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Sources: US asks allies to avoid Huawei telecommunications equipment, considers financial aid for telecom growth in nations that shun Chinese-made equipment — U.S. worried about potential Chinese meddling in 5G networks, but foreign carriers may balk — The U.S. government has initiated … | Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple is offering subsidies to network operators in Japan to shore up sales of iPhone XR, after an underwhelming launch of its least expensive phone — Japanese carriers will use subsidies from Apple to discount the cheapest new iPhone, after an underwhelming launch
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| Rowland Manthorpe / Sky News: |
In open letter to EU competition chief, price comparison sites say Google has failed to comply with EU ruling that requires it to give equal treatment to others — Price comparison sites have accused Google of failing to comply with an EU ruling demanding it give other shopping services “equal treatment”.
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| Paris Martineau / Wired: |
A look at burgeoning industry of influencer marketing, where brands routinely shell out $60K+ for one video review, or $85K+ to publicly disparage a competitor — WHEN SAHARA LOTTI started her lash extensions company, Lashify, in 2017, she didn't know what she was getting herself into.
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| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
How Definers brought DC-style political trickery to tech: sources say working for Qualcomm, they promoted Tim Cook as a potential 2020 presidential candidate — SAN FRANCISCO — When Tim Miller, a longtime Republican political operative, moved to the Bay Area last year to set up a public relations shop …
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Best 2018 Black Friday deals on smart home devices, fitness trackers, TVs, audio, storage, computers, cameras, and mobile devices — Looking for the rest of our Black Friday coverage? You can visit our Black Friday hub, or jump straight to one of the posts below: — More Black Friday Deals
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
For Black Friday, Walmart is relying on in-store operations bolstered by its mobile apps with item finders and Checkout With Me, a new personal checkout option — To better compete with Amazon and other retailers, Walmart is increasingly using technology to improve its in-store experience
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| Liz Alderman / New York Times: |
With only 10% of Swedes using cash this year, down from 40% in 2010, officials are trying to slow its demise as they determine societal costs — Cash is disappearing in the country faster than anyone thought it would. Now, officials are trying to slow its demise as they determine the societal costs.| Associated Press: |
Amazon workers at warehouses in UK, Germany and Spain, including ~90% at a Madrid depot, stage walkouts on Black Friday to protest unfair working conditions — MADRID (AP) — Some of Amazon's workers in Europe are protesting against what they call unfair work conditions, in a move meant to disrupt operations on Black Friday.| Natalia Drozdiak / Bloomberg: |
Google says it will require advertisers to submit documents and receive verification before being able to pay for political ads in the EU, starting in January — - Like Facebook, Google to publish info about EU political ads — Changes come ahead of European Union elections in May 2019
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google adds indoor positioning to Find My Device for Android 9 Pie phones, making it possible to find lost phones in places like malls, airports, and stadiums — Get your lost phone's pinpoint location, provided Google has the right map data. — If you've ever lost your Android phone …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn quietly introduces a new privacy setting that defaults to blocking a user's connections from exporting the user's personal email address — A win for privacy on LinkedIn could be a big loss for businesses, recruiters, and anyone else expecting to be able to export the email addresses of their connections.
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