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In a letter, Apple apologizes to customers for slowing iPhones with older batteries, will offer $29 battery replacements from late January to December 2018 — We've been hearing feedback from our customers about the way we handle performance for iPhones with older batteries and how we have communicated that process.
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The Verge, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Apple Support, CNBC, iPhone Hacks, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @mikeisaac, @tomwarren, @jake_k, @backlon, and @benbajarin
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: SoftBank succeeds in bid to buy big Uber stake, will likely limit stake to ~15% of company; deal values Uber at $48B, down 30% from last valuation — Uber shareholders tendered about 20% of company to SoftBank, sources say — SoftBank Group Corp. has succeeded in its bid to buy …
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Tweets: @amir, @amir, @mikeisaac, @gregbensinger, @amir, @amir, @alfredjlee, @ericnewcomer, @gregbensinger, and @mdudas
| Alex Cranz / Gizmodo: |
Google's mixed 2017 hardware launches, from the stellar Pixelbook to the average Pixel 2 and awful Pixel Buds, highlight why it's not gaining on rivals — Compiling the best and worst gadgets list this year I took note of a very sad fact: Google was on both lists.| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Google removes Pixel C, released in December 2015, from the Google Store; Pixel C was the only Android tablet the company sold — Google started selling the Pixel C about two years ago as an Android flagship tablet. The price was high, but it was a good Android tablet. Well, as good as Android tablets could be.
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SlashGear, The Verge, 9to5Google, Android Beat, and Android and Me
| Raymond Zhong / New York Times: |
South Korean government says people who trade cryptocurrencies must use their real name, as it seeks to curb speculation, following ban on ICOs in September — South Korea will require people who trade Bitcoin and other virtual currencies to do so under their real names …
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Wall Street Journal, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, Reuters, The Verge, Engadget, SlashGear, TechCrunch, CNBC, PaymentsSource, Mashable, Reuters, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @jchengwsj and @cryptomanran
| Katie Paul / Reuters: |
Sources: Apple and Amazon are in discussions to establish a presence in Saudia Arabia through new investments; Apple in talks for licensed Apple Stores in 2019 — RIYADH (Reuters) - Apple and Amazon are in licensing discussions with Riyadh on investing in Saudi Arabia, two sources told Reuters …
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9to5Mac, GeekWire, Engadget, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Ubergizmo, TheStreet, iPhone in Canada Blog, PhoneArena, MacDailyNews, Seeking Alpha, Patently Apple, and Business Insider. Tweets: @rshamekh
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
CIRP: iPhone X accounted for ~30% of US iPhone sales during the first 30 days of availability while iPhone 8 and 8 Plus made up ~40% of sales in the same period — While Apple has yet to breakdown just how many iPhone X units it has sold so far, that hasn't stopped analysts from taking a stab at it.| Axios: |
Mark Zuckerberg's US tour was part of a political campaign to help bolster the company's reputation as anti-tech sentiment grows, not a presidential run — Mark Zuckerberg started 2017 scoffing at the idea of Russia election manipulation on Facebook, and looked like he was contemplating his own possible run for the presidency.| Financial Times: |
China's central bank announces plans to limit payments from static barcodes to ~$76/person/day; Alipay and Tencent say they approve of the new regulations — China's central bank has tightened rules on mobile payments made by scanning a barcode, imposing restrictions that could slow …
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Engadget, The Verge, xinhuanet.com, TechNode, and PaymentsSource
| Kristin Tice Studeman / Vogue: |
How restaurants are using the internet and social platforms to research guests and customize their dining experience — Photographed by Arthur Elgort, Vogue, December 2000 — Fine dining in the digital age is a wonderful, and oftentimes overwhelming, experience for diners.| Yair Rosenberg / New York Times: |
Twitter blocked Impostor Buster, a bot that exposed trolls that posted racist messages impersonating Jews, other minorities, after trolls reported harassment — Like many Jewish journalists who reported on Donald Trump's presidential campaign, I spent the 2016 election being harassed …
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Mashable, BBC, Howard Lindzon, and Raw Story
Tweets: @saschasegan, @yair_rosenberg, @jaymills, @davechensky, @stephenfloor, @mikecosper, @outlawpoet, @ldrogen, @s_m_i, @caseynewton, @damienmiller, and @kneath
| Brooks Barnes / New York Times: |
How Helios and Matheson Analytics, which raised $60M to grow MoviePass, plans to make $9.95/mo service profitable using data from its rapidly growing user base — LOS ANGELES — As streaming services like Netflix and Hulu surge in popularity, movie theaters have been trying to compete … Sponsor Posts
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