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Facebook debuts logo with text that has context-dependent coloring, says it's to further distinguish the company from the Facebook app, which keeps its branding — Facebook started as a single app. Now, 15 years later, we offer a suite of products that help people connect to their friends and family …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft launches Office app on iOS and Android, combining Word, Excel, PowerPoint functionality into one app, expanding from initial debut with Galaxy Note10 — Microsoft is looking for new ways to encourage people to use Office apps on their mobile phones by combining lightweight versions of the core apps into a single app.
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| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
Data brokers like Sift and Kustomer, which share consumers' est. lifetime value with companies, now share it with customers on request due to new privacy laws — Little-known companies are amassing your data — like food orders and Airbnb messages — and selling the analysis to clients.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Dozens of companies in Vision Fund's portfolio have struggled lately; sources: Oyo founder invested $2B into his company by using a loan backed by Masayoshi Son — Other companies the huge tech investment fund has backed have struggled lately — SoftBank Group Corp. 's longtime strategy …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: following WeWork's collapse, moving forward SoftBank will add new governance standards for companies it backs, to limit outsized control of founders — SoftBank is tightening governance at companies it backs as the Japanese conglomerate and its $97bn investment powerhouse try … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Play Points, which rewards Android users with store credit or discounts for purchases like apps and movies, expands to the US from Japan and South Korea — Google Play is launching a new rewards program, Googe Play Points, that will allow you to earn points for everything … | Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers show that they can use lasers to send commands to smart speakers, tablets, and phones via Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant from far away — By pointing lasers tuned to a precise frequency at a smart assistant, researchers could force it to unlock cars, open garage doors, and more.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft unveils Azure Synapse Analytics, a service that leverages big data analytics with tools to manage various data sources in a unified workspace — Workflow automation was a predictable focus as Microsoft Ignite kicked off in Orlando, Florida this morning.
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1,100+ Googlers sign a letter asking Google to commit to eliminating its carbon footprint by 2030 and stop working with orgs harming climate change refugees — Google employees announced a campaign today to push the company to eliminate its massive carbon footprint by 2030.
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| Uber: |
Uber reports Q3 revenue of $3.8B, up 30% YoY, gross bookings of $16.5B, up 29%, net loss of $1.2B; Uber Eats revenue up 64% to $645M; stock down 5%+ after hours — Revenue of $3.8 billion, with growth accelerating to 30% year-over-year, or 31% on a constant currency basis
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| Apple: |
Apple announces a $2.5B plan to combat the housing availability and affordability crisis in California — Cupertino, California — Apple today announced a comprehensive $2.5 billion plan to help address the housing availability and affordability crisis in California.
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| Frank Pallotta / CNN: |
Netflix added a “skip politics” button to a segment of Seth Meyers' new comedy special “Lobby Baby”, following a request from the comedian — New York (CNN Business)Seth Meyers thinks some comedy fans may be burned out by DC politics, so he asked Netflix (NFLX) to help him do something about it.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Microsoft Surface Pro X review: beautiful design and good screen but expensive, slow for the price, and has an unimpressive battery and app compatibility issues — Better than expected isn't enough — The Surface Pro X is the computer Microsoft has tried to make for at least seven years.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google News for Android and iOS adds an option to show stories for up to two languages and regions — In recent years, Google has strived to make its products work better internationally. Google News for Android and iOS now supports bilingual feeds to show stories for up to two “languages & regions of interest.”
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| Imran Hussain / Wccftech: |
Photoshop for iPad is now available in the App Store, with full PSD editing, layers, context-aware tools, and more, for $9.99 per month and a 30-day free trial — Adobe has finally released the first version of Photoshop for iPad. The update is available as a 30-day trial … | Yaël Eisenstat / Washington Post: |
A former head of election integrity operations at Facebook says the company's business model and ad targeting tools make it hard for it to not harm democracy — The company can't avoid damaging democracy. — I joined Facebook in June 2018 as its “head of Global Elections Integrity Ops” … | Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Cloud HR software company Workday to acquire Scout RFP, which makes cloud-based e-sourcing and procurement software, for $540M — Based in San Francisco, Scout RFP makes cloud-based e-sourcing and procurement software. — Workday announced Monday that it plans to acquire Scout RFP …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Dropbox rolls out Transfer, its file transfer tool that debuted in beta in July, to all users; Transfer lets paid users share 100GB files and free users 100MB — Dropbox is rolling out its previously announced file transfer service to all users from today after a four-month beta period.
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