WhatsApp to share phone numbers and analytics data of users with Facebook, two years after it said it had no plans to collect data
SAN FRANCISCO — When Facebook bought the start-up WhatsApp in 2014, Jan Koum, WhatsApp's co-founder, declared that the deal would not affect the digital privacy …
Sources: Apple developing a Snapchat-like video sharing and editing app and multiple social features for iOS
Company looks to catch up as video sharing gains popularity — Engineers test deeper social ties across iPhone, iPad software — Apple Inc., seeking to capitalize on the popularity …
Five years after Tim Cook became Apple CEO, the company has doubled staff, is more socially conscious, but hasn't created a new product category rivaling iPhone
Hours after Steve Jobs resigned as the CEO of Apple, his successor Tim Cook sent an email to reassure employees about the company's future.
Google brings Wi-Fi Assistant, a previously exclusive Project Fi feature that cuts down on data usage, to all Nexus devices in the US, UK, Canada, and more
Starting in the coming weeks, Google is adding a new data-saving perk for owners of its Nexus smartphones.
Sports writer says Twitter permanently banned his account with nearly 100K followers after he tweeted three Olympics GIFs
I thought the only people to get permanently banned from Twitter were Leslie Jones' online bully and terrorists. Apparently those who post a GIF …
Legalist, a startup launched by a Thiel Fellow, will fund lawsuits in exchange for up to 50% cut of settlement based on algorithmic calculation of winning
It's a startup idea that looks like it's ripped straight from the headlines. — This summer, Forbes revealed that tech luminary Peter Thiel …
HP reports Q3 revenue of $11.9B, down 4% YoY, marking third decline in quarterly sales since November split
HP Inc. continues to face challenges during its first year as an independent company. — The printer and personal computer giant said Wednesday that its latest quarterly revenue dropped 4% year over ...
Nextdoor, a social network for neighbors, debuts a new tool to stem racial profiling on its platform, claims 75% success rate in tests
Nextdoor, a location-based social network for neighbors that has more than 10 million registered users, is rolling out a new tool today that the company …
Sources: Uber lost $1.2B in first half of 2016, including $520M in Q1 and $750M in Q2; net revenue grew 18% from $960M in Q1 to $1.1B in Q2
After touting profitability in the U.S. early this year, the ride-hailing company is said to post second-quarter losses exceeding $100 million.
Sources: YouTube building Backstage feature that allows creators to share photos, polls, links, and more that will appear in subscribers' feeds, slated for fall
EXCLUSIVE: — YouTube, the world's largest video-sharing service, is looking beyond video to keep its homegrown stars …
Breaking down Apple's last five years in charts covering R&D spend, regional trends, profit margins, cash on hand, unit sales and revenue by category, more
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Drone data management firm DroneDeploy raises $20M Series B round led by Scale Venture Partners
A San Francisco-based startup called DroneDeploy has raised $20 million in Series B funding to grow their drone data management platform. — The drone tech startup closed its Series B deal …
Sources: Spotify tries to get long-term deals with labels wanting higher cuts and other rights while operating on short-term extensions of old contracts
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Amazon aims to make digital books widely accessible globally by launching the Kindle Reading Fund in partnership with Worldreader
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Microsoft updates Word Flow keyboard for iOS with built-in search for animated GIFs, images, contacts, and the web via Bing
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Auth0 raises $15M Series B led by Trinity Ventures to help developers, websites manage identity, authentication; the company now has 75K subscribers
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On Facebook, activist-run pages rival the reach of established, traditional media brands like MSNBC and NYT, but aren't beholden to any journalistic standard
not news http://www.nytimes.com/... @nytpolitics : What is Facebook doing to our politics? http://www.nytimes.com/... Dara Lind / @dlind : Buried gem: the pro-Trump FB page “Make America Great” litera...
Analysis of filings finds Twitter's Japanese operation generated 10% of global revenue in Q2, with sales doubling YoY to $61.2M
Japan has overtaken the UK to become Twitter's largest market outside the US. — Twitter's booming Japanese operation generated 10% of global revenues for the first time in the second quarter of 2016...
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