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Spotify reports Q1 revenue of €1.5B, up 33% YoY, reduces net loss to €142M, says it has 217M MAUs, up 26% YoY, with 100M premium subscribers, up 32% YoY — Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE:SPOT) today reported financial results for the first fiscal quarter of 2019 ending March 31, 2019.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple says $250 Powerbeats Pro wireless earbuds will be available to preorder on May 3 and ship on May 10 in black with three other colors coming in the summer — Preorders start just a few days from now on May 3rd — There was a ton of reader interest in the new Powerbeats Pro …
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Microsoft says Minecraft creator Markus Persson won't be part of 10-year anniversary plans for the game because of his “comments and opinions” — “Minecraft” creator Marcus “Notch" Persson, who sold the title to Microsoft for $2.5 billion in 2014, won't be part of 10-year anniversary plans …
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How Microsoft learned from its past mistakes to embrace an “open design” philosophy, which integrates hardware and software for more inclusive designs — A new open design challenge for a 44-year-old company — One room at Microsoft's headquarters represents everything that's changed about its design philosophy.| Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land: |
Microsoft rebrands Bing Ads as Microsoft Advertising, says it will introduce more advertising products with built-in AI over the next year — The new name reflects a broader focus on ad inventory, data and targeting capabilities. — First there was Microsoft adCenter. Then there was Bing Ads.
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| Deanna Ting / Skift: |
Marriott launches Homes & Villas, an Airbnb competitor, in more than 100 markets around the world, following an year-long pilot program with 200 homes in London — This news will trigger responses from elated to downright furious, whether you're a Bonvoy member, Marriott hotel owner …
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Facebook to give 60+ academics around the world access to its data from January 2017 to February 2019, which excludes run-up to the 2016 US election and Brexit — Facebook is opening up its data for the first time to more than 60 academics from around the world, who will be able to look …
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| Laura Hautala / CNET: |
Researchers find the addresses and demographic details of more than 80M US households listed on an unsecured database stored on a Microsoft cloud service — In yet another blow to the privacy of consumers, the addresses and demographic details of more than 80 million US households are listed … | New York Times: |
How the boom in Chinese bike-share companies like Ofo and Mobike was quickly followed by a bust, wiping out many investors and littering towns with unused bikes — Bike-sharing start-ups brought prosperity to Wangqingtuo. Now residents are dealing with the mess they left behind.
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| BBC: |
Consent forms to access the phones of victims of crime, including those alleging rape, have been rolled out across England and Wales — Victims of crimes, including those alleging rape, are to be asked to hand their phones over to police - or risk prosecutions not going ahead.
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| Roger Parloff / Yahoo Finance: |
Profile of Chris Cox, who, despite being chief product officer for years, never drew the attention for Facebook's scandals that Zuckerberg and Sandberg did — In late 2003, during his senior year at Stanford, Chris Cox, the future Chief Product Officer at Facebook (
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| Kurt Wagner / Vox: |
Sources: around 2013, Facebook created Oxygen, a contingency plan outlining how to distribute its apps on Android if Google shut them out of the Play Store — The social network you love — or hate — needs a radical reboot. — In late 2011, Facebook found itself in a terrifying position … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches P2P payments via Amazon Pay for Android users in India, built on the government-backed UPI platform — Continuing its investment in India, Amazon today announced the launch of person-to-person (p2p) payments via Amazon Pay for Android users in the country.
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