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February 21, 2019, 10:40 AM
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple and Goldman Sachs plan to start issuing a joint credit card in spring, which will be paired with special money management features in Wallet app — Apple and Goldman Sachs are readying a joint credit card, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Thurrott, Engadget, The Verge, Business Insider, MacRumors, TheStreet, The Mac Observer, SlashGear, Investor's Business Daily, Cult of Mac, BGR, iDownloadBlog.com, MSPoweruser, Bloomberg, PYMNTS.com, Crowdfund Insider, Fortune, CNBC, PaymentsSource, iPhone Hacks, and NFC World
Tweets: @mims, @lisaabramowicz1, @viticci, @intrinsicinv, @mgsiegler, @mayazi, @martinsfp, and @mims
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Samsung debuts 6.1" Galaxy S10 and 6.4" Galaxy S10+ with triple rear cameras, in-screen fingerprint sensors, priced from $899 and $999 respectively, out Mar. 8 — At the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco this morning, Samsung unveiled a smartphone series ten years in the making: The Galaxy S10.
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The Verge, Samsung Global Newsroom, Android Authority, Mashable, Road to VR, PCWorld, Abacus, SamMobile, VRFocus, Wired, Samsung Promotions, Wired, Engadget, Firstpost, Bitcoinist.com, Android Authority, LarrysWorld.com, and BBC
Tweets: @markgurman, @chriswelch, @russellholly, @andrewmartonik, @fjeronimo, @reckless, @rogerwcheng, @jdolcourt, @phonescoop, @fjeronimo, @rafe, @reckless, @katebevan, and @andrewmartonik
| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
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Tweets: @mspoonauer, @geoffreyfowler, @sarahfrier, @rogerwcheng, @andrewmartonik, and @reneritchie
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
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The Verge, 9to5Google, The Verge, Firstpost, Digital Trends, Engadget, and Forbes
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| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
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| Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
Kids googling themselves for the first time face shock, frustration, and sometimes excitement at content parents had been posting about them since their birth — Googling yourself has become a rite of passage. — For several months, Cara has been working up the courage to approach her mom about what she saw on Instagram.
Tweets: @theatlantic, @histoftech, @vasko_dagama, @inthefade, @aliettedb, @eveewing, @mkonnikova, @marinakoren, @titusofgaul, @tedonprivacy, and @kaludiasays
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft previews Dynamics 365 AI and mixed reality services and applications on iOS, Android, and HoloLens for remote assistance, customized bots, and more — Microsoft is readying new Dynamics 365 AI- and mixed-reality-centric services and applications for remote-assistance, customized bots and more.
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Microsoft Dynamics 365, The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, WinBuzzer, OnMSFT.com, Thurrott, VentureBeat, and MSPoweruser. Tweets: @tomwarren
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Disney joins Nestle, Epic Games, and others in pulling ad spending from YouTube following details about a “pedophile ring” in YouTube comments — - YouTube faces criticism for recommending videos of minors — Nestle, Epic Games also among companies stopping ad purchases
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Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, MSPoweruser, CNBC, BBC, Engadget, Beyond Search, TechCrunch, Tubefilter, CNN, Silicon Republic, Gizmodo, PC Gamer, and Pocket-lint
Tweets: @bmorrissey, @sub8u, @yoreekoh, @jason_kint, @mattrosoff, @bmorrissey, and @business
| K.G Orphanides / WIRED UK: |
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New York Times, The Verge, The Guardian, Firstpost, and Adweek
Tweets: @jtemperton, @mat, @jtemperton, @jtemperton, @mattburgess1, @kgorphanides, @kgorphanides, @jtemperton, @mrpassingham, @wireduk, and @wireduk
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Samsung debuts Galaxy Fold, a foldable smartphone with 4.6" folded and 7.3" unfolded displays, 7nm processor, 12GB RAM, three-app multitasking, 6 cameras, more — Samsung first teased its foldable phone back in November, and at the company's Galaxy Unpacked event today it's further detailing its foldable plans.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
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TechCrunch, Gizmodo, The Verge, and Axios
Tweets: @caro_milanesi, @holly, @jon4lakers, @mkbhd, @vladsavov, @washingtonpost, @cnet, @daniel_rubino, @cnet, @munkimatt, @daveleebbc, @pardesoteric, and @gartenberg
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Lyft plans to list its IPO shares on Nasdaq around the end of March and is expected to make its IPO filing public as early as next week — The ride-hailing company is expected to make its IPO filing public as early as next week. — Lyft Founders to Tighten Grip With Supervoting Shares
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CNBC, Fortune, Business Insider, Mercury News, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Crunchbase News, and CNN
| Hadas Gold / CNN: |
Mark Zuckerberg is meeting with UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright in CA after refusing to appear before the UK committee investigating online disinformation — (CNN Business)Mark Zuckerberg is finally coming face to face with a top UK official who'd like to regulate Facebook.
