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Facebook announces Clear History feature, letting users stop Facebook-collected browsing history from being associated with their account — It's arguably the company's biggest update since the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke. — Facebook users will soon be able to opt …
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Facebook announces dating feature for its app that will recommend matches and let users create a separate dating profile, with testing to begin later this year — The world's largest social network is adding dating app features — Facebook is adding a dating layer to its main mobile app …
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Facebook announces updates to Messenger: chat translations, slowly rolling out starting with English/Spanish; AR features in closed beta; and a simplified UI — Facebook could use more evidence that it brings the world together rather than tearing it apart.
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| Michelle Castillo / CNBC: |
Sources: Facebook's considering launching its two smart speakers, initially slated to be unveiled at F8, internationally first, given the privacy concerns in US — - Facebook is considering launching its smart speakers internationally first to avoid U.S. public scrutiny of data privacy issues, sources say.
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Facebook announces WhatsApp group calling and stickers, will let users bring 3D objects from News Feed into their Facebook Camera AR experience, and more — Today, our global developer community gathered in San Jose for F8, an annual two-day event where developers come together to explore the future of technology.| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Interview with Mark Zuckerberg on his recent Congressional testimony, goals for F8 keynote, the three-year timeframe for fixing Facebook, and more — Mark Zuckerberg knew his keynote speech at F8 this year would not be like any other. His previous appearances at Facebook's annual developer's conference …
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Apple reports Q2 revenue of $61.1B, up 16% YoY, as iPhone sales rise 3% YoY to 52.3M, iPad sales rise 2% YoY to 9.1M, and Mac sales of 4.08M, down 3% YoY — Revenue Grows 16 Percent and EPS Grows 30 Percent to New March Quarter Records — New $100 Billion Share Repurchase Authorization Announced, Dividend Raised by 16 Percent
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple reports Q2 services revenue of $9.2B, up 31% YoY, and says that the App Store, Apple Music, iCloud storage, and Apple Pay all generated record sales — Revenue grows the most since 2015; sales of wearables jump — IPhone sales meet projections; Apple sees more revenue gains| Thuy Ong / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg announces new Instagram features, including a redesigned Explore page and video chat — The Explore tab will also feature more topics — Instagram is rolling out a host of new features today, including video chat and a redesigned Explore page.
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| Laura M. Holson / New York Times: |
Instagram says it will expand anti-bullying tools, including hiding comments that attack appearances — Instagram said Tuesday it was expanding its online anti-bullying initiative, adding a new filter to weed out comments meant to harass or bully the 800 million users of the popular social media site.| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Review of Oculus Go, which launches today: works without a phone or computer, solid hardware, $199 price is reasonable, but ecosystem is lacking and looks bulky — Oculus' first portable all-in-one VR headset is good, but not great — For the past few years, consumer virtual reality headsets …
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Tweets: @oculus, @reckless, @geoffreyfowler, @geoffreyfowler, and @thedextriarchy
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Snap reports Q1 revenue of $230.7M, vs $244.5M expected; 191M DAUs, up from 187M YoY, marking its lowest-ever growth rate of 2% QoQ; stock drops 15%+ — Snapchat face-planted in its Q1 2018 earnings report amidst a rocky redesign and sustained competition from Facebook, unable to keep up its comeback from last quarter.
Tweets: @recode, @sarahfrier, @sarahfrier, @joshconstine, and @recode
| Snap Inc.: |
Snap reports Q1 net loss of $386M, as average revenue per user rose 34% YoY to $1.21 but was down 21% QoQ — VENICE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2018.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches Prime Book Box, an invite-only subscription service for kids' hardcover books for $23/box sold as part of Prime membership — Along with the higher price that Amazon is introducing to Prime this month, the company is also bringing another first to its membership service: physical books.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Hustle, a grassroots mass-texting tool that does not “sell to Republican candidates or committees”, raises $30M Series B with GV and Salesforce participating — Hustle 20X'd its annual revenue run rate in 15 months by denying clients that contradict its political views.
Tweets: @mims and @joshconstine
| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Suki announces it has raised $20M, led by Venrock, to build an AI-enabled voice assistant for doctors — When trying to figure out what to do after an extensive career at Google, Motorola, and Flipkart, Punit Soni decided to spend a lot of time sitting in doctors' offices to figure out what to do next.
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