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Apple saw 99% YoY revenue growth in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, hitting $12.51B in Q4 — Apple Revenues In China Shoot Up 99% in Q4 — Despite months of major fluctuations in the Chinese stock market, Apple still managed to have an outstanding quarter in China.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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Senate passes cybersecurity bill CISA by a vote of 74-21, remaining differences still to be resolved between House and Senate — CISA Security Bill Passes Senate With Privacy Flaws Unfixed — For months, privacy advocates have asked Congress to kill or reform the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act … | Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Google brings podcasting to Play Music's free and paid tiers, to be available to listeners in coming months — Google Brings Podcasting to Play Music, Swinging at Apple's Dominance — From their earliest days, podcasts were linked closely to Apple. Their very name came from an Apple product: iPod.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's Message Requests will replace Other Inbox for receiving messages from users outside your network of friends — Facebook Messenger Wants To BE Your Phone Number With New Message Requests — Phone numbers are dumb. Once someone has yours, you can't stop them from contacting you.| Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
US regulators grant exemptions to DMCA's DRM rules for jailbreaking, remixing DVDs and Blu-rays, preserving video games, researching and modifying car software — Victory for Users: Librarian of Congress Renews and Expands Protections for Fair Uses — The new rules for exemptions … | Twitter: |
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European Parliament rejects amendments protecting net neutrality — The EU has rejected legal amendments that would firmly protect the concept of net neutrality in Europe. The European Parliament voted in favor of the new regulation which proponents says establish an internet … | Glyn Moody / Ars Technica UK: |
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Twitter turns to TV ads to increase reach; advertisements debut tonight during World Series — This is Twitter's first television ad campaign — This month Twitter unveiled Moments, the simplified way of browsing tweets that the company hopes will return it to rapid growth.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: IBM nears deal to buy digital and data assets of Weather Co., owner of The Weather Channel, as early as Wednesday in $2B+ deal — IBM Nearing Acquisition of Weather Co.'s Digital and Data Assets — Deal could be announced as early as Wednesday — International Business Machines Corp … | Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider: |
Facebook will slow employees' Internet speeds on Tuesdays to help them better understand how their service is used in emerging markets like India — Facebook will give employees super slow Internet speeds every Tuesday to better understand markets like India| iFixit: |
Microsoft Surface Pro 4 teardown: fanless Core m3 design, replaceable SSD, difficult to repair — Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Teardown — Teardown — Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions. — Featured Guide| Dan Graziano / CNET: |
Garmin unveils smart scale and Vivosmart HR activity tracker with heart rate sensor, both available in US November 1, priced at $150 each — Garmin introduces its first dedicated fitness tracker with a built-in heart-rate sensor — The company also announced its first connected smart scale.| Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
ADP drops its defamation lawsuit against Zenefits after judge asks parties to work it out — ADP drops its strange defamation lawsuit against Zenefits and both companies agree to talk nice — After a judge flat-out told HR software giant ADP that “it seems clear to me that ADP has no claim for defamation … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Apple Rolls Out Carrier Billing For iTunes, Starting In Germany With O2 — At long last, Apple is adding a way for people to pay for purchases on iTunes beyond credit or debit cards — a move that points to the company sharpening its focus on marketing the iPhone to a wider set of users.| Scott Soshnick / Bloomberg Business: |
Michael Jordan, Mark Cuban, and Ted Leonsis invest $44M in sports data tech firm Sportradar — Jordan, Cuban, Leonsis Put Millions on Sports Betting's Future — Sportradar provides data to leagues, media and betting houses — ‘If the U.S. market opens up for gaming we are ready to shoot’
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