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Source: Apple's planned game subscription service for iOS will only include paid titles, not freemium ones, and will pay developers based on user play time — - Devices take a back seat to video, news, gaming subscriptions — Company tries biggest strategy change since the iPhone in 2007
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Tweets: @markgurman, @tha_rami, @sub8u, @rdrv3, @serkantoto, @shiraovide, @jbenton, @stroughtonsmith, and @markgurman
| Ashley Rodriguez / Quartz: |
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Axios, Los Angeles Times, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, The Verge, PiunikaWeb, TechCrunch, Wired, GameSpot, Yahoo Finance, KnowTechie, New York Times, and The Verge
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| Ashley Rodriguez / Quartz: |
Pinterest had 250M MAUs in 2018, two thirds of them female; avg. US user generated $9.04, up 47% YoY, while avg. international user generated $0.25, up 22% YoY — Pinterest revealed a trove of data about its more than 250 million monthly active users in an IPO filing on Friday (March 22).
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A look at an early version of Microsoft's new Chromium-powered Edge browser — This could be your new default browser on Windows — Microsoft is rebuilding its Edge browser on Chromium. The software maker has been testing versions of this browser internally at Microsoft …
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Thurrott, Thurrott, Windows Central, OnMSFT.com, MSPoweruser, and Computerworld
Tweets: @bryanrbeal, @tomwarren, @tomwarren, and @katebevan
| Stephen O'Grady / Redmonk: |
A Redmonk study, combining GitHub and Stack Overflow data, finds TypeScript, Kotlin, and Julia usage is up, while Go, R, Scala, Clojure, Groovy usage is down — This iteration of the RedMonk Programming Language Rankings is brought to you by IBM. From Java to Node.js, IBM remains at the forefront of open source innovation.| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
LA to limit scooter companies that don't share GPS data with the city to 30-day permit and 3K scooter fleet, while those that do can have fleets of up to 10.5K — Los Angeles is pumping the brakes on scooter companies that won't tell it what part of the city you're wheeling around.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Popular people-tracking app Family Locator left real-time location data of more than 238,000 users exposed online for weeks via an unprotected database server — A popular family tracking app was leaking the real-time locations of more than 238,000 users for weeks after the developer left a server exposed without a password.
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Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @zackwhittaker, @chirayunix, and @dez_blanchfield
| Emma Best: |
In-depth profile of Maksym Igor Popov, an infamous Ukrainian hacker whose stated goal was to create conflict and cyberwar between nations using disinformation — Years before the Russian-operated persona Guccifer 2.0 appeared on the internet to claim they were a hacktivist responsible for the DNC breach …
Tweets: @ryp__
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Uber to announce the $3.1B acquisition of Dubai-based Careem soon, paying $1.4B in cash and $1.7B in convertible notes at a price of $55 per Uber share — Uber Technologies Inc. is set to announce a $3.1 billion cash-and-share deal to acquire its Dubai-based rival Careem Networks FZ …
Tweets: @thisisaby
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Iterable, a startup that helps companies build marketing campaigns, raises $50M Series C to expand cross-channel marketing platform — Iterable, a startup that helps companies build complex marketing campaigns across channels to reduce churn and increase usage, announced a $50 million Series C round today.| Norihiko Isawa / Tech.eu: |
An overview of Japan's startup ecosystem, which ranked sixth globally in venture funding in 2017, as interest in deep tech startups ramps up — Editor's note: this insightful guest post was penned by Norihiko Isawa, a strategy consultant at the Tokyo Office of Roland Berger.
Tweets: @misssaxbys
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
New York-based Jitjatjo, an on-demand staffing marketplace that matches service and hospitality businesses with temp workers, announces $11M Series A — It's not easy finding quality workers in a pinch, particularly if you're in the service and hospitality industry.
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| Chavie Lieber / Vox: |
Toy brands increasingly develop packaging and prepare surprises so that toy unboxing, popular among kids on YouTube, will look good on camera — Kids are obsessed with YouTube unboxing videos. The toy industry is taking notice. — New York City's Javits Center is a big, boring building that hosts big, boring conferences.Sponsor Posts
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