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A roundup of the coronavirus outbreak's impact on the tech sector, from closures of offices, stores, and factories in China to affecting MWC attendance — The outbreak shows that what impacts China impacts everything — The tech sector is currently feeling the impact of the coronavirus …
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Nikkei Asian Review, Bloomberg, Reuters, AppleInsider, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, The Official NVIDIA Blog, The Verge, 9to5Mac, BBC, South China Morning Post, Bloomberg, CryptoGlobe, Wccftech, International Business Times, MSPoweruser, MacRumors, Reuters, Channel NewsAsia, MacRumors, Nikkei Asian Review, TechSpot, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, MacDailyNews, CNBC, CNET, Neowin, SlashGear, iMore, Yahoo Finance, Cision, GSMA, VentureBeat, Fortune, CircleID, UploadVR, Reuters, Tom's Hardware, BuzzFeed News, FierceWireless, and Android Central
| Nic Fildes / Financial Times: |
Vodafone will remove Huawei systems from its EU core network at a cost of €200M over the next five years, following new UK rules and EU guidelines last month — Vodafone is to strip Huawei systems out of the core of its European network at a cost of €200m as the European telecoms sector moves …
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Reuters, The Guardian, Engadget, CNET, and Android Headlines
Tweets: @frankhook, @nicfildes, and @reutersindia
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Corp.com domain put up for sale for $1.7M; testing shows it could give access to proprietary data of companies that adopted default “corp” Active Directory path — As an early domain name investor, Mike O'Connor had by 1994 snatched up several choice online destinations …
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CircleID. Tweets: @briankrebs, @howelloneill, @stevesi, @joshelman, @carlfish, @macaree, @tprophet, @eccentricflower, @jkamdjou, @mrfengi, and @dsilverman
| Alex Danco: |
Recurring revenue streams from SaaS startups may soon get securitized, ushering in various debt financing products that may upend the VC growth financing model — Ten years from now, what seismic change will we reflect back on and think, “well that was pretty obvious, in retrospect”?
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Boston Tech Deals & … and Howard Lindzon
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Filing indicates that Facebook has acquired London-based Scape, which is working on computer vision-based location tech it says is far more accurate than GPS — Scape Technologies, the London-based computer vision startup working on location accuracy beyond the capabilities of GPS … | Masha Borak / South China Morning Post: |
Ofo, the bike-sharing startup once valued at $2B, gets a makeover to become a shopping app, after over a year of struggles to refund users' deposits — The Alibaba-backed company is pivoting to ecommerce and offering rebates in lieu of returning deposit moneyThe Alibaba-backed company …
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
As competition for jobs among Amazon Flex delivery drivers grows, many of them turn to bots and devices that autotap Flex app's refresh button to secure shifts — - Amazon Flex drivers are using automated software, third-party apps and other tools to get jobs.
Tweets: @ddayen, @annierpalmer, @annierpalmer, @annierpalmer, @martinsfp, @mattrosoff, @hypervisible, and @alfredwkng
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Pew: 30% of US adults say they have used a dating app or website, up from 11% in 2013, with 12% saying they found a long-term relationship via online dating — Dating app usage in the U.S. is on the rise, but so are the issues it brings. According to a new Pew Research Center report on online dating …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
How Hoop, an app for making Snapchat friends, hit #2 in the App Store with a virality and monetization strategy making users spend in-app currency to reach out — Snapchat's developer platform is blowing up as a gateway to teen social app users. Hoop is the latest Snap Kit blockbuster …
Tweets: @joshconstine, @mattcano, @joshconstine, and @jerrycap
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Cherre, which is using AI to index and analyze real estate data from disparate public and private sources, raises $16M Series A led by Intel Capital — Real estate data collection and analytics costs can total in the millions of dollars. That's why in 2016, L.D. Salmanson founded Cherre …
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Commercial Observer, The Real Deal New York, PR Newswire, and Pulse 2.0. Tweets: @intelcapital
| Wall Street Journal: |
Chainalysis: cryptocurrency scams involving Ponzi schemes and other frauds took in over $4B in 2019, which was more than the combined $3B haul in 2017 and 2018 — Ponzi schemes are the latest form of bitcoin fraud, with big platforms like one called PlusToken drawing the most money
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Chainalysis and Asia Crypto Today
Tweets: @rachaelmyrow, @markc_anderson, @timcohn, @skupor, @karolcummins, and @paulvigna
| Nirave Gondhia / Android Central: |
Motorola Razr review: front quick view display is useful but bumps can be felt while using the foldable screen, battery life is poor, and camera is lackluster — Too many compromises, for too much money. — Motorola RAZR: The review — Stunning design — Folding display — Average Battery
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CNET, Engadget, Mashable, TalkAndroid.com, 9to5Google, International Business Times, Digital Trends, Ars Technica, and Gizmodo
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