Samsung says it's aware of reports from some phone owners that its Messages texting app randomly sent photos to their contacts without permission
Sending pictures to others is one of the most basic functions of a smartphone, but when your phone's texting app starts randomly pushing …
Sources: DOJ's probe into the Cambridge Analytica scandal has broadened to focus on the actions and statements of Facebook; FBI, SEC, and FTC are also involved
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Facebook is shutting down Android contacts app Hello, fitness tracking app Moves, and anonymous teen social media app tbh due to “low usage”
We wanted to let you know that we are shutting down three apps due to low usage: Moves, tbh and Hello.
Makers of email software like Return Path and Edison Software let their employees read users' email, a practice they say is covered by user agreements
Software developers scan hundreds of millions of emails of users who sign up for email-based services — Google said a year ago …
Tesla's SVP of engineering Doug Field is officially leaving the company, after Tesla characterized his initial departure in May as a “leave of absence”
Doug Field's departure is latest of several high-level executive exits in the last two years
Comcast's Xfinity Mobile service now throttles personal hotspot usage on its “unlimited” plan to 600kbps and caps videos at 480p quality unless users pay extra
Comcast's Xfinity Mobile service is imposing new speed limits on video watching and personal hotspot usage …
DirecTV Now prices go up by $5/month, but two months ago, AT&T said in a court filing that buying Time Warner would “enable the merged company to reduce prices”
Most DirecTV Now prices go up $5 a month, weeks after AT&T bought Time Warner.
Mob lynchings fueled by WhatsApp messages continue to sweep India as authorities struggle to combat fake news; five were killed by a rumor-driven mob on Sunday
NEW DELHI — Five people were killed by a mob in India on Sunday after rumors spread on social media that they were child traffickers …
Google says Cloud COO Diane Bryant has left the company, less than a year after joining from Intel, where she had been for 32 years
- Google Cloud COO Diane Bryant is leaving the company less than a year after coming aboard. — Bryant came from Intel, where she had a storied 32-year career …
Data mining firm Acxiom is selling its marketing solutions business to IPG for $2.3B in cash, will focus on its customer data onboarding unit LiveRamp
Unit represents about three-quarters of Acxiom's total revenue in fiscal 2018 — Interpublic Group of Co IPG -1.75% s has agreed …
Facebook says it's notifying ~800,000 users who were hit by a bug in Facebook and Messenger from May 29 to June 5 that unblocked some people they had blocked
this time with a new software bug that ‘unblocked’ people Amy Pollard / Slate : Facebook Accidentally Unblocked a Bunch of Blocked Users Hanna Kozlowska / Quartz : Facebook's latest screw-up unblocked...
Inside Instagram's master class for marketing executives from fashion and beauty companies, where they learn to sell products on its platform
It's the first day of class at Instagram. Students check in at two security desks and sign non-disclosure agreements before heading up to the photo-sharing app's Manhattan offices.
Robotic process automation startup Automation Anywhere raises $250M Series A led by New Enterprise Associates and Goldman Sachs for a $1.8B post-money valuation
Automation Anywhere (formerly Tethys Solutions), a San Jose, California-based robotic process automation (RPA) startup …
All charges against ex-Vungle CEO Zain Jaffer have been dismissed at the request of San Mateo DA, who said prescribed drugs from multiple doctors were at fault
Last fall we reported that tech entrepreneur Zain Jaffer was arrested on a variety of awful charges, including sexual assault of his own child.
Lyft is buying the core operations of Motivate, parent of CitiBike; the business will be renamed Lyft Bikes and keep contracts with NYC and seven other cities
The Washington Post Monica Rodriguez / Fortune : Lyft Buys the Largest U.S. Bike-Sharing Company Tweets: Aaron W. Gordon / @a_w_gordon : The Take Hill I Will Die On is: tech companies will not save us...
Coinbase's cryptocurrency custodial service for institutional customers, Coinbase Custody, announced in November 2017, is now open for business
Neer Varshney / The Next Web :
Citymapper adds dockless bikes and electric scooters to its app globally including Bird scooters in San Francisco and Ofo bikes in London
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
As Ripple tries to promote XRP use via giveaways and a $300M fund to pay firms for using it, the company raises the risk of XRP being categorized as a security
and its big push to make it more useful — raise the risk that it will be categorized as a security, which would make it much less useful. A bit of a catch 22 for the company.
Instagram rolls out its “all caught up” feature; sources: Facebook and Instagram are developing Do Not Disturb features to let users better manage notifications
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
In a filing, Commerce Department recommends that the FCC reject China Mobile's 2011 application to enter the US market, citing national security concerns
Todd Shields / Bloomberg :
Singapore-based Trax, which uses image recognition tech to digitize store aisles, raises $125M Series E as CEO says it's valued at ~$1B ahead of a planned IPO
Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg :
Sources: Anthony Levandowski, the entrepreneur at the heart of the Uber/Waymo trial, is involved with Kache.ai, an autonomous trucking company still in stealth
Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch :
Aikucun, an online fashion platform that connects brands with professional online shoppers on WeChat, raises ~$87M Series B, months after raising ~$15M Series A
Yimian Wu / China Money Network :
Analysis of six publishers shows huge difference in Facebook ad presence: NYT has 72 active ads, BuzzFeed 82, Fox News 3, Business Insider 2,100+
Max Willens / Digiday :
Sources say Verizon spent about $1.2B on the failed go90, including the purchase of OnCue and Vessel, in an effort without clear market research
Why VMWare CEO Pat Gelsinger May Be the Big Winner in Dell's Reorg Jeff Baumgartner / Light Reading : Verizon's Go90 Shakes Hands With Eternity Tweets: Carlos Pacheco / @carlospache_co : It's absolute...
SEC filing: as of June 28, telemedicine firm American Well had raised $291M in new funding, aiming to raise ~$315M, with Philips as a strategic investor
Christina Farr / CNBC : Thanks: @chrissyfarr
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