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Chinese court grants Qualcomm's preliminary injunction against Apple and blocks the sale and import of iPhone models from 6S to X in China — 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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| 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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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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| New York Times: |
How smartphone apps are sharing precise location data with 75+ companies, including advertisers, retailers, and hedge funds, up to 14K times a day — 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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| 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.
Tweets: @triketora, @tundro, and @lexiro
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Australian watchdog ACCC posts regulation recommendations regarding digital platforms, like Google: monitor handling of ads and news, ban default browsers, more — The hammer is coming down on Google and Facebook as Australia's top consumer watchdog warns they are becoming too powerful.| Jeff Engel / Xconomy: |
Sleep apnea equipment and software maker ResMed to acquire Propeller Health, which helps track medication inhaler usage through sensors and an app, for $225M — Jeff Engel — [Updated 12/3/18, 3:30 pm, with CEO comments.] ResMed has inked a $225 million deal to acquire Propeller Health …
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Sources: Chinese AI company Megvii, whose Face++ facial recognition tech is popular among developers worldwide, is in talks to raise $500M at a $3.5B valuation — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese artificial intelligence provider Megvii Inc, commonly known as Face++, is targeting to raise $500 million …
| Kara Swisher / New York Times: |
Huawei CFO's arrest at behest of US prompts fears of retaliatory arrests, amid a series of other worrisome US responses to strategic tech challenges from China — Tech executives worry China will turn to tit-for-tat arrests of Americans in response to the detention of Meng Wanzhou.
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| Sergey Golovanov / Securelist: |
Kaspersky: networks of 8 Eastern European banks were hacked by people entering the premises and planting physical hardware like Raspberry Pi and USB devices — While novice attackers, imitating the protagonists of the U.S. drama Mr. Robot, leave USB flash drives lying around parking lots … | 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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The Next Web, CoinDesk, CoinGeek, CryptoGlobe, Crowdfund Insider, and The Block
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Enterprise software provider Tibco acquires French data management company Orchestra Networks, sources say valuing it in the low hundreds of millions of dollars — (Reuters) - TIBCO Software Inc, a large privately-held business software provider, is acquiring French data management company Orchestra Networks …
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