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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
Ten years after the iPad's launch, it has not come close to being revolutionary or living up to its potential because of its inconsistent multitasking software — Ten years ago today, Steve Jobs introduced the iPad on stage at the Yerba Buena theater in San Francisco. It surprised everyone, in several ways.
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| Raymond Zhong / New York Times: |
As China tries to contain the coronavirus, the sheer volume of criticism of the government overwhelms censors and tests China's ability to control the narrative — The sheer volume of criticism of the government, and the sometimes clever ways that critics dodge censors, are testing Beijing's ability to control the narrative.
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ZDNet, Business Insider, and Quartz
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google says it will shut down App Maker, G Suite's low-code environment for building custom business apps, on January 19, 2021 — Google today announced it is killing off yet another service: App Maker, G Suite's low-code environment for building custom business apps.| Danny Palmer / ZDNet: |
UK government proposes new IoT rules: firms must tell consumers how long security updates will be provided, ship individual devices with unique passwords, more — Proposed laws from the UK for Internet of Things security and suggests vendors will need to follow new rules to be considered secure.
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GOV.UK, BBC, Threatpost, Financial Times, SiliconANGLE, and Computer Business Review
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| Azeem Azhar / Exponential View: |
As Alphabet and Microsoft clamor for regulation of tech like facial recognition, potential new rules and their obstacles pose existential threats to startups — You couldn't have missed it. The world's largest tech companies have started to clamour for regulation in this hugely under-regulated sector.
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Tweets: @chrisduncania, @azeem, @constantijn14, @dom_hallas, and @mdudas
| Reuters: |
Sources: Turkey-backed hackers have used DNS hijacking to obtain login credentials, targeting ~30 EU and Middle East governments and organizations since 2018 — LONDON (Reuters) - Sweeping cyberattacks targeting governments and other organizations in Europe and the Middle East are believed …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Bird adds $75M to its Series D, bringing the total raised in the round to $350M, acquires European scooter-sharing startup Circ that was previously called Flash — The micromobility market consolidated a bit today in what might be a harbinger of contraction.
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TechCrunch, Reuters, CNET, SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, Axios, The Verge, and PYMNTS.com
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
French startup ManoMano, which operates an e-commerce site for DIY, home improvement, and gardening products, raises $139M led by Temasek — French startup ManoMano is raising another mega round of funding. The company operates an e-commerce website for DIY, home improvement and gardening products.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
FCC unlocks 3.5GHz band of spectrum used by Citizens Broadband Radio Service, enhancing connectivity via “OnGo” services in the latest iOS and Android phones — Following six years of private and public collaboration to open up some of the United States' most valuable wireless spectrum …
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Input, Android Police, Engadget, and The Mac Observer
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Documents reveal that Avast has sold its users' internet browsing data, through a subsidiary called Jumpshot, to clients like Pepsi, Google, and Microsoft — An antivirus program used by hundreds of millions of people around the world is selling highly sensitive web browsing data …
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PCMag, Digital Trends, MIT Technology Review, The Verge, Input, Engadget, Fossbytes, The Overspill, Firstpost Tech, CNET, The Register, Tom's Guide, PCWorld, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, KnowTechie, SlashGear, ExtremeTech, Extensions, security …, Windows Central, BetaNews, and Boing Boing
Tweets: @josephfcox, @jason_koebler, @campuscodi, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @wadhwa, @sivavaid, @karlbode, @derektmead, @ow, @jamesrbuk, @josephfcox, @tprstly, @moonalice, @mmasnick, @nicolasmagand, @gossithedog, @josephfcox, @karlbode, @jasonfalter, @dhh, @josephfcox, @timmarchman, @ericlaw, @pcmag, @carnage4life, @woganmay, @josephfcox, @alfredwkng, @josephfcox, @hootwheelz, @stuartathompson, @hackylawyer, @modooborahae, @iblametom, @veronicaripson, @pcmag, @erratarob, @pcmag, @natlseccnslrs, and @josephfcox
| Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note: |
Consumer IoT is in trouble because normal people can't be expected to manage a house full of smart things or keep track of their bugs and looming obsolescence — The everything-computerized-and-always- connected smarthome is a work in progress. This slow pace is a good thing because it gives us …
Tweets: @dylanljmartin, @jpmens, @stshank, @donal888, @counternotions, @sebvalic, @lesv, and @johnlmacfarlane
| Tara Duggan / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Grubhub admits to adding restaurants without their permission, after restaurateur found her Thai restaurant had a page on Grubhub and its subsidiary Seamless — Pim Techamuanvivit was managing her Michelin-starred Thai restaurant in San Francisco, Kin Khao, around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday when she got an unexpected call.
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VICE. Tweets: @taraduggan, @sfchronicle, @hingeloss, @dtunkelang, @skilletdoux, @noyokono, @adrjeffries, @alex_danco, @sfc_foodhome, @artguy1, @hypervisible, and @ericmkingsbury
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