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Apple rejects HEY appeal, noting email apps must work without paid subscription; Apple suggests offering in-app sub or to reconfigure app as IMAP and POP client — In a brief call today about Basecamp's Hay email app from the iOS App Store, Apple's Phil Schiller told me that there would currently …
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Microsoft says some app stores are creating a far higher barrier to fair competition than Microsoft did when found guilty of antitrust violations 20 years ago — - Developers put at a disadvantage by unfair rules, Smith says — European Commission this week launched investigation of Apple| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with House antitrust committee chair Rep. David Cicilline who says Apple is acting like a monopolist and a bully whose App Store fees are “highway robbery” — Apple is acting like a monopolist and a bully, according to the chairman of the House antitrust subcommittee.
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Google removes 106 malicious Chrome extensions with 32M downloads that collect browsing history and sensitive credentials following researcher discovery — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A newly discovered spyware effort attacked users through 32 million downloads of extensions …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at the internal divisions at Apple over its plans for an AR/VR headset, which may be released in 2022; AR glasses to be released by 2023 at the earliest — In late 2018, Apple Inc. was a few years into its plan to build a powerful headset with both virtual- and augmented-reality capabilities when things shifted dramatically.
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Facebook says it has removed ads from Trump's 2020 campaign that featured Nazi iconography; the campaign ran 88 ads with the inverted red triangle symbol — Update (6/18/20, 1:15 p.m. EDT): Facebook has removed the ads in question following this post and public backlash.
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| Louise Matsakis / Wired: |
TikTok describes its video recommendation algorithm, says engagement metrics are strong signals while time of publishing, creator, and device type are weak ones — For the first time, the social media company is opening up about its most mysterious feature.
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Facebook commits $200M to support US Black-owned businesses, plans to double Black and Latinx staff by 2023, and add “Lift Black Voices” section to app — Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg on Thursday announced a series of new steps the social media giant is taking …
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Google releases Text Fragment extension that lets Chrome users generate URLs linking directly to a specific section of text on page — An easier way to use Chrome's Text Fragment feature — Link to Text Fragment is a new Chrome Extension from Google that lets you generate URLs to specific text …
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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Staff at mental health startup Crisis Text Line turned to Twitter after calls about company's pattern of racial insensitivity were ignored, prompting CEO firing — To Jo*, the question of whether Crisis Text Line should issue a public response to the killing of Ahmaud Arbery was a no-brainer.
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| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Companies like Fitbit and Google's Verily are rushing out workforce health vetting and tracking tools for businesses trying to safely reopen during the pandemic — As businesses grapple with how to safely reopen the workplace, companies like Fitbit and Verily, Google's sister company …
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| Jason Del Rey / Vox: |
eBay's former CEO, Devin Wenig, denies cyberstalking of blogger, says he had “no knowledge, no private understanding, no tacit approval” of harassment campaign — Devin Wenig says he had “no knowledge, no private understanding, no tacit approval” of the harassment campaign.| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Alibaba and JD.com handled a record $136.51B in sales in 24 hours during 618, a major Chinese shopping event, pointing at a possible recovery in China — - China's two biggest e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com handled $136.51 billion of sales through their platforms in 24 hours during 618 …
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Twitch is growing as a platform for live music, with music one of the top 15 genres on Twitch and 27M hours spent watching music in May, a 5X jump from January — Long an afterthought to YouTube, Instagram and TikTok, Twitch has won over musicians. Now it must deal with their lawyers.Sponsor Posts
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