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January 31, 2018, 11:25 AM
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| Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC: |
Samsung Electronics posts record Q4 profit of $14.15B driven by chip sales, while its mobile business saw a 3.2% YoY profit decline to ~$2.25B — - Samsung Electronics recorded an operating profit of about $14.15 billion for the December quarter — in line with guidance.| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Samsung confirms it is manufacturing ASIC chips, which are used to mine cryptocurrencies; the ASIC industry is dominated by China's Bitmain and Canaan Creative — Fresh from toppling Intel as the planet's biggest seller of chipsets, Samsung has confirmed that it has begun manufacturing ASIC chips …
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The Next Web, Engadget, The Verge, ZDNet, Inquirer, CNBC, Mashable, Ubergizmo, Gizmochina, CoinSpeaker, CNBC, Ubergizmo, CoinDesk, International Business Times, Neowin, SlashGear, and Cointelegraph.com News. Tweets: @iamjosephyoung
| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Spotify is testing a separate Pandora-style music app called “Stations” on Android in Australia — Music streaming service Spotify released a new Android app that's all about free music Tuesday. The app, dubbed Stations, lets users stream curated music stations without … | Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Nintendo beats expectations with Q3 revenue of $4.44B, up 177% YoY, profit of $1.07B, up 261% YoY, and raises annual Switch sales forecast to 15M units from 14M — - The Japanese gaming giant raised its sales forecast for the Nintendo Switch from 14 million to 15 million to the end of March 2018.| Red Hat: |
Red Hat to acquire Kubernetes and containers startup CoreOS for $250M — With CoreOS, Red Hat doubles down on technology to help customers build, run and manage containerized applications in hybrid and multicloud environments — Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon rolls out SMS messaging feature for Alexa devices that lets users send text messages via voice, currently only available to Android users in US — Amazon announced today it's launching a new messaging feature for Alexa devices in the U.S. that will allow you to send texts - yes …
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The Verge, Android Police, ValueWalk, Tom's Guide, VentureBeat, Firstpost, CNET, Android and Me, Engadget, Droid Life, PhoneDog.com, Mashable, ZDNet, and GeekWire
| Becky Peterson / Business Insider: |
Dustin Moskovitz's productivity startup Asana raises $75M Series D led by Al Gore's Generation Investment Management; sources say at a $900M valuation — - The collaboration and productivity application company Asana raised $75 million in a series D, the company announced Tuesday.
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The Asana Blog, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, PitchBook, PE Hub Blog, CNBC, and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check. Tweets: @rosenstein
| Reuters: |
South Korea says it has no plans to ban cryptocurrency exchanges, as it uncovers illegal cryptocurrency foreign exchange trading worth nearly $600M — SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's finance minister said the government has no plans to shut down cryptocurrency trading …
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Engadget, BGR, Cointelegraph.com News, NewsBTC, Bitcoinist.com, and CoinSpeaker
| Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: |
Line Corp., creator of Japan's biggest messaging app, is expanding into cryptocurrency trading, insurance, and other financial services — Japan's biggest messenger creates a financial holdings company — Line applied for cryptocurrency exchange license in Japan
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Quartz, LINE Corporation, TechCrunch, Financial Times, Coinjournal, NewsBTC, Bitcoinist.com, CNNMoney, Cointelegraph.com News, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @chrismessina and @joonian
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: US DoJ and SEC are investigating whether Apple violated securities laws concerning its disclosures about update that slowed iPhones with old batteries — The U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether Apple Inc. violated securities laws concerning …
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Bloomberg, MacRumors, Axios, CNET, BGR, Business Insider, Washington Post, 9to5Mac, Silicon Valley Business …, iLounge, Ubergizmo, iDownloadBlog.com, TechSpot, Softpedia News, The Mac Observer, iPhone in Canada Blog, ValueWalk, Tech Times, Inquirer, Silicon Republic, iDownloadBlog.com, Patently Apple, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, SlashGear, Neowin, CNNMoney, and ZDNet
Tweets: @inafried, @inscitekjeff, and @geoffreyfowler
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Big data business intelligence startup Trifacta raises $48M Series D from investors including Google, Ericsson, Accel, and others — Trifacta, a big-data business intelligence startup that is building tools to help businesses structure and analyse data that gets generated …
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VatorNews and PE Hub Blog
| Bloomberg: |
Fujifilm buys control of Xerox to form an $18B company, marking an end to the iconic American giant's independence — Joint venture to eliminate 10,000 jobs globally in revamp — Deal will end independence of U.S. firm formed in early 1900s — Fujifilm Holdings Corp. is buying control …
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TechCrunch, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Xerox Newsroom, ZDNet, Reuters, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, BBC, Tech in Asia, and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
Tweets: @business and @maureenmcguire8
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
SoftBank buys a 51% stake in Line's MVNO service in Japan, which allows unlimited data for Line services and social sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram — SoftBank is partnering up with messaging app Line to help develop its Line Mobile telecom service.
