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KGI: Apple planning three new iPads in 2017 including a 10.5" iPad Pro, and an iPad with flexible AMOLED in 2018 at the earliest — Noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has released a new research report outlining his expectations for the future of Apple's iPad lineup, predicting three new iPads ranging …
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| Jena McGregor / Washington Post: |
As his fifth anniversary as Apple CEO approaches, Tim Cook reflects on his tenure and Apple's future: mistakes, progress made, AI and AR efforts, more — Apple's CEO talks iPhones, AI, privacy, civil rights, missteps, China, taxes, Steve Jobs — and steers right past the car rumors
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See also Mediagazer| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Sources: Twitter in talks with Apple to bring its app to Apple TV, hoping to fully capitalize on its live-streaming deals with NFL, MLB, NBA, Wimbledon, others — SAN FRANCISCO — Last March, Twitter and Facebook, along with other tech companies, faced off over which of them would get the rights …
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See also Mediagazer| The Intercept: |
New Zealand intel requested and received emails, Facebook chats of Fiji pro-democracy activists from NSA; first publicly confirmed PRISM target is a NZ citizen — Tony Fullman is a middle-aged former tax man and a pro-democracy activist. But four years ago, a botched operation launched …
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| Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal: |
After initial rollouts prove costly, Google Fiber looks for alternatives to deliver connectivity: wireless, leasing fiber, and asking cities to build networks — After initial rollouts prove costly, Google Fiber rethinks how to deliver connections in metro areas — Google's high-speed-internet business is slowing down.
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| Garett Sloane / Ad Age: |
Twitter debuts Promoted #Stickers for brands, starting with Pepsi; clicking on a Promoted Sticker takes you to tweets containing the same sticker — Platform Pursuing Its Turn Toward the Visual — Twitter has introduced its first “#Promoted Stickers” campaign, with Pepsi as its inaugural customer.| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
US court documents show Australian authorities hacked Tor users in US as part of a child pornography investigation and shared the findings with the FBI — Australian authorities hacked Tor users in the US as part of a child pornography investigation, Motherboard has learned.
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| Ankit Ajmera / Reuters: |
Online used car dealer Carvana raises $160M Series C to grow its business and build more vending machines for cars — Online used-car startup Carvana, known for delivering vehicles through vending machines, said on Wednesday it closed a $160 million Series C funding round that brought the total raised to nearly half a billion dollars.
| Ellen Mitchell / Politico: |
How Palantir muscled its way into national security contracting via investment from In-Q-Tel, effective narrative, and well-funded lobbyists — Armed with effective narrative and backed by aggressive lawmakers, the upstart has steadily landed more federal business and is now shouldering its way into the Army acquisition system.| Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch: |
Bumble dating app debuts $10 per month subscription with three new features to help users match — Bumble's been hinting for a while that they are getting ready to turn on monetization features in their girl-dominated dating app, and now they've finally done it.| Paul Carsten / Reuters: |
Profile of Didi Chuxing CEO Cheng Wei, who started at a foot massage company and worked as a salesman at Alibaba before launching China's ride-hailing giant — Cheng Wei, 34, was once assistant to the head of a foot massage firm. Last week, his company Didi Chuxing bagged Uber's China business … | Tim Peterson / Marketing Land: |
Instagram's direct-response ads challenged by the difficulty of attributing results and the app's artsy image — Instagram's direct response efforts have had to endure perception problems, last-click limitations and the shadow of its parent company, Facebook.
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