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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google rebrands Project Fi to Google Fi and adds support for iPhones, currently in beta, and the “majority” of Android devices — Looks like the MVNO is here to stay — Three years after it first launched, Google is making its cell service a little more official today.
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| Bloomberg: |
AWS debuts Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, to sway customers from Microsoft, and Glacier Deep Archive as a cheaper data storage option, coming in 2019 — - Internet giant seeks to maintain lead in cloud computing — New tools aim to lower costs, win business from Microsoft
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Amid worries about demand for iPhone XR, Apple VP of product marketing Greg Joswiak says it's “been our most popular iPhone” every day since it became available — Apple's iPhone XR has been outselling the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max every day since the cheaper, colorful phone hit the market last month.| Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg: |
The Army says Microsoft won a $480M contract for prototypes of AR systems for combat missions and training which could lead to 100K+ headset purchases — Microsoft Corp. has won a $480 million contract to supply prototypes for augmented reality systems to the Army for use on combat missions and in training, the Army said.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
DOJ indicts two Iranian nationals for creating and deploying the SamSam ransomware, which caused $30M in losses and had 200+ victims — U.S. federal prosectors have indicted two Iranian nationals for creating and deploying the notorious SamSam ransomware. — Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34 …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Instagram begins rolling out a tool that describes photos for visually impaired users using AI or user descriptions — They'll know what they're seeing — Instagram announced today that it's rolling out new features that'll make the app easier to use for people with visual impairments.
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| Larry Cermak / The Block: |
Steemit, a social network that rewards users with its own cryptocurrency, says it's laying off nearly 70% of its team, after its currency declined 96% — Steemit, the company behind a blogging website that uses the Steem blockchain and cryptocurrency to reward publishers and curators …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Internal emails in court filings show Facebook considered charging companies for access to user data and pushing some advertisers to spend extra for more access — Internal emails in court filings viewed by The Wall Street Journal provide a window into a document trove a British lawmaker plans to release soon
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is launching its “Today In” local news section in 400 US cities, after beginning testing it in January — Facebook has a new area of its app it will have to police for fake news and biased sensationalism. Facebook is launching “Today In”, its local news aggregator …
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| Jessi Hempel / LinkedIn: |
Silicon Valley should move past its glowing perception of the Zuckerberg-Sandberg paradigm, where the challenges created by a brash CEO are tackled by the COO — Sheryl Sandberg had been working at Facebook for just 13 days the first time we sat down for an interview.
Tweets: @danroth, @kerrymflynn, @work_matters, @mekosoff, @wnd, @mekosoff, @katies, and @melissagira
| Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon says it is phasing out sponsored product ads on baby registries, which attach a small “sponsored” label, after some users found them deceptive — Unwanted gifts arrive after friends say company's baby registries tricked them — Kima Nieves recently received two Aveeno bath … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Starting next year, YouTube says its original content will be free and supported by ads, instead of being behind a premium paywall — YouTube has concluded that its investments in original programming should have a home on the free, ad-supported side — not just tucked behind a paywall.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Dell says it detected hackers “attempting to extract Dell.com customer information”, such as customer names, email addresses, and hashed passwords, on Nov. 9 — Company says it detected an intrusion at the start of the month, but financial data was not exposed.
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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
T-Mobile quietly launches T-Mobile MONEY, a mobile banking solution with an app available now for Android and iOS; T-Mobile ended a similar offering in 2016 — T-Mobile, the self-titled “Un-Carrier,” is further separating itself from the competition by getting into the booming world of mobile banking with “T-Mobile Money.”
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
LG puts Brian Kwon, head of its hugely profitable home entertainment business, in charge of its struggling smartphone division — Mission impossible: a new executive at LG is charged with fixing the company's long-time loss-making smartphone division following a leadership change.
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| Akanksha Rana / Reuters: |
Box reports Q3 revenue of $155.9M, up 20.6% YoY, vs. $154.6M est., a net loss of $40.2M, down from $42.9M a year ago, 90K+ paying customers, up from 87K in Q2 — (Reuters) - Box Inc's quarterly revenue topped Wall Street estimates on Wednesday and the company reported a smaller-than-expected loss …
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