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IDC: quarterly tablet shipments down 7.9% YoY, the 13th straight quarter of decline; Amazon sells ~7.7M tablets in Q4, overtaking Samsung for second place — The tablet market has now declined year-over-year for 13 quarters straight. Q4 2017 saw a 7.9 percent year-over-year decline … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
New Jersey governor signs executive order requiring ISPs to follow neutrality rules if they sell internet services to state agencies, in effect on July 1 — ISPs can't block or throttle traffic if they sell broadband to state agencies. — New Jersey is enforcing net neutrality … | TechCrunch: |
In email snafu, Apple appears to be sending some developers, who are using Search Ads Basic, ad spend and install details for other developers' apps — Feb 6, 2018, 11:41 amFeb 6, 2018, 12:28 pm — An issue at Apple appears to be resulting in app developers getting emails of ad spend … | Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
The Pixel 2's Visual Core photo processing technology is coming to third party apps, starting with Instagram, WhatsApp, and Snapchat, over the next few days — Visual Core was a strange little surprise from Google when it revealed it back in October. The system company waited three weeks until …
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WrkRiot CEO Isaac Choi pleads guilty to defrauding employees, faces 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, sentencing set for May 24 — Isaac Choi pleaded guilty on Monday, and faces up to 20 years in prison. — New businesses are often fraught with stress, bad communication … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
EHang releases footage of latest manned test flights in China of the 184, an autonomous, electric quadcopter taxi that can carry a single person up to 10 miles — But I'm still highly skeptical this can scale — Two years ago, Chinese drone maker Ehang came to CES in Las Vegas and promised …
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Grammarly fixes security bug in its Chrome extension, which is used by about 22M people, that allowed any site to obtain access to user accounts — The grammar-correcting browser extension is used by about 22 million users. — Grammarly has fixed a security bug in its Chrome extension … | David Ingram / Reuters: |
Seattle's Ethics and Elections Commission says Facebook violated election ad law, orders Facebook to disclose political ad spend info during 2017 city elections — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Seattle's election authority said on Monday that Facebook Inc is in violation of a city law …
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Waymo v. Uber begins with opening slides; Waymo claims Levandowski stole trade secrets, Uber says Alphabet upset over Otto acquisition, Levandowski hire — The trade secrets lawsuit between Uber and Alphabet's self-driving arm Waymo began today. — Uber and Waymo are finally having their day in court.| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Alessandro Sabatelli, Twitter's director of AR/VR, has left the company after 18 months — The head of Twitter's AR/VR team announced today via a tweet that he is leaving the social media site after 18 months. — Alessandro Sabatelli joined Twitter in June of 2016 after leaving … | Timi Cantisano / Neowin: |
Chinese smartwatch Amazfit Bip, which has a 1.28" touchscreen, heart rate monitor, GPS, iOS/Android support, 30+ days of charge, is now available in US for $99 — You probably have never heard of Amazfit, but the company has been producing fitness wearables for a few years now.| Reuters: |
CFTC and SEC chiefs to back more oversight of virtual currencies, including Bitcoin, according to prepared testimony for a congressional hearing on Tuesday — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Digital currencies such as bitcoin demand increased oversight and may require a new federal regulatory framework … Sponsor Posts
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