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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Facebook says it's banning all ads for cryptocurrencies, ICOs, and binary options to avoid “misleading or deceptive promotional practices” — It's an “intentionally broad” policy aimed at stopping scammers. — Facebook is banning all ads that promote cryptocurrencies …
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| Red Hat: |
Red Hat to acquire Kubernetes and containers startup, CoreOS, for $250M — With CoreOS, Red Hat doubles down on technology to help customers build, run and manage containerized applications in hybrid and multicloud environments — Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: US DoJ and SEC are investigating whether Apple violated securities laws concerning its disclosures about update that slowed iPhones with old batteries — The U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether Apple Inc. violated securities laws concerning …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google says it removed 700,000+ apps from the Play Store last year for policy violations, up 70% YoY, credits new machine learning techniques for the increase — Google today shared details of Google Play's efforts to protect Android users with its teams of engineers, policy experts …
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Android Developers Blog, SiliconANGLE, The Register, The Verge, Softpedia News, MediaNama, Engadget, International Business Times, Firstpost, Android Beat, Android Authority, Neowin, CNET, Droid Life, Ubergizmo, Gizmodo, ZDNet, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, Greenbot, and 9to5Google. Tweets: @thurrott
| Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC: |
Samsung posts record Q4 profit of $14.15B driven by chip sales, while its mobile business saw a 3.2% YoY profit decline to $2.25B — - Samsung Electronics recorded an operating profit of about $14.15 billion for the December quarter — in line with guidance.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon rolls out SMS messaging feature for Alexa devices that lets users send text messages via voice, currently only available to Android users in US — Amazon announced today it's launching a new messaging feature for Alexa devices in the U.S. that will allow you to send texts - yes …
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| Matthew Leising / Bloomberg: |
Source: US regulators subpoenaed Bitfinex and subsidiary Tether amid doubts that Tether's USDT, which the firm says is pegged to USD, has sufficient reserves — Firms say they routinely get ‘legal process’ from regulators — Tether has yet to verify that it holds $2.3 billion in reserve
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Sources: Apple is delaying some planned iOS updates, including improvements to core apps, to next year in order to focus on performance and reliability issues — Apple has shaken up its iOS software plans for 2018, delaying some features to next year in an effort to put more focus … | Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Nintendo beats expectations with Q3 revenue of $4.44B up 177% YoY, profit of $1.07B up 261% YoY, raises annual Switch sales forecast to 15M units from 14M — - The Japanese gaming giant raised its sales forecast for the Nintendo Switch from 14 million to 15 million to the end of March 2018.| Kyle Stock / Bloomberg: |
Nuro exits stealth after unveiling an autonomous delivery vehicle prototype, has raised $92M from investors including Banyan Capital and Greylock Partners — A secretive startup has unveiled its new grocery-getter, one of many automakers that are leaving people out of the equation.
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Tweets: @tweetermeyer and @scsatcmu
| Jeff Teper / Microsoft Tech Community: |
Microsoft updates iOS Office apps with real-time co-authoring, iPad drag and drop support, universal link support, and OneDrive support for the iOS Files app — Today's post was written by Jeff Teper, corporate vice president for OneDrive, SharePoint and Office.
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Engadget, SiliconANGLE, MacRumors, Thurrott.com, MacRumors, Softpedia News, Office Blogs, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Mac Observer, Digital Trends, Neowin, MSPoweruser, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @steven_aquino. Thanks:@rhoge
| Becky Peterson / Business Insider: |
Dustin Moskovitz's productivity startup Asana raises $75M Series D led by Al Gore's Generation Investment Management; sources say at a $900M valuation — - The collaboration and productivity application company Asana raised $75 million in a series D, the company announced Tuesday.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snap debuts new styles for its Bitmoji called Bitmoji Deluxe, now offers 40 skin tones, up from 25, twice as many hair colors, and 50 hair treatment options — Now you can customize your Snapchat Bitmoji avatar with 40 skin tones, 50 hair colors, 50 hair treatment options and more so it looks …
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Tweets: @joshconstine and @joshconstine
| Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Line Corp., creator of Japan's biggest messaging app, is expanding into cryptocurrency trading, insurance, and other financial services — Japan's biggest messenger creates a financial holdings company — Line applied for cryptocurrency exchange license in Japan| Melanie Ehrenkranz / Gizmodo: |
California appellate court judge sides with man suing Tinder who argued that Tinder Plus' pricing, which is more expensive for users over 30, is discriminatory — Tinder introduced new pricing tiers in 2015, charging users a monthly fee in exchange for a few bonus features, like undoing a swipe or changing locations.| Blair Hanley Frank / VentureBeat: |
Astound announces $11.5M Series A and launches out of stealth to help large enterprises automate employee service requests using AI — EXCLUSIVE: — A new startup called Astound emerged from stealth today with a big vision: to cut down on service requests using artificial intelligence to drive automation.
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| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
A KodakCoin co-creator says market reaction has diverted public attention from how it benefits photography rights, first KodakCoins to be sold Wednesday in ICO — When Kodak announced on Jan. 9 that it was planning to launch its own cryptocurrency, investors swooned.
Tweets: @marshallk
| AppleInsider: |
Apple Pay accepted at 1 out of 2 US stores, says Apple VP Jennifer Bailey — Speaking at NRF 2018 Retail's Big Show in New York earlier this month, Apple Pay VP Jennifer Bailey presented a speech detailing how iPhone changed the retail landscape, and outlined the tech company's ongoing efforts in the mobile payment marketplace.| Nico Grant / Bloomberg: |
Google partners with MobileIron, which offers a cybersecurity tool for phones, to create a new marketplace for cloud services to challenge Amazon — The tool will increase Google G Suite's application offerings — Alphabet Inc.'s Google is launching a digital store offering cloud-based software …
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| Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 11.3, now in beta, allows approval of family purchases using Face ID; biometric authentication of family purchases previously possible only via Touch ID — iPhone X owners with children have been complaining for a while about the impossibility of approving purchases using Face ID.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Webpass, the wireless home broadband company Google Fiber acquired in 2016, is exiting the Boston market, one of eight cities it served — Google Fiber isn't just stalling; now it's shrinking — Webpass, the wireless home broadband company that Google Fiber acquired in 2016, is exiting the Boston market.
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