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| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: this June, Zuckerberg told ~50 execs that Facebook was at war and he'd act more decisively, leading to reorgs, key departures, tension with Sandberg — New approach causes turmoil, driving several key executives from the company and creating tensions with longtime Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Tim Cook says some level of government regulation over Silicon Valley is inevitable, defends Apple's deal for Google's search engine despite privacy concerns — ‘I think their search engine is the best’ — Tim Cook has defended his company's deal with Google despite his prior criticism …
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Axios, Axios, Metacurity, MacRumors, Business Insider, Engadget, Ars Technica, Telegraph, CNET, Silicon Republic, iPhone Hacks, YouTube, The Hill, Mashable, and Fortune. Tweets: @inafried
| Andrew Liptak / The Verge: |
Tumblr says it is working to resolve an issue with iOS app after it disappeared from the App Store amid speculation it was removed due to inappropriate content — The company says that it's working to resolve ‘an issue’ with the app — Tumblr's iOS app is missing from Apple's App Store.
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PiunikaWeb, Help Center, SlashGear, Geek News Central, Softpedia News, iPhone Hacks, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, Cult of Mac, Fortune, 9to5Mac, and Engadget
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| Rebecca Keegan / Hollywood Reporter: |
The Criterion Collection says it will launch a streaming service of classic films in the spring, after outcry over WarnerMedia's decision to shut FilmStruck — “Round up your buddies,” Steven Spielberg told Edgar Wright, when a campaign was launched to save FilmStruck.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple reduced production orders for all new iPhone models in recent weeks; iPhone XR production was slashed by up to one third of the initial 70M — In recent weeks, Apple slashed production orders for all three iPhone models that it unveiled in September
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9to5Mac, Macworld, CNET, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, CNBC, Neowin, Cult of Mac, Fortune, and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @mochi_wsj
| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Swedish scooter-sharing startup VOI Technology raises $50M Series A led by Balderton Capital with Spencer Rascoff, Justin Mateen, Jeff Wilkes among investors — VOI Technology, an e-scooter startup headquartered in Sweden but with pan-European ambitions, has raised $50 million in Series A funding, confirming our earlier scoop.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Hippo, an insurance startup that uses sources like satellite imagery and smart home sensors to simplify signups and policy management, raises $70M Series C — U.S. home insurers raked in $95 billion in revenue last year, and according to a recent Jupiter report, so-called insurtech companies … | Aaron van Wirdum / Bitcoin Magazine: |
Bitcoin Cash has forked, with Bitcoin Cash ABC as an apparent early winner, but Bitcoin Cash SV camp is still threatening 51% attacks, spam, and more — Bitcoin Cash, the “big block” project that forked away from the Bitcoin blockchain in August 2017, “hard forked” (split) into two different coins …
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CoinDesk, CoinDesk, Coingeek, Coingeek, Ethereum World News, AMBCrypto, Cointelegraph, Coinnounce, Coingape, Virtual Mining Bitcoin News, NullTX, CCN, Axios, NullTX, CCN, NewsBTC, South China Morning Post, and Bitcoin Magazine. Tweets: @el33th4xor
| Jim Waterson / The Guardian: |
Google's VP of News points to 2014 shutdown of Google News in Spain, says “We would not like to see that happen in Europe”, due to the proposed EU “link tax” — Search engine is lobbying hard to stop proposed tax, aimed at compensating news publishers
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Business Insider, Inquirer, Music Ally, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @ow, @glynmoody, @jason_kint, @jonathanhaynes, and @laurenweinstein
| Kerry Flynn / Digiday: |
Inside Reddit's brand and agency roadshow to lure more ad dollars — Last month, Reddit sales executives visited OMD's New York office. Armed with a new sales deck that described ad products like sponsored posts with video, examples of how they've driven business results for clients and data …
Tweets: @kerrymflynn
| Reuters: |
JD.com reports Q3 revenues of $15.09B, up 25.1% YoY, but posts $94.7M loss, says it will move its warehouse business into a separate unit to boost income — (Reuters) - China's JD.com Inc reported third-quarter revenue on Monday that fell short of analysts' estimates on sluggish sales in its core e-commerce business.| Carl Miller / WIRED UK: |
Profile of British Army's 77th Brigade, staffed with experts in graphic design, social media, and data analytics to conduct online influence operations — They are soldiers, but the 77th Brigade edit videos, record podcasts and write viral posts. Welcome to the age of information warfare
Tweets: @carljackmiller
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