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In memo to employees, CEO Tim Cook calls Apple's $1T market cap a significant milestone, but not the most important measure of success — Following Apple's milestone crossing of $1 trillion in market value earlier today, Tim Cook has sent a full memo to employees, calling the value a “milestone” but nothing the company focuses on...| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple becomes the world's only company with a $1T market cap — Apple has officially become the world's only trillion dollar publicly traded company, in terms of market capitalization, which is simply the company's number of outstanding shares multiplied by its stock price.
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| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Google Maps is rolling out a feature that shows the battery level of a device used when it is sharing location — Google has gone through several version of location sharing over the years, all the way back to Google Latitude. That feature was inside Maps, but then location sharing moved to Google+.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
French startup Blade to expand Shadow, its $34.95/month cloud game streaming service available in California, to 18 states including New York on August 9 — More states can stream now — French startup Blade first launched its Shadow game streaming service as a limited rollout in California earlier this year.
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Video streaming stationary bike maker Peloton raises $550M led by TCV, sources say at a $4.15B valuation, ahead of expected IPO in 2019 — Company raising $550 million in latest financing as it considers an IPO; investor calls it ‘the Netflix of fitness’ — Peloton Interactive Inc … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
FCC approves new One Touch Make Ready rule that lets companies prepare utility poles themselves for new fiber services — One Touch Make Ready prevents big ISPs from delaying competitors' construction. — The Federal Communications Commission today approved new rules that could let Google Fiber … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Comcast and Amazon reach a deal to integrate Prime Video into Comcast's Xfinity X1 service; Comcast expects to launch Prime Video on X1 later this year — Comcast and Amazon reached a deal to bring Prime Video to the cable company's Xfinity X1 service — the first time Amazon's premium …
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| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
How the renaming of neighborhoods by Google Maps, even if they result from mistakes, can spread in the real world, such as in real estate listings and in apps — SAN FRANCISCO — For decades, the district south of downtown and alongside San Francisco Bay here was known as either Rincon Hill, South Beach or South of Market.
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Activists accuse Facebook of suppressing free speech after it removed an event listing it said was part of a disinformation effort with possible ties to Russia — SAN FRANCISCO — Left-leaning political activists accused Facebook of censorship when the social media giant removed an event listing … | Natt Garun / The Verge: |
Motorola unveils modular 6-inch Moto Z3 with Snapdragon 835, 4GB RAM, dual cameras, and a 5G Moto Mod for upgrading to 5G, available on August 16 for $480 — We've already got a handful of new Moto phones this year, including some Amazon exclusives, and today Motorola is adding yet another device to the list: the Moto Z3.
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| Kara Swisher / New York Times: |
Now that Facebook and other platforms have become “digital arms dealers”, Zuckerberg takes a crash course in free speech and propaganda, at a cost to the public — They have weaponized social media, and we are all paying the price. — Let me first state that I actually …
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
After a nearly year-long ban, Google will now allow ads to run on addiction-related keywords and phrases, starting with ads from close to 100 vetted providers — Google will soon allow ads to run on addiction-related keywords and phrases after a nearly year-long ban instituted to crack … | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Epic Games confirms that the Android version of Fortnite, coming this summer, will be available exclusively on fortnite.com, bypassing the Google Play store — Epic Games continues to spread the love... to consumers, at least. — Following the launches of Fortnite Battle Royale on iOS earlier … | Leticia Miranda / BuzzFeed News: |
Amazon says it removed products promoting racist propaganda, including a baby's onesie with a burning cross image, in response to letter from Rep. Keith Ellison — After scrutiny from a Congress member in July, Amazon has removed a number of products promoting racist propaganda from its site …
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| Robert Hackett / Fortune: |
HYAS, an infosec startup that identifies cybercriminals and helps law enforcement track their location, raises $6.2M Series A led by Microsoft's M12 — Microsoft is leading a multimillion-dollar investment in Hyas, an information security startup that identifies and helps take down cybercriminals.
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