — A proposal to double the salary needed to qualify for skilled worker visas caused Indian outsourcing giants to lose billions in market value on Tuesday.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google open-sources Chrome for iOS, adding the code to the Chromium project repository — Google has uploaded its Chrome for iOS code into the open source Chromium repository. In other words, Chrome for iOS has now been open-sourced like Chrome for other platforms, letting anyone examine, modify, and compile the project.| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
New FCC chair Ajit Pai quietly removed a proposal to force pay-TV operators to open-source their set-top boxes from the FCC's agenda last week — The cable guys win one, courtesy of a Trump appointee. — Looks like the cable guys won't have to open their boxes after all.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Take-Two Interactive, which once rebuffed a $2B acquisition offer from EA, buys mobile games publisher Social Point for up to $276M — Some more consolidation is afoot in the gaming industry. Take-Two Interactive, the games maker behind big titles like Grand Theft Auto …
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