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Uber suspends 240 accounts of users in Mexico who came into contact with two drivers who possibly had the coronavirus, to help contain its potential spread — Uber Technologies Inc. has suspended 240 user accounts in Mexico to contain the potential spread of coronavirus.
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As Apple closes its offices, stores, and contact centers in China, Ming-Chi Kuo lowers Q1 iPhone shipment forecasts by 10% due to Wuhan coronavirus outbreak — Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has lowered his iPhone shipment forecast by 10 percent to 36-40 million units in the first quarter of 2020 … | Benedict Evans: |
Now that tech has connected most of the world, a look at the opportunities and issues this creates for the 2020s — We connected (almost) everyone There are 5.5bn adults on earth, 5bn have a phone and 4bn have a smartphone| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Alleged leaked video shows off Samsung's folding Galaxy Z Flip — Samsung's next foldable should be coming this month — Samsung's next folding phone is likely to be announced this month, and what appears to be the first hands-on video with the device has just appeared online.
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Google Photos trials an $8/month subscription program that sends 10 prints of automatically-selected pics from the previous month; users get to choose a theme — In September, Google Photos added large canvas prints, as well as individual prints. Google Photos is now trialing a “monthly photo prints” subscription program.
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Sources: Apple supplier Wistron to assemble key iPhone component at its plant in Bengaluru, highlighting its push to expand manufacturing in India — NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Wistron Corp plans to assemble printed circuit boards (PCBs) for iPhones at its new plant in southern India …
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Profile of the popular password management app Dashlane, which has raised $110M last spring and is airing its first ever Super Bowl ad — A company you've never heard of is spending millions of dollars to let you know it can make your online life easier. — This year's crop … | Emma Goldberg / New York Times: |
How doctors and nurses are using TikTok to demystify the medical profession by sharing info on topics like sex education, vaping, coronavirus, and nutrition — They have M.D.s, but are they up for this challenge? — For decades, sex education in the classroom could be pretty cringey.| Steven Loeb / VatorNews: |
Wheel, a platform connecting doctors and nurse practitioners to telemedicine companies, raises $13.9M Series A led by CRV — The company raised a $13.9 million Series A round of funding — Telemedicine is becoming ubiquitous in healthcare. According to the AMA, more than three-fourths …
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Financial services giant Worldline will acquire Ingenico, the point-of-sale terminal provider that controls 37% of the global market, for $8.6B — Some consolidation is afoot among the payments behemoths of Europe, as they continue to go head-to-head with smaller, newer fintech companies eating … | Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal: |
Gaana, the most popular music streaming service in India, has 152M monthly users, over half of Spotify's global user base and double Apple Music's global count — Gaana, which means ‘song’ in Hindi, has used its large library of local music and low prices to beat the competition| Julian Bajkowski / iTnews: |
Profile of Klarna, a Sweden-based payments company offering post-purchase financing to consumers, as it launches in Australia after adding $200M in new funding — Orchestrating a humane exit from dependency on legacy credit card tech. — When it comes to launching new tech at the Commonwealth Bank … Sponsor Posts
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