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EU calls on streaming services such as Netflix and YouTube to limit broadband use and offer programs only in standard, rather than high, definition — Brussels tells streaming companies to limit services as Facebook says managing traffic is a “challenge” — The EU has called on streaming services …
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| Reuters: |
Netflix says it will reduce its bit rates across all its streams in Europe for 30 days, in effect cutting traffic on its European networks by 25% — Netflix said on Thursday it would reduce its bit rates across all its streams in Europe, in effect cutting traffic on its European networks …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft says Teams passed 44M DAUs, up from 32M earlier this month, unveils new features like real-time noise suppression that are coming later this year — Microsoft Teams, which launched worldwide in March 2017, passed 32 million daily active users (DAUs) this month.
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| TechCrunch: |
Slack says it added around 7,000 new customers in the 47 days between February 1 and March 18, compared to the 5,000 it added in its most recent quarter — Today, Slack, a popular internal chat application, announced that it added 7,000 new customers between February 1 and March 18. That is 47 days.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils DirectX 12 Ultimate, which promises to better unify the features and capabilities of PC gaming and the Xbox platform, coming later this year — Bringing a suite of software advancements in gaming graphics onto a single platform — Microsoft has a new version …
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| Phillip Prado / Android Authority: |
Google says Android Go, its OS aimed at low-end devices, now has more than 100M users and announces a new Camera Go app optimized for devices with 1GB of RAM — Today, Google made two exciting announcements. Android Go now officially has more than 100 million users, and the company will soon release a new Camera Go app.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Uber says ride volume is down by ~70% in cities like Seattle, it has “ample liquidity” with $10B in cash, and is considering delivering medicine; stock up 35%+ — Uber — the on-demand transportation and food delivery behemoth — has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon temporarily closes its Prime Pantry delivery service throughout the US due to “high order volumes” tied to the coronavirus outbreak — - Prime Pantry is temporarily closed due to “high order volumes” tied to the coronavirus outbreak. — An Amazon spokesperson confirmed …
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| Olga Khazan / The Atlantic: |
An Amazon warehouse worker in Queens, NY tests positive for coronavirus; Amazon says it has temporarily closed the facility and sent workers home with full pay — Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Queens, New York, received a text Wednesday evening that they long feared might come …
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| Patrick Shanley / Hollywood Reporter: |
GDC announces a new San Francisco event, GDC Summer, from August 4-6 after initially postponing the March event — The three-day event will be held at San Francisco's Moscone Center from August 4-6. — Informa Tech, the organizer of the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook starts rolling out its sweeping desktop redesign, which offers dark mode, tabbed home screen, larger fonts, and a cleaner profile, to all users — Facebook today officially rolled out its sweeping desktop redesign that offers dark mode, tabbed homescreen, and a cleaner profile.
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The Verge, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, Android Police, and KnowTechie
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| Torsten Ingvaldsen / HYPEBEAST: |
Report: total streams for Spotify's top 200 most-streamed songs fell 23% in Italy from March 3 to March 17; US, UK, France, Spain markets have also decreased — Data from Spotify may suggest that widespread self-isolation is to blame. — Olly Curtis/Getty Images
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| Bijan Stephen / The Verge: |
StreamElements: gaming viewership is up 10% on Twitch and up 15% on YouTube Gaming over past week; in Italy, minutes watching livestreams grew 66%+ since Feb. — Live-streaming is more popular than ever — These are unprecedented times. It's fun to joke about the apocalypse …
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| Scribd Blog: |
Subscription-based Scribd opens its library of ebooks, audiobooks, magazine articles, and more to anyone for free over the next 30 days — For the next month, we will be making Scribd's library available to anyone, free, for 30 days.| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Gene Munster: improved availability time for iPhones and AirPods suggests that China has largely returned to regular production after COVID-19 shutdown — Improvements in the availability of key Apple products imply supply partners in China have largely returned to regular production output …
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MacRumors, Loup Ventures, CNBC, and The Loop
| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Sources: North, the Canada-based maker of AR glasses that raised about $170M from Intel, Amazon, and others, is looking for a buyer as it runs low on cash — - Intel, Amazon invested in effort to produce AR glasses — Shocks to supply chain hurt augmented-reality hardware
Tweets: @sarahfrier and @sarahfrier
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank is seeking to raise an additional $10B so its ~$100B first Vision Fund can support portfolio companies battered amid the coronavirus pandemic — SoftBank Group Corp. is seeking to raise an additional $10 billion so its first Vision Fund can support portfolio companies battered amid … | Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft have lost a combined $1.3T in value since the market peak on Feb. 19; Facebook led the decline, dropping ~30% — - Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet and Facebook have lost a combined $1.3 in value since the market peaked on Feb. 19.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
UserTesting, which helps companies like Facebook get on-demand user feedback on their software and apps, raises $100M Series C led by Insight Partners — UserTesting, a platform that helps companies get on-demand user feedback on their software and applications, has raised $100 million …
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