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Spotify buys Gimlet Media, a podcast producer and network, sources say for ~$230M, and Anchor, which makes it easier for users to record and distribute podcasts — Daniel Ek says he wants to spend up to $500 million on acquisitions this year. — Spotify is a streaming music company that wants to become a podcast company, too.
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Angela Ahrendts to leave Apple in April after five years, as Apple names 30-year company veteran Deirdre O'Brien SVP of Retail + People reporting to Tim Cook — Angela Ahrendts Plans April Departure After Five Successful Years — CUPERTINO — Apple today announced that Deirdre O'Brien …
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Researchers discover e-ticketing flaw at 8+ airlines, including Southwest, that would let hackers access sensitive info by intercepting emails to travellers — At least eight airlines, including Southwest, use e-ticketing systems that could allow hackers to access sensitive information … | Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times: |
Around 1/3 of the content published by Bloomberg News uses some form of automated tech, as more news outlets are employing AI for story recommendations and more — As reporters and editors find themselves the victims of layoffs at digital publishers and traditional newspaper chains alike … | Joan E. Solsman / CNET: |
YouTube CEO says the number of channels with 1M+ subs nearly doubled and the number of creators who earned five or six figures grew 40%+ in the last year — In a post Tuesday about her goals for 2019, YouTube Chief Executive Susan Wojcicki touted several milestones Google's massive video site surpassed …
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| Angelica LaVito / CNBC: |
Meditation and sleep app Calm raises $88M Series B led by TPG Growth at a $1B valuation — - Calm has raised $88 million, valuing the meditation and sleep app at $1 billion, the company announced Wednesday. — Calm is the top grossing health and fitness app and 20th overall on iOS, according to App Annie.| BuzzFeed News: |
A story of two hackers, both US citizens and former members of the UGNazi hacking group, who deceived and murdered one hacker's girlfriend in the Philippines — Tomi Masters was a 23-year-old from Indiana who moved to California with dreams of making it big in the cannabis business.
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| Jeremy Burge / Emojipedia: |
Unicode Consortium finalizes its emoji list for 2019, including 230 new emojis like “yawning face” and “pinching hand”, likely coming to major platforms soon — The final emoji list for 2019 has now been approved by the Unicode Consortium and includes a total of 230 …
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Snap reports Q4 revenue of $389.8M, up 36% YoY, DAUs of 186M in Q4'18 from 187M in Q4'17 and 186M in Q3'18, as Android design refresh rolls out — Snap, the parent of disappearing message app Snapchat, stemmed recent declines in users and beat revenue expectations in its fourth-quarter results …
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| Elizabeth Schulze / CNBC: |
SoftBank's Vision Fund says that it sold its entire stake in Nvidia, which was worth $3.63B on December 31, in January — Chipmaker Nvidia suffered another setback Wednesday after SoftBank's Vision Fund disclosed it had sold its entire stake, worth more than $3 billion, in the company in January.
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| Manish Singh / VentureBeat: |
WhatsApp says it bans about 2M fake or abusive accounts each month, 75% of them without manual intervention, 20% of them at the time of registration itself — WhatsApp today outlined how it is tackling abuse and spread of false information on its instant messaging platform as its largest market …
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Raisin, a European marketplace for savings and investment products, raises €100M Series D from existing investors including PayPal and Index Ventures — Raisin, the European fintech marketplace for savings and investment products, has raised €100 million ($114 million) …
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| Brian Feldman / New York Magazine: |
The rise on Instagram of “meme accounts” like @fuckjerry, which steal jokes, videos, and other content, is a platform failure Instagram refuses to acknowledge — The past few weeks have been rough for Elliot Tebele. Tebele is the morally compromised founder of Jerry Media …
Tweets: @nymag, @carnage4life, and @joshconstine
| Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune: |
Facebook says employee bonuses will be based on Zuckerberg's 2019 goals, such as progress on social issues facing the company, rather than growth and engagement — Facebook's nearly 36,000 employees are about to be judged on a whole new metric: The company's ability to tackle problems … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Finland-based Relex, which helps retailers predict demand using AI, raises $200M from TCV — Amazon's formidable presence in the world of retail stems partly from the fact that it's just not a commerce giant, it's also a tech company — building solutions and platforms in house that make its processes …
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| Rebekah Valentine / GamesIndustry.biz: |
EA reports Q3 net revenue of $1.289B, missing its own projection of $1.375B, digital net revenue of $908M, and net income of $262M — Q3 net revenue of $1.3 billion didn't quite meet guidance for Battlefield V release period — With December solidly behind them, EA's Q3 financial results today reflect … Sponsor Posts
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