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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Apple's CarPlay is finally coming to select new Toyota and Lexus vehicles, as the automaker eases its stance on exclusively using its own infotainment systems — But there's still no sign of Android Auto — Toyota's new 2019 Avalon was just announced at the 2018 North American International Auto Show …
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| Nellie Bowles / New York Times: |
Inside the community of early cryptocurrency investors, now multimillionaires, and how they manage newfound riches and the explosion of interest in the industry — SAN FRANCISCO — Recently the founder of something called Ripple briefly became richer than Mark Zuckerberg.
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| Fred Vogelstein / Wired: |
Facebook's head of News Feed Adam Mosseri says the recently announced overhaul, designed to help people better connect, will result in less video appearing — Facebook on Thursday announced sweeping changes to the way it plans to manage the newsfeed, the front door to the service for its 2 billion monthly users.| Karl Bode / Motherboard: |
Harvard study: community-owned broadband prices are up to 50% cheaper than lowest-cost services offered by private ISPs, are more transparent and less confusing — A new study out of Harvard once again makes it clear why incumbent ISPs like Comcast, Verizon and AT&T are so terrified by the idea …
Tweets: @greenawakening, @leolaporte, and @jason_kint
| Nikkei: |
Google relaunches its map service in China after an eight year absence, with a China-specific version of the Google Maps website and an iOS app — US tech giant begins return to market it left in 2010 — BEIJING — Google has relaunched its map service in China after an eight-year absence …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: China is escalating clampdown on cryptocurrency trading, targeting platforms that offer exchange-like services, following last year's ban on exchanges — Focus on exchange-like platforms follows uptick in activity — Regulators around the world are scrutinizing cryptocurrencies
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| Horace Dediu / Asymco: |
Analysis: iOS users will be spending about $100M/day in 2018 on apps in the App Store, which has been growing at about $5B/year since mid-2011 — In its latest update on the App Store Apple reported that iOS developers earned $26.5 billion in 2017. A year ago the figure was $20 billion.
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| Yonhap News Agency: |
Cryptocurrency investors in South Korea have until the end of month to convert their virtual accounts into real-name ones or face fines, authorities said Sunday — Cryptocurrency investors in South Korea will be fined for refusing to convert their virtual accounts into real-name ones, financial authorities said Sunday.
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| Elvis Chidera / CNN: |
How a teenage developer from Nigeria learned to code on a Nokia feature phone and ended up at an MIT-backed startup that makes online education more accessible — Elvis Chidera is a developer at dot Learn in Lagos, a startup which builds educational apps for students in emerging markets.
Tweets: @cnnafrica
| Wall Street Journal: |
Apple and Tencent reach deal to let WeChat users tip content creators after 2017 dispute over Apple's claim to 30% of tips; details of new deal not released — Tipping function was suspended last year after a dispute between Apple and Tencent on the terms — BEIJING— Apple Inc. AAPL 1.03% … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
TiVo's Rovi subsidiary files lawsuit alleging Comcast's X1 platform infringes eight patents; Comcast says its own engineers created the X1 products and services — TiVo has launched a new legal attack on Comcast aimed a pushing the cable giant to reach a settlement to license TiVo-owned patents.
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| Bloomberg: |
More Chinese-born tech workers now return home from the US for faster salary growth, no “bamboo ceiling”, and chance to work with high volumes of intimate data — An exodus triggered by abundant capital, growing innovation and flourishing career opportunitiesSponsor Posts
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