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| Jason Fried / HEY: |
HEY's Jason Fried responds to Apple, says the dispute is not about the money, but about how Apple forcibly inserts itself between developers and their customers — So far, much of the recent discussion around Apple, HEY, In App Purchase (IAP), Subscriptions, the App Store, and the iOS developer community has been about money.
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| M.G. Siegler / 500ish: |
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
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| Patrick Kulp / Adweek: |
Pandora will offer more stats to podcast hosts like where listeners live, how long they tune in to each episode, and the number of thumbs up/down they receive — Move makes the streaming service more competitive with Apple and Spotify — Key insight: — Podcasting has long suffered …
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PR Newswire, TechCrunch, Mobile Marketer, Forbes, Albany Times Union, Filmy One, and The Verge. Tweets: @sarafischer. Thanks:@chrismessina
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple is temporarily closing 11 stores across Florida, Arizona, North Carolina, and South Carolina amid COVID-19 spikes — Apple Inc. is temporarily shutting some of its U.S. retail stores again after cases of Covid-19 spiked in some areas across the country, Bloomberg News reports.
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Bloomberg, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, 9to5Mac, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, iMore, The Irish Times, Neowin, Android Authority, Telegraph, Mashable, Reuters, Axios, Bloomberg, Macworld, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, The Verge, WRAL TechWire, TechCrunch, Pocketnow, and Daring Fireball
Tweets: @markgurman, @nycjim, @gartenberg, @xecretcode, @mat, @chrisfralic, @hblodget, @nycjim, @philiped, @brianmcc, @llsethj, @scottkleinberg, @markgurman, @fxmacro, and @fxmacro
| Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal: |
The IRS says it bought access to a marketing database of location data for millions of US cellphones to try to identify and track potential criminal suspects — The unsuccessful effort shows how anonymized information sold by marketers is increasingly being used by law enforcement to identify suspects
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Android Authority and Slashdot
Tweets: @silver_watchdog, @ronwyden, @bmcclendon, and @jamesncantrell
| Sophie Alexander / Bloomberg: |
Robinhood says it's changing its options offerings after a young customer committed suicide when his account temporarily showed a negative balance of over $700K — Robinhood is changing its options offerings, including increased education, in the wake of a young customer's suicide.
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Under the Hood, coinspeaker.com, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @carnage4life, @profgalloway, @chafkin, @theryanford, and @robinhoodapp
| Bobbie Johnson / MIT Technology Review: |
The UK government's efforts to build a centralized contract tracing app from scratch were plagued by poor technical execution and chaotic personnel management — The failed rollout of Britain's covid-19 app will damage digital contact tracing efforts worldwide—but its troubles were the result of clear, specific errors.
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BBC, WIRED UK, The Irish Times, and Tech.co
Tweets: @mattburgess1, @mattburgess1, @jonworth, @niallfirth, @techreview, and @jackdromeymp
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Oracle owned BlueKai had an unprotected server leaking identifiable user data and sensitive browsing info, exposing billions of records for anyone to find — Billions of records exposed. — Have you ever wondered why online ads appear for things that you were just thinking about?
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Forbes and Security Boulevard
Tweets: @thomasgermain, @roi, @demopj, @mmasnick, @profcarroll, @zackwhittaker, @roi, @jessedamiani, @karlbode, and @zackwhittaker
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Social media execs owe it to staff, users, and society to examine structural forces empowering racists online and how their platforms undermine social justice — Shows of support from Facebook, Twitter and YouTube don't address the way those platforms have been weaponized by racists and partisan provocateurs.
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BuzzFeed News and Adweek
Tweets: @karaswisher, @kasie, @sruhle, @anandwrites, @nataliekitro, @slpng_giants, and @chaddickerson
| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Snap apologizes and disables its Juneteenth filter that allowed users to “smile and break the chains”, saying it didn't go through its usual review process — It's the latest example of a controversial Snapchat filter — Snapchat is apologizing for a controversial Juneteenth filter …
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The Next Web, CNBC, Los Angeles Times, Variety, Gizmodo, NBC News, Pocketnow, The Daily Dot, Axios, Mashable, CNET, and Engadget
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| Aaron Mackey / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
Proposals by Sen. Hawley and the DOJ to amend Section 230 protections would violate the First Amendment and bury tech platforms in legal cost and liability risk — Whether we know it or not, all Internet users rely on multiple online services to connect, engage, and express themselves online.
Tweets: @atrupar and @jess_miers
| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
BMW and Mercedes-Benz end their partnership, which was announced in July 2019 for the development of autonomous driving technology — BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz AG have punted on what was meant to be a long term collaboration to develop next-generation automated driving technology together … | Financial Times: |
A look at the top 100 companies according to market cap added YTD amid the pandemic, with Big Tech leading: Amazon gained ~$401B, Microsoft ~$270B, Apple ~$219B — The first in an FT series on corporate resilience in a year of human and economic devastation
Tweets: @francesca_bria, @financialtimes, and @daveleeft
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Proprio, which is developing a computational imaging system that seeks to help surgeons perform procedures more accurately, raises $23M Series A led by DCVC — Seattle startup Proprio has raised more cash to help build out its surgical technology that some investors believe will be just as transformative as the X-ray.Sponsor Posts
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