Hackers dump private info of Angela Merkel and hundreds of other German politicians including email addresses, phone numbers, and personal chat transcripts
- Leak includes emails, chat transcripts, photos, phone numbers — Hack is ‘elaborate’ social-engineering attack, IT expert says
Charter releases Spectrum TV app for Apple TV with support for Apple TV's zero sign-on, the first US cable operator to support the feature
Spectrum today has officially released its new Apple TV application after rolling out support for Zero sign-on last month.
Amazon SVP Dave Limp talks about company's strategy for Alexa, says 100M+ devices with Alexa on board have been sold to date
More than 100 million devices with Alexa on board have been sold. That's the all-too-rare actual number that Amazon's SVP of devices and services, Dave Limp, revealed to me earlier this week.
Pandora's latest iOS update includes an Apple Watch app, with offline playback on Apple Watch available for Pandora Plus and Pandora Premium subscribers
Pandora's latest version of its iOS app includes a “brand new, built-from-the-ground-up app that's seamlessly integrated into the Apple Watch experience.”
The FTC's case accusing Qualcomm of abusing a monopoly in mobile chips via its intellectual property licensing practices kicked off in court on Friday
SAN JOSE, California - (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's antitrust case accusing Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) …
A machine-learning model in Flint that once helped predict lead pipe locations with 70% accuracy was abandoned due to political decisions to excavate everywhere
A machine-learning model showed promising results, but city officials and their engineering contractor abandoned it.
Bob Iger on Disney's streaming efforts, BAMTech acquisition, and challenges like changing compensation models as the company's new services get closer to launch
Burbank, Calif.—At Walt Disney (DIS) headquarters in this studio-filled city, Suite 3H in the original animation building holds stacks …
LinkedIn restores Chinese access to the profile of US-based activist Zhou Fengsuo after blocking it a day earlier, says the profile was blocked in error
- Zhou, a student leader during the bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, says he thinks media attention led to the change
Marriott says a total of 383M records were stolen in its hack, less than the initial estimate of 500M, but 5M+ unencrypted passport numbers were accessed
Wall Street Journal :
Google has acquired Superpod, a mobile Q&A app startup; source says Google paid less than $60M to acquihire the founders and purchase some assets
Google has quietly acquired Superpod, a startup that had built a question-and-answer mobile app, Axios has learned.
SEC filing: smart home camera maker Wyze Labs has raised $20M
Wyze Labs, the Kirkland, Wash.-based makers of a low-cost, smart home security camera, has raised $20 million in new funding according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday...
iQiyi unveils iQiyi Vertical Zone, a channel dedicated to portrait mode viewing on its mobile app, says it plans to launch 20 vertical video series this year
Chinese video streaming platform iQiyi has launched a new channel in its mobile app dedicated to portrait mode viewing …
Internal memo shows that Huawei demoted two employees and cut their monthly pay for using an iPhone to send New Year greetings from its official Twitter account
Not Its Gadgets Overshadow Tech's Big Trade Show Bloomberg : Huawei Demotes Workers for Tweeting From An iPhone Mark Jansen / Digital Trends : Huawei punishes two employees for an iPhone Twitter mista...
Google says it is evaluating changes to spam, abuse, and blocking options on Drive after users complain that Drive's sharing feature allows spam and harassment
Cameron Summerson / How-To Geek :
PepsiCo says it will roll out a fleet of snack-carrying robots called “snackbots” to deliver snacks and beverages on University of the Pacific's campus in CA
Makena Kelly / The Verge :
Research: Nintendo revenues from mobile apps reached $348M in 2018, up 15% YoY, with the game Fire Emblem Heroes accounting for ~66% of 2018 sales
Randy Nelson / Sensor Tower Blog :
Chinese startups raised $69.4B in 2018, up 63% YoY as per CB Insights, but VCs have gotten more conservative after Chinese IPOs like Tencent Music disappointed
Thousands of private Chinese tech companies raised a record $69.4 billion in equity in 2018, but the volume of stock sales has dropped off sharply of late
Amazon debuts Showroom, a visual design tool that allows users to place furniture into a virtual living room, customize the décor, and then shop the look
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
The share of US adults who say they have used a ride-hailing service grew to 36% in 2018 vs 15% in 2015, but only 4% use ride-hailing apps on a weekly basis
Jingjing Jiang / Pew Research Center :
Sophia Genetics, developer of an AI-based SaaS platform for genomic diagnostics, raises $77M Series E, bringing its total raised to $140M
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch :
Tracxn: India's tech startups have raised $10.5B in 924 rounds of funding in 2018, slightly ahead of $10.4B raised in 1,141 rounds in 2017
Manish Singh / VentureBeat :
TikTok now offers lite versions of its app in ~21 countries; Sensor Tower: apps had 12M downloads since August, more than half of which came in the last month
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
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