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Sources: Apple is working on a redesigned Books reading app that includes a Reading Now section, a dedicated tab for audio books, and a digital book store — Company working on new digital book reader for iPhones, iPads — iPhone maker hires former Amazon, Barnes & Noble exec for unit
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9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
| 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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Chronicle Blog, The Team at X, Krebs on Security, Help Net Security, SiliconANGLE, WRAL TechWire, Gizmodo, The Next Web, Lowyat.NET, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Digital Trends, CNET, TechSpot, Mashable, SecurityWeek, Reuters, The Verge, Android Central, ZDNet, Ars Technica, CNNMoney, Axios, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @techcrunch, @lmeyerov, @chronic, @martijn_grooten, @theteamatx, @stephengillett, and @selenalarson
| Jessica Dolcourt / CNET: |
Samsung announces Unpacked event on February 25 in Barcelona at 6PM CET during Mobile World Congress, hinting at launch of Galaxy S9 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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The Verge, The Verge, Thurrott.com, TmoNews, Patently Apple, Lowyat.NET, Ubergizmo, The Next Web, Softpedia News, ZDNet, Mashable, SiliconANGLE, BetaNews, Gotta Be Mobile, MSPoweruser, Android and Me, Android Police, Business Insider, PhoneDog.com, Engadget, and Droid Life
Tweets: @samsungmobile and @whatthebit
| 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.
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Inquirer, Laptop Mag, The Verge, Chromium Blog, Tech Times, Neowin, Google Developers, Wccftech, AndroidHeadlines.com, BleepingComputer.com, 9to5Google, Ubergizmo, Engadget, Droid Life, and gHacks Technology News
Tweets: @epro and @sgrover1981
| Writankar Mukherjee / The Economic Times: |
Canalys and Counterpoint say Xiaomi became India's No. 1 smartphone vendor for the first time in Q4 2017 after shipping more smartphones than Samsung — KOLKATA: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has become the No 1 smartphone brand in the Indian market in the quarter ended December 2017 …
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Counterpoint Research, Canalys, TechCrunch, AndroidHeadlines.com, International Business Times, Android Beat, International Business Times, China Money Network, South China Morning Post, Gizmochina, Android Central, ibtimes.sg, GSMArena.com, Moneycontrol, TechRadar.com, The Indian Express, The Hindu, India Today, and Reuters
Tweets: @jandawson and @tarunpathak
| 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 … | 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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Pocket Gamer.biz, GAMETRANSFERS, IGN, GamingBolt.com, TweakTown, MCV UK, Alphr, PCGamesN, Engadget, 9to5Google, Business Insider, Business Insider India, AndroidHeadlines.com, Polygon, and Android Authority. Tweets: @mrphilharrison
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Cloud data warehouse vendor Snowflake raises $263M Series E at a pre-money valuation of $1.5B — Snowflake, which is aiming to win data warehouse workloads in the cloud, has raised $473 million in total funding. That's a lot of dough, but the competition is more than well funded.
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, The Register, GeekWire, and Silicon Valley Business …
| Jeff Richards / LinkedIn Pulse: |
75% of the top performing IPOs of the last 4 years went public at a valuation less than $1B — It's true. 75% of the top performing IPOs of the last 4 years went public at a valuation less than $1 billion. It's time to make the small cap IPO cool again.
Tweets: @plevine, @glennsolomon, @mattstraz, and @chippaucek
| 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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Windows Experience Blog, Inquirer, PCWorld, Windows Experience Blog, VentureBeat, Softpedia News, SlashGear, The Register, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, ExtremeTech, MSPoweruser, Tom's Hardware, Digital Trends, TechConnect, On MSFT, gHacks Technology News, ZDNet, TechSpot, Thurrott.com, Windows Central, ZDNet, Laptop Mag, Thurrott.com, BetaNews, and Ars Technica
Tweets: @tmyerson and @tomwarren
| BuzzFeed: |
BuzzFeed identified 1,700+ accounts Twitter censored in specific countries at the request of governments and “trusted flaggers” like NGOs — BuzzFeed News has identified more than 1,700 Twitter accounts that have been blocked in at least one country.
Tweets: @craigsilverman
| Selina Wang / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Twitter is working on a Snapchat-style tool to more easily share videos and photos on the network, but its design and launch aren't yet finalized — Social network is experimenting with new products to woo users — Company seeks to streamline process of posting photos, videos| 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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Recode, Business Insider, Axios, Seeking Alpha, and The Verge
Tweets: @jacob, @cityofthetown, @cityofthetown, @alexeheath, @sfiegerman, @taylorlorenz, and @kerrymflynn
| Már Másson Maack / The Next Web: |
iOS 11.3 enables Advanced Mobile Location, a feature that automatically sends accurate locations of emergency calls and is supported on Android — Apple just announced that the next version of iOS, 11.3, will enable Advanced Mobile Location (AML), which automatically sends your location …
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9to5Mac, Inquirer, PYMNTS.com, MacRumors, and Apple
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ZDNet, AppleInsider, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, CNET, The Next Web, SlashGear, Macworld, Stock Market News …, iMore, Japan Today, The Verge, and New York Times. Tweets: @thurrott
| 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 … | 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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MediaNama, Silicon Republic, TechSpot, Engadget, Tubefilter, RAIN News, The Verge, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @future_of_music, @stokel, @future_of_music, @mhbergen, @jillianiles, @kylebrussell, and @edbott
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