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Slack says it has submitted a confidential draft IPO filing with the SEC — Slack confidentially filed to go public, according to a press release published Monday. — Slack is one of a number of tech IPOs expected in 2019, including Uber, Lyft and Airbnb. — Here is the full release from Slack:
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google announces Live Transcribe, a near-real time transcriber, and Sound Amplifier; both are Pixel 3 accessibility features and available as apps on Play store — It's also releasing a Sound Amplifier feature — both only on Android — Google is announcing two new features for Android phones today …
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The Keyword, 9to5Google, Axios, Thurrott, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, CNET, Engadget, Android Authority, and SlashGear
| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Crypto exchange Kraken acquires British trading startup Crypto Facilities in a deal worth at least $100M, says it is raising $100M from its largest customers — The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken says it has paid “nine figures” to acquire Crypto Facilities, a British trading firm that specializes in derivatives.
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Kraken Blog, CoinDesk, FinSMEs, The Block, TechCrunch, Ethereum World News, Financial Post, NullTX, NewsBTC, and CryptoGlobe. Tweets: @jonnymoetrades. Thanks:@jeffjohnroberts
| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
New filing: Amazon spent $1.65B on acquisitions in 2018, headlined by Ring and PillPack deals — Amazon spent $1.65 billion on acquisitions in 2018, according to a new regulatory filing from the company. That makes it the second most acquisitive year in the company's history by dollar volume … | Julia Fioretti / Reuters: |
Tencent-backed Maoyan Entertainment, China's biggest movie-ticketing platform by sales, fell 1.1% in its Hong Kong debut after raising $250M in its IPO — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tencent-backed Maoyan Entertainment, China's biggest movie-ticketing platform by sales, fell 1.1 percent …
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TechCrunch, South China Morning Post, Variety, and Tech in Asia
| New York Times: |
The Instagram egg account, with 10M+ followers, was started by an advertising professional; a Hulu ad based on the egg debuted Sunday promoting mental health — He works in advertising. — When Chris Godfrey learned in early January that the record for “likes” on an Instagram post was held …
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Fortune, Mashable, ClickZ, Socialnomics, TechCrunch, CNET, Adweek, USA Today, CNBC, Tubefilter, Business Insider, BuzzFeed News, Vox, TIME, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @jbillinson, @willsommer, and @nytimes
| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Periscope says users can now add up to three guests as voice call-ins to a stream, “like a talkshow”, and is working on letting the guests share video — Periscope is paving the way for broadcasters to host talk shows and invite viewers to go beyond comments and hearts by joining the conversation with their voices.| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
India proposes new rules for apps like TikTok with user generated content and 5M+ users, requires a local office, proactive removal of content, more — Bid to make platforms take responsibility for all content posted to their sites — The Indian government is targeting the Chinese social media apps …
Tweets: @manan and @pratikpoddar
| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Interview with Bird CEO Travis VanderZanden on scooter startup copycats, unit economics, safety, Bird Platform, electric bikes, seasonality, and more — Bird's electric scooters were on full display at the Upfront Summit in Malibu last week, a two-day event that brings together the likes of Hollywood …
Tweets: @maestromobile
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Instant Tethering, launched in 2017 to let Chrome OS easily share a Pixel's cell connection, is coming to dozens of non-Google Chrome OS and Android devices — Google introduced Instant Tethering in 2017 to let Chrome OS devices automatically share an Android phone's cellular connection.
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CNET, The Verge, Android Authority, VentureBeat, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Keyword, and About Chromebooks
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Chicago-based Robotics Process Automation startup Catalytic raises $30M Series B, bringing its total raised to almost $42M — Robotics Process Automation (RPA) is as hot as any enterprise technology at the moment, as companies look for ways to marry their legacy systems with a more modern flavor of automation.
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VentureBeat and FinSMEs
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft acquires DataSense, a data management platform used by schools across the US, and the team behind it, from BrightBytes for an undisclosed sum — One of Microsoft's oldest and biggest verticals for its Azure cloud business has been education, and today it announced an acquisition …
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GeekWire, BrightBytes, and ZDNet
| Aaron van Wirdum / Bitcoin Magazine: |
Chainalysis: two hacker groups are responsible for almost 60% of publicly reported cryptocurrency hacks and stole around $1B to date — Two “prominent professional hacking groups” are responsible for the majority of publicly reported hacks of cryptocurrency exchanges and other cryptocurrency organizations …
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ZDNet
| Jez Corden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft will announce Xbox Live SDK, which will enable cross-platform play on iOS, Android, Switch, Xbox, and Windows PCs, at GDC 2019 — At GDC 2019, Microsoft is set to debut a new cross-platform development platform with the goal of bringing Xbox Live support to games on Android, iOS …
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GDC SF 2019, Ars Technica, USA Today, Android Police, Eurogamer.net, Engadget, XDA Developers, Thurrott, VentureBeat, Gamasutra, [H]ardOCP, USgamer.net, TouchArcade, The Verge, MacRumors, Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog, KnowTechie, Neowin, 9to5Google, OnMSFT.com, Cult of Mac, TechSpot, iPhone Hacks, VG247, Tom's Guide, Fossbytes, Pocket-lint, WinBuzzer, Firstpost, Softpedia News, Twinfinite, Forbes, Telecoms.com, IGN, Android Authority, Polygon, SlashGear, Digital Trends, GamesIndustry.biz, GameSpot, Inquirer, MSPoweruser, CNET, destructoid, and bit-tech.net
Tweets: @avers_g4gmedia, @scully1888, and @benbajarin
| Reuters: |
Ultimate Software Group, which makes HR management software for the cloud, to be bought by an investor group led by PE firm Hellman & Friedman for about $11B — (Reuters) - Ultimate Software Group Inc said on Monday it agreed to be bought by an investor group led by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for about $11 billion.
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SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, and MarketWatch
| Jonathan M. Gitlin / Ars Technica: |
From Alexa and Nuance to personal assistants that learn your moods, an overview of the AI-driven features that major auto companies plan to roll out soon — From Alexa and Nuance to personal AI helpers that learn your moods, it's happening. — LAS VEGAS—Like it or not … | Aaron Pressman / Fortune: |
Profile of Intel's new CEO Bob Swan, who joined the company in 2016 as CFO, after stints as finance chief at GE divisions, COO and CEO of Webvan, and eBay's CFO — Intel spent seven months searching for a new chief executive only to end the process right where it had started.| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
UK-based startup Bud, which connects banks to fintechs and other financial service providers, raises $20M Series A with backing from HSBC, Goldman Sachs, others — Bud, the U.K. fintech that helps banks connect their apps and data to other fintech companies and financial service providers …
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FinSMEs, CNBC, PYMNTS.com, The Bud Publication, Fortune, Forbes, and Telegraph
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
A college student who stole $5M+ in cryptocurrency via SIM hijacking gets 10 years in prison and is the first person in the US to be sentenced for such a crime — A 20-year-old college student who was accused of stealing more than $5 million in cryptocurrency in a slew of SIM hijacking attacks …
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BREAKERMAG, Android Authority, The Verge, Fortune, CoinDesk, CoinGeek, The Next Web, The Hacker News, The Block, Mashable, Slashdot, and Crowdfund Insider
Tweets: @lorenzofb, @briankrebs, @el33th4xor, and @manhattanda
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