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Netflix reports mixed Q4 earnings, with revenue of $4.19B vs. $4.21B est., says it added 8.8M global paid memberships, up from its estimate of 7.6M — - The company beat Wall Street estimates for earnings per share, but fell just below projections for revenue.
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Netflix estimates it accounts for 10% of US TV screen time, shares audience numbers for some movies and TV shows, such as Bird Box's audience of 80M households — The streaming service says it now accounts for 10 percent of TV viewing time. — Netflix has more than 130 million customers watching its TV shows and movies.
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A disorienting interview with Jack Dorsey on his Myanmar tweets, right-wing extremism, and what he'd do if Trump called on his followers to murder journalists — A Q&A with Twitter's CEO on right-wing extremism, Candace Owens, and what he'd do if the president called on his followers to murder journalists.
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Twitter says a bug led to the “Protect your Tweets” setting being disabled for some Android users for almost five years, making their tweets public — Twitter accidentally revealed some users' “protected” (aka, private) tweets, the company disclosed this afternoon.
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Hands-on with Nike's $350 Bluetooth-enabled Adapt BB shoe with automated power-lacing, which will allow basketball players to change shoe tightness via an app — Nike's Adapt BB shoe has utility for pros, but is also a lens into a connected future — Why does the world need a self-lacing shoe?
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Fossil says Google will pay $40M for some smartwatch IP related to tech developed since its acquisition of Misfit; part of Fossil's R&D team will join Google — New smartwatch innovation is promised from the big deal — The Fossil Group and Google have exclusively revealed to Wareable …
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Satya Nadella says Cortana won't challenge Alexa and Google Assistant directly, instead Microsoft will focus on making it a skill on other voice platforms — - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says that it no longer sees its Cortana smart assistant as a competitor to Amazon's Alexa.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Facebook says it will ask its employees to take down their reviews of Portal devices on Amazon after three employees were caught leaving 5-star reviews — Whoops — Facebook's Portal smart displays have had an uphill battle, trying to convince people to willingly give …
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| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
April Underwood, promoted to the role of chief product officer at Slack 10 months ago, is leaving the company to focus on investing — Slack is losing its chief product officer April Underwood ahead of a direct listing expected in 2019. — Underwood joined Slack, the provider … | Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Some hacked Instagram influencers who find its account recovery process cumbersome are turning to third-party experts and white hat hackers to regain access — Leaked internal documents and stories from influencers show that Instagram has an influencer-hacking problem.| Issie Lapowsky / Wired: |
Government review: Trump admin lacks integrated data system to track separated families, ad hoc records likely mean thousands more kids separated than disclosed — THEY KEPT THE kids in cages. And Excel spreadsheets. And more than 60 other government files and databases …
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Apple Smart Battery Case for iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR review: much more refined design, and Qi wireless charging is nice, but it is still bulky and expensive — Does your iPhone have trouble making it through a full working day without dying? If so, then Apple's just-released Smart Battery Case … Sponsor Posts
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