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A document from Facebook's law firm shows how the company might fight an antitrust lawsuit and any attempts to force a divestiture of WhatsApp or Instagram — Social giant prepares defense against antitrust scrutiny from federal enforcers — A government effort to break up Facebook Inc …
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| Jody Serrano / Gizmodo: |
As Twitter announced sweeping action against tweets wishing for Trump's death, many users noted years of light enforcement of its “abusive behavior” policy — Wishing someone else ill will or death is a disgusting act that makes the world worse.
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| Sriram Krishan / The Observer Effect: |
Q&A with Daniel Ek on his pledge to invest €1B in European moonshots, shadowing CEOs like Zuckerberg and Hastings, Spotify's impact on the world, and more — Welcome to the second interview on ‘The Observer Effect’. We are lucky to have one of the most influential founders/CEOs …
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| Jada Nagumo / Nikkei Asian Review: |
Japanese electronics company NEC says it has agreed to buy Swiss banking software developer Avaloq for $2.2B — Japanese electronics company will use acquisition to drive growth in sector — TOKYO — Japanese electronics giant NEC will purchase Swiss banking software developer Avaloq …
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Bloomberg, Financial Times, Coinspeaker, TechRadar, ZDNet, and DealStreetAsia. Tweets: @chr1sa
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Ola fails to get London ride-hailing license renewed over public safety concerns, says it will appeal and keep operating; Uber recently won its appeal in London — Just six days after Uber won its appeal against London transportation regulators to continue operating in London for another 18 months …
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| Surabhi Agarwal / The Economic Times: |
After pushback from Indian developers, Google says it will delay the enforcement of its 30% cut on IAPs from Play Store in India from Sept. 2021 to April 2022 — Bengaluru: Google deferred the enforcement of 30% commission on in-app purchases of digital goods from its Play Store in India …
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The Economic Times, TechCrunch, Official Google India Blog, 9to5Google, Engadget, Reuters, Android Authority, Bloomberg, GamesIndustry.biz, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, Quartz, MediaNama, TechRadar, Fossbytes, Android Central, Seeking Alpha, Inc42 Media, cnbctv18.com, The Next Web, Neowin, MediaNama, Tech in Asia, and GSMArena.com
Tweets: @baxiabhishek, @ettech, @sub8u, and @economictimes
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Google Nest Audio review: much improved audio quality, Assistant performs a lot of tasks, and attractive price, but bass and volume are limited — Google's latest smart speaker has good sound and an attractive price — Four years is an eternity in the modern tech product world …
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TechCrunch, TechHive, CNET, Gizmodo, Android Authority, Android Central, Pocket-lint, Mashable, Engadget, and SlashGear. Tweets: @dcseifert
| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
Ransomware attacks on ERT, IQVIA, and others involved in hundreds of clinical trials and work on a COVID-19 vaccine, has slowed some trials according to clients — No patients were affected, but the incident was another reminder of the risks in the increasingly common assaults on computer networks.
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Tweets: @carlquintanilla, @darlin, @sub8u, @billy_penn, and @nicoleperlroth
| Karissa Bell / Engadget: |
Facebook says it is rolling out shopping tools for IGTV globally and will add them to Reels later this year — Instagram is pushing its in-app shopping into even more parts of its app. The company is adding shopping tools to two new features: IGTV and Reels.| Liam Frost / Decrypt: |
DappRadar: Ethereum's transaction volume skyrocketed to $119.5B in Q3 2020, growing nearly 1,200% from Q2, while DeFi apps accounted for 99% of that volume — Transaction volume on the Ethereum blockchain reached $119.5 billion in Q3 2020, surging by nearly 1,200% compared to the previous quarter … | Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Ten US states, including NY and NJ, that account for ~21% of the US population have released a COVID-19 contact tracing app based on Apple and Google's API — - New York and New Jersey both released Covid-19 apps this week, bringing the total to 10 states which have published alert apps using technology …
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Patently Apple. Tweets: @sruhle, @nearform, @cds_gc, @dcasha, @mblumenthal, @theophite, @9to5mac, @kifleswing, @jennydove, and @mattrosoff
| Benedict Evans: |
US no longer sets the agenda for the internet, as 80%+ of users are now outside the US, and China has more smartphone users than US and western Europe combined — When Netscape launched in 1994 and kicked off the consumer internet, there were maybe 100m PCs on earth, and over half of them were in the USA.
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