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December 10, 2018, 6:40 PM

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Ina Fried / Axios:
Chinese court issues a preliminary injunction against Apple for infringing Qualcomm patents, banning sale and import of iPhones 6s to X in China; Apple appeals  —  A Chinese court has banned the sale of a number of recent iPhone models citing infringement of two Qualcomm patents, the San Diego chipmaker said on Monday.
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Google says it will shut down the consumer version of Google+ in April 2019 instead of August and retire Google+ APIs within 90 days, after new API bug found  —  After discovering another security issue potentially impacting 52.5 million users, Google today announced that the consumer version …
Tom McKay / Gizmodo:
An overview of responses to Jack Dorsey's tone-deaf tweets about a trip to Myanmar that failed to mention the region's genocide, which social media enabled  —  Jack Dorsey, CEO of social media platform Twitter—the company now emblazoned in the public eye as one of the primary mouthpieces …
New York Times:
How mobile apps share precise location data with 75+ firms, including advertisers, retailers, and hedge funds, and fail to describe the practice to users  —  Dozens of companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers and even hedge funds.  They say it's anonymous, but the data shows how personal it is.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Instagram launches a walkie talkie-like voice messaging feature, rolling out globally on Instagram Direct today  —  You'd think Facebook would be faster at copying itself.  Five years after Facebook Messenger took a cue from WhatsApp and Voxer to launch voice messaging …
David McCabe / Axios:
House Judiciary Committee posts Sundar Pichai's prepared testimony, where he talks about leading without political bias, taking users' privacy seriously, more  —  Google CEO Sundar Pichai will tell lawmakers Tuesday that the company takes user privacy seriously, doesn't bake political bias …
The Keyword:
Google says its For You tab for Google Maps, which gives personalized recommendations, is now rolling out in 40+ countries on iOS and 130+ countries on Android  —  It's officially the holiday season, which means lots of time spent with friends and family.  But all of that together …
Mugdha Variyar / The Economic Times:
Google acquires popular Indian train tracking app “Where is my Train”, which works offline and without GPS, sources say for $30M-$40M  —  Google has acquired Sigmoid Labs, which runs the platform ‘Where is My Train.’  —  ET had reported the development in August.
BBC:
Huawei debuts Honor View 20 with a 48MP rear camera and Samsung unveils A8s with a 6.4" Infinity-O display, both with a hole-punch camera cutout in the screen  —  Two smartphone-makers have unveiled handsets featuring a “hole-punch” selfie camera.  —  The screens of the Samsung A8s …
Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Sources: Vishal Shah, a product exec who oversaw Instagram's shopping efforts, ad products, and IGTV, has been promoted to head of product for all of Instagram  —  Vishal Shah has been promoted to lead all of Instagram's product efforts.  —  Instagram has filled one of its most important executive vacancies …
More: Adweek and Neowin
Rob Wile / Miami Herald:
Miami-based ParkJockey, a platform for garage and lot managers to monetize parking spaces, announces a SoftBank investment that, sources say, values it at $1B+  —  Miami is now officially home to its first unicorn.  —  On Monday, ParkJockey, founded in 2013 by entrepreneurs Ari Ojalvo …
More: TechCrunch
Anna Hensel / VentureBeat:
Facebook says it will now let individual developers not associated with a business go through its revised app review process to regain access to certain APIs  —  Facebook announced today that it is letting individual developers who aren't associated with a business go through …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Bird plans to raise at its current $2B valuation and Lime at $2B-3B, below their initial asks, amid tougher-than-expected business conditions  —  Shared electric-scooter companies Bird and Lime temper their valuation goals as they deal with vandalism and other growing pains

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