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Bank Innovation, Reuters, ZDNet, VentureBeat, LINE MOBILE Corporation, CNBC, CNBC, and PE Hub Blog. Tweets: @jamesliamcook
| Kyle Stock / Bloomberg: |
Nuro exits stealth after unveiling an autonomous delivery vehicle prototype, has raised $92M from investors including Banyan Capital and Greylock Partners — A secretive startup has unveiled its new grocery-getter, one of many automakers that are leaving people out of the equation.
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The Verge, Inquirer, USA Today, Forbes, PYMNTS.com, IEEE Spectrum, GlobeNewswire News Room, TheDrive, TechRadar.com, Popular Mechanics, Jalopnik, Newsweek, designboom, New Atlas, SlashGear, FinSMEs, AndroidHeadlines.com, CNET, Silicon Valley Business …, The Register, CNNMoney, Engadget, Quartz, Reuters, Financial Times, and Slashdot
Tweets: @tweetermeyer and @scsatcmu
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google says it removed 700,000+ apps from the Play Store last year for policy violations, up 70% YoY, credits new machine learning techniques for the increase — Google today shared details of Google Play's efforts to protect Android users with its teams of engineers, policy experts … | Jeff Teper / Microsoft Tech Community: |
Microsoft updates iOS Office apps with real-time co-authoring, iPad drag and drop support, universal link support, and OneDrive support for the iOS Files app — Today's post was written by Jeff Teper, corporate vice president for OneDrive, SharePoint and Office.
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Engadget, SiliconANGLE, On MSFT, Softpedia News, Thurrott.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Mac Observer, MacRumors, Digital Trends, MSPoweruser, and Neowin. Tweets: @steven_aquino. Thanks:@rhoge
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google Flights says it will use historical data and AI to predict when planes may be delayed — Google has announced two new features for its flight-booking search service. — Using historical flight status data, Google Flights will now try to predict when flights will be delayed …
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9to5Google, Gizmodo, Engadget, Mashable, Fast Company, and Ubergizmo
| Stefan Nicola / Bloomberg: |
Lyft opens its first European office in Munich, Germany where staff will work on localization and geometric mapping tech for autonomous vehicles — Ride-hailing provider Lyft Inc. is expanding to Europe, opening an office in the southern German city of Munich, home to the likes of BMW AG and Siemens AG.
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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Facebook says it's banning all ads for cryptocurrencies, ICOs, and binary options to avoid “misleading or deceptive promotional practices” — It's an “intentionally broad” policy aimed at stopping scammers. — Facebook is banning all ads that promote cryptocurrencies …
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New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Telegraph, Tech Times, BBC, Inquirer, CNBC, CoinSpeaker, CoinDesk, BuzzFeed, MediaNama, BetaNews, The Next Web, Mashable, Business Insider, The Hill, Bitcoinist.com, SlashGear, CNNMoney, Digital Trends, Neowin, Wired, Marketing Land, Bloomberg, International Business Times, The Register, TheStreet, Washington Post, Silicon Valley Business …, BleepingComputer.com, SiliconBeat, Axios, Cointelegraph.com News, and TechSpot
Tweets: @robleathern, @edzitron, and @mmasnick
| Matthew Leising / Bloomberg: |
Source: US regulators subpoenaed Bitfinex and subsidiary Tether amid doubts that Tether's USDT, which the firm says is pegged to USD, has sufficient reserves — Firms say they routinely get ‘legal process’ from regulators — Tether has yet to verify that it holds $2.3 billion in reserve
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Wired, tetherreport.com, Business Insider, SiliconANGLE, CoinSpeaker, The Verge, SlashGear, Forbes, Bitfinex'ed, CNBC, and Slate
Tweets: @nouriel, @bitfinexed, and @ncweaver
| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Uber partners with JUMP to begin piloting a bike-sharing service called Uber Bike in San Francisco starting next week — Uber is launching a bike-sharing service next week in partnership with JUMP, a startup that recently received the first and only permit to operate dockless bike-sharing in San Francisco.
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The Verge, Engadget, Axios, Uber Newsroom, CNBC, and New York Times
| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
A KodakCoin co-creator says market reaction has diverted public attention from how it benefits photography rights, first KodakCoins to be sold Wednesday in ICO — When Kodak announced on Jan. 9 that it was planning to launch its own cryptocurrency, investors swooned.Sponsor Posts
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