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Google brings its Podcasts app to iOS and unveils a redesign of Android app, with users' listening habits syncable across platforms via Google Podcasts for Web — Just in time for our collective house arrests, Google has unveiled a redesigned version of Podcasts.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Analyst estimates Facebook and Google could lose $44B+ in 2020 global ad revenue due to COVID-19; Facebook says its ad business has weakened in affected places — Ad spending is falling off a cliff amid the COVID-19 pandemic — and Facebook and Google, the two heavyweights in digital advertising … | New York Times: |
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| Aral Balkan: |
As part of Safari's privacy push, it will delete a site's local storage, like Indexed DB, after seven days, hamstringing the future of Safari's offline web apps — Blocking third-party cookies, good. Killing offline web apps, bad. — On the face of it, WebKit's announcement yesterday …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
WHO partners with Facebook, Microsoft, and other tech companies on #BuildforCOVID19 hackathon to develop software tackling COVID-19 challenges, starting Mar. 26 — - The World Health Organization has partnered with Facebook, Microsoft and several other tech companies for a hackathon to promote …
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @dantley, @robleathern, @michaelmontano, @boztank, @mosseri, and @fbplatform. Thanks:@sal19
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Online marketplace OfferUp raises $120M led by OLX Group and says it will acquire rival Letgo, aimed at used goods — It's a big day for OfferUp. — The Bellevue, Wash.-based mobile marketplace startup today announced a $120 million funding round and an agreement to acquire Letgo …
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Reports: amid the pandemic, TripActions, Zeus Living, and Sonder have laid off one third or more of their staff; TripActions and Sonder are each valued at $1B+ — Corporate travel startup TripActions Inc. is reportedly laying off hundreds of employees in the face of a slowdown in business related to the COVID-19 pandemic.| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
How 3D printer makers like Stratasys, Protolabs, and other companies like Ford, are helping fight COVID-19 by 3D printing face shields and medical equipment — With critical medical gear in short supply, additive manufacturing is an “essential part” of the pandemic response, the industry says.
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Tweets: @mikemartinez_an, @wxyzdetroit, @motorsport, @jamieson, and @r_mccleery
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
App Store rules, like a ban on services that stream from the cloud, limit iOS users from accessing rival gaming services from Microsoft, Google, and Nvidia — Video-game fans suddenly have their pick of a huge menu of titles thanks to a raft of new mobile subscription services from Apple Inc. …
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Tweets: @business, @stroughtonsmith, @markgurman, @jamestitcomb, @drbarnard, and @timsweeneyepic
| John Herrman / New York Times: |
As social interactions become more distant, Nextdoor has seen a spike in engagement as it helps neighbors connect and organize without risking physical contact — Homebound city dwellers are turning to a neighborhood app to connect, organize and help each other without risking physical contact.
Tweets: @jwherrman, @nytstyles, @thefriley, @jenntakahashi, and @kantrowitz
| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
iPhone makers Foxconn and Wistron have suspended all production at their Indian plants to comply with a nationwide lockdown — - Foxconn and Wistron are both complying with surprise lockdown — PM Modi has ordered population to stay at home for three weeks| Craig Mod / Wired: |
The iPad's cursor, a translucent circle that has momentum and can change its form based on the context, is more convincing and simply more fun than direct touch — Apple's new iPadOS 13.4 adds enhanced support for trackpads. And with that, a shiny new cursor.
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| David Uberti / Wall Street Journal: |
Experts say the cybersecurity fallout from COVID-19 will not become clear for weeks or months, as sophisticated organizations and nation-states glean more data — Sophisticated hackers could lie dormant as they search for valuable data — As millions of U.S. workers frantically pivoted …
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Verdict, Silicon Republic, TechRepublic, Tom's Hardware, and Reuters
Tweets: @reuters, @hurdonthehill, @wsj, @jennystrasburg, and @mikeelgan
| FireEye: |
FireEye says that between January 20 and March 11 Chinese actor APT41 attempted to exploit bugs in Citrix and Zoho products at organizations in 20+ countries — Beginning this year, FireEye observed Chinese actor APT41 carry out one of the broadest campaigns by a Chinese cyber espionage actor we have observed in recent years.
| Instagram: |
Instagram to remove some coronavirus-related content and accounts from recommendations and Explore, with exceptions for credible health organizations — People who search for information related to the coronavirus or COVID-19 on Instagram will start to see an educational message connecting …
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Tweets: @jasonabbruzzese, @histoftech, @aprilaser, and @ariezrawaldman
| Hariz Baharudin / The Straits Times: |
Singapore will open source its contact-tracing app TraceTogether, which uses Bluetooth to identify people in extended close contact with COVID-19 patients — SINGAPORE - In a move to help the international community combat the coronavirus pandemic, the Government will be making the software …
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Axios, CNBC, The Next Web, Wccftech, 9to5Mac, and Beyond Search
Tweets: @eriksolheim, @pengelana, and @mrkrudd
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Humio, which offers an unlimited logging service, raises $20M Series B led by Dell Technologies Capital — Humio, a startup that has built a modern unlimited logging solution, announced a $20 million Series B investment today. — Dell Technologies Capital led the round with participation from previous investor Accel.
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FinSMEs, EU-Startups, and Crunchbase News
| Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News: |
Facebook's Portal makes a lot of sense during a quarantine: it is great for video chatting and staying in touch, especially with kids and the elderly — The journalists at BuzzFeed News are proud to bring you trustworthy and relevant reporting about the coronavirus.
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