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Netflix beats in Q4 with 8.3M new worldwide subs, vs 5M est., and almost 2M in US, vs 1.28M est.; revenue of $3.29B meets expectations; stock up 8%+ after hours — Netflix reeled in 8.3 million new streaming subscribers — including almost 2 million in the U.S. — handily beating Wall Street estimates for the fourth quarter of 2017.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Android 8.1 Speed Labels now show WiFi network speeds before connecting, helping decide between networks to join; admins can opt out of having speed displayed — Oreo was a bit of a lackluster update on first launch, but the mobile operating system is getting some nice new tricks with 8.1's updates.
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Acer announces $349 Chromebook Spin 11 with 360-degree hinge, 11.6-inch touchscreen, and USB-C, Chromebook 11 C732 with built-in LTE option, and Chromebox CXI3 — And a tiny Chromebox — Acer has announced a new Chromebook called the Spin 11, a convertible design with a 360-hinge and 11.6-inch touchscreen.
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| Rupert Murdoch / News Corp: |
Rupert Murdoch suggests Facebook pay carriage fees similar to the cable TV model to recognize trusted publishers — News Corp today issued the following statement from Executive Chairman, Rupert Murdoch: — “Facebook and Google have popularized scurrilous news sources through algorithms …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
By recognizing that it hurts democracy, an admission with little precedent among tech firms, Facebook bolsters the case against itself for users and regulators — Sometimes, it's bad for democracy — In October, I started writing a daily newsletter about Facebook and democracy.| Samidh Chakrabarti / Facebook: |
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| Melinda Newman / Billboard: |
Apple launches Apple Music for Artists, a dashboard to provide musicians with insights into their fans' listening and purchasing habits, currently in beta — Today Apple launches Apple Music for Artists, a dashboard designed to provide acts with hundreds of data points giving deep analytical insight …
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| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Sources: Coinbase crossed $1B in revenue in 2017, sends reminder to investors that it does not allow trading of its stock on secondary markets — Coinbase issues a statement that warns its own shareholders. — Coinbase, the bitcoin trading broker that has exploded in popularity …
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Intel tells customers to stop deploying buggy Spectre/Meltdown patch, as it resulted in “higher than expected reboots and other unpredictable system behavior” — More problems from the massive processor vulnerability — Intel has a patching problem.
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Tweets: @patricknorton, @azuresupport, @reneritchie, and @gossithedog
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Tokyo-based bitFlyer, one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, launches in Europe after receiving EU-wide payment institution license — BitFlyer, the Tokyo-based operator of one of the world's largest bitcoin exchanges, is expanding into Europe after receiving regulatory approval …
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The Next Web, Business Wire, TechCrunch, Press Association, Bitcoinist.com, and Bloomberg. Tweets: @barrysilbert
| Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal: |
Google's Files Go Android app, which has a special feature to delete all “good morning” images at once, has 10M+ downloads, mostly in India — The country, newly online, has become obsessed with sending cheery greetings from smartphones, causing head scratching in Silicon Valley
Tweets: @newley, @wsjindia, and @durjoydatta
| Harper Neidig / The Hill: |
Montana governor signs executive order barring data discrimination, the first such attempt by any state governor to uphold net neutrality since FCC repeal — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) signed an executive order on Monday requiring internet service providers with state contracts to abide by net neutrality principles.
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Tweets: @nytimestech, @a_good_lark, @martyswant, and @nytimes
| Michelle Price / Reuters: |
SEC chairman: public companies pivoting overnight to blockchain tech to capitalize on hype are being scrutinized, and poor legal advice is being given on ICOs — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is scrutinizing public companies that change their name … | Reetika Khera / New York Times: |
India's biometric ID project Aadhaar has helped neither with welfare nor against corruption and created new problems, exposing people's personal data to theft — NEW DELHI — Aadhaar, India's grand program to provide a unique 12-digit identification number to each of its 1.3 billion residents …
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