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Amazon's grave NYC HQ2 mistake: the political landscape changed but the company's playbook didn't — The HQ2 contest was very Amazonian. So was its refusal to back down. — No one looks good in the wake of Amazon's decision to scrap plans for a giant New York headquarters in Long Island City, Queens.
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| Brad Stone / Bloomberg: |
After Amazon misread New York's politics, pulling out was a typical Bezos power play of belligerently confronting opposition he views as unfair or unjust — In retrospect, the helipad was probably a bad idea. — The proposed transportation hub for senior Amazon executives was supposed …
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Twitter hides a tweet, reportedly from Iran's head of state, for pointing out that a previous leader's verdict to murder novelist Salman Rushdie is still valid — Twitter has previously used a newsworthiness standard to defend its refusal to apply abuse and harassment rules to President Donald Trump's account.| Matthew Gardner / ITEP: |
Amazon has made $11.2B in profits in 2018 but will pay no federal income tax and will receive a rebate of $129M due to unspecified tax credits — Amazon, the ubiquitous purveyor of two-day delivery of just about everything, nearly doubled its profits to $11.2 billion in 2018 from $5.6 billion …
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| Axios: |
Sources: Apple buys Pullstring, an SF-based enterprise voice app developer, for up to $40M; Pullstring has raised around $44M in venture capital — Apple has agreed to buy Pullstring, a San Francisco-based startup that enables the design and publishing of voice apps, Axios has learned.
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| Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: |
Pokémon Go creator Niantic agrees to settle class action with property owners for unsanctioned PokéStop and Gym placements; monetary damages up for mediation — After fighting over the meaning of “trespass” in the digital age, Niantic agrees to a system for resolving nuisance complaints …
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Uber reports Q4 revenue of $3B, up 24% YoY, gross bookings of $14.2B, up 37% YoY, and adjusted EBITDA losses of $842M, up 88% YoY and 60% QoQ — Uber on Friday released its latest quarterly financials, likely its last before formally filing to go public. showing continued growth and investment in areas like UberEats.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google rolls out ARCore 1.7 with a new Augmented Faces API for the front-facing camera that can overlay effects on a user's face even without a depth sensor — ARCore is Google's platform for mobile augmented reality which does not require specialized hardware.
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Security researcher says Twitter retains direct messages for years, including messages users have deleted, which may be illegal under the EU's new GDPR laws — When does “delete” really mean delete? Not always or even at all if you're Twitter . — Twitter retains direct messages for years … | Shoshanna Solomon / The Times of Israel: |
Insiders at Israeli hacking tools company NSO Group say they bought back the 70% stake they sold to US PE firm Francisco Partners; source: at a $1B valuation — Market source says the deal values the Israel-founded company, which helps governments spy on phones, at about $1 billion; NSO says it had revenues of $250 million in 2018
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Profile of real estate ad giant Zillow, as it joins the new breed of “iBuyers” who flip homes at a massive scale using algorithms for granular price predictions — With its tan stucco exterior and red tile roof, the Rittenhouse home on South Star Canyon Drive looks a lot … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
SEC filing: Spotify paid ~$337M to buy Gimlet Media and Anchor; Spotify told investors it expects to spend $400M-$500M in total on podcast acquisitions in 2019 — Streaming-audio giant Spotify shelled out around €300 million, or about $337 million, to buy podcasting companies … Sponsor Posts
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