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Netflix reports mixed Q4 earnings, with revenue of $4.19B vs. $4.21B est., says it added 8.8M global paid memberships, up from its estimate of 7.6M — - The company beat Wall Street estimates for earnings per share, but fell just below projections for revenue.
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| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Netflix estimates it accounts for 10% of US TV screen time, shares audience numbers for some movies and TV shows, such as Bird Box's audience of 80M households — The streaming service says it now accounts for 10 percent of TV viewing time. — Netflix has more than 130 million customers watching its TV shows and movies.
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| Paul Lamkin / Wareable: |
Fossil says Google will pay $40M for some smartwatch IP related to tech developed since its acquisition of Misfit; part of Fossil's R&D team will join Google — New smartwatch innovation is promised from the big deal — The Fossil Group and Google have exclusively revealed to Wareable …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Facebook says it will ask its employees to take down their reviews of Portal devices on Amazon after three employees were caught leaving 5-star reviews — Whoops — Facebook's Portal smart displays have had an uphill battle, trying to convince people to willingly give …
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| Ashley Feinberg / HuffPost: |
A disorienting interview with Jack Dorsey on his Myanmar tweets, right-wing extremism, and what he'd do if Trump called on his followers to murder journalists — A Q&A with Twitter's CEO on right-wing extremism, Candace Owens, and what he'd do if the president called on his followers to murder journalists.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says a bug led to the “Protect your Tweets” setting being disabled for some Android users for almost five years, making their tweets public — Twitter accidentally revealed some users' “protected” (aka, private) tweets, the company disclosed this afternoon.
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Tim Cook, in an op-ed, asks Congress to pass privacy legislation and the FTC to create a data-broker clearinghouse so users can track and control their data — We all deserve control over our digital lives. That's why we must rein in the data brokers — In 2019, it's time to stand …
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| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
April Underwood, promoted to the role of chief product officer at Slack 10 months ago, is leaving the company to focus on investing — Slack is losing its chief product officer April Underwood ahead of a direct listing expected in 2019. — Underwood joined Slack, the provider … | Nathaniel Gleicher / Facebook: |
Facebook takes down 315 Pages, 152 accounts, 4 Groups, and 41 Instagram accounts for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” originating in Russia — Today we removed multiple Pages, groups and accounts that engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram.
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| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Vic Gundotra steps down as CEO of AliveCor but will remain on the board, which is expected to announce a replacement from within the company in the coming weeks — - Former Google SVP Vic Gundotra has stepped down from his role as the CEO of AliveCor for personal reasons.| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Atlassian beats with Q2 revenue of $299M, up 39% YoY, and subscription revenue of $152.5M vs. $150M estimated by analysts; stock up 9%+ after hours — Atlassian shares rose more than 10 percent in extended trading on Thursday after the provider of collaboration software reported better …
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Satya Nadella says Cortana won't challenge Alexa and Google Assistant directly, instead Microsoft will focus on making it a skill on other voice platforms — - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says that it no longer sees its Cortana smart assistant as a competitor to Amazon's Alexa.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Jeff Bezos announces re:MARS, a public extension of the invite-only MARS conference focused on forward-looking tech, taking place in Las Vegas on June 4 to 7 — The event is an extension of Amazon's semi-secret MARS conference, but will include plenty of self-promotion
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In an internal post, Sophie Alpert, a Facebook manager who oversaw React, says she quit after being harassed for criticizing Facebook's lack of diversity — - A Facebook engineering manager who ran an open-source project left earlier this month after being harassed by her colleagues.
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| Jeff Benjamin / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Smart Battery Case for iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR review: much more refined design, and Qi wireless charging is nice, but it is still bulky and expensive — Does your iPhone have trouble making it through a full working day without dying? If so, then Apple's just-released Smart Battery Case … Sponsor Posts
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