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Sources: Alphabet and state-owned oil giant Aramco are in talks to jointly build data centers and a large tech hub in Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil giant and Google parent Alphabet Inc., two of the world's biggest companies, are in talks about jointly building …
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YouTube expands YouTube Go, a lightweight version of its service for emerging markets, to 130+ countries — YouTube Go, a mobile version of YouTube built for emerging markets with features like offline viewing and nearby sharing, is today expanding to over 130 countries worldwide.
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| David Katzmaier / CNET: |
YouTube TV is now available on select Roku devices for $35/month; YouTube says the service is coming to Apple TV “very soon” — YouTube's $35-per-month alternative to cable TV is now on the most popular streaming platform. — Just in time for the big game, the Winter Olympics … | Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Instagram Stories begins rolling out its “type mode” feature to users, letting them post text-based pages — Not so photogenic — Instagram's newest Stories feature doesn't feel much like Instagram. The platform's new “type mode,” which starts rolling out today …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Apple pulls Telegram apps from the App Store for inappropriate content; founder Durov expects both apps to return once protections are in place — Update:Both Telegram iOS apps are now back on the App Store. Original story follows below — The Telegram messaging apps appear …
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| Julia Alexander / Polygon: |
Nintendo confirms Switch Online will launch in September for $3.99/month and Mario Kart Tour will come to smartphones by March 2019 — Company confirms Nintendo Switch Online launches this fall — Mario Kart Tour is the next Nintendo mobile game heading to smartphones.
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Facebook's daily active user base in the US and Canada fell for the first time ever in Q4, dropping to 184M from 185M in Q3 — It was a small but negative change to daily active users in Facebook's most valuable market. — Here's a troubling data point if you're a Facebook investor …
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| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
eBay says it will stop using PayPal for its backend payments service by 2020, will work with Amsterdam-based Adyen instead; PayPal stock down 8%+ — The shopping marketplace will instead begin working with Amsterdam-based Adyen. — One of the tech industry's most storied partnerships is coming to an end.| Miranda Katz / Wired: |
Podcasters first look at Apple's Podcast Analytics data shows listeners are highly engaged, with many listening to 80-90% of shows, and prefer longer formats — The public radio producer had started a podcast as a side project in early 2017, and the exploration of her experience …
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| Reuters: |
India says it does not consider cryptocurrencies legal tender and will eliminate their use for payments, but would explore use of blockchain technology — NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will move to stamp out use of cryptocurrencies, which it considers illegal, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday … | Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Concerns grow that Bitcoin's price is being propped up by Bitfinex, the widely-used and shadowy exchange subpoenaed in December by the US CFTC — A growing number of virtual currency investors are worried that the prices of Bitcoin and other digital tokens have been artificially propped …
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| Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors: |
Spotify partners with gaming chat service Discord to let users connect accounts on the platform; Premium users will be able to play music within a server — Gaming-focused chat platform Discord today announced a new integration with Spotify that will allow users to connect their Spotify accounts …
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The Verge, Axios, and news.spotify.com
| Microsoft Investor Relations: |
Microsoft reports $28.92B in Q2 2018 revenue, up 12% YoY, net loss of $6.3B due to $13.8B charge related to tax overhaul — REDMOND, Wash. — January 31, 2018 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended December 31, 2017: · Revenue was $28.9 billion and increased 12%
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Tweets: @jeffgrubb, @markrussinovich, @fxshaw, and @sai
| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Qualcomm and Samsung announce patent cross-licensing agreement, with Samsung withdrawing its interventions in Qualcomm's appeal against $868M fine — Qualcomm has struck a broad new alliance with Samsung, which could help the mobile chipmaker resolve its antitrust case in South Korea and fend off a hostile takeover bid from Broadcom.
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