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Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann launches Byte, a Vine-like short-form video app, on iOS and Android, aims to start its partner program to pay creators “soon” — Two years after Vine's co-founder Dom Hofmann announced he was building a successor to the short-form video app, today Byte makes its debut on iOS and Android.
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| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
Leila Janah, founder and CEO of Samasource, an SF-based machine learning training data company with a large workforce in East Africa, dies at 37 — The startup community has lost another moral leader today. — Leila Janah, a serial entrepreneur who was the CEO and founder …
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An in-depth look at facial recognition technology, with a primer on how it works, who is using it in the US, and how to avoid it online and in public — The controversial and nearly ever-present technology that could replace the fingerprint — From iPhones and Snapchat filters …
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| Anshika Jain / Counterpoint Research: |
India's smartphone market surpassed the US, becoming the second-largest smartphone market globally, reaching 158M shipments in 2019, up 7% YoY — - realme (255%), Vivo (76%), Asus (67%) and OnePlus (29%) were the fastest-growing smartphone brands on an annual basis.
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Livemint, Gizchina, Engadget, Neowin, Gizmochina, NDTV Gadgets 360, Times of India, The Indian Express, India Today, Outlook India Magazine, The Economic Times, Hindustan Times, NDTV Gadgets 360, Gadget Now, The Indian Express, International Business Times, iMore, TechCrunch, Technology Personalized, and Android Authority
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Report: Samsung's upcoming foldable smartphone, possibly called Galaxy Z Flip, to use “Ultra Thin Glass” with a Dynamic AMOLED display underneath — Samsung is preparing to launch its second foldable smartphone next month, and if you can believe it, more leaks are coming out for the device.
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| Chris Smith / Trusted Reviews: |
UK's science minister Chris Skidmore says the UK won't implement EU's Copyright Directive, which includes Article 13, after the country leaves the EU — One of the most intriguing aspects of Britain's departure from the European Union will be which elements of EU law will be dropped and retained … | Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
FloQast, a startup that sells accounting software, raises $40M Series C led by Norwest Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to over $90M — This morning FloQast, an LA-area startup, announced that it closed a $40 million Series C led by Norwest Venture Partners.
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KMWorld, FloQast, Accounting Today, FinSMEs, and Enterprise Times
| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
How adding wireless chips, motion and pressure sensors, displays, and machine learning to products like toothbrushes is changing our oral hygiene habits — It's easy to bristle at a $200 AI-powered toothbrush, but not for the reasons you might think. — In Las Vegas a couple weeks ago … | Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: |
An overview of nine leading US presidential candidates' positions on Big Tech, with Warren and Sanders leading the charge to break up big tech companies — Republican President Donald Trump's administration has also stepped up its scrutiny of Big Tech, conducting a wide-ranging probe … | Sean O'Neill / Skift: |
Payments processor Wex to acquire travel focused B2B payments services providers eNett and Optal for a combined $1.7B — With this deal, Wex now becomes a powerhouse in assisting business-to-business travel payments worldwide. The deal also gives cash to seller Travelport …
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Business Wire, PYMNTS.com, Barron's Online, The Company Dime, Australian Financial Review, PhocusWire, and Reuters. Tweets: @skift
| Times of India: |
India-based Pine Labs, which offers POS services, raises an undisclosed round from Mastercard; source: the $100M-$150M round values the company at $1.5B-$1.6B — BENGALURU: Point-of-sales (PoS) services provider Pine Labs has raised a new round of funding from the global card network major Mastercard.| Samuel Gibbs / The Guardian: |
Fossil Gen 5 review: best Wear OS watch yet with clever notification handling, good battery life, but hardware UX is unpredictable and phone can disconnect — A day's battery, solid performance and watch-first design makes Wear OS a much more attractive optionSponsor Posts
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