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Sources: Apple is considering bundling News+, Apple TV+, and Apple Music as soon as 2020 to attract subscribers, meaning less money for News+ publishers — - Company keeps rights to bundle News+ service with TV+, Music — Move may woo more subscribers, but lower publishers' News+ cut
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Tweets: @profgalloway, @mattrosoff, @stevekovach, @jetscott, @michaelsayman, @markgurman, @benbajarin, and @jbenton
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Sources: Apple signed on 200,000 subscribers to Apple News+ in its first 48 hours in March but has since struggled to add customers — - Apple signed on 200,000 subscribers to Apple News+ in its first 48 hours in March, but has been stuck in neutral since that time, according to people familiar with the matter.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Motorola announces a new Razr phone with a 6.2" touchscreen display that folds like a clamshell, launching in January on Verizon in the US for $1,500 — The Razr returns — The Razr is back, but now it's an Android smartphone that can fold in half. Motorola has officially announced its much-rumored …
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Gizmodo, Android Authority, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, Android Central, Business Insider, Inverse, Financial Times, TechRadar.com, CNET, YouTube, KnowTechie, CNN, CNBC, CNET, Engadget, International Business Times, PCWorld, BGR, SlashGear, Telecoms.com, Droid Life, Computerworld, ZDNet, TechRepublic, iPhone in Canada Blog, Softpedia News, WRAL TechWire, Gearburn, New York Post, Thurrott, Gizchina, Pocket-lint, Tom's Guide, Quartz, TalkAndroid.com, Gizmodo, ZDNet, Mashable, and Droid Life
Tweets: @dangillmor, @mcwm, @dcseifert, @chainotcoffee, @ow, @rossrubin, @benedictevans, @ow, @steimer, @mgsiegler, @ideafaktory, and @backlon
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Tweets: @techledes, @cgartenberg, and @themrmobile
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google says it is now rolling out support for RCS messages in the Android Messages app to all of its users in the US — Google today announced that it is now rolling out to all of its users in the U.S. support for Rich Communication Services messages (you can think of it as the next generation of SMS) …
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The Keyword, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, The Next Web, PCWorld, CNET, CrackBerry.com, and The Verge
| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Toronto-based password manager 1Password raises $200M Series A led by Accel, its first external round of funding in its 14-year history — 1Password, a Toronto-based password manager, announced today it has raised $200 million in a massive Series A funding round that was led by Accel.
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TechCrunch, 1Password Blog, VentureBeat, BetaKit, FinSMEs, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @brokep, @aza, @taylor_atx, @1password, @joelgascoigne, @benadida, @benadida, @flyosity, @alexhern, @mariosundar, @chriseyin, @ourielohayon, @adamfeldman, @stshank, @pkedrosky, @mikeisaac, @dhh, and @imyke. Thanks:@bayareawriter
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Sources: the 50 AGs investigating Google are preparing to expand their antitrust investigation beyond Google's ad business into search and Android businesses — - The 50 attorneys general investigating Google are preparing to expand their antitrust investigation into the company's search …
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The Hill, The Verge, Business Insider, Reuters, Axios, BGR, Android Central, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @dhh, @smtuffy, @dondraperclone, @lutherlowe, and @lauren_feiner
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram says it is expanding its test making Like counts private to the rest of the world beyond Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Italy, and New Zealand — Instagram is making Like counts private for some users everywhere. Instagram tells TechCrunch the hidden Likes test is expanding to a subset of users globally.
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The Next Web, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Variety, Android Central, Reclaim The Net, Tubefilter, Business Insider, Engadget, MacDailyNews, KnowTechie, and The Mac Observer
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Research app is now available to download for iPhone and Apple Watch; US users can enroll in three health studies — Following the announcement at the September event, the Apple Research app is now available to download for iPhone and Apple Watch. Users in the United States can sign …
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| CNBC: |
Amazon says it has filed a protest of the Pentagon's decision to award the JEDI contract to Microsoft, claiming “unmistakable bias”, and “errors” in process — - Oracle and IBM were removed from the competition earlier this year, and last month Amazon was knocked out.
