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Facebook confirms it has stopped recommending that people join online groups dealing with political or social issues in the lead up to Election Day — “This is a measure we put in place in the lead-up to Election Day. We will assess when to lift them afterwards, but they are temporary." — Copy| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Instagram says it will temporarily remove the “Recent” tab from hashtag pages to reduce the spread of misinformation leading up to the US election — - Instagram announced it will temporarily remove the recent tab from hashtag pages to reduce the spread of misinformation in the lead up to the U.S. election.
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Apple launches the Apple One subscription bundle, with three tiers ranging from the $14.95 Individual tier to the $29.95 Premier tier — Starting at $14.95 a month — Apple One, a bundle combining services like Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, and Apple Arcade into one monthly subscription, is now available.
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| Elena Schneider / Politico: |
Biden campaign says Facebook blocked thousands of its ads approved prior to Facebook's ban; Facebook blames advertisers' misunderstanding and a technical glitch — Biden's campaign said ads that had previously been approved by the tech giant have been erroneously removed.
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Samsung launches SmartThings Find app to track down lost Galaxy devices, works with Galaxy phones, tablets, Buds, Watches, and more — Smartphones and other devices are so intertwined with our lives that losing one can be traumatic. To that end, Samsung has unveiled SmartThings Find …
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Apple's international sales were 59% of Q4 revenue but were down 28.6% YoY in China to $7.95B, likely due to the delayed arrival of new iPhones — While 2020 won't be remembered fondly in history books, it has been quite good for Apple, which is ending its fiscal 2020 with record revenues for three of its four quarters.
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| IDC: |
353.6M smartphones shipped in Q3 2020, with Samsung shipping 80.4M up 2.9% YoY, Huawei 51.9M, down 22%, Xiaomi 46.5M, up 42%, and Apple 41.6M, down 10.6% — FRAMINGHAM, Mass., October 29, 2020 -The worldwide smartphone market showed signs of improvement in the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20) …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Under Armour to sell MyFitnessPal to investment firm Francisco Partners for $345M, after buying it in 2015 for $475M, and sunsetting Endomondo, bought for $85M — Global fitness giant Under Armour announced this morning that it will be selling MyFitnessPal to investment firm Francisco Partners …
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| Linda Baker / FreightWaves: |
Onfleet, a provider of last-mile delivery management software, raises $14M Series A led by Kennet Partners — Next step is driver sourcing and training — Fueled by an unprecedented surge in e-commerce, retailers and restaurants of all stripes are signing on to last-mile delivery management software services.
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| Kevin Purdy / iFixit News: |
The screens or cameras on iPhone 12 models become unreliable when swapped between iPhones, which may lock out all unauthorized iPhone camera and screen repairs — Today's subject: the iPhone 12 camera, behaving strangely after a part swap. After exhaustive testing, comparing notes …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Profile of FCC's Brendan Carr, a potential FCC chairman if Trump is reelected, and a key figure in the Republican fight against Big Tech — SHARE All sharing options — Ted Cruz was shouting at Jack Dorsey. — “Who the hell elected you and put you in charge of what the media are allowed … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
UK's ICO reduces Marriott fine for a 2014 data breach, in which 339M Starwood hotels guest records were affected, from £99M to £14.4M — The UK's ICO has reduced the size of a data breach penalty for hotel business Marriott — dropping it to £14.4 million (~$23.8M) …
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
YouTube reports $5B in Q3 ad revenue, up 30% YoY from $3.8B, has more than 30M paid music and premium subscribers; YouTube TV has more than 3M subscribers — Parent company Alphabet reported better-than-expected third quarter ad revenue results — Google parent company Alphabet's third … | Alphabet: |
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