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Sources: Apple is planning a subscription service for games; it began discussions with game developers in the second half of 2018 — Apple is planning a subscription service for games, according to five people familiar with the matter. — The service would function like Netflix for games …
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MacRumors, 9to5Mac, USA Today, Digital Trends, Thurrott, Macworld, TechCrunch, CNET, VentureBeat, Engadget, Business Insider, The Mac Observer, InvestorPlace, Redmond Pie, Patently Apple, Tom's Guide, SlashGear, IGN, Cult of Mac, MSPoweruser, Mashable, BGR, iPhone in Canada Blog, Apple Must, KnowTechie, iPhone Hacks, and MAC blog
Tweets: @killercow, @stroughtonsmith, @damianburns, @matthausk, @martinsfp, and @stevekovach
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Dropbox is buying San Francisco-based electronic signature startup HelloSign for $230M, in the company's largest acquisition since its founding in 2007 — Dropbox on Monday said it's acquiring electronic signature start-up HelloSign for $230 million in cash.
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Work in Progress, TechCrunch, Reuters, TechCrunch, Dropbox, Android Police, GeekWire, VentureBeat, PYMNTS.com, Startups News, Neowin, and Fortune. Tweets: @martinsfp
| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
Sources: 2013 “Assembled in USA” Mac Pro was delayed due to custom screw shortage in US, illustrating why Apple is unlikely to move manufacturing out of China — SAN FRANCISCO — Despite a trade war between the United States and China and past admonishments from President Trump …
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The Verge, Gizmodo, MacRumors, TechSpot, VentureBeat, Patently Apple, iPhone in Canada Blog, Fortune, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, Mashable, iPhone Hacks, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @jdvance1, @jason_koebler, and @dcseifert
| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
Nvidia lowers revenue guidance from $2.7B to $2.2B for Q4 2019 due to “deteriorating macroeconomic conditions, particularly in China”; stock down 14%+ — - The company reports earnings on Feb. 14, and now expects quarterly revenue of $2.20 billion, down from previously stated guidance of $2.70 billion.
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SiliconANGLE, NVIDIA Newsroom, Bloomberg, Engadget, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Financial Times, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, PC Gamer, The Tech Report, Financial Times, and Investor's Business Daily. Tweets: @gamoid
| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Internal docs and sources describe how Facebook educates moderators about political issues and potential “PR fires” that are particular to different elections — Internal Facebook documents obtained by Motherboard show specific steps and strategies taken by the company …
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Facebook, Recode, and CNBC
Tweets: @tonyajoriley, @josephfcox, @jason_koebler, and @josephfcox
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
GDPR complaint against Google and IAB by privacy advocates claims that ad category lists enable mass broadcasting of intimate personal data — Male impotence, substance abuse, right-wing politics, left-wing politics, sexually transmitted diseases, cancer, mental health.
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Brave Browser, Wired, CSO, The Register, Fortune, and Mashable
Tweets: @mikebutcher and @wolfiechristl
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Bluetooth 5.1, available to developers today, includes a feature that allows devices to determine the direction of a Bluetooth signal — Bluetooth is already a key feature in billions of connected devices, serving as a wire-free way of transferring data over short distances.
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Bluetooth Technology Website, Android Authority, CNET, GeekWire, iPhone Hacks, Neowin, and TechSpot. Tweets: @leeratliff
| Apple: |
Apple says it spent $60B with 9,000 American component suppliers and companies in 2018, up 10% YoY, “supporting more than 450,000 jobs” — Just over a year ago, component manufacturer Finisar was awarded $390 million from Apple's Advanced Manufacturing Fund.
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TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, SlashGear, CNBC, iDownloadBlog.com, Apple Must, and The Mac Observer
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook shares draft proposal describing how its new content review board could work, suggesting it have 40 diverse members, none of which are Facebook staff — In November, Facebook announced a new plan that would revamp how the company makes content policy decisions on its social network …
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Despite Facebook spending ~$1B last year on Watch, its would-be YouTube killer is a jumble of ads with no hit shows and a tiny slice of overall video revenue — Three long years ago, when the world knew little about Cambridge Analytica and laughed off the specter of fake news, Mark Zuckerberg had a very different kind of problem.| Kif Leswing / Business Insider: |
Sandbox VR, which offers VR experiences at seven public locations like malls in US, Canada, and Asia, raises $68M Series A to expand to new locations — - Sandbox VR makes virtual-reality experiences combining off-the-shelf hardware, green screens, and custom content.
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SiliconANGLE, Andreessen Horowitz, Sandbox, and Variety. Tweets: @mdudas. Thanks:@stevetweedie
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
References are found in iOS 12.2 to four new iPad models without FaceID, two of which are WiFi-only, and a new iPod Touch without FaceID or TouchID — Earlier today, registration info for seven new iPad models was discovered in the Eurasian Economic Commission Database …
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MacRumors, iMore, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, The Verge, AppleInsider, Mashable, iDownloadBlog.com, Neowin, Gotta Be Mobile, MSPoweruser, Pocket-lint, SlashGear, Lowyat.NET, Gizchina, Digital Trends, Cult of Mac, Redmond Pie, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, iClarified, Forbes, and The Verge
Tweets: @stroughtonsmith, @mhartington, and @zacbowden
| Allison Schiff / AdExchanger: |
ContentSquare, an analytics platform that helps businesses understand user interaction with websites and apps, raises $60M Series C led by Eurazeo — Paris-based analytics platform ContentSquare said Monday that it's raised a $60 million Series C just one year after announcing its $42 million Series B.
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SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, TechCrunch, and VentureBeat
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