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Apple previews iOS 11.3 with ability to turn off controversial throttling of older iPhones, new Animoji, business chat in Messages, and more, coming this spring — Major Updates to ARKit, Messages and More Coming This Spring — This spring, iOS 11.3 will deliver exciting new ways …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 11.3 and tvOS 11.3 support AirPlay 2 multi-room playback allowing users to stream to multiple Apple TVs, speakers that support AirPlay 2 from an iOS device — Earlier today, Apple released the first developer betas of iOS 11.3 and tvOS 11.3, including new features such as additional Animoji, Business Chat for iMessage, and more.
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| Jonathan Vanian / Fortune: |
Alphabet announces a new “graduate” from its moonshot program, Chronicle, that uses big data to detect security vulnerabilities, run by a former Symantec COO — The research lab at Google's parent company, Alphabet, is known for incubating some of the most far-out ideas in tech.
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Tweets: @martijn_grooten, @theteamatx, @stephengillett, @astroteller, and @selenalarson
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Windows 10 Insiders to get Windows Diagnostic Data Viewer this week, providing an overview of data sent to Microsoft — A lot more transparency is on the way — Microsoft has faced continued concerns around its collection of data with Windows 10. France previously ordered Microsoft …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snap's VP of Product Tom Conrad leaving in March after 2 years; director of growth Jacob Andreou steps in at executive level, but no new title assigned to him — One of Snap CEO Evan Spiegel's top lieutenants Tom Conrad will leave Snapchat, and the whole tech industry, in March.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Phil Harrison, a veteran of Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox businesses, has joined Google as vice president and general manager — Phil Harrison, a veteran of Sony's and Microsoft's game console businesses, tweeted today that he has taken a job at Google.
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IGN, GAMETRANSFERS, TweakTown, Alphr, GamingBolt.com, PCGamesN, MCV UK, AndroidHeadlines.com, Engadget, 9to5Google, Polygon, Android Authority, Business Insider, and Business Insider India. Tweets: @mrphilharrison
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Chrome 64 strengthens pop-up blocker to prevent sites with “abusive experiences” from opening new tabs or windows, adds option to disable audio for whole sites — Google today launched Chrome 64 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Additions in this release include a stronger pop-up blocker and a slew of developer features.| Jessica Dolcourt / CNET: |
Samsung announces Galaxy Unpacked event on February 25, hinting at the launch of Galaxy S9 flagship with improved camera — Samsung has officially marked the calendar for Feb. 25 as the date it will launch its next big phone, all but confirmed to be called the Galaxy S9.
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| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
AT&T CEO pushes for an “Internet Bill of Rights”, a net neutrality law covering ISPs and tech firms, in a series of full-page ads in major newspapers — AT&T is calling on Congress for a national net neutrality law that would govern Internet providers and tech companies alike …
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: YouTube is asking musicians to sign non-disparagement agreements in exchange for promotional support, has asked other creators to agree to same terms — Artists are said to be asked to sign non-disparagement clauses — Google-owned site has been working to improve relations
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Tweets: @stokel, @future_of_music, @future_of_music, @mhbergen, @jillianiles, @kylebrussell, and @edbott
| Steve Yegge: |
Engineer Steve Yegge leaves Google after 13 years, says it has lost its way due to risk aversion, politics, arrogance, and a focus on competitors over customers — Note: This is my first time using Medium. Please forgive any faux pas. Also, it's pretty long even for me, so you might want to go grab a coffee.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: ComScore is working with Goldman Sachs to explore strategic options — Media analytics company working with Goldman Sachs on review — Company settled with activist investor Starboard in September — ComScore Inc. is working with financial advisers to explore options including … | Colin Lecher / The Verge: |
New York governor signs executive order requiring ISPs with state contracts to abide by net neutrality rules; Montana signed similar order Monday — In an announcement today, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he has signed an executive order that would require internet service providers …
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| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
San Francisco-based collaborative inbox startup Front raises $66M Series B led by Sequoia Capital — Front App Inc. wants to retool the traditional email inbox for the era of team chat applications and cross-platform customer interactions, and today it said it has raised $66 million to expand its efforts.
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Tweets: @techcrunch and @alexrkonrad
| Selina Wang / Bloomberg: |
Sources: ex-Twitter COO Anthony Noto always aimed to be CEO, quitting to become SoFi CEO after it became clear that Dorsey was there to stay — COO's decisive manner aided recovery, but he wanted a CEO job — Social-media company doubles down on vision of co-founder| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
SoundHound has raised $50M at an estimated $1B valuation in November, according to a fundraising document obtained by PitchBook — Welcome to the unicorn club. — Not all is bad in the land of music recognition. — Around the same time that Shazam was selling for a fraction of its valuation …
Tweets: @teddyschleifer
| Andrew Wallenstein / Variety: |
Meg Whitman takes CEO role at Jeffrey Katzenberg's new startup that produces short-form content aimed at mobile consumption — Meg Whitman has been appointed CEO of a new venture backed by Jeffrey Katzenberg that aims to revolutionize entertainment with short-form premium content customized for mobile consumption.
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Axios, Wall Street Journal, Recode, Fortune, Business Insider, and Reuters
Tweets: @erichschwartzel and @scottmaustin
| Sean Buckley / CNET: |
Nintendo is shutting down its first smartphone game Miitomo on May 9, just a little over two years after initial launch — Miitomo wasn't what anybody expected from Nintendo's first smartphone game. Now it's shutting down. — For years, fans and analysts had anticipated Nintendo's move …
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The Verge, Wall Street Journal, SlashGear, Kotaku, and TouchArcade
| Karl Bode / Motherboard: |
Analysis shows 750+ communities across US run community-owned broadband networks in some form; municipal governments and cooperatives have been key to growth — A new map shows that more communities than ever are building their own broadband networks to end big telecom's monopoly.
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