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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Apple HomePod review: looks great, has best-in-class sound for $349 and above, but voice controls only work with Apple Music, no third-party service support — It sounds amazing. Is that enough? — Photography by James Bareham; Video by Phil Esposito, Becca Farsace, Andrew Marino, and William Joel
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| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
HomePod review roundup: sounds great, but Siri is very limited, despite iCloud and iPhone integration, as it can't tell voices apart and recognizes few commands — Apple seeded HomePod review units to a number of websites, embargoed for today, and the first reviews are landing. — There are quibbles.
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Snap reports Q4 revenue of $285.7M, up 72% YoY, as DAUs rise 8.9M to 187M, up 18% YoY; net loss of $350M, up 106% YoY; stock up 19%+ after hours — 02/06/18 VENICE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) today announced financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2017.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
A pollster Facebook hired in April '17, who quit after 6 months, says his role was to gauge public opinion of Zuckerberg, his appearances, speeches amid US tour — Why Tavis McGinn quit after six months — Tavis McGinn applied for a job at Facebook last year hoping to work in market research.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Apple's Shazam takeover triggers competition review by the European Commission, following request by seven European countries — The European Commission has announced a review of Apple's acquisition of music discovery service Shazam — agreeing to a request made by several countries to weigh competition concerns.| Eric Zimmerman / The Keyword: |
Google begins rolling out ability to book flights and hotels directly from search results — Planning a trip involves lots of searching for flights, hotels, things to do, itineraries and more. The process is often cumbersome because we have to use multiple tools to gather everything we need—especially on a mobile phone.
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| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
US regulators say they lack power over cryptocurrency exchanges, citing ease of price manipulation on unregulated exchanges, view ICOs as securities offerings — Two of the nation's top financial regulators said Tuesday that Congress may need to grant them new powers if they are to protect consumers …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Patreon is launching its Snapchat Stories-like photo and video feed for artists as a feature called Lens in its mobile app, after announcing it last year — Patreon has launched a new feature that it announced last year: a Snapchat Stories-like feed where artists can share pictures and video with patrons.
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In email snafu, Apple appears to be sending some developers, who are using Search Ads Basic, ad spend and install details for other developers' apps — An issue at Apple appears to be resulting in app developers getting emails of ad spend and install summaries for apps belonging to other developers.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Amazon says it will begin removing lock screen ads on its discounted Prime Exclusive Phone program on February 7 but will reportedly raise phones' prices by $20 — New devices will drop the ads starting tomorrow — Amazon has announced that starting tomorrow, February 7th …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Data management startup Rubrik acquires Datos IO, which specializes in backing up NoSQL data; deal estimated at $45M+ based on Datos IO's earlier funding — Rubrik, the enterprise startup that provides data backup and recovery services across cloud and on-premise environments … | Reuters: |
In letter to US lawmakers, Apple says it sees “strong demand” for replacement iPhone batteries and is considering refunding consumers who paid full price — WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has seen “strong demand” for replacement iPhone batteries … | Motherboard: |
Pornhub says it's banning AI-generated fake porn videos because they're “nonconsensual”, yet such “deepfake” videos are still available via site search results — In its search of a platform that will host fake porn videos of celebrities created with a machine learning algorithm …
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Google brings AR stickers to its Motion Stills app for Android, which does not require ARCore-compatible smartphone or high-end specs — Want to plop a 3D T. rex into a video of your hand? The Motion Stills app for Android phones now lets you do that with a rough-and-ready technique.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Home design platform Houzz acquires IvyMark, which raised ~$3M and offers a platform for interior and home designers; sources say deal is worth $30M-$40M — Houzz, the platform now valued at $4 billion where people plan and help find people to complete home design projects … Sponsor Posts
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