Apple becomes the world's only company with a $1T market cap
combined! Edward C. Baig / USA Today : How Tim Cook and the iPhone made Apple America's first $1 trillion company Surur / MSPoweruser : Apple beats Microsoft, Google and Amazon to $1 trillion valuatio...
In memo to employees, CEO Tim Cook calls Apple's $1T market cap a significant milestone, but not the most important measure of success
Following Apple's milestone crossing of $1 trillion in market value earlier today, Tim Cook has sent a full memo to employees, calling the value a “milestone” but nothing the company focuses on...
Google Maps is rolling out a feature that shows the battery level of a device used when it is sharing location
Google has gone through several version of location sharing over the years, all the way back to Google Latitude. That feature was inside Maps, but then location sharing moved to Google+.
Intercontinental Exchange, the owner of NYSE, partners with Starbucks, Microsoft and others to form a new Bitcoin trading platform called Bakkt
- Launch of physical futures contract planned for November — Venture wants to offer merchant and consumer applications
Epic Games confirms that the Android version of Fortnite, coming this summer, will be available exclusively on fortnite.com, bypassing the Google Play store
Epic Games continues to spread the love... to consumers, at least. — Following the launches of Fortnite Battle Royale on iOS earlier …
FCC approves new One Touch Make Ready rule that lets companies prepare utility poles themselves for new fiber services
One Touch Make Ready prevents big ISPs from delaying competitors' construction. — The Federal Communications Commission today approved new rules that could let Google Fiber …
Comcast and Amazon reach a deal to integrate Prime Video into Comcast's Xfinity X1 service; Comcast expects to launch Prime Video on X1 later this year
Comcast and Amazon reached a deal to bring Prime Video to the cable company's Xfinity X1 service — the first time Amazon's premium …
How the renaming of neighborhoods by Google Maps, even if they result from mistakes, can spread in the real world, such as in real estate listings and in apps
SAN FRANCISCO — For decades, the district south of downtown and alongside San Francisco Bay here was known as either Rincon Hill, South Beach or South of Market.
French startup Blade to expand Shadow, its $34.95/month cloud game streaming service available in California, to 18 states including New York on August 9
More states can stream now — French startup Blade first launched its Shadow game streaming service as a limited rollout in California earlier this year.
Activists accuse Facebook of suppressing free speech after it removed an event listing it said was part of a disinformation effort with possible ties to Russia
SAN FRANCISCO — Left-leaning political activists accused Facebook of censorship when the social media giant removed an event listing …
Video streaming stationary bike maker Peloton raises $550M led by TCV, sources say at a $4.15B valuation, ahead of expected IPO in 2019
Company raising $550 million in latest financing as it considers an IPO; investor calls it ‘the Netflix of fitness’ — Peloton Interactive Inc …
Google adds feature to admin console of G Suite allowing customers to opt-in to cyber-attack alerts on their accounts
Google has added an optional new feature in G Suite's Admin Console that alerts customers of cyber-attacks on their accounts — Administrators of Google's G Suite collection …
After a nearly year-long ban, Google will now allow ads to run on addiction-related keywords and phrases, starting with ads from close to 100 vetted providers
Google will soon allow ads to run on addiction-related keywords and phrases after a nearly year-long ban instituted to crack …
Motorola unveils modular 6-inch Moto Z3 with Snapdragon 835, 4GB RAM, dual cameras, and a 5G Moto Mod for upgrading to 5G, available on August 16 for $480
to you Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : Motorola says it isn't done with Moto Mods, will continue for the ‘foreseeable future’ Carolina Milanesi / Tech.pinions : News You Might Have Missed: August 3, 2018 Ch...
Amazon says it removed products promoting racist propaganda, including a baby's onesie with a burning cross image, in response to letter from Rep. Keith Ellison
Leticia Miranda / BuzzFeed News :
Bytedance merges lip sync app Musical.ly, which it bought in November 2017, into its Tik Tok app, which has a new interface for easier video capture and editing
Monica Mercuri / Billboard :
HYAS, an infosec startup that identifies cybercriminals and helps law enforcement track their location, raises $6.2M Series A led by Microsoft's M12
Robert Hackett / Fortune :
Sonos closes its first day of trading at $19.91, up 32% from its initial price of $15, giving the company a valuation of about $1.95B after today's IPO
Sara Salinas / CNBC :
Patreon says it is experiencing a “high number” of July payment declines for some creators due to banking issues and changes to internal company operations
Megan Farokhmanesh / The Verge :
Charlie Kindel, who helped found Amazon's Alexa Smart Home division before leaving in April, has joined luxury home automation company Control4 as an SVP
Previously I blogged about revamping … Tweets: Tom Warren / @tomwarren : Charlie Kindel spent 21 years at Microsoft. He helped build Windows Media Center, Windows Home Server, and Windows Phone 7. He ...
Arm buys US-based data analytics company Treasure Data to strengthen its IoT offerings; no price given, but an earlier report said Arm might pay $600M
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Cisco is buying Duo Security, a vendor of cloud-based two-factor authentication services, for $2.35B in cash
here's what Duo, Splunk, Tanium and the rest of those companies actually do CRN : Cisco's Duo Security Acquisition Part Of Intent-Based Networking Plan Rob Salvagno / Cisco Blog : Driving Cisco's Inno...
Political campaigns are now using peer-to-peer texting apps, allowing them to have thousands of text conversations with voters, unregulated by anti-spam laws
Kevin Roose / New York Times : Tweets: @nytimestech , @nytimes , and @anniekarni Tweets: NYTimes Tech / @nytimestech : “There's no question that texting is the breakout tech of 2018,” said one Republ...
Acer says its latest business-focused Chromebooks, which both have 13.5-inch displays, will be available in September for $649+
Richard Gao / Android Police :
CIRP: Amazon has 70% of smart speaker market in US and Google has 24% as installed base hits 50M; Apple doubled its share in Q2 to 6%
Ben Fox Rubin / CNET :
Now that Facebook and other platforms have become “digital arms dealers”, Zuckerberg takes a crash course in free speech and propaganda, at a cost to the public
NYT Tweets: NYT Opinion / @nytopinion : Taking walks is Zuckerberg's signature thing; every tech founder has one. (Jeff Bezos: doors for desks and that laugh; Sergey Brin: yoga pants and weird shoes; ...
Square announces Square Reader SDK that lets vendors accept payment in their own apps by integrating with Square Reader hardware
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac :
Verana Health, formerly known as DigiSight Technologies, raises $30M Series C led by GV to expand its platform that helps analyze clinical studies with big data
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
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