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BBC, The Verge, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, The Guardian, Engadget, Washington Post, IT PRO, and Fortune
Tweets: @bbcpolitics and @riptari
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Samsung debuts a basic Galaxy Fit band and Galaxy Watch Active, a simpler $200 version of its watch, shipping March 8 with blood pressure tracking coming later — Leaking every new product ahead of the official unveiling event has a way of making the formal announcements dull …
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Samsung US Newsroom, Samsung Electronics America, Mashable, CNET, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @caro_milanesi, @caro_milanesi, @hiphopwired, @greengart, @mikefeibus, and @rogerwcheng
| Harvard Law Today: |
Mark Zuckerberg talks to Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain about encryption, “information fiduciaries”, and more, as part of Zuckerberg's 2019 challenge — Should Facebook be considered an “information fiduciary” when it comes to the privacy of its clients?
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The Verge, TechCrunch, The Next Web, CNBC, CNBC, NullTX, CoinSpeaker, CryptoGlobe, and Mashable
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @facebook, @sfiegerman, @richardjnieva, @neerajka, @joshsternberg, @drewharwell, @bernstein, @kurtwagner8, @kurtwagner8, @rmac18, @rmac18, @caseynewton, and @sarahfrier
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
HTC announces the Vive Focus Plus standalone headset with Snapdragon 835 and two controllers that support six degrees of freedom tracking, available in Q2 — The Vive Focus Plus will be available in Q2 of this year — HTC has announced the Vive Focus Plus, a new version …
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ZDNet, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, CNET, Engadget, Variety, TechRadar.com, Tom's Hardware, and UploadVR
| Rhett Jones / Gizmodo: |
Pinterest says it's stopped returning vaccine-related search results as most spread anti-vax disinformation, part of its broader approach against “false cures” — The anti-vaccination movement has become so widespread that the World Health Organization added it to its list of the top threats to global health in 2019.
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Wall Street Journal, The Verge, The Guardian, CNBC, 9to5Mac, and Silicon Republic
Tweets: @stephaniemlee, @stefaniei, @stefaniei, and @bluechoochoo
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Clutter, an on-demand physical storage company that manages the pickup, storage, and retrieval of your belongings, raises $200M Series D led by the Vision Fund — There's plenty of speculation right now around apparently disgruntled investors in SoftBank's Vision Fund … | David McCabe / Axios: |
Source: Google is reorganizing its global lobbying operations, including adding resources to emerging markets, in response to global regulatory challenges — Google's top policy executive is reorganizing the company's worldwide influence operation, according to an internal email obtained by Axios.| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Opensignal report: average US 4G download speeds are 18.1MBps, ranked 47th among 77 countries in a large-scale study on 94M+ devices across 2018 — A new report from Opensignal today takes an in-depth look at global 4G network performance across 77 countries.
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Android Authority, ZDNet, MobileSyrup, OpenSignal Blog, PhoneArena, BBC, Telecoms.com, and iClarified
| Ariel / Appfigures: |
Apple's Shazam removes all third-party SDKs, except for Microsoft's HockeyApp, in latest iOS update; uninstalled SDKs include DoubleClick, Facebook Ads, AdMob — Shazam, the song identification app Apple bought for $400M, recently released an update to its iOS app that got rid of all 3rd party SDKs the app was using except for one.Sponsor Posts
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