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| Mark Armstrong / The WordPress.com Blog: |
WordPress has launched Newspack, a publishing platform aimed at small and medium-sized news outlets and backed by Google, ConsenSys, Lenfest, Knight, and others — Over the past 15 years, WordPress has grown to become the world's most popular publishing platform for the open web — and it's especially true for news organizations.
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Apple COO Jeff Williams testifies that Apple tried to dual source modems for iPhone in 2018 as it had before, but Qualcomm wouldn't sell to it amid legal fights — Apple wanted to use Qualcomm's 4G LTE processors in its newest iPhones, but the chipmaker wouldn't sell to it, Apple's operating chief testified Monday.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook says it will test a Stories feature for event sharing on iOS and Android for users in US, Brazil, and Mexico — Finally, a truly smart way to use Stories outside of Instagram — Facebook continues to undergo the most contentious period in its history, as it struggles with the fallout …
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| BBC: |
Scooter rental company Bird backs down and apologizes to Cory Doctorow after issuing him legal threats over a blogpost about modifying Bird scooters — A scooter firm has apologised after issuing a journalist with legal threats over a blogpost about its scooters.
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| Steven Sinofsky / Learning By Shipping: |
CES 2019 notes: high number of Chinese attendees, massive Google participation, and products that are close to reaching a tipping point of customer satisfaction — Help Wanted, Product Managers Apply — The Consumer Electronics Show is the annual gathering of over 180,000 people … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google says it is rolling out RCS messaging support on the Google Fi network available on the Pixel phones, the Moto G6, LG V35, LG G7, and Android One Moto X — Alongside faster international LTE data — Today, Google is announcing that it's rolling out RCS Chat on the Google Fi network.
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| Tim Ingham / Music Business Worldwide: |
Report: Norway launches a criminal investigation over potential data fraud after claims that big stars' streaming numbers were inflated on Tidal — In an explosive story last year, TIDAL was placed at the center of a major alleged ‘fake streams’ scandal. — Norwegian financial newspaper …
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| Nitasha Tiku / Wired: |
Googlers for Ending Forced Arbitration, an activist group inside Google, to launch a public awareness campaign about mandatory arbitration agreements on Tuesday — TECH WORKERS MAY be new to labor organizing, but they're learning quickly. When a November walkout by 20,000 Google employees protesting …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Wiliot raises $30M Series B from AWS, Samsung, and others to make chips powered by ambient radio frequencies, sources say at a post-money valuation of $120M — As we continue the quest for better and more efficient sources of energy to link up our connected world, companies that are developing …
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| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Source: Intel's board aims to fill vacant CEO post before Jan. 24 earnings; Sanjay Jha, Anand Chandrasekher, Renee James are no longer involved as candidates — - Board remains undecided as leadership quest passes six months — Directors trying to choose candidate before results on Jan. 24| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Salesforce announces AI-powered APIs for Commerce Cloud that let developers add recommendations, visual search, and inventory availability to their apps — The CRM giant is rolling out a series of update to Commerce Cloud that aim to expand the footprint of the platform.
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| CNBC: |
NBC says it will launch an ad-supported streaming service in Q1 2020, free for pay-TV subscribers; source says the service may cost ~$12/month for everyone else — - NBC's streaming service will be a free, ad-supported product to anyone that subscribes to a pay-TV service.
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