Samsung Electronics forecasts record quarterly profit of about $12.8B in Q3, up 179% year-over-year
- The South Korean tech giant said it expects an operating profit of 14.5 trillion Korean won and consolidated sales of about 62 trillion won — One analyst told CNBC that Samsung …
Amazon suspends Roy Price, VP of Amazon Studios and global head of Prime Video content, following harassment claim from a company producer
The news follows a harassment claim from one of the retail giant/streamer's top TV producers. — Roy Price, vp Amazon Studios and global head …
Equifax has taken down a webpage after it directed users to install a fake Adobe Flash update containing adware; company blames third-party analytics vendor
Equifax said Thursday that its systems were not compromised, after they looked into a report by an independent researcher …
Samsung Electronics CEO and Vice Chairman Kwon Oh-hyun to step down in March 2018
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) said on Friday its CEO and Vice Chairman Kwon Oh-hyun had decided to step down from management. — “I believe the time has come for the compan...
KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo predicts all 2018 iPhones will abandon Touch ID in favor of Face ID
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out tonight with a new investor note. Kuo explains that, despite initially believing Apple might readopt fingerprint technology, it's now likely that all 2018 i...
Facebook partners with EatStreet, Delivery.com, DoorDash, and others to launch “Order Food” feature across the US, is also working with select restaurant chains
Facebook today formally announced its new feature that allows users to order food from local restaurants using its app.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says Twitter needs to be a “lot more transparent in our actions” around suspending users, after it broke its silence on Rose McGowan
Twitter has abruptly broken its own policy of not commenting on individual accounts to explain why it temporarily suspended …
In an interview, Sheryl Sandberg says Facebook is committed to helping Congressional investigators publicly release Russia-linked ads and info on user targeting
CEO Daily, Friday, 13th October Steve Kovach / Business Insider : Sheryl Sandberg got everything wrong about Facebook's role as a media company Edward Graham / Morning Consult : Congressional Black Ca...
Sources: Rose McGowan's Twitter account was restricted because Twitter's Trust and Safety Team doesn't have the ability to remove or block individual tweets
BuzzFeed News has learned that Twitter's Trust and Safety Team doesn't have the ability to remove or block individual tweets; it can only take action on accounts.
Sources: Twitter deleted tweets and user data potentially valuable for Russia probe in keeping with its privacy policy
Social-media platform's strict privacy policy led to deletions of Russian information of interest to investigators. — Twitter has deleted tweets and other user data …
IRS temporarily suspends its $7.2M no-bid contract with Equifax in a precautionary step as it continues to review the security of Equifax's systems
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Plex launches its live TV service on Roku, with limited DVR functionality to start
Plex is bringing its live TV streaming service to the U.S.'s mostpopular media player platform, with today's announcement of its arrival on Roku. Launched earlier this year, Plex's software offers co...
Google announces new education initiatives: $1B in global grants to nonprofits, US-based Grow with Google for training and resources, Goodwill partnership
Google CEO Sundar Pichai was in Pittsburgh Wednesday to announce a new five-year, $1 billion program to help close the global education gap.
LinkedIn says it will start selling video ads that will autoplay without sound to a test group of marketers
Better late than never. — LinkedIn came up with a new way to make money — it's going to sell video advertising. — The professional network, which is now owned by Microsoft, is finally pushing into...
Airbnb partners with property developer Newgard on 300-unit rental complex near Orlando, to be built, owned by Newgard but branded “Niido powered by Airbnb”
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Samsung says $300 Gear Sport watch and $200 IconX headphones will be available October 27
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Google, IBM, and others announce Grafeas, an open-source API that gives users a standardized way for auditing and governing their software supply chain
Notes: A note is an item or condition … Google Cloud Platform Blog : Introducing Grafeas: An open-source API to audit and govern your software supply chain Tom Krazit / GeekWire : New open-source proj...
Sensor Tower finds 35% of ARKit-powered apps are games, 19% are utilities, 11% are entertainment, 7% are education, 6% are photo and video, 5% are lifestyle
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CarGurus, an online market for car sales, jumped as much as 84% on its first day of trading, giving the firm a market cap of ~$3B after raising $150M in its IPO
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Waymo releases its first safety report, which offers more detail on its technology and aims to convince people that self-driving vehicles are “safer by design”
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Lyft adds in-app support for Google Maps to its drivers app
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FCC filing shows Alphabet's Project Loon is now “Loon Inc.”, a sign the company may spin Loon out from its X division and let it operate on its own
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