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| Samantha Cole / VICE: |
Pornhub says PayPal is no longer supporting payments for Pornhub, affecting over a hundred thousand performers using the site as a source of income — \u003Cp\u003E Late Wednesday night, Pornhub announced that PayPal is no longer supporting payments for Pornhub—a decision that will impact thousands … | James Vincent / The Verge: |
Google search launches an experimental feature on mobile that will use AI to let users check their pronunciation of unfamiliar American English words — Speak into the microphone to be schooled by Google — Google search is launching a new feature that will let users check their pronunciation …
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Tweets: @whatthebit, @chetfaliszek, and @skynewsniall
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft plans to launch its xCloud game streaming service in the US in 2020, with plans to expand xCloud preview to Canada, India, Japan, and Western Europe — More countries are getting access to xCloud next year, too — Microsoft is planning to launch its xCloud game streaming service in 2020 …
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Engadget, Windows Central, PCWorld, CNET, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, Thurrott, Xbox Wire, VentureBeat, IGN, Android Headlines, Kotaku, OnMSFT.com, PC Gamer, Polygon, GameSpot, and Android Authority
Tweets: @starfire2258, @starfire2258, @tomwarren, and @masterdevwi
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook has tested Popular Photos, an Instagram-clone with an infinite scroll of pictures, inside its own app in October — Facebook is copying Instagram while simultaneously invading its acquisition with branding and links back to the mothership. TechCrunch has spotted Facebook testing …
Tweets: @chadwittman, @martinsfp, and @stevekovach
| Bloomberg: |
Following EU scrutiny, Google to stop sharing info with buyers in ad auctions about the type of content on a page where an ad could appear, starting in February — - Search giant to stop sharing some info with buyers in auction — Google said it took step follow discussions with watchdogs| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Oculus CTO John Carmack says he is stepping down but will remain as a “consulting CTO” and will work on an artificial general intelligence as a personal project — One of the driving forces behind Facebook's virtual reality efforts is leaving his post: Oculus CTO John Carmack …
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Facebook, International Business Times, New World Notes, AI News, USgamer.net, Adweek, Thurrott, TechSpot, Windows Central, Road to VR, TechCrunch, GamesIndustry.biz, and PC Games Insider
Tweets: @tomchivers, @oculus, @devinreimer, @auradeluxe, @jank0, @ku1deep, @a9felix, @jabe8, @davidgaw, and @musings_n
| Bloomberg Law: |
New Jersey says Uber owes it about $650M in unemployment and disability insurance taxes because Uber has been misclassifying drivers as independent contractors — Uber Technologies Inc. owes New Jersey about $650 million in unemployment and disability insurance taxes because the rideshare company … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Salesforce says it will use Microsoft's Azure for its Marketing Cloud service, signaling a thaw in a complicated relationship — - Salesforce will deploy its Marketing Cloud service on Microsoft's Azure public cloud infrastructure. — Salesforce already uses Amazon Web Services …
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ZDNet, TechCrunch, Marketing Land, MSPoweruser, realstorygroup.com, Bloomberg, GeekWire, Neowin, and OnMSFT.com
Tweets: @lanceulanoff, @jordannovet, and @alex
| George Anadiotis / ZDNet: |
Siren, which helps build knowledge graphs from enterprise data, raises $10M Series A led by Atlantic Bridge — Siren promises the benefits of knowledge graphs, without the hassle of reinventing your existing data management and infrastructure — Graph databases are amazing, but the knowledge graph is in your data already.
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VentureBeat, PE Hub Blog, The Irish Times, and FinSMEs
| New York Times: |
How startups around the world, using SoftBank funds, got contractors like drivers and hoteliers to commit via unsustainable incentives, and then cut them off — SoftBank poured money into start-ups that use armies of contractors. That has upended the lives of drivers, hotel operators and real estate agents around the world.
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Bloomberg. Tweets: @kevinroose, @robinwauters, @nytimes, @aparanjape, @vermontgmg, @nytimes, @dhh, @vindugoel, and @vindugoel
| Telegraph: |
US authorities filed a request in September to extradite ex-Autonomy boss Mike Lynch to face fraud charges over the $11B sale of Autonomy to HP — The British billionaire who founded scandal-hit software company Autonomy faces an extradition battle after American authorities formally requested …
Tweets: @jamestitcomb
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank passed on investing in Cadre after Jared Kushner did not divest his stake in the real estate startup, as requested by SoftBank — SoftBank wanted Kushner to divest. He wouldn't, and deal talks died. It was a missed opportunity for a start-up beset by tech limits, high turnover and unfulfilled promise.
Tweets: @davidjoachim and @gilliantan
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