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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Weather app Dark Sky says it's been acquired by Apple along with its team; the Android app is no longer available and the API will shutter on Dec. 31, 2021 — In a big move to improve its weather app, Apple has purchased the highly popular iOS app Dark Sky.
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| The Intercept: |
Zoom's marketing and product make the claim that it uses “end-to-end encryption”, but video and audio content from meetings is not end-to-end encrypted — Zoom, the video conferencing service whose use has spiked amid the Covid-19 pandemic, claims to implement end-to-end encryption … | New York Times: |
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
After reports in tabloids of Houseparty users having social media accounts hacked, Houseparty offers $1M reward to unmask those behind apparent “smear campaign” — App maker denies getting hacked after multiple reports in British media. — Houseparty, a video conferencing desktop …
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| Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: |
Xerox plans to end its $30B+ tender offer for HP and proxy fight to replace HP's board after the pandemic undercut its ability to execute a merger — Coronavirus pandemic prompts copier maker to walk away from challenging merger attempt — Xerox Holdings Corp. is pulling the plug …
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Pokemon Go maker Niantic says it's acquired AR startup 6D.ai, which will shut down its dev tools and have its tech integrated into Niantic's Real World Platform — Even as the pandemic forces Niantic to shift the way its outdoor-friendly titles are played, the gaming company is charging ahead …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple commits to paying its contractors during the COVID-19 pandemic, after initially saying some jobs would be suspended without pay — As shutdowns caused by COVID-19 remain in place, Apple has committed to paying its contractors. The Wall Street Journal reports that initially …
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
FCC announces that all phone carriers must adopt the STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication protocols by June 30, 2021 to combat robocalls — The FCC announced today all carriers and phone companies must adopt the STIR/SHAKEN protocol by June 30th, 2021. The regulatory requirement is designed … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Spotify Kids launches in the US, Canada, and France on the Spotify Family tier with 8,000 songs and 60 hours of stories, of which 50% is localized by market — Spotify is giving more housebound parents — and their cooped-up kids — a new tool to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's years of missteps with Skype following its $8.5B acquisition have led to an opening for apps like Zoom and Houseparty to explode during the pandemic — If the coronavirus pandemic had swept across the world in 2011, everyone would have been using Skype to connect over video and voice calls.| Victoria Song / Gizmodo: |
Fitbit unveils the Charge 4 fitness tracker, its first new product under Google, with built-in GPS, NFC payments, and Spotify compatibility, starting at $150 — As we entered a new decade, Fitbit's fortunes looked uncertain. Last year, the company was acquired by Google for a neat $2.1 billion …
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Tech trade groups and congressional leaders send letters to the Trump administration requesting VC-backed startups not be excluded from the stimulus' SMB loans — In a letter, the lawmakers ask the Trump administration to include the “engine of the innovation economy” in stimulus package loans.Thanks:@emilydreyfuss
| Jessica Toonkel / The Information: |
Sources: Amazon, Walmart suspend commerce marketing deals with digital media such as BuzzFeed and Vox Media; ~20% of BuzzFeed 2019 revenue came from such deals — Publishers are bracing for a pullback in advertising amid the Covid-19 pandemic. And one big shoe has already dropped … | OnePlus Community: |
OnePlus says its OnePlus 8 flagship phone will have Snapdragon 865 for 25% better performance, 120Hz display, 5G, and more; launch event will be on April 14 — As most of you already know, OnePlus has focused on creating a “fast and smooth” user experience since day one.
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Palo Alto Networks says it will acquire CloudGenix, which competes with SD-WAN providers like Cisco, for $420M — CloudGenix competes with Cisco and other incumbents in the SD-WAN space. — Palo Alto Networks said on Tuesday that it plans to acquire software-defined wide-area networking …
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| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Sources: Palantir is providing a tool for the CDC to check the readiness of hospitals and healthcare agencies amid the pandemic; the tool uses anonymized data — In the last week, staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started logging into a new web app.| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
Around 60 employees staged a walkout at a Staten Island, NY fulfillment center to protest the impact of Amazon's COVID-19 response on warehouse workers — As Amazon workers across the country test positive for the virus, employees believe collective action is the only way to get the company to meaningfully clean its facilities
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| Bloomberg: |
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| Financial Times: |
A teardown reveals that Huawei's P40 phone contains several critical US parts, primarily RF chips; the US parts were made by Qualcomm, Skyworks and Qorvo — FT teardown of new smartphone identified US parts makers including Qualcomm and Skyworks — Huawei is still using components …
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The Next Web, EE Times, EURACTIV.com, Android Central, and TechRadar.com
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook expands its Community Help hub globally to allow people to request or offer help during the pandemic, first in US, Canada, UK, France, and Australia — Facebook first launched its Community Help feature in 2017, to give users a way to offer assistance, search for and receive help in the wake of a crisis.
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| New York Times: |
How the Biden campaign is ramping up its digital operation amid the COVID-19 crisis, as Democrats look to close the technological divide with the Republicans — In the era of big data, memes and disinformation, the Democrats are trying to regain their digital edge as the president and his loyalists dictate the terms of debate.
Tweets: @nytimes, @jimrutenberg, @richlightshed, and @hunterschwarz
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