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Facebook admits it was a mistake to run a survey this weekend that asked users what its policy should be for when adults ask underage girls for sexual images — Social network admits survey asking whether it should permit adults to ask 14-year-old girl for sexual pictures was a mistake
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Sources: Apple is planning to launch high-end over-ear wireless headphones with noise canceling as early as the end of 2018 but has faced development challenges — Company is rapidly growing wearables and accessories segments — New headphones could potentially cannibalize some Beats sales
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MacRumors, The Verge, Macworld, Mercury News, TechCrunch, BGR, Ubergizmo, Redmond Pie, InvestorPlace, Fortune, Quartz, Tom's Guide, VentureBeat, TechSpot, iPhone Hacks, Silicon Valley Business …, AppleInsider, AppAdvice.com, iDownloadBlog.com, Technology Personalized, Softpedia News, Mashable, iLounge, CNET, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, Seeking Alpha, Ars Technica, MacDailyNews, and HYPEBEAST
Tweets: @tictoc, @lucas_shaw, @caro_milanesi, @davezatz, @shiraovide, and @markgurman
| New York Times: |
Google is selling US restaurant review guide Zagat, which it bought for $151M in 2011, to restaurant review company The Infatuation for an undisclosed sum — When Google agreed to buy Zagat for $151 million nearly seven years ago, the technology giant intended to bring the restaurant review empire into the digital age.
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Tweets: @kottke, @chrisecrowley, @lewis_lin, @chrismessina, @schmooey, and @karaswisher
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon is in talks with big banks including JPMorgan Chase about a checking-account-like product for those without bank accounts — Online giant wants to develop product that would appeal to younger customers and those without bank accounts. — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN .46% is in talks …
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Tweets: @wsj, @jasonzweigwsj, @chupchap, @mamdorsky, and @mdudas
| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Some VCs say travels outside the Bay Area, including to Midwest, have helped them see downsides of Silicon Valley, as SF faces high levels of outward migration — “Oh my god, this is so cute!” — Robin Li, an investor with the San Francisco venture capital firm GGV Capital …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google's search app for iOS adds an extension for iMessage in US, a Safari share sheet option to see related content suggestions, and iPad drag and drop support — Google Search is now available within iMessage. In an effort to more deeply integrate Google's search engine on iOS devices …
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The Keyword, 9to5Mac, Mercury News, The Verge, and BetaNews
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Xiaomi Chairman Lei Jun says the company plans to enter the US smartphone market by late 2018 or early 2019 — Chinese maker, No. 4 at home, looks to extend its Western expansion as it plans IPO to raise $10 billion or more — China's Xiaomi Corp. could sell smartphones in the U.S. as early as this year … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook has been testing a breaking news label for articles, is expanding that beta to 50 more publishers in Latin America, North America, Europe, Australia — Facebook's algorithm is terrible at surfacing breaking news, often showing urgent posts hours or even days later when more facts have since emerged or the story has changed.
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Facebook Media, Engadget, Adweek, Axios, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @nberke, @moorehn, @joshconstine, @kerrymflynn, and @charlesarthur
| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Coinbase hires Emilie Choi, who did 40+ deals during her tenure as head of M&A at LinkedIn, as its VP of corporate and business development — A cryptocurrency company could do some fairly outside-the-box acquisitions. — Coinbase, the cryptocurrency trading platform … | Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Reddit on Russian propaganda: hundreds of accounts removed, few Russian ads were seen and are now disallowed, @TEN_GOP tweets amplified by “thousands” on Reddit — Reddit didn't find any Russian ads about the 2016 election, but there was plenty of non-ad content being shared.
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reddit, The Hill, and Motherboard
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Waze's carpooling app for commuters relaunches and now allows people to choose their shared rides, as opposed to being matched blindly — Waze's carpooling app for commuters is relaunching with a number of new features designed to make it easier and safer to use.| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
PA attorney general files lawsuit against Uber for waiting over 12 months to disclose the data breach from Oct 2016, which affected ~13,500 drivers in the state — Uber's got a new legal fight on its hands. — Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Monday filed a lawsuit against Uber … | Salvador Rodriguez / Reuters: |
Microsoft says it will offer a new localized Azure service to government clients in mid-2018, set to be a combined offering of Azure Stack and Azure Government — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Monday said it will soon make it possible for government clients to run its cloud technology …
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