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Sources: Amazon is preparing to launch a delivery service, “Shipping with Amazon”, beginning in LA in coming weeks with third-party merchants — The company is preparing to begin the offering in Los Angeles with its ‘third-party merchants’ and then roll it out more broadly
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Uber settles Waymo lawsuit, pledges not to use Waymo's trade secrets; Waymo will receive 0.34% stake in Uber worth about $245M — Uber Technologies Inc. settled the high-stakes trade-secret theft lawsuit brought by Waymo, resolving a conflict that already cost the ride-hailing giant …
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Facebook confirms test of “downvote” button on some comments for users to give feedback to company, with options like “Offensive”, “Misleading”, “Off Topic” — How can Facebook promote meaningful interaction between users?
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
YouTube temporarily suspends ads on Logan Paul's channels citing “recent pattern of behavior”, after multiple controversial posts since the suicide victim video — It's only a temporary suspension though — Has controversial YouTuber Logan Paul changed? It seems YouTube doesn't think so.
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Facebook will award $10M in grants to people creating and leading communities, with up to $1M grants for 5 leaders and $50K for 100 more — LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook (FB.O) launched a community leadership program on Friday that will award $10 million in total to more than 100 people … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
VLC 3.0 launches on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Android TV, Apple TV, Chrome OS, supports hardware decoding for 4K, 8K video, 360-degree video, more — VideoLAN today launched version 3.0 of its media player across all major desktop and mobile platforms: Windows (ARM, x86, x64) … | Reuters: |
Sources: Ant Financial plans to raise up to $5B in fresh equity that could value the online payments giant at $100B+ in what is viewed as pre-IPO fundraising — HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Ant Financial Services Group is planning to raise up to $5 billion in fresh equity that could value … | Tim Peterson / Marketing Land: |
Facebook will count organic reach impressions only when a Page post actually appears on a person's screen starting next week — Facebook originally said it would switch to only counting viewable impressions in November 2016, but the new system took longer than expected to build.| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Getty Images signs an image licensing deal with Google, signaling a truce after filing an antitrust lawsuit against Google in the EU in April 2016 — Almost two years after filing an antitrust lawsuit against Google, Getty Images announced today that it has signed a licensing deal with the Silicon Valley giant.| Wall Street Journal: |
Viacom to launch streaming service by September with content it has removed from Hulu, Netflix, is talking to US mobile carriers to distribute its TV channels — Viacom Inc. plans to launch an ad-supported streaming-video service by September that will offer shows and other content from across … | Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Nest co-founder, chief product officer Matt Rogers says he's leaving to focus on his venture firm Incite.org but will help with Nest's transition into Google — Nest co-founder Matt Rogers says he's leaving the maker of smart home gadgets. — The move comes a day after Google's parent Alphabet … | Adam Jourdan / Reuters: |
Didi and SoftBank will launch ride-hailing service in Japan this year, matching users to existing taxi fleets, starting in Osaka, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Tokyo — SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese ride hailing giant Didi Chuxing will set up a venture with SoftBank Group Corp to provide ride-hailing … Sponsor Posts
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