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| Dara Kerr / CNET: |
Uber says it will now ban riders with significantly below-average ratings after giving them several opportunities to improve — Uber has long deactivated drivers who get low ratings. Now the ride-hailing company is turning the tables. — Uber announced Wednesday that those passengers …
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TechCrunch, Uber Newsroom, Business Insider, CNN, The Verge, Washington Post, Engadget, TechSpot, and Mashable
| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Huawei has filed a motion for summary judgement in its lawsuit against the US, in a bid to expedite an outcome without the costs and time of a full trial — SHANGHAI — Huawei is ramping up its legal challenge to American limits on purchases of its equipment, in a sign that it is doubling …
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Tweets: @huaweifacts, @paulmozur, @bhweingarten, @julianku, @suelinwong, @huaweiit, @nytimes, and @nytimesbusiness
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple's new website defending the App Store, following antitrust allegations, mostly serves to highlight its power and dominance while ignoring criticisms — Apple launched a new website as a response to critics like Spotify — As it faces both an antitrust lawsuit with huge implications …
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9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Daring Fireball, Engadget, CNET, TechCrunch, Financial Times, iMore, MacRumors, CNBC, MacDailyNews, VentureBeat, Cult of Mac, and SlashGear
Tweets: @nickjshearer, @hallstephenj, @herf, @backlon, @zmknox, @reckless, and @reckless
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple's former head of App Store approvals, Phillip Shoemaker, discusses the review process, app rejections, competition between Apple and developers, and more — Apple Inc.'s former head of App Store approvals said he's worried about competition between the company and developers …
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Business Insider, The Verge, The Mac Observer, iPhone in Canada Blog, Mashable, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @trippmickle, @bzamayo, @ow, @balestrapatrick, @ayushxgarg, @hiparnold, and @stroughtonsmith
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Amazon announces 5.5-inch Echo Show 5 that's shipping in July for $89.99, launches new Alexa commands to delete what you just said or everything you said today — A direct challenge to the Google Nest Home Hub — Amazon is releasing a new Echo device today because apparently …
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Tweets: @reckless, @baxiabhishek, and @dcseifert
| Nick Parker / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft outlines its vision for a modern OS that has invisible background updates, security by default, always connected, supports multiple form factors, more — Today, at Computex in Taipei, Microsoft executives Roanne Sones, CVP OS Platforms and Rodney Clark, VP IoT Sales … | Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Following Google's announcement of Google Pay support last week, New York City subway riders will be able to pay with Apple Pay starting Friday — If you frequent the New York City subway's 4, 5, 6 line, you've probably seen the new terminals at a variety of stations like Union Square and Grand Central.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Apple should be courageous and double down on Marzipan, retooling all of its first-party Mac apps with the cross platform framework and working out rough edges — Why Apple should go all in on iPad apps on the Mac — This year at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) …
Tweets: @backlon, @stevesi, and @waltmossberg
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Flipboard says hackers had access to its servers for 9+ months and stole some customers' info, including digital tokens linking profiles to 3rd-party services — Extent of the hack is unknown, but Flipboard said hackers had access to its systems for almost nine months.
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Tweets: @flipboard, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, and @campuscodi
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google introduces new policies to protect children and families downloading apps on Google Play, including mandating developers comply with content and ad rules — Google announced this morning a new set of developer policies aimed at providing additional protections for children …
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Android Developers Blog, Android Police, CNET, Android Authority, and VentureBeat. Tweets: @googleplaydev
| Aaron Mak / Slate: |
An inside look at Donald Trump's Wikipedia entry, one of the most popular pages on the internet, where editors fight a brutal, petty battle over every word — It's one of the most popular pages on the internet. But behind the scenes, editors are fighting a brutal, petty battle over every word.
Tweets: @katie_rayford, @dabeard, @abenedikt, @katherinemiller, and @kelseyhalliday
| George Nguyen / Search Engine Land: |
A look back at Bing on its 10th anniversary: though Bing's market share is still small, Microsoft has stayed committed to search, winning over many advertisers — A look back, and ahead, at Microsoft's search business. — Ten years ago today, Microsoft launched Bing.
