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Ajit Pai says FCC has concluded “that one or more wireless carriers apparently violated federal law” by selling user location data and will consider fines — More than a year after a Motherboard investigation revealed that wireless carriers were collecting and selling user location data …
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Roku says it has settled its carriage dispute with Fox to distribute Fox channels on the Roku platform ahead of the Super Bowl — At midnight tonight, it was expected that Roku would remove the FOX Now, FOX Sports, FOX News, FOX Business, FOX Nation, Big 10 Network, and FOX Soccer apps from the Roku Channel Store and existing devices.
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Founding president of the Internet Association, Michael Beckerman, to step down after eight years and join TikTok as VP of US public policy in March — The president of tech trade group the Internet Association is stepping down to run TikTok's Washington policy shop, the organizations said Friday.| Andrea Noble / Route Fifty: |
FCC approves $20.4B Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to deploy rural broadband but Democratic FCC commissioners warn it won't help many areas that need internet — In this April 30, 2015 photo, Sylvia Fonseca, 16, works in the computer lab at Cuyama Valley High School in California.
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California AG asks ICANN for information about .org TLD price caps removal; ICANN says it is cooperating, asks Public Interest Registry to delay .org TLD sale — Office that oversees California non-profits demands extensive documentation. — The California Attorney general …
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Behind the revival of Dubsmash, an app that lets users post lip sync and dance videos that now has 27% of the US short-form video market share by installs — The loud app that quietly hit 1 billion monthly views — Lip-syncing app Dubsmash was on the brink of death.
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Utah-based Neighbor.com, a peer-to-peer self-storage marketplace, raises $10M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz — Neighbor.com, a Lehi, Utah-based peer-to-peer self-storage marketplace, has closed on a $10 million Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). — Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily
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A Russian law requiring all smartphone makers to pre-install Russian-made software, which goes into effect in July 2020, could force Apple to quit the country — In November 2019, Russian parliament passed what's become known as the “law against Apple.” The legislation will require …
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Hulu CEO Randy Freer is leaving the streaming service as Disney continues the reorganization of its direct-to-consumer business — Streaming service will become further aligned under Direct-to-consumer head Kevin Mayer — Hulu CEO Randy Freer will leave the streaming service amid …
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Gabi, which lets users upload their home, car, or renters insurance policies to compare them with other providers and find better offers, raises $27M Series B — Gabi Insurance has raised $27 million in funding to disrupt insurance brokers and get you better rates for car, homeowner's, or renter's insurance.| Jason Snell / Six Colors: |
Apple's performance in 2019 across hardware, software, and services is rated and critiqued by a 65-person panel, including writers, developers, and podcasters — It's time for our annual look back on Apple's performance during the past year, as seen through the eyes of writers, editors … | IDC: |
Global tablet shipments declined 1.5% YoY to 144.1M units in 2019; Apple's shipments grew 15.2% YoY to 49.9M units during the year — The worldwide tablet market declined 0.6% year over year during the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19) as global shipments fell to 43.5 million units …
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