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Chinese court issued a preliminary injunction against Apple for infringing Qualcomm patents, banning sale and import of iPhones 6s to X in China; Apple appeals — A Chinese court has banned the sale of a number of recent iPhone models citing infringement of two Qualcomm patents, the San Diego chipmaker said on Monday.
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How smartphone apps are sharing precise location data with 75+ companies, including advertisers, retailers, and hedge funds — Dozens of companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers and even hedge funds. They say it's anonymous, but the data shows how personal it is.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google says it will shut down the consumer version of Google+ in April 2019 instead of August and retire Google+ APIs within 90 days, after new API bug found — After discovering another security issue potentially impacting 52.5 million users, Google today announced that the consumer version … | Mugdha Variyar / The Economic Times: |
Google acquires popular Indian train tracking app “Where is my Train”, which works offline and without GPS, sources say for $30M-$40M — Google has acquired Sigmoid Labs, which runs the platform ‘Where is My Train.’ — ET had reported the development in August.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
GoPro says it will move production of US-bound cameras out of China by summer 2019 due to fear of future tariffs, as US-China trade war escalates — - GoPro says it will move production of U.S.-bound cameras out of China to avoid being caught up in tariffs.
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Google says its For You tab for Google Maps, which gives personalized recommendations, is now rolling out in 40+ countries on iOS and 130+ countries on Android — It's officially the holiday season, which means lots of time spent with friends and family. But all of that together …
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| Matthew Hughes / The Next Web: |
Survey of 900 IT companies in US and Europe finds that Microsoft Teams' marketshare grew from 3% in 2016 to 21% in 2018, while Slack grew just 2% to 15% in 2018 — A report from Spiceworks shows that adoption of Microsoft Teams - the Slack rival from Redmond - is growing rapidly and is set … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon restricted sellers' access to customer data and fired some workers in US and India for allegedly accessing internal data that was then misused — Merchants find new ways to sabotage rivals during the all-important holiday shopping season — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN .42% … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram launches a walkie talkie-like voice messaging feature, rolling out globally on Instagram Direct today — You'd think Facebook would be faster at copying itself. Five years after Facebook Messenger took a cue from WhatsApp and Voxer to launch voice messaging …
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| Connie Chan / Andreessen Horowitz: |
How Chinese entertainment apps for books, podcasts, video, and music diversify their revenue beyond ads and subscriptions via tips, micropayments, coupons, more — Stop and think for a moment about how many ads you saw in the last 24 hours, on Instagram or Facebook or anywhere else.
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Sources: Bird plans to raise at its current $2B valuation and Lime at $2B-3B, below their initial asks, amid tougher-than-expected business conditions — Shared electric-scooter companies Bird and Lime temper their valuation goals as they deal with vandalism and other growing pains
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| Roy Katsiri / Globes Online: |
Sources: cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain is closing down its Israel-based R&D center and laying off its 23 employees, amid the cryptocurrency bear market — Bitmaintech Israel, headed by Gadi Glikberg, is a victim of the steep decline in the cryptocurrency market.
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Huawei debuts Honor View 20 with a 48MP rear camera and Samsung unveils A8s with a 6.4" Infinity-O display, both with a hole-punch camera cutout in the screen — Two smartphone-makers have unveiled handsets featuring a “hole-punch” selfie camera. — The screens of the Samsung A8s …
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