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Tweets: @ginnymarvin, @homaionkabir, @maryjofoley, and @jordannovet
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
iRobot announces a pair of new cleaning robots, the $1,299 Roomba s9+ and $499 Braava Jet m6, that can work together to clean houses — A job shared in a job halved — iRobot has a pair of new cleaning robots, the Roomba s9+ and Braava Jet m6, that can work in tandem to vacuum, mop, and dust your house.
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| John Tozzi / Bloomberg: |
Talkspace, whose app connects people with licensed mental health therapists for counseling through text and video chat, raises $50M led by Revolution Growth — - Talkspace also signs deal with UnitedHealth's Optum unit — Online counseling expands as U.S. faces mental health crisis
Tweets: @talkspace, @stevecase, @mhdempsey, and @shaig
| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Sources: PE firm Bain Capital is raising $1B for a new tech fund for buyouts and late-stage minority investments, focused on enterprise and cybersecurity — KEY POINTS — Bain Capital, which manages more than $100 billion, is planning to raise $1 billion for a tech-focused fund …
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| Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab: |
Google's Digital News Initiative is expanding its funding to North America, opening application for an “innovation challenge” offering projects up to $300K — Projects, which should be related to local news or revenue generation, can receive up to $300,000 in funding.| Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian: |
Members of Google's Pygmalion team, responsible for Assistant's linguistic analysis, allege that subcontractors were routinely pressured into unpaid overtime — Interpreting a spoken request isn't magic, rather it has taken a team of underpaid, subcontracted linguists to make the technology possible
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Tweets: @jessesheidlower, @techworkersco, and @bxchen
| Amrita Khalid / Engadget: |
Facebook announces new tools to help game developers monetize their games, including in-app “rewarded videos” and new News Feed ad options — Facebook game players will soon encounter more advertising tied to in-game rewards. The social media platform will be giving publishers more options to monetize their mobile games.
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Sources: Cameo, which lets fans pay for personalized videos from celebrities, is finalizing a Series B investment at a ~$300M valuation led by Kleiner Perkins — Cameo, a Chicago-based startup that lets fans pay for personalized videos from celebrities, is finalizing a Series B investment …
Tweets: @l1ad
| Tom Krazit / GeekWire: |
Salesforce announces Salesforce Blockchain, letting companies more easily build distributed ledgers with Salesforce data, currently in private preview — Salesforce Blockchain will allow companies to build blockchain-based distributed ledgers that integrate with their Salesforce data using … | Jenny Anderson / Quartz: |
San Francisco-based Outschool, a marketplace for online classes with video chat for kids, raises $8.5M Series A led by Reach Capital and Union Square Ventures — Before Martin Luther King Jr. Day last year, Celeste Law's eight-year-old daughter told her mother that she didn't know much about …
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Love Learning, EdSurge, FinSMEs, The Next Web, and PE Hub Blog
Tweets: @laurenloktev, @dharmesh, @scottadamssays, @rebeccak46, @elizabethturner, @amirnathoo, and @anahomayoun
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Dropbox increases Plus plan storage from 1TB to 2TB, raises the price from $10 to $12 per month, and adds Rewind and Smart Sync features — Dropbox has doubled the storage space for its Plus users from 1TB to 2TB, added Rewind and Smart Sync features, and increased the price from $10 per month to $12 per month.
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| Alex Wilhelm / Crunchbase News: |
LinkedIn acquires Drawbridge, a startup that helps companies with identity management using machine learning; Drawbridge has raised nearly $69M — LinkedIn just acquired its 22nd-known company: Drawbridge. The smaller company will integrate with LinkedIn's marketing services.
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AdExchanger, LinkedIn, Marketing Land, GeekWire, ZDNet, Social Media Today, Silicon Valley Business …, SiliconANGLE, Adweek, OnMSFT.com, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @jake_abraham and @alexrkonrad
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Logz.io, which develops open source-based logging tools for companies, raises $52M Series D led by General Catalyst, bringing its total raised to nearly $100M — Logz.io announced a $52 million Series D investment today. The round was led by General Catalyst.
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