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44% of global smartphone and tablet activations from December 19-25 were iOS, same as last year, while 26% were Samsung devices, up 5% YoY — 2017 was another marquee year for smartphone sales and innovation with the introduction and evolution of manufacturers' flagship devices …
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| Yair Rosenberg / New York Times: |
Twitter blocked Impostor Buster, a bot that exposed trolls that posted racist messages impersonating Jews, other minorities, after trolls reported harassment — Like many Jewish journalists who reported on Donald Trump's presidential campaign, I spent the 2016 election being harassed …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram begins rolling out a Recommended For You section that highlights 3-5 posts liked by followed accounts — Instagram's feed will now show users recommended posts - a change that earlier this month was spotted while in testing, and has since quietly gone live.
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| Alex Heath / Cheddar: |
Source: Snap is developing a “Stories Everywhere” product, led by ex-News Corp. SVP, to make Stories available outside Snapchat, possibly through a web player — Snapchat is developing a new product called “Stories Everywhere” with a goal of making Snapchat Stories available outside … | Katie Paul / Reuters: |
Sources: Apple and Amazon are in discussions to establish a presence in Saudia Arabia through new investments; Apple in talks for licensed Apple Stores in 2019 — RIYADH (Reuters) - Apple and Amazon are in licensing discussions with Riyadh on investing in Saudi Arabia, two sources told Reuters …
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| Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Nintendo has told Switch developers it's delaying release of 64GB game cards from second half of 2018 to 2019, potentially limiting top-tier games — The company had expected to make the cards available in the second half of next year — TOKYO—Nintendo Co. told outside game developers …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
CIRP: iPhone X accounted for ~30% of US iPhone sales during the first 30 days of availability while iPhone 8 and 8 Plus made up ~40% of sales in the same period — While Apple has yet to breakdown just how many iPhone X units it has sold so far, that hasn't stopped analysts from taking a stab at it.| Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: |
San Jose-based Energous, which is developing wireless charging tech that works from three feet away, says the FCC has approved its product, set for debut at CES — Charging your mobile device wirelessly is certainly less of a hassle than plugging it in, but still requires the device …
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| Brooks Barnes / New York Times: |
How Helios and Matheson Analytics, which raised $60M to grow MoviePass, plans to make $9.95/mo service profitable using data from its rapidly growing user base — LOS ANGELES — As streaming services like Netflix and Hulu surge in popularity, movie theaters have been trying to compete … | Wall Street Journal: |
As Facebook expands content moderation, contract workers describe the job of vetting porn, racism, and violence: high turnover, $13-$28/hour in Bay Area, more — Social-media giants hire legions of contractors to hunt for pornography, racism and violence amid a torrent of posts and videos
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Business Insider and Gizmodo
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
LG and HERE announce partnership to create a telematics product aimed at autonomous vehicles — LG is looking at the rise of autonomous vehicle technologies as an opportunity to expand its electronics business, and it's now working with mapping provider HERE to put together a telematics product aimed …
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LG Newsroom, Engadget, Android Police, ZDNet, SlashGear, and Fone Arena
| Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
Experts say Bitcoin's boom is a boon for extremist groups and some far-right leaders, with Bitcoin adoption gaining new urgency after Charlottesville rally — After Charlottesville's bloody Unite the Right rally in August, technology companies tightened rules against hate speech and banned …
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