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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Samsung debuts the Galaxy S10 and S10+ with 6.1" and 6.4" displays, triple rear camera, in-screen fingerprint sensors, and bigger batteries, from $899 and $999 — At the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco this morning, Samsung unveiled a smartphone series ten years in the making: The Galaxy S10.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Samsung unveils Galaxy S10 5G, arriving late in first half of 2019, initially just on Verizon in US, with 6.7" Infinity-O display, better 3D depth sensing, more — Advance leaks revealed most of the new Galaxy S10 lineup before Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event today, but one version …
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Samsung debuts Galaxy Fold, a foldable smartphone with 4.6" folded and 7.3" unfolded displays, 7nm processor, 12GB RAM, three-app multitasking, 6 cameras, more — Samsung first teased its foldable phone back in November, and at the company's Galaxy Unpacked event today it's further detailing its foldable plans.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Samsung's Galaxy Fold will come in both LTE and 5G versions with One UI Android skin and four colors available, starting at $1,980 on April 26 — Just when you thought Samsung's 2019 Galaxy Unpacked event at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco couldn't get any newsier …
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| K.G Orphanides / WIRED UK: |
Investigation: YouTube is monetizing sexualized videos of minors, many with comments from predators; Epic Games pauses all pre-roll ads following inquiry — Scores of YouTube videos with tens of millions of views are being inundated with comments by paedophiles, with adverts from major brands running alongside the disturbing content
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Disney joins Nestle, Epic Games, and others in pulling ad spending from YouTube following details about a “pedophile ring” in YouTube comments — - YouTube faces criticism for recommending videos of minors — Nestle, Epic Games also among companies stopping ad purchases
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to let developers port their iPad apps to Mac using a new SDK that will be released as early as June at WWDC — - This year, it will be easier to turn iPad apps into Mac apps — App merger initiative comes as Apple plans its own Mac chips
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| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Microsoft says Russia-linked Fancy Bear targeted European research groups and think tanks that work on issues including election security and nuclear policy — SEATTLE — A group of hackers associated with Russian intelligence targeted civil society groups across Europe ahead of May elections there, Microsoft said on Tuesday.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Samsung debuts a basic Galaxy Fit band and Galaxy Watch Active, a simpler $200 version of its watch, shipping March 8 with blood pressure tracking coming later — Leaking every new product ahead of the official unveiling event has a way of making the formal announcements dull …
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| Harvard Law Today: |
Mark Zuckerberg talks to Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain about encryption, “information fiduciaries”, and more, as part of Zuckerberg's 2019 challenge — Should Facebook be considered an “information fiduciary” when it comes to the privacy of its clients?
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| Rhett Jones / Gizmodo: |
Pinterest says it's stopped returning vaccine-related search results as most spread anti-vax disinformation, part of its broader approach against “false cures” — The anti-vaccination movement has become so widespread that the World Health Organization added it to its list of the top threats to global health in 2019.| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung's head of mobile DJ Koh says its Galaxy Home smart speaker, originally unveiled in August 2018, will launch by April — Samsung's long-awaited Galaxy Home speaker will launch by April, the company's co-CEO said Wednesday. — DJ Koh, the head of Samsung's mobile business …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Lyft expects to be valued at between $20B and $25B in its IPO and plans to launch its IPO roadshow during the week of March 18 — (Reuters) - Lyft Inc plans to launch the roadshow for its initial public offering (IPO) during the week of March 18, making it the first U.S. ride-hailing company …
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| Chloe Bryan / Mashable: |
A look at “Reply Guys”, a mostly harmless but annoying Twitter phenomenon where one or two men reply to every tweet from a woman — On Twitter, a place where a lot of bad things happen, there's a mostly harmless but decidedly annoying phenomenon.
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| eMarketer: |
eMarketer predicts that US digital ad spending will surpass traditional in 2019, growing 19% YoY to $129.34B, of which mobile will account for ~$87B — Amazon's ad business to grow more than 50%, taking bite out of duopoly — This year will mark a major milestone in the world of advertising.| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
SoundCloud adds a self-distribution feature to its Premier tier, currently in beta, that lets artists publish and monetize their songs on other platforms — SoundCloud announced today that it is adding distribution to its self-monetization Premier program.Sponsor Posts
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Smartsheet Announces Appointment of Praerit Garg as CTO — Smartsheet (NYSE: SMAR), a leading cloud-based platform for work execution, today announced that Praerit Garg has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer.
Smartsheet Announces Appointment of Praerit Garg as CTO — Smartsheet (NYSE: SMAR), a leading cloud-based platform for work execution, today announced that Praerit Garg has joined the company as Chief Technology Officer.
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It's finally here! An all-new Zoho Social for your mobile — Social media marketing is dynamic, engaging, and most importantly, happens all in real-time. Conversations continue to take place.
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If you're over the old way of doing things — With Family Link on Chromebook, parents have a new, easy way to set digital ground rules and help children create healthy online habits.
If you're over the old way of doing things — With Family Link on Chromebook, parents have a new, easy way to set digital ground rules and help children create healthy online habits.
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