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EU governments agree on copyright reform, that needs EU parliament approval, to let news sites charge aggregators for snippets, force upload filters on websites — Update from May 25th 2018, 13:37: Member State governments have today adopted their position on the copyright reform … | Andrew Allemann / Domain Name Wire: |
ICANN files for injunction against German domain registrar who said it will stop collecting WHOIS data because of GDPR — Domain name overseer hopes to get clarification about data collection for domain name registrations. — ICANN has filed injunction proceedings against EPAG …
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iQiyi debuts its first on-demand physical movie theater in China, with mini-theaters seating two to 10, that users can rent by the hour to watch iQiyi's content — The company plans to build physical cinemas in major cities across China. — Beijing-based streaming-video giant iQiyi … | Yuan Yang / Financial Times: |
Baidu says its video streaming service iQiyi saw video uploads increase 20x from 2014 to 2017, but with machine learning, censorship staff only doubled to 500 — The rise of artificial intelligence is threatening jobs in many traditional sectors, from truck driving to banking …
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| Richard Gao / Android Police: |
Pandora matches Spotify and Apple Music with new $14.99/month Premium Family Plan for up to six members — Pandora isn't nearly as popular as it once was, but it still has a fairly sizable userbase. The company has just quietly introduced a new family plan, aptly dubbed 'Premium Family …
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Vermont begins regulating data brokers, which now have to register, notify about breaches, and can be sued if data's misused, e.g. for fraud or racial profiling — While Facebook and Cambridge Analytica are hogging the spotlight, data brokers that collect your information from hundreds … | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Southeast Asian ride-hailing service Grab launches GrabFood, its food delivery business, in Singapore, and plans to expand throughout Southeast Asia soon — Fresh from completing its acquisition of Uber's Southeast Asia business, ride-hailing firm Grab has officially launched its food delivery business — GrabFood — today.
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Verizon seems to abandon plans to build its own OTT service as CEO says it wants to partner with an existing OTT service to deliver Oath digital content — CEO says company will partner with an existing player that can integrate digital content from Oath — Verizon has been adamant … | Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
For long-term viability, Yelp should focus on business models that avoid Google completely, instead of relying on traffic from search and antitrust regulation — Two of the more famous military sayings are “Generals are always preparing to fight the last war”, and “Never interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake.”
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Amazon leads $12M round in Indian online insurance startup Acko, bringing its total raised to $42M, after backing Indian online lender Capital Float earlier — Amazon appears to be restarting its funding efforts in India after Acko, the digital insurance startup in India …
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Times of India, The Economic Times, Business Standard, Livemint, MediaNama, and BW Disrupt. Tweets: @jonrussell
| Eugene Wei / Remains of the Day: |
Behind Amazon's approach to identifying factors limiting its growth, and how Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram can benefit from adopting a similar strategy — My first job at Amazon was as the first analyst in strategic planning, the forward-looking counterpart to accounting, which records what already happened.
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| Eric Bellman / Wall Street Journal: |
In India, Amazon and Walmart have a formidable rival, the small “kiranas” that offer instant delivery, interest-free credit, and other personalized services — As Walmart and Amazon sink billions into e-commerce in India, they might be overlooking a tough rival on every cornerSponsor Posts
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