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Facebook unveils cross-app communication between Messenger and Instagram, which works even for users without accounts on the other service, rolling out now — Facebook announced today it will begin rolling out new functionality that will allow Instagram and Messenger users to communicate across apps …
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Tweets: @alexvoica, @mattnavarra, @tyadkisson, @socialbakers, @gidea, @alexvoica, and @martinsfp
| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
A look at how Facebook is weaving Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp together even as it comes under increasing scrutiny from watchdogs and regulators — The social behemoth is weaving together Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp even as watchdogs and regulators close in.
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Sources: China is considering an antitrust probe into Google, after allegations by Huawei that Google leveraged the dominance of Android to stifle competition — BEIJING/SINGAPORE/SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - China is preparing to launch an antitrust probe into Alphabet Inc's Google …
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Coinbase offers an exit package with four to six months severance pay and six months COBRA for employees who are not comfortable with its apolitical mission — Coinbase is offering a package for employees seeking an exit after the release of a blog post from its CEO outlining …
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Fortune, The Verge, and CoinDesk
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| Christopher Harland-Dunaway / The Verge: |
Profile of Tron founder and BitTorrent CEO Justin Sun, whose controversial reputation is built on a non-traditional leadership style and marketing stunts — When Chinese millionaire Justin Sun acquired BitTorrent, was he trying to skirt the trade war? Or fly right in the face of it, no matter the cost?
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| David Meyer / Fortune: |
Cloudflare launches a free “privacy-first” analytics tool to rival Google Analytics that records how users engage with websites without invasive tracking — The cybersecurity and content-distribution company Cloudflare has become a major part of the Internet's infrastructure …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: DOJ is expected to sue Google as soon as next week and is currently urging state attorneys general to sign onto the lawsuit — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is expected to sue Alphabet's Google as soon as next week, and is currently urging state attorneys general … | Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Twitter says it is expanding voice tweets to more iOS users and plans to add transcriptions to voice tweets to improve accessibility — Voice tweets will come to Android and the web in 2021 — Twitter has just expanded its voice tweets feature, which lets you record a snippet of audio to include with a tweet, to more users on iOS.
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MacRumors, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, and Engadget
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Homer, which builds educational apps for kids between the ages of two and eight, raises $50M Series C from LEGO Ventures, Sesame Workshop, and others — For better or worse, tablets and smartphones have become a cornerstone of how many smaller children pass the time.| Bloomberg: |
Clubhouse courted fresh controversy after a conversation with hundreds of listeners devolved into a platform for anti-Semitic comments on a Jewish holy day — Controversial private social app Clubhouse was again the target of criticism on Monday, after a conversation with hundreds … | Max Weinbach / Android Police: |
Xiaomi announces a range of new flagship devices: €499 Mi 10T, €599 Mi 10T Pro, and €279 Mi 10T Lite, all with 6.67-inch displays, and €99 Mi Watch — Xiaomi is known for its cheap phones, whether they come under its own brand name or its Redmi and Poco sub-brands.| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
LG says its Wing smartphone will be available in the US beginning October 15 from Verizon and later this fall from AT&T and T-Mobile, starting at $1,000 — LG's wild sliding phone won't be cheap — LG's wild-looking Wing smartphone has gotten a US price and release date …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Sonos files another patent lawsuit against Google, alleging infringement of five wireless audio patents across the entire line of Nest and Chromecast products — Rocket docket, engage — Sonos has filed another patent lawsuit against Google, alleging that the search giant …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Coralogix, which analyzes software logs with AI, raises $25M, bringing its total raised to $41.2M, and launches a real-time analytics feature — Coralogix, which analyzes software logs with AI, today raised $25 million in funding. Coinciding with the fundraising, Coralogix launched a real …
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| Natalia Drozdiak / Bloomberg: |
Internal docs: EU may ban big tech companies from preferencing their own services or exclusively pre-installing their own apps as part of Digital Services Act — - Gatekeeper platforms could also have to share data with rivals — EU to unveil regulatory proposal for platforms in December
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| Jeremy Burge / Emojipedia: |
A look at the new emojis coming in iOS 14.2, including bubble tea, people bottle-feeding a baby, a transgender flag, a seal, a feather, and more — The wait is nearly over for iOS users: bubble tea, a transgender flag, seal, feather and more emojis are included in the latest iOS beta.
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| Monica Nickelsburg / GeekWire: |
Seattle unanimously approved new regulations that would ensure Uber and Lyft drivers earn minimum wage, the second US city to establish the standard after NYC — Seattle became the second big city in the nation to establish a minimum wage standard for Uber and Lyft drivers on Tuesday.
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New York Times, CNET, Reuters, Engadget, The Next Web, Cities Today, and PR Newswire
Tweets: @katemgarman, @dealbook, @josheidelson, and @workingwa
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook introduces Accounts Center, a tool for managing the growing number of settings across Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger — Despite being under antitrust investigations in U.S. and E.U., Facebook today is rolling out a new feature that highlights the extent to which its suite of apps now interoperate.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Prior to their Wednesday direct listing debuts, the NYSE set reference prices for Palantir at $7.25 and Asana at $21 per share — Both companies are poised to do direct listings on Wednesday; only two other notable companies have done them before — Data firm Palantir Technologies Inc …
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TechCrunch, Fortune, Fast Company, Financial Times, Silicon Valley Business …, CNBC, CNBC, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, and Bloomberg. Tweets: @natebecker
| DataBreaches.net: |
Yevgeniy Nikulin, a Russian national convicted by a San Francisco federal jury in July for hacking LinkedIn and Dropbox in 2012, sentenced to 7+ years in prison — More than two years after he was extradited from Czechoslovakia where he was arrested in 2016 for hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox …
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| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Apple and Epic Games stated in a court filing on Tuesday that their coming court battle should be decided in a bench trial by a judge, not a jury — Apple and Epic have agreed that the coming court battle should be decided in a bench trial by a judge, not a jury.
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iMore, MacRumors, Axios, GamesIndustry.biz, The Mac Observer, Bloomberg, FOSS Patents, CNET, and iMore. Tweets: @thekenyeung
| Samidha Sharma / The Economic Times: |
India-based news aggregator Inshorts raises $35M led by Lee Fixel's Addition to promote Public, its new location-based social network — The former Tiger Global executive is leading a $35 million round at Inshorts. — After a hiatus of almost two years, Lee Fixel, the media shy former …
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TechCircle, TechCrunch, DealStreetAsia, Tech in Asia, and New.blicio.us
Tweets: @ettech and @chiaseedpuddin
| Bloomberg: |
With just an estimated 1.4M users in Africa, Netflix is testing cheaper, mobile-only subscriptions and commissioning local shows to attract new subscribers — - U.S. giant is still a relatively small player on continent — Rise of 4G boosts streaming services but economies are shaky
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Q&A with Etsy CTO Mike Fisher on moving Etsy's infrastructure to Google Cloud, handling a huge spike in demand during the pandemic, improving search, and more — When the CDC started recommending that people wear face coverings, the masses took to Etsy to search for face masks.Sponsor Posts
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