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Sources: Musical.ly acquired for as much as $1B by Beijing Bytedance Technology Co., maker of news app Toutiao — With 60 million monthly users, startup sells to Chinese maker of news app Toutiao — Musical.ly Inc., the maker of a lip-syncing app popular among teens and tweens … | Brian Barrett / Wired: |
After backlash, Logitech says it will offer free Harmony Hubs for all Harmony Link users — WHEN LOGITECH DECIDED to intentionally brick its Harmony Link hub next March, it somehow didn't anticipate the backlash, which spread from Reddit comment threads to major tech publications and beyond.
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Tweets: @swiftonsecurity and @logitech
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it has temporarily paused “all general verifications” to work on clarifying policy, after verifying white supremacist Jason Kessler — Twitter today announced it's pausing all account verifications - the process that gives public figures on Twitter a blue checkmark next …
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Tweets: @twittersupport, @jack, @letsgomathias, @michaelianblack, @fun_beard, @ali, @cwarzel, @mrdonut, @levinejonathan, @mrdonut, @cwarzel, @kno, @davezatz, @tomgara, @summerbrennan, @kfile, @cernovich, @evepeyser, @mtracey, @oneunderscore__, and @muslimiq
| Dave Mark / The Loop: |
Apple says it is working on a software fix for iPhone X screens that become temporarily unresponsive to touch in cold environments — Yesterday, a Reddit user named Darus 214 started a thread complaining about his iPhone X screen becoming unresponsive in cold weather. From the thread:
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9to5Mac, Neowin, CNET, iPhone Hacks, SiliconANGLE, PhoneDog.com, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, The Verge, SlashGear, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @backlon, @joannastern, and @stevekovach
| Napier Lopez / The Next Web: |
Twitter more than doubles the characters available for display names from 20 to 50 — Twitter has been a bit preoccupied with length lately. After permanently increasing the maximum character length for tweets to 280, it's now allowing your display name to be longer too.
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TechCrunch, Neowin, and Mashable
Tweets: @twittersupport, @caseynewton, @sub8u, and @carnage4life
| Todd Haselton / CNBC: |
Canalys: Apple shipped 11.9M iPhone 8 and 8 Plus units in Q3 2017, down from 14M iPhone 7 and 7 Plus units in Q3 2016 — - It says sales of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus were below the debut quarter sales of the iPhone 7 last year. — Consumers may have flocked to the iPhone 7 due …
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Canalys, TrendForce, 9to5Mac, BGR, Mashable, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, AppleInsider, and Seeking Alpha
| Nick Compton / Wallpaper*: |
Interviews with Jony Ive and Stefan Behling, one of Apple Park's lead architects, on the site's design and flexibility and on the fluid nature of iPhone X — Anticipation was higher than usual - and it always runs to feverish - when the press and other interested parties …
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9to5Mac, AppleInsider, BGR, iPhone Hacks, Business Insider, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, Patently Apple, Ubergizmo, Neowin, and The Verge
Tweets: @jonyiveparody, @neilcybart, @michaeltdoan, @cgartenberg, @ampressman, and @brianroemmele
| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Hulu comes to the Nintendo Switch in the US today, becoming the first major video streaming app available on the console — Nintendo's gaming tablet is finally getting some streaming content. Today, the company revealed its first major media app will be Hulu, which will be available later today.
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Nintendo, TechCrunch, iMore, The Next Web, destructoid, Polygon, Digital Trends, Engadget, Mashable, Polygon, Gizmodo, and Variety
| Mike Allen / Axios: |
Sean Parker says social media networks like Facebook exploit a vulnerability in human psychology and wonders about effects on productivity and children — Sean Parker, the founding president of Facebook, gave me a candid insider's look at how social networks purposely hook and potentially hurt our brains.
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The Guardian, CNET, Vanity Fair, Washington Post, TechSpot, The Hill, NBC Bay Area, CBS San Francisco, Fortune, The Verge, CNBC, Fox News, The Daily Caller, Gizmodo, New York Magazine, Newser, and Augment Your Life
Tweets: @ritholtz, @adamsinger, @jimvandehei, @drdenagrayson, @jeremiahlyell, @axios, @rmac18, and @mat
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook announces Community Boost program, traveling to 30 US cities during 2018, to help SMBs use the platform, provide training to unemployed, more — Whether it's to “bring the world closer together” or improve its public image, Facebook today announced Community Boost.
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Facebook for Business, Axios, Facebook, VentureBeat, Adweek, SiliconANGLE, and Neowin
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WikiLeaks publishes source code for malware control system Hive, shows examples of CIA allegedly impersonating Kaspersky via digital certificates — Source code and analysis for CIA software projects including those described in the Vault7 series. — This publication will enable investigative …
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WikiLeaks, Motherboard, iTWire, SiliconANGLE, The Register, SecurityWeek, Security Affairs, HackRead, emptywheel, and The Hacker News
Tweets: @wikileaks and @tenacioustek
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Electronic Arts to acquire Titanfall maker Respawn Entertainment for $315M in cash and stock, plus a possible bonus of $140M — Electronic Arts announced it will acquire Titanfall maker Respawn Entertainment for $315 million in cash and stock, plus a possible bonus of $140 million.
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Ars Technica, Kotaku, Business Wire, Ubergizmo, MSPoweruser, and destructoid. Tweets: @gameanim
| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
UberEATS introduces 5-star ratings for restaurants, ability to rate individual menu items with a thumbs up/thumbs down, and personalized menu recommendations — UberEATS, Uber's standalone app for on-demand food delivery, has added in-app restaurant reviews in order to help people make more informed decisions about what to eat.| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 11.1.1 for iPhone and iPad with ‘i’ autocorrect fix — Apple has released iOS 11.1.1 for all iPhone and iPad customers. The latest software update includes bug fixes and improvements including a fix for the notorious ‘i’ autocorrect bug that resulted in a ? and A character appearing.
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MacRumors, Ubergizmo, Quartz, Fortune, TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, MacDailyNews, and ZDNet. Tweets: @mgsiegler
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