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Sources: Apple has set a budget of ~$1B to procure and produce original content over the next year, could acquire and produce as many as 10 TV shows — Company immediately becomes a considerable competitor in crowded market for original shows — Apple Inc. AAPL 1.09% has set a budget …
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| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank, Didi, Dragoneer, General Atlantic in exclusive talks with Uber, may buy up $12B in stock in two-part deal that hinges on Benchmark dispute — SoftBank, Didi, General Atlantic and Dragoneer discuss funding — Investors could spend as much as $12 billion in the deal
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Sources: Chris Saad, head of Uber's developer platform, leaves company after nearly two years, says cost of losing Kalanick as CEO will be incalculable — Saad has been at Uber since November 2015. — Chris Saad, a product manager of Uber's developer platform, is leaving the company after close to two years, sources tell Recode.| Mark Harris / IEEE Spectrum: |
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Allo arrives on the web via Chrome and currently only pairs with Android phones — Google's consumer-facing chat application Allo, a successor of sorts to Gchat, is today available on the web for desktop users. The service, which lets you chat with friends while taking advantage … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon expands cash rewards for high-performing Alexa apps beyond games to lifestyle, productivity, education apps, and more — Amazon today announced a new program that gives developers a way to earn money for their Alexa skills - the voice apps that run on smart speakers like the Echo, and other Alexa-powered devices.
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| Tony Romm / Recode: |
Apple, Snap, Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, Cisco, and Verizon among firms who filed amicus brief for cellphone location privacy case going before US Supreme Court — In a new amicus brief, tech and telecom companies say law enforcement should have to clear a higher bar to obtain location data.
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Social virtual reality platform AltspaceVR, which had raised $15M, is not shutting down as previously announced, thanks to new interest from “third parties” — What is dead in VR may never die, perhaps? — Social VR startup AltspaceVR may not be shutting down after all.
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| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Liftoff report finds subscription based apps in the middle price range of $7 to $20 have the highest conversion rates — Blame the sunk cost fallacy — A new report from Liftoff, a Silicon Valley-based mobile app marketing and retargeting firm, says that subscription-based apps may do better …
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| Morgan Little / CNET: |
Reddit bans a subreddit after uproar led by r/AgainstHateSubreddits, and Facebook bans several group pages after Charlottesville attack — The Charlottesville tragedy has highlighted neo-Nazi communities across the internet. Reddit and Facebook are beginning to take action.| Sheila Dang / Reuters: |
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| New York Times: |
Ukrainian hacker identified as “Profexer”, who created malware used in DNC hacking, has turned himself in and become a witness for the FBI — KIEV, Ukraine — The hacker, known only by his online alias “Profexer,” kept a low profile. He wrote computer code alone in an apartment …
Tweets: @nytimes, @asluhn, @ericgeller, @kenvogel, and @andrewkramernyt
| Sonya Mann / Inc.com: |
Source: Lyft spending ~$10 per new user, down from $70 in fall 2016; App Annie says Lyft's US app downloads grew 115% while Uber's grew only 25% YoY in Q1 2017 — The smaller startup is acquiring customers at a lower cost and closing the gap of its big bad rival. — WRITE A COMMENT| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
Sources: MongoDB has filed confidentially for IPO, has submitted S-1, aims to go public before year end — MongoDB has filed confidentially for IPO, TechCrunch has learned. The company has submitted an S-1 filing in the past few weeks and is aiming to go public before the end of the year.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
HTC filing with FCC reveals Google Pixel 2 will have an “Active Edge” branded squeeze feature — While this year's Pixel XL successor widely rumored to be manufactured by LG, the smaller Pixel is expected to be again made by HTC. Recent leaks points to the device looking near identical … Sponsor Posts
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