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Apple restores Google's internal iOS apps after certificate misuse punishment — Apple has blocked Google from distributing its internal-only iOS apps on its corporate network after a TechCrunch investigation found the search giant abusing the certificates.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
A breakdown of Facebook's internal memo detailing distribution and onboarding for its Research app, and defending its data collection methods and disclosures — Early this morning, we received agreement from Apple to issue a new enterprise certificate; this has allowed us to produce new builds …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Facebook says Apple has restored its access to enterprise certificates, bringing internal apps back online — Update: In a leaked memo obtained by Business Insider, Facebook continues to defend its Research app, as well as its decision to distribute it via enterprise certificates. Read the details below.
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Inside Facebook, which was seriously disrupted by its dispute with Apple over enterprise certificates, employee anger flares at the Onavo team responsible — SAN FRANCISCO — When Facebook employees woke up on Wednesday morning, many found they could not perform even the most basic work tasks.
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| Shannon Palus / Slate: |
Some Reddit users who installed the Facebook Research VPN say they knew of its extensive data collection, but had little expectation of privacy to begin with — What the going rate for the hyper-invasive program tells us about the evolving understanding of our personal data's value.| Casey Newton / The Interface: |
| Todd Haselton / CNBC: |
Apple apologizes for Group FaceTime bug, says it's now fixed and a software update will re-enable the feature next week, promises better bug reporting practices — - Apple apologizes for a massive FaceTime bug that let people eavesdrop on others, even if they never answered a FaceTime call.
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| Vindu Goel / New York Times: |
400K+ items, making up about a third of Amazon's ~$6B in annual sales in India, may disappear from Amazon India, while it works to meet new compliance rules — NEW DELHI — On Friday, Indian consumers will wake up to an emptier, more expensive version of Amazon's shopping service.| Alison Griswold / Quartz: |
Amazon says it got 850k applications for hourly US jobs in Oct. 2018 after announcing its $15 minimum wage, more than doubling its previous monthly record — One of the most important takeaways from Amazon's 2018 fourth-quarter and full-year earnings report, released Jan. 31, had little to do with the usual financial results.
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Huawei's Mobile World Congress invite hints that the company will show off a foldable 5G smartphone on February 24 — Whether gimmicky or great, foldable devices will get their time in the spotlight this year — Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is traditionally the year's biggest show …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Twitter says it removed thousands of malicious accounts that originated in Iran, Russia, and Venezuela for spreading disinformation about the 2018 midterms — Twitter revealed Thursday that it had removed thousands of malicious accounts thought to have originated in Iran …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twilio closes acquisition of email marketing platform SendGrid, says the all-stock deal is now valued at $3B, up from the $2B initially announced in October — Twilio's bid to become the go-to platform for all of a business's external communication needs took a big step ahead today.
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Sources: Alphabet's Verily is looking for partners to co-develop shoes with embedded sensors to track the wearer's movement, weight, and detect falls — - Alphabet's Verily has been showing off a prototype of shoes that can track weight, movement, and potentially even detect falls.| Colin Lecher / The Verge: |
What to expect as oral arguments begin Friday in Mozilla's lawsuit to stop FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules — The FCC will make its case against the rules — Oral arguments will begin tomorrow for one of the most important cases in internet law history.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Kleiner Perkins says it has raised a $600M fund, its first since the departure of Mary Meeker, focusing on seed, Series A, and Series B financings — “KP used to be a small team doing hands-on company building. We're moving away from being this institution with multiple products …
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