Sources: Apple replaced 11M iPhone batteries under the $29 replacement program in 2018, up from an average of 1-2M
Jean-Louis Gassée, on Apple's earnings warning: … I'm pretty sure Gassée's back-of-the-envelope estimate of the number of batteries replaced was way too low.
German court dismisses Qualcomm's latest patent lawsuit against Apple, says the patent in question was not violated by the installation of its chips in iPhones
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A patent lawsuit filed by Qualcomm Inc against Apple Inc was thrown out by a German court on Tuesday …
Netflix raises prices for US subscribers by 13%-18%, its biggest hike ever, immediately affecting new subscribers, over next three months for existing customers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix is raising its U.S. prices by 13 percent to 18 percent, its biggest increase since the company launched its streaming service 12 years ago.
District court judge rules that authorities don't have the right, even with a warrant, to force suspects to unlock devices via biometrics, similar to passwords
A California judge has ruled that American cops can't force people to unlock a mobile phone with their face or finger.
Facebook says it will invest $300M over the next three years to support local news in the US, and expand the Local News Subscriptions Accelerator globally
Last year, we worked to better understand what kind of news people want to see on Facebook. We've also asked our partners …
Apple COO Jeff Williams testifies that Apple tried to dual source modems for iPhone in 2018 as it had before, but Qualcomm wouldn't sell to it amid legal fights
but it always planned to have a second chip supplier, Jeff Williams testifies at @FTC trial Shara Tibken / @sharatibken : Jeff Williams is @Tim_Cook's No. 2 at @Apple. He was part of the team that lau...
YouTube starts rolling out a new feature on iOS that will let viewers swipe right or left to navigate between videos, coming to Android devices later this year
The design team tells us how they made swipe happen. — Tapping is so last year. That's why YouTube began rolling …
Alphabet's Loon forms advisory board comprising of wireless industry veterans to help it transition to a commercial business
Meet the industry experts who are helping Loon take off — Alastair WestgarthBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing — Loon began as a simple idea to bring the internet to those who don't have it.
Microsoft partners with Walgreens, which will migrate infrastructure to Azure and roll out Office 365 to staff while jointly developing new health care tech
A week after unveiling a plan to reinvent grocery shopping with Kroger, Microsoft announced another major retail partnership …
Amazon's recently-announced DocumentDB AWS offering highlights the economic challenges facing companies like MongoDB Inc. that focus on an open source project
In 1999, music industry revenue in the United States peaked at $14.6 billion (all numbers are from the RIAA).
Pandora launches a personalized voice assistant on iOS and Android that will deliver personalized search results and allow users to control music playback
Pandora today announced the launch of its own, in-app voice assistant which you can call up at any time by saying “Hey Pandora,” …
TikTok owner Bytedance launches Duoshan, a video chat alternative to challenge WeChat in China
ByteDance, the world's most-valued startup, just launched a new social media product under its Douyin brand in what many people see as a serious attempt to challenge WeChat.
Singapore's IHiS fires two employees and fines five execs, including CEO, over June 2018 SingHealth cyberattack that saw personal data of 1.5M patients stolen
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A behind-the-scenes look at Masayoshi Son's investment strategy, which is driven by the belief that computers will run the planet more intelligently than humans
Billionaire Masayoshi Son-not Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, or Mark Zuckerberg-has the most audacious vision for an AI-powered utopia where machines control how we live.
House Energy and Commerce Committee chair says the FCC's Ajit Pai has refused to brief the committee on carriers' selling of real-time location data
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Trump administration proposes rules to remove waiver requirements for operating drones at night and over populated areas
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Bringg, which helps retailers and grocery chains with delivery logistics, raises $25M Series C from Siemens-backed global venture firm Next47 and others
The delivery logistics market is enormous. A recent study projects it will reach $29.06 billion by 2027, driven by increasing commercial and industrial demand.
Rubrik, which provides enterprise data management and backup services, raises $261M at a $3.3B valuation from Bain Capital Ventures and others
There is a growing demand for stronger security at every point in the IT ecosystem, and today, one of the the more successful enterprise startups …
American Express acquires Japanese restaurant-booking app Pocket Concierge for an undisclosed sum
Japanese restaurant-booking app Pocket Concierge has been acquired by US card issuer American Express for an undisclosed sum. — In addition to handling online reservations for high-end restaurants …
Researcher discloses several flaws that made Bluehost, DreamHost, Hostgator, OVH, and iPage vulnerable to user account hacks; all except OVH say bugs now fixed
Bluehost, Dreamhost, Hostgator, OVH, and iPage were an exception. Bypassing CSRF mitigations is still not to hard. More fun things in the report :) http://www.websiteplanet.com/ ...
Google says it is rolling out RCS messaging support on the Google Fi network available on the Pixel phones, the Moto G6, LG V35, LG G7, and Android One Moto X
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NBCUniversal says it will launch an ad-supported streaming service in Q1 2020 that is free for pay-TV subscribers; source: non-subscribers could pay ~$12/month
totally different than what the rest of the industry is doing. It will be free for pay-TV users and about $12 for cord-cutters. Lots of stuff here: http://www.cnbc.com/... Alex Sherman / @sherman4949 ...
Apple's FoundationDB says it is open sourcing FoundationDB Record Layer, which powers CloudKit and offers schema management, indexing, and query capabilities
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HSBC says it processed over 3M FX transactions worth ~$250B using blockchain tech in 2018 and plans to make its FX Everywhere platform commercially available
Eva Szalay / Financial Times :
Roku has added Alex Jones' InfoWars as a channel, six months after Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Spotify, and others banned it from their platforms
Roku may have given itself a brand safety issue. The streaming service has added Infowars, the live show hosted by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, as a channel. Tweets: @jacknicas , @mgsiegler , @ale...
WordPress.com launches Newspack by WordPress.com, a publishing platform aimed at small- and medium-sized news outlets and backed by Google, ConsenSys, others
not cynical—investment. http://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer
Apple says HomePod will become officially available in China and Hong Kong on January 18
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Googlers for Ending Forced Arbitration to launch awareness campaign after collaboration with other tech company staff reveals breadth of mandatory arbitration
even for new employees. Google has also failed to address discrimination, or temp / contract workers. http://twitter.com/...
Source: Intel's board aims to fill vacant CEO post before Jan. 24 earnings; Sanjay Jha, Anand Chandrasekher, Renee James are no longer involved as candidates
Ian King / Bloomberg :
Autonomous vehicle startup Zoox names Intel exec Aicha Evans as CEO, making her one of the most high-profile black women running a Silicon Valley tech company
where she was Chief Strategy Officer—running comms + devices, chips for mobile + their push into autonomous vehicles... http://www.wsj.com/... Scott Austin / @scottmaustin : Aicha Evans will be the ne...
Facebook says it will test a Stories feature for event sharing on iOS and Android for users in US, Brazil, and Mexico
Facebook Events can now be shared to Stories Evan Selleck / iPhone Hacks : Facebook is Expanding Stories to Cover Live Events
US appeals court upholds judgment worth $440M that was won by intellectual property licensing firm VirnetX against Apple in patent infringement case
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Salesforce announces AI-powered APIs for Commerce Cloud that let developers add recommendations, visual search, and inventory availability to their apps
Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet :
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