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Sources: Apple replaced 11M iPhone batteries under the $29 replacement program in 2018, up from an average of 1-2M — Jean-Louis Gassée, on Apple's earnings warning: … I'm pretty sure Gassée's back-of-the-envelope estimate of the number of batteries replaced was way too low.
| Douglas Busvine / Reuters: |
German court dismisses Qualcomm's latest patent lawsuit against Apple, says the patent in question was not violated by the installation of its chips in iPhones — FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A patent lawsuit filed by Qualcomm Inc against Apple Inc was thrown out by a German court on Tuesday … | Shara Tibken / CNET: |
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| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
District court judge rules that authorities don't have the right, even with a warrant, to force suspects to unlock devices via biometrics, similar to passwords — A California judge has ruled that American cops can't force people to unlock a mobile phone with their face or finger.
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| Campbell Brown / Facebook Media: |
Facebook says it will invest $300M over the next three years to support local news in the US, and expand the Local News Subscriptions Accelerator globally — Last year, we worked to better understand what kind of news people want to see on Facebook. We've also asked our partners …
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Netflix raises prices for US subscribers by 13%-18%, its biggest hike ever, immediately affecting new subscribers, over next three months for existing customers — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix is raising its U.S. prices by 13 percent to 18 percent, its biggest increase since the company launched its streaming service 12 years ago.| Eleanor Cummins / Popular Science: |
YouTube starts rolling out a new feature on iOS that will let viewers swipe right or left to navigate between videos, coming to Android devices later this year — The design team tells us how they made swipe happen. — Tapping is so last year. That's why YouTube began rolling …
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Amazon's recently-announced DocumentDB AWS offering highlights the economic challenges facing companies like MongoDB Inc. that focus on an open source project — In 1999, music industry revenue in the United States peaked at $14.6 billion (all numbers are from the RIAA).| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
TikTok owner Bytedance launches Duoshan, a video chat alternative to challenge WeChat in China — ByteDance, the world's most-valued startup, just launched a new social media product under its Douyin brand in what many people see as a serious attempt to challenge WeChat.
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| Katrina Brooker / Fast Company: |
A behind-the-scenes look at Masayoshi Son's investment strategy, which is driven by the belief that computers will run the planet more intelligently than humans — Billionaire Masayoshi Son-not Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, or Mark Zuckerberg-has the most audacious vision for an AI-powered utopia where machines control how we live.
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| Alastair Westgarth / Loon Blog: |
Alphabet's Loon forms advisory board comprising of wireless industry veterans to help it transition to a commercial business — Meet the industry experts who are helping Loon take off — Alastair WestgarthBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing — Loon began as a simple idea to bring the internet to those who don't have it.
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| Jack Ellis / Tech in Asia: |
American Express acquires Japanese restaurant-booking app Pocket Concierge for an undisclosed sum — Japanese restaurant-booking app Pocket Concierge has been acquired by US card issuer American Express for an undisclosed sum. — In addition to handling online reservations for high-end restaurants …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Rubrik, which provides enterprise data management and backup services, raises $261M at a $3.3B valuation from Bain Capital Ventures and others — There is a growing demand for stronger security at every point in the IT ecosystem, and today, one of the the more successful enterprise startups …
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NBCUniversal says it will launch an ad-supported streaming service in Q1 2020 that is free for pay-TV subscribers; source: non-subscribers could pay ~$12/month — - NBC's streaming service will be a free, ad-supported product to anyone that subscribes to a pay-TV service.
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Singapore's IHiS fires two employees and fines five execs, including CEO, over June 2018 SingHealth cyberattack that saw personal data of 1.5M patients stolen — Several other IHiS employees were commended for handling the incident beyond their job scope and responsibilities. — Up Next:Sponsor Posts
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