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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple pulls Google's enterprise certificates, blocking its ability to distribute internal iOS apps, including test releases of Maps, Gmail, Hangouts, and others — Google joins Facebook in Apple's banning spree — Apple has now shut down Google's ability to distribute its internal iOS apps …
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Tweets: @caseynewton, @chronic, @markgurman, @tomwarren, @matthewstoller, @chillmage, @reckless, @inafried, @db, @sarahjeong, @chillmage, @chillmage, and @tomwarren
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Facebook says Apple has restored Facebook's access to enterprise certificates; Apple says it's working with Google to reinstate Google's enterprise certificates — In a new statement today, Facebook says that Apple has restored its access to enterprise certificates.
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Business Insider, The Verge, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, The Guardian, Engadget, Ars Technica, Mashable, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, Malwarebytes Labs, The Verge, and Axios
Tweets: @mikeisaac, @alexeheath, @johnpaczkowski, @9to5mac, @mims, @robaeprice, @issielapowsky, @panzer, @willoremus, @alexstamos, and @chrissyfarr
| Casey Newton / The Interface: |
Apple shutting down Facebook's internal iOS apps should serve as a reminder of the power Apple holds over the rest of us — At around 2:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Facebook sent me an update about the controversial market research program revealed on Tuesday by TechCrunch.
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Slate, New York Times, BBC, Business Insider, Wired, The Atlantic, NBC News, Recode, ExtremeTech, Forbes, TechRepublic, Naked Security, iMore, Wired, TechCo, Abacus, Threatpost, Digital Information World, The Loop, The Mac Observer, IT PRO, ZDNet, Silicon Republic, Inquirer, The Verge, AppleInsider, MediaNama, and Lowyat.NET
Tweets: @daveleebbc, @daveleebbc, @joshconstine, @daveleebbc, @counternotions, @alexeheath, @existentialenso, @simon818, @qwertyoruiopz, @profcarroll, @neilcybart, @caseynewton, @charlesarthur, @aallan, @horwitz, @chrismessina, @chronic, @reckless, @joshconstine, @caseynewton, @reckless, @nxthompson, and @migueldeicaza
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Inside Facebook, which was seriously disrupted by its dispute with Apple over enterprise certificates, employee anger flares at the Onavo team responsible — SAN FRANCISCO — When Facebook employees woke up on Wednesday morning, many found they could not perform even the most basic work tasks.
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The Verge, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Mashable, Sky News, Good Audience, The Ringer, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @puiwingtam, @db, @robaeprice, @chronic, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, and @mikeisaac
| Facebook: |
Facebook says it removed 262 Pages, 356 accounts, three groups, and 162 Instagram accounts tied to Iran for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior — Today we removed multiple Pages, groups and accounts that engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram.
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Gizmodo, The Register, Threatpost, DFRLab, Mashable, Reuters, Recode, NBC News, CyberScoop, Adweek, CNET, CNBC, The Hill, Engadget, ABC News, The Guardian, and VentureBeat
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Twitter says it removed thousands of malicious accounts that originated in Iran, Russia, and Venezuela for spreading disinformation about the 2018 midterms — Twitter revealed Thursday that it had removed thousands of malicious accounts thought to have originated in Iran … | Amazon.com, Inc.: |
Amazon reports Q4 revenue of $72.4B, up 20% YoY, AWS revenue of $7.43B, up 45% YoY, and net income of $3.0B, up 58% YoY — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2018. — Operating cash flow increased 67% to $30.7 billion …
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GeekWire, Axios, AdExchanger, Bloomberg, Light Reading, Associated Press, The Verge, Business Insider, Amazon Chronicles, TechCrunch, Wall Street Journal, SiliconANGLE, CNET, Thurrott, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Variety, and Axios
Tweets: @ranimolla, @tcarmody, @caseynewton, @levynews, @venturebeat, @charliebilello, @charliebilello, @benfoxrubin, and @sarahhalzack
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Kleiner Perkins says it has raised a $600M fund, its first since the departure of Mary Meeker, focusing on seed, Series A, and Series B financings — “KP used to be a small team doing hands-on company building. We're moving away from being this institution with multiple products …
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| CNBC: |
Intel promotes Robert Swan from interim to permanent CEO, its seventh in 50 years, following the ouster of Brian Krzanich in June 2018 — - Analysts and media outlets speculated early on about several possible candidates, including two female executives who had left Intel in the relatively recent past.
