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Sources: Apple to acquire music recognition app Shazam; one source puts the deal at about $400M; Shazam's post-money valuation after its 2015 funding was $1.02B — As Spotify continues to inch towards a public listing, Apple is making a move of its own to step up its game in music services.
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Kantar: Huawei, Xiaomi, Apple, Vivo, Oppo account for 91% of China's phone market; Apple had 17.4% marketshare in the quarter ending Oct. while Samsung had 2.2% — Xiaomi, Huawei, the Oppo-Vivo duo, and Apple now account for 91 percent of sales — China is the most unique smartphone market in the world … | Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Jony Ive, Apple's chief design officer, is returning to his management role within Apple's design group after handing off managerial duties in 2015 — Jony Ive, Apple's chief design officer, is returning to his management role within Apple's design group after handing off managerial duties …
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Survey: for first time more founders say sales leaders, not engineers, are hardest to hire; 53% say investors have more sway in deals, compared to 39% in 2016 — Every year, we survey as many venture-backed startup founders as possible to figure out what it's like to run a technology company right now.
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Many individual creators complain that YouTube's demonetization of offensive content unfairly hit their video channels, severely impacting ad earnings — Algorithm flags offensive material but isn't perfect — Site says it's working to address YouTubers' concerns
Tweets: @lschmeiser
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Interviews with defectors and experts suggest an increasing number of North Koreans have phones, some with an intranet connection, that are heavily monitored — Dictatorship allows wider use of mobile devices and embeds technology to limit and monitor their use
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Uber has settled the lawsuit with a woman whose medical files the company accessed after she was raped by Uber driver in India — The woman, who was raped by her Uber driver in India, sued the company for intrusion of privacy and defamation. — Uber has settled a lawsuit with a woman who was raped by her Uber driver in India.
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Top 10 YouTube stars earned $127M between June 2016 and 2017, up 80% from $70.5M last year, with Daniel Middleton, aka DanTDM, taking the top spot with $16.5M — You may not see Daniel Middleton walking down a red carpet, but he is a celebrity in a league of his own.| Frank Chaparro / Business Insider: |
Coinbase CEO says exchange services may be “degraded or unavailable” during high volume or volatile trading sessions, after recent downtime incidents — - Coinbase, the cryptocurrency trading platform, experienced an outage on Thursday as bitcoin soared by $3,000 in under three hours on its platform.
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Andy Rubin has returned to Essential after taking leave amid questions about an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate when he was at Google — He's back at Essential, his smartphone startup. — Andy Rubin, the founder of smartphone startup Essential, has already returned … | Kate Knibbs / The Ringer: |
A look at two tech efforts helping people make bail: Appolition for donating spare change from purchases and Bail Bloc for mining Monero with spare PC resources — Thousands of people charged with nonviolent misdemeanors are often jailed because they cannot afford bail.| Ted Johnson / Variety: |
FCC formally refuses to hand over any data or logs in New York attorney general's inquiry into fake net neutrality comments — WASHINGTON — The FCC is declining New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's request to turn over records related to the agency's net neutrality proceeding, citing concerns over privacy and security.
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