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| Robin Givhan / Washington Post: |
Democrats at the hearing focused on big questions about the power of Big Tech, while the Republicans focused on Google and how it is “unfair” to conservatives — The congressional hearing starring the country's tech titans began as so many video conferences have in the midst of a pandemic …
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| Casey Newton / The Interface: |
A recap of antitrust hearing, which was messy but overdue and showed us the beginning of Congress holding powerful tech CEOs to account based on actual evidence — Well, we had an antitrust hearing. — A long one, too. The House Judiciary Committee's investigation into the market power of Amazon …
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| Geoffrey Fowler / Washington Post: |
An overview of attempts by tech CEOs to obfuscate and minimize during the hearing, claiming their companies are not that big and data remains under user control — No, Google, we're not really in control of our data. And yes, Facebook, you profit from harmful information.
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| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Despite grandstanding, members of Congress showed bipartisan agreement that Big Tech has too much power, a consensus that may increase scrutiny of acquisitions — - There was rare bipartisan agreement that Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google can dominate markets and suppress competition in unhealthy ways.| David Dayen / American Prospect: |
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| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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| Justin Wise / The Hill: |
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Emails from 2016 show Apple agreed to halve its 30% App Store fee for Amazon as part of deal to get the Prime Video app on iPhones and Apple TV — - IPhone maker's Eddy Cue reached 2016 deal with Amazon's Bezos — In 2011, Apple executives weighed 40% fee for subscriptions
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Emails between Eddy Cue and other Apple execs from 2011, revealed in House hearing, show Apple considered 40% cut of first year digital content subscriptions — Apple once considered taking a 40 percent cut from some subscription apps, according to documents shared today by the House Judiciary Committee (via Bloomberg).
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| Steve Kovach / CNBC: |
A trove of 1M+ documents from the House antitrust panel builds a far better antitrust case against the tech giants than anything the CEOs said under questioning — - Wednesday's Big Tech hearing provided almost no new information or insight into potential antitrust activity by Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google.
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news.com.au, Protocol, GamesIndustry.biz, and Fossbytes
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Internal emails from 2010 show how an Amazon ad prompted Steve Jobs and Phil Schiller to block in-app purchases of Kindle books on iOS — As part of the House Judiciary Committee's antitrust probe into Apple, lawmakers have released a variety of internal emails from Apple.| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
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| Canalys: |
Analysis: Huawei shipped 55.8M devices globally, down 5% YoY, overtaking Samsung, which shipped 53.7M, down 30% YoY, to become the world's top smartphone vendor — Shanghai (China), Bengaluru (India), Singapore, Reading (UK) and Portland (US) - Thursday, 30 July 2020
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Telegram files EU antitrust complaint against Apple, saying Apple must “allow users to have the opportunity of downloading software outside the App Store” — Messaging company is latest company to criticise restrictions and fees — Telegram, the messaging app …
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TechCrunch, Engadget, MacRumors, PYMNTS.com, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, Fossbytes, iMore, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google teases the launch of a phone on August 3, presumed to be its budget phone Pixel 4a — While thoroughly leaked, Google has stayed quiet about when to expect its next mid-range phone. That's changing today with a “lorem ipsum” tease for what is most likely the Pixel 4a.| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: EU antitrust regulators are set to open a full-scale investigation of Google's $2.1B bid for Fitbit after EC preliminary review ends August 4 — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators are set to open a full-scale investigation into Alphabet Inc unit Google's $2.1 billion bid …
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CNBC, SiliconANGLE, Thurrott, Financial Times, Gizmodo, 9to5Google, Input, The Verge, Android Headlines, CNET, and Neowin
| Shubham Agarwal / Digital Trends: |
TikTok says it will pay US creators $1B+ in the next three years, up from the $200M announced before, unveils $70M fund for creators in some European countries — After reports of Instagram poaching TikTok creators emerged, TikTok says it's ramping up its Creator Fund to over a billion dollars … | Sara Fischer / Axios: |
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Newsroom | TikTok, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Tubefilter, Vox, The Next Web, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, news.com.au, and CNBC
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google upgrades Chrome Autofill on Android with biometric support when inputting credit card info and introduces a new “touch-to-fill” accounts feature — Using a credentials manager is convenient and highly recommended in this day and age. Google is upgrading Chrome Autofill …
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| Shaurya Malwa / Decrypt: |
China arrested 109 alleged architects behind the PlusToken project, bringing an end to one of the biggest Bitcoin Ponzi schemes in the crypto industry — Local authorities in China made 109 arrests today in connection with the notorious PlusToken Bitcoin project, according to local news outlet Cailian News.
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CoinDesk, CryptoGlobe, Coingape, The Block, BitcoinExchangeGuide, and Crypto Briefing. Tweets: @coryklippsten
| Associated Press: |
EU imposes its first ever cyber sanctions, hitting six people and three organizations including GRU, for involvement in WannaCry, NotPetya, and other attacks — BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Thursday slapped sanctions on six people and three organizations, including Russia's military …
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