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Apple acquires digital newsstand Texture, which gives its readers access to ~200 magazines for $10/month, as it doubles down on content “from trusted sources” — As the debate continues over fake news and the role that aggregators like Facebook have played in spreading it …
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| Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
Dropbox seeks to raise as much as $648M in its IPO, plans to sell 36M shares at $16-$18, which would give it a valuation of ~$7.5B at the midpoint of the range — Dropbox, the online file storage company, said on Monday that it hoped to raise as much as $648 million in its forthcoming stock market debut …
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
A year after its launch, Microsoft says Teams is used by 200K organizations and will soon have support for Cortana and inline message translation — Microsoft has never shared how many individuals are using Teams, its chat-based collaboration tool that's part of Office 365 and competes …
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Decentralized data storage startup Storj appoints former Docker CEO Ben Golub as its new executive chairman and interim chief executive — Decentralized data storage startup Storj is hoping to boost its growth with the hire of a new executive chairman and interim chief executive.| Aliya Ram / Financial Times: |
Uber plans to expand UberEats to 100 new cities across Europe, including 40 in UK, 35 in France, says UberEats is profitable in 45 of 200 cities it operates in — Uber is increasing investment in food delivery this year with plans to launch its UberEats takeaway app in 100 new cities across Europe … | Emma Grey Ellis / Wired: |
To thrive in the age of Instagram, sex workers learn to be hyper social media literate while fighting inconsistent rules of platforms, creeps, and the law — ONE MORNING LAST May, Melody Kush discovered that someone was using her Twitter photos to catfish people into paying for a Snapchat premium account that didn't even exist.
Tweets: @estelle_lucas
| Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: |
Singapore-based Broadcom to redomicile to the US by April 3, two days before the chipmaker's acquisition target Qualcomm holds its annual shareholder meeting — (Reuters) - Singapore-based Broadcom Ltd (AVGO.O) said on Monday it expects to redomicile to the United States by April 3 …
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| Andy Pasztor / Wall Street Journal: |
Commercial drones in US are expected to begin limited package deliveries within months; ten FAA-approved trials for various drone initiatives to start by May — Federal authorities promise unmanned aircraft proponents: 'We'll help you get there' — After lagging behind other countries for years … | Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Toshiba launches dynaEdge AR Smart Glasses, a new head-mounted display tethered to a mini-PC, aimed at business users, starting at $1,899 — But they work great with a hard hat — Nascent technologies are sometimes described as solutions in search of a problem, and that's certainly something …
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Inquirer, Digital Trends, BetaNews, CNET, and Engadget
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Alleged NSA EternalBlue exploit, which leaked a year ago, has become a go-to tool for hackers because of its versatility and the many machines still unpatched — AN ELITE RUSSIAN hacking team, a historic ransomware attack, an espionage group in the Middle East, and countless small time cryptojackers all have one thing in common.
Tweets: @t_s_p_o_o_k_y
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Toyota, JapanTaxi, KDDI, and Accenture are testing an AI-based taxi dispatch support system that can predict demand for taxi services in Tokyo — AI applied to taxi services in trials have predicted demand with a 94.1 percent accuracy rate. — Toyota, JapanTaxi, KDDI … | Tom Simonite / Wired: |
A look at blockchain-based apps like Graphite Docs, Blockstack, OpenBazaar, Storj, and DTube that are part of the movement to build a decentralized internet — I USUALLY WRITE in Google's online word processor Google Docs, even when noting the company's shortcomings.
Tweets: @wired
| Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Source: Singapore's Golden Gate Ventures is raising a $100M third fund for e-commerce, payments, and mobile apps in Southeast Asia — Singapore's Golden Gate Ventures is raising a $100 million third fund to continue investing in Southeast Asia's burgeoning market for e-commerce … Sponsor Posts
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