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Googler says she was fired for sending pop-ups on labor rights via modified internal browser plugin; Google: she “abused privileged access” in altering the tool — Google stands accused of firing a fifth employee who was suspected of attempting to organize a labor union at the search giant.
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Sources describe Peter Thiel's expanding influence at Facebook, where he advises Zuckerberg on White House dynamics and holding firm on the political ads policy — Billionaire investor thinks political-ad policy shouldn't change; some directors and executives disagree
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| Bret Kinsella / Voicebot.ai: |
Report: Amazon had revenue of $1.4M from Alexa's in-skill purchases in the first ten months of 2019, which was well short of its target of $5.5M — The Information published (N.B. paywall) an article this morning saying that Amazon earned $1.4 million Alexa skill revenue through the first 10 months …
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| Paul Ziobro / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon blocks marketplace sellers from using FedEx Ground for Prime shipments indefinitely over FedEx's “delivery performance” — Amazon cites a decline in FedEx performance heading into the final holiday push — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN .47% is blocking its third-party sellers …
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| LogMeIn, Inc.: |
LogMeIn to be acquired by affiliates of PE firm Francisco Partners and Elliott Management for $86.05/share in cash, valuing the company at ~$4.3B — All-Cash Transaction Valued at Approximately $4.3 Billion — LogMeIn, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOGM), a leading provider of cloud-based connectivity …
| Luke Jones / WinBuzzer: |
Microsoft opens up the Microsoft Edge Addons store for submissions ahead of Chromium Edge's launch; existing Chromium extensions to be migrated automatically — Developers can now submit to the Microsoft Edge Addons Store, with existing Chromium extensions migrated automatically.
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| Danny Palmer / ZDNet: |
WhatsApp fixes bug that allowed a rogue group member to render the app unusable, forcing a reinstall and loss of group chat content — Researchers detail security flaw that allowed hackers to crash WhatsApp and permanently delete contents of group chats - and urge users to update the app to protect against attacks.| The Information: |
Sources: early last year, Alphabet and Google's leadership set a timeline for its cloud group to best its rivals by 2023, and considered leaving the market — Google's cloud unit, which sells computing services to big companies, is under pressure from top management to pass Microsoft or Amazon …
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| iFixit News: |
Mac Pro needs little to no tooling for basic fixes and upgrades, scores a 9/10 on repairability; components are modular but some are proprietary, like SSD cards — Teardown of the reinvented 2019 Mac Pro, which returns to a properly repairable design that happens to not grate cheese very well.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Lime launches a weekly subscription service for frequent riders that waives the unlock fee on renting the company's e-scooters and bicycles — LimePass waves the unlock fee on your rentals — Lime just announced LimePass, a weekly subscription service that waves the unlock fee on renting … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Skyryse demos its Skyryse Flight Stack tech, enabling existing helicopters to be flown autonomously, says it's raised $38M, with $13M in new funding — Skyryse is a three-year old transportation startup that is approaching the future of aviation from a different angle when compared to most.| Adithya Venkatraman / App Annie: |
Facebook, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram, all belonging to Facebook, were the most downloaded apps worldwide of this decade — Mobile Has Been at the Heart of Major Changes in Consumer Behaviour This Decade Throughout the 2010s we have seen our world transform.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram expands its fact checking efforts by hiding false content behind warnings, except for politicians, and removing it from Explore and hashtag pages — Instagram is giving politicians the same free reign to spread misinformation as its parent company Facebook.
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Instagram, Washington Post, Engadget, Input, Quartz, iPhone in Canada Blog, Geek.com, Inc42 Media, The Mac Observer, Adweek, Mashable, 9to5Mac, Social Media Today, and The Daily Dot
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Boston-based HqO, which offers a SaaS platform to connect office buildings' tenant-facing tech and amenities, raises $34.25M Series B led by Insight Partners — Property technology (more commonly known as “proptech") is a space that is increasingly attracting venture dollars.| Eun-Young Jeong / Wall Street Journal: |
Lee Sang-hoon, chairman of Samsung Electronics' board, sentenced to 18 months for violating South Korean labor union laws by disrupting union activities — Lee Sang-hoon convicted of disrupting union activities; 24 others found guilty on similar charges — SEOUL—The chairman …
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