Netflix reports mixed Q4 earnings, with revenue of $4.19B vs. $4.21B est., says it added 8.8M global paid memberships, up from its estimate of 7.6M
- The company beat Wall Street estimates for earnings per share, but fell just below projections for revenue.
Satya Nadella says Cortana won't challenge Alexa and Google Assistant directly, instead Microsoft will focus on making it a skill on other voice platforms
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says that it no longer sees its Cortana smart assistant as a competitor to Amazon's Alexa.
Hands-on with Nike's $350 Bluetooth-enabled Adapt BB shoe with automated power-lacing, which will allow basketball players to change shoe tightness via an app
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Twitter says a bug led to the “Protect your Tweets” setting being disabled for some Android users for almost five years, making their tweets public
Twitter accidentally revealed some users' “protected” (aka, private) tweets, the company disclosed this afternoon.
A disorienting interview with Jack Dorsey on his Myanmar tweets, right-wing extremism, and what he'd do if Trump called on his followers to murder journalists
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Government review: Trump admin lacks integrated data system to track separated families, ad hoc records likely mean thousands more kids separated than disclosed
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Michigan now allows digital license plates, joining California and Arizona, but the plates, which are made by just one contractor, remain expensive at $499+
But they cost a lot — Digital license plates are now allowed in Michigan thanks to a new state law.
Verizon says its spam and robocall protection service, previously available as a $3 add-on, will be free to all subscribers starting in March
Verizon announced this week that it will offer free spam and robocall protection to its subscribers starting in March.
Netflix estimates it accounts for 10% of US TV screen time, shares audience numbers for some movies and TV shows, such as Bird Box's audience of 80M households
and 10 percent of that is spent watching Netflix http://www.recode.net/... via @Recode http://twitter.com/... Matt Rosoff / @mattrosoff : Netflix says 80m people watched Bird Box in its first 4 weeks....
Max Schrems files GDPR complaints against Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Spotify, YouTube, others for failing to provide required info about data they collect on users
European privacy campaigner Max Schrems has filed a fresh batch of strategic complaints at tech giants, including Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Spotify and YouTube.
Facebook says it will ask its employees to take down their reviews of Portal devices on Amazon after three employees were caught leaving 5-star reviews
Whoops — Facebook's Portal smart displays have had an uphill battle, trying to convince people to willingly give …
John Lilly steps back from GP role at Greylock, the third high-profile departure in a year, and says he'll remain on the boards of portfolio companies
It's the third high-profile change at Greylock within the last year. — Yet another investor is stepping down at Greylock Partners …
Facebook takes down 315 Pages, 152 accounts, 4 Groups, and 41 Instagram accounts for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” originating in Russia
Top Takeaways Hillary Grigonis / Digital Trends : Nearly a million Facebook users followed these fake Russian accounts Chris White / The Daily Caller : Here's The Twist Facebook Says Russia Is Putting...
Fossil says Google will pay $40M for some smartwatch IP related to tech developed since its acquisition of Misfit; part of Fossil's R&D team will join Google
Transaction Unlocks Growth Opportunities … Brian Heater / TechCrunch : Google is buying Fossil's smartwatch tech for $40 million Tim Hardwick / MacRumors : Google Fuels ‘Pixel Watch’ Rumors in $40 Mil...
“Collection #1” database, which claims to contain records of ~773M unique email addresses and 21M passwords, some of them hashed, shows up on the web
here's how to check if yours was one of them Sami Khan / International Business Times : Hackers dump 772 million email IDs online for anyone to take: What should you do? Jeff Stone / CyberScoop : Near...
Apple Smart Battery Case for iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR review: much more refined design, and Qi wireless charging is nice, but it is still bulky and expensive
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Tim Cook, in an op-ed, asks Congress to pass privacy legislation and the FTC to create a data-broker clearinghouse so users can track and control their data
to enable Google's data harvesting/tracking/online advertising. Tim Cook strangely doesn't mention this here: http://time.com/... Nilay Patel / @reckless : 1. http://time.com/... 2. pic.twitter.com/I...
Zipwhip, which provides a platform for businesses to interact with customers by text message, raises $51.5M Series D, bringing the total raised to $92.5M
A surge of audio services using AI are giving voice a boost in customer service, but when it comes to communications in the age of mobile …
Streaming platforms in India, including Netflix, adopt a plan to self-regulate content to forestall potential censorship; Amazon Prime Video will not sign on
Naman Ramachandran / Variety :
AT&T to resume advertising on YouTube after pulling the ads in 2017 because the brand was appearing alongside the offensive videos
Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times :
Berlin-based scooter-sharing startup Flash raises €55M Series A led by Target Global, aims to design and build its own vehicles to set it apart from rivals
Financial Times :
Square launches Square Card, a debit card for small businesses that gives them immediate access to money from sales made on their Square payments system
Kate Rooney / CNBC :
Atlassian beats with Q2 revenue of $299M, up 39% YoY, and subscription revenue of $152.5M vs. $150M estimated by analysts; stock up 9%+ after hours
From the CEOs Fellow shareholders … Reinhardt Krause / Investor's Business Daily : Atlassian Reverses Lower Despite Earnings Nearly Doubling
Jeff Bezos announces re:MARS, a public extension of the invite-only MARS conference focused on forward-looking tech, taking place in Las Vegas on June 4 to 7
James Vincent / The Verge :
Some hacked Instagram influencers who find its account recovery process cumbersome are turning to third-party experts and white hat hackers to regain access
Joseph Cox / Motherboard :
April Underwood, promoted to the role of chief product officer at Slack 10 months ago, is leaving the company to focus on investing
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Amazon Web Services announces AWS Backup, a fully-managed, centralized service for customers to back up their data across AWS services and on-premises
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Vic Gundotra steps down as CEO of AliveCor but will remain on the board, which is expected to announce a replacement from within the company in the coming weeks
Christina Farr / CNBC :
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