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Amazon SVP Dave Limp talks about company's strategy for Alexa, says 100M+ devices with Alexa on board have been sold to date — More than 100 million devices with Alexa on board have been sold. That's the all-too-rare actual number that Amazon's SVP of devices and services, Dave Limp, revealed to me earlier this week.
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Marriott says a total of 383M records were stolen in its hack, less than the initial estimate of 500M, but 5M+ unencrypted passport numbers were accessed — Hotel chain says fewer total customers were affected than initially feared but analysts warn data could be intelligence trove
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| Bloomberg: |
Hackers dump private info of Angela Merkel and hundreds of other German politicians including email addresses, phone numbers, and personal chat transcripts — - Leak includes emails, chat transcripts, photos, phone numbers — Hack is ‘elaborate’ social-engineering attack, IT expert says
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Google has acquired Superpod, a mobile Q&A app startup; source says Google paid less than $60M to acquihire the founders and purchase some assets — Google has quietly acquired Superpod, a startup that had built a question-and-answer mobile app, Axios has learned.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Charter releases Spectrum TV app for Apple TV with support for Apple TV's zero sign-on, the first US cable operator to support the feature — Spectrum today has officially released its new Apple TV application after rolling out support for Zero sign-on last month.
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The FTC's case accusing Qualcomm of abusing a monopoly in mobile chips via its intellectual property licensing practices kicked off in court on Friday — SAN JOSE, California - (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's antitrust case accusing Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) … | Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
PepsiCo says it will roll out a fleet of snack-carrying robots called “snackbots” to deliver snacks and beverages on University of the Pacific's campus in CA — Order on the app, pick up around campus — Today, PepsiCo announced that it will be rolling out a fleet …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon debuts Showroom, a visual design tool that allows users to place furniture into a virtual living room, customize the décor, and then shop the look — Amazon just over a year ago launched its first in-home furniture brands, with private labels Rivet and Stone & Beam.| Jingjing Jiang / Pew Research Center: |
The share of US adults who say they have used a ride-hailing service grew to 36% in 2018 vs 15% in 2015, but only 4% use ride-hailing apps on a weekly basis — The share of Americans who use ride-hailing services has increased dramatically. Today, 36% of U.S. adults say they have ever used … | Owen Churchill / South China Morning Post: |
LinkedIn restores Chinese access to the profile of US-based activist Zhou Fengsuo after blocking it a day earlier, says the profile was blocked in error — - Zhou, a student leader during the bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, says he thinks media attention led to the change
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| Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire: |
SEC filing: smart home camera maker Wyze Labs has raised $20M — Wyze Labs, the Kirkland, Wash.-based makers of a low-cost, smart home security camera, has raised $20 million in new funding according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Pandora's latest iOS update includes an Apple Watch app, with offline playback on Apple Watch available for Pandora Plus and Pandora Premium subscribers — Pandora's latest version of its iOS app includes a “brand new, built-from-the-ground-up app that's seamlessly integrated into the Apple Watch experience.”| Randy Nelson / Sensor Tower Blog: |
Research: Nintendo revenues from mobile apps reached $348M in 2018, up 15% YoY, with the game Fire Emblem Heroes accounting for ~66% of 2018 sales — Nintendo's mobile ambitions saw the publisher reach a new record of nearly $117 million in worldwide player spending across the App Store …
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A pullback in spending by Chinese consumers is taking a toll on electronics makers like Apple, e-commerce companies like Alibaba, and other sectors — Buyers are deferring major or discretionary purchases, their confidence dented by a shaky economy and trade fight with U.S.
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| Sijia Jiang / Reuters: |
Internal memo shows that Huawei demoted two employees and cut their monthly pay for using an iPhone to send New Year greetings from its official Twitter account — HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] has punished two employees for New Year greetings sent …
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Tweets: @mkbhd, @joannachiu, @laurengoode, and @shiraovide
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Sophia Genetics, developer of an AI-based SaaS platform for genomic diagnostics, raises $77M Series E, bringing its total raised to $140M — Another sizeable cash injection for big data biotech: Sophia Genetics has announced a $77 million Series E funding round, bringing its total raised …
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