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Clinical data platform Flatiron Health to be acquired by Swiss pharma giant Roche for $1.9B at a total valuation of $2.1B — - Swiss pharma giant Roche is acquiring Flatiron Health, which has an electronic medical record used by physicians treating cancer, then analyzes the information to come up with better treatments.
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Google to buy IoT company Xively, which lets firms manage devices remotely, from LogMeIn for $50M; 45 Xively staffers go to Google, LogMeIn exits IoT space — Google said Xivley will complement its Google Cloud objectives with analytics and data storage as the cornerstones.
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| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
After signing a licensing deal with Getty, Google Image Search removes View Image button; Search by Image button also removed but still works through search bar — Google has removed the View Image button and the Search by Image feature when viewing an individual image within Google Image Search.
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| Evan Niu / Motley Fool: |
Strategy Analytics: Apple captured 51% of Q4 global smartphone revenue, Samsung captured 15.7%, Huawei captured 7%, all others 26.2% — The iPhone maker grabbed over half of all global smartphone revenue last quarter. — Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone unit sales may have come up slightly short …
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| Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge: |
Coinbase says it will issue refunds after an issue with its payment processor led to some users being repeatedly charged for purchases — A growing number of Coinbase customers are complaining that the cryptocurrency exchange withdrew unauthorized money out of their accounts.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple says fix is coming for iOS and macOS bug that blocks access to apps like Messages, Messenger, WhatsApp if user gets message with specific Indian character — Here we go again — Apple had a shockingly bad week of software problems just before the end of 2017, and it looks like 2018 isn't starting so well either.
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Tweets: @petersterne, @cynicalsecurity, @steipete, @njnrn, @twitterrific, @tomwarren, and @bhcarpenter
| Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed: |
Gaming Facebook's new algorithm, which lifts friends' content with many comments, led to horrid video sitting atop friends' Newsfeeds for 12 days — Last Saturday — 12 days ago now — I shared a cringeworthy video on Facebook: a 6-minute clip of a twentysomething white woman showing off her small …
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| Mike Prospero / Tom's Guide: |
Sonos One speakers also leave marks on unprotected wood surfaces, marks appear to fade over time; Sonos says it is investigating — The HomePod isn't the only smart speaker that can damage your furniture. — White rings caused by the Apple HomePod (left) and the Sonos One (right)
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MacRumors, TechSpot, Gizmodo, Redmond Pie, The Next Web, Mashable, AppleInsider, CNET, Cult of Mac, The Verge, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppAdvice.com, The Loop, Mercury News, and MacRumors. Thanks:@mspoonauer
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Chartbeat: AMP traffic to publishers increased 100% since 2017 as mobile dominates traffic growth; Parse.ly data shows Facebook referral traffic fell to 25.3% — According to new data from Chartbeat, the vast majority of traffic growth publishers are seeing from platforms is now coming from Google AMP …
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Digiday, Accelerated Mobile …, Recode, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, Search Engine Journal, and Marketing Land
Tweets: @anthony, @harrysiegel, @pkafka, and @pkafka
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Facebook complies with demand of Russia's internet censor to remove video by opposition activist Alexei Navalny from Instagram, video remains on YouTube — Instagram has blocked posts in Russia relating to corruption claims made by the country's most prominent opposition leader.| Monica Chin / Mashable: |
Latest Windows 10 Insider build has “Ultimate Performance” power mode, which Microsoft says builds on “High Performance” mode by removing more micro-latencies — Microsoft is adding a new enhanced power mode to Windows 10 Pro for users who need to squeeze every ounce of performance out of their computer.
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Windows Blog, BGR, VentureBeat, The Verge, Engadget, Tech Times, eWeek, SlashGear, Digital Trends, The Next Web, and The Register
| Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: |
US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand officially attribute 2017 NotPetya attack that targeted Ukraine and some large businesses to Russia — The United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have joined the United Kingdom in officially blaming Russia for the destructive NotPetya attack launched last summer.
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