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Tweets: @shiraovide, @levynews, @shiraovide, @sallyshin, @shiraovide, @ldignan, @jwangark, and @sallyshin
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
IDC: 375.4M smartphones shipped in Q4 2018, down 4.9% YoY; Apple shipped an estimated 68.4M iPhones, down 11.5% YoY; Samsung was top vendor with 70.4M shipments — The smartphone market isn't looking too hot. In a report published today, research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) …
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Tweets: @neiltwitz, @neiltwitz, and @bryanbma
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Starting in Denver, Uber adds a public transportation option, including real-time bus and rail info, with plans to expand elsewhere over the coming months — Starting with Denver, Uber aims to become a one-stop shop for all modes of transportation — Uber customers who live in Denver …
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Uber Newsroom, TechCrunch, Fortune, Curbed, Engadget, CNET, Business Insider, MSPoweruser, iPhone Hacks, and Pocketables. Tweets: @transitcenter
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
The Saudi startup behind anonymous commenting app Sarahah, banned by Apple and Google over bullying, launches Enoff, a workplace anonymous feedback app for iOS — Sarahah, the anonymous messaging app founded in Saudi Arabia that became an unexpected viral sensation with teens … | Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Ultraviolet, the cloud movie locker that launched in 2011 with support from major Hollywood studios, is shutting down on July 31 — Ultraviolet, a cloud movie locker once hailed as Hollywood's best bet to get consumers hooked on digital movies, is shuttering.
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The Verge, TechCrunch, Variety, Light Reading, Android Authority, Pocket-lint, Android Police, The Wrap, The Mac Observer, Engadget, MacRumors, Inquirer, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @mgsiegler, @brentalang, and @pkeys
| Axel Bugge / Reuters: |
Uber and Cabify to suspend services in Barcelona after local taxi protests and government ruling that they can pick up passengers only after a 15-minute delay — MADRID (Reuters) - Ride-hailing companies Uber and Cabify are to suspend their services in Barcelona in response … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Sources: on-demand storage service Clutter is raising between $200M and $250M in a round led by SoftBank — Marie Kondo's rise as a cultural icon shows there's big business to be had in sorting out a mess. And startups are also hoping to get in on the action.
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SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, and socalTECH.com
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it has suspended three notification spammer apps for repeatedly violating its API rules related to aggressive following and follow churn — Notification spam ruins social networks, diluting the real human interaction. Desperate to gain an audience, users pay services … | Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: following Thiel-related controversy and declining private valuations, Palantir is giving employees larger bonuses and improved stock options — Palantir Technologies Inc. pitches itself to new recruits as a place where they can build data-mining software that will help thwart terrorism … | Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
UK's Metro Bank confirms it has faced an SS7 attack intercepting 2FA codes; a telecom lobbying group previously told Congress such an attack is “theoretical” — Motherboard has identified a specific UK bank that has fallen victim to so-called SS7 attacks, and sources say the issue is wider than previously reported.
Tweets: @mshelton, @josephfcox, @mattbraga, @josephfcox, @jason_koebler, and @josephfcox
| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Hackers are distributing Collections #2-5, containing 2.2B unique usernames and associated passwords likely cobbled together from old breaches — WHEN HACKERS BREACHED companies like Dropbox and LinkedIn in recent years—stealing 71 and 117 million passwords, respectively …
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SiliconANGLE, PCWorld, Redmond Pie, Threatpost, TechSpot, BGR, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @wired, @a_greenberg, and @craigmod
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
The Criterion Collection says it will launch Criterion Channel, a new streaming service, on April 8 in US and Canada for $10.99/month or $99.99/year — Movie buffs left out in the cold by FilmStruck's demise will soon get a new streaming service stocked with over 1,000 classic … Sponsor Posts
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