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Sources: Apple will unveil both its video and news subscription offerings at a March 25 event — - Company also plans to unveil news service at March 25 event — New subscription offerings may boost revenue of key segment — Apple Inc. is planning to unveil video … | Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Sources: Apple plans an April or May launch date for its video streaming service, but Netflix won't participate and HBO hasn't committed — - Apple is targeting April to debut a new streaming product that will include original content free for Apple device owners and a platform to subscribe to other digital media services.| Reuters: |
Illicit software distributors are using iOS enterprise developer certificates to distribute hacked versions of popular apps like Spotify and Minecraft — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Software pirates have hijacked technology designed by Apple Inc to distribute hacked versions of Spotify …
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| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Apple has signed many publishers to its upcoming news service with a 50% revenue split, sources say, but that split likely won't satisfy major newspapers — Magazine publishers are on board with Apple's new subscription news service. Newspapers aren't. — Apple says it wants to help save journalism.
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| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
JP Morgan has created the JPM Coin, a digital token that will be used to instantly settle transactions, with trials set to start in a few months — - Engineers at the lender have created the “JPM Coin,” a digital token that will be used to instantly settle transactions between clients of its wholesale payments business.
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Sources say Google plans to unveil a lower-priced smartphone in 2019, and expect it to be cheaper than the iPhone XR, which starts at $749 — Tech giant seeks to exploit Apple woes to drive hardware expansion — TAIPEI — Google plans to unveil its first lower-priced smartphone this year … | James Vincent / The Verge: |
EU negotiations on Copyright Directive overhaul come to a close, with Article 11 and 13 largely intact; legislation now heads to EU Parliament for approval — The hated Articles 11 and 13 remain intact after final efforts to remove them failed — Last-minute negotiations over the wording …
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Tweets: @eu_commission, @senficon, @eff, and @nick_luethi
| Kate Fazzini / CNBC: |
Google says it will spend $13B this year on expanding data centers and offices across the US, adding a new office in Virginia as it doubles its workforce there — - Google doubled capital spending in 2018, but CFO Ruth Porat said that should “moderate” this year.
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| TechCrunch: |
Alibaba's Ant Financial buys London-based payments company WorldFirst in a deal that sources say is valued at around $700M — Ant Financial, the financial services giant affiliated with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, has made its first big move into Europe.
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| Andrii Degeler / Tech.eu: |
Paris-based freelance marketplace Malt raises $25M round led by Idinvest, will use the capital injection to expand to Germany and the Netherlands — Paris-based freelance platform Malt has landed $25 million in a funding round led by Idinvest, with participation from existing investors, ISAI and Serena, Maddyness reported.
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| Niraj Chokshi / New York Times: |
FTC: Americans lost ~$143M to online dating scams in 2018, which was number one in terms of dollar loss when compared to other types of fraud the agency tracks — Love is in the air, but don't let it cloud your judgment — or it might cost you. — Americans looking for love lost …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter says it is testing a pop-up menu to view previews of profiles without leaving the timeline in its iOS app — Twitter announced today that it is testing a new way to quickly preview profiles in its iOS app. With this change, you can now get a quick glimpse at another user's profile without having …
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Brightcove acquires Ooyala's online video platform business for about $15M, with $6.25M in cash and the rest in Brightcove shares — Brightcove just announced that it's acquiring Ooyala's online video platform business. — The deal brings together two long-lasting players in the online video industry.
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| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
SEC charges Gene Levoff, Apple's ex-VP of Corporate Law, with insider trading, alleging he traded on earnings info in 2015 and 2016; Levoff was fired in Sept. — - Gene Levoff, senior director of corporate law and corporate secretary until September, “traded on material nonpublic information …
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Tweets: @reformedbroker, @markgurman, @sf_sec, @blaw, @jbennettdc, @jbennettdc, @eamonjavers, @markgurman, @ericnewcomer, and @kifleswing
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
In filing to CA's DMV, Apple says its test drivers disengaged its self driving vehicles' autonomous mode about once per mile, compared to Waymo's ~11,017 miles — - California disengagement report suggests company is lagging — Tech giant has worked on the technology for about three years
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| Faine Greenwood / Slate: |
Humanitarians urge the UN World Food Programme to reconsider the terms and scope of its partnership with Palantir, since it is unclear why Palantir was chosen — The infamous data-analytics firm is now working with one of the planet's largest aid organizations. What could go wrong?
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Tweets: @katecrawford, @irinnews, @tomsamaki, @tingeber, @irinnews, @patrickmeier, @carlaferstman, @slate, @accessnow, and @simulacrandrew
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple has informed members of its Developer Program that they must enable two-factor authentication on their accounts by Feb. 27 — Apple today has informed members of its Developer Program that they must enable two-factor authentication on their account by the end of this month.| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Instagram says it expects to resolve an issue causing follower number changes for some users by 9am PST Thursday; some reported thousands of followers lost — Instagram confirmed today that an issue has been causing some accounts' follower numbers to change.
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Fast Company, Silicon Republic, Tubefilter, SlashGear, USA Today, Geek.com, The Verge, Fortune, Mashable, Adweek, and Business Insider
Tweets: @instagram, @jamescharles, @instagram, and @itssteephh
| Nellie Bowles / New York Times: |
Profile of Atlassian founders Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes, Australia's first startup-to-IPO tech billionaires whose company is now worth $20B — SYDNEY, Australia — Atlassian is a very boring software company. It develops products for software engineers and project managers …
Tweets: @nytimes and @tonytassell
| Axios: |
After Khashoggi's murder, Saudi Arabia and SoftBank seem unlikely to lose out on many deals; sources say a $500M Softbank-led investment in Flexport is underway — Let's call it: Neither SoftBank nor Saudi Arabia will face any significant U.S. investment losses over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.| Zen Soo / South China Morning Post: |
Ant Financial's Alipay digital wallet is now accepted at 3,000 Walgreens drugstores in the US, expects to cover 7,000 stores by April — - Chinese payments firms like Alipay and WeChat Pay are eyeing international expansion to capture a share of the lucrative growth in Chinese outbound tourism| Jordyn Holman / Bloomberg: |
How some big tech companies, including Palantir and Oracle, are hiding diversity statistics by claiming they are trade secrets — - Diversity stats give rivals road map to raid talent, firms say — Growing trend may let tech firms pay lip service to diversity — Diversity and inclusion.
Tweets: @oliviasolon, @jordynjournals, and @rzgreenfield
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