Spotify Q3: paid subs rose 31% YoY to 113M; MAUs grew 30% YoY to 248M; revenue up 28% YoY to €1.73B; net income of €241M, up from €43M in Q3 '18; stock up 16%+
NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)— Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE:SPOT) today reported financial results for the third fiscal quarter …
Instagram bans drawings and memes related to self-harm or suicide
Instagram has pledged to remove images, drawings and even cartoons showing methods of self-harm or suicide. — The move is its latest response to the public outcry over the death of British teenager ...
Microsoft revives Xbox All Access with Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Live, and Xbox console starting at $20/mo, with the ability to upgrade to Project Scarlett in 2020
Xbox All Access bundles from as little as $19.99 per month — Microsoft is bringing its Xbox All Access bundle back, just in time for the holiday season.
Adobe gets permission from the US government to continue offering Creative Cloud services to customers in Venezuela
Adobe has gained permission from the U.S. government to continue offering its Creative Cloud services, including Photoshop and Illustrator, to customers in Venezuela …
Nvidia unveils new $149 Shield TV and $199 Shield TV Pro with a faster Tegra X1+ processor, AI-based 4K upscaling, Dolby Vision HDR, and Dolby Atmos support
Nvidia has a new family of Android TV-based streaming devices, as tipped early via a couple of leaks from online stores.
Facebook AI Research says it has created a system that can modify human faces in live video feeds to thwart state-of-the-art facial recognition software
Facebook AI Research says it has created a machine learning system for de-identification of individuals in video.
Sources: Alphabet has made an offer to buy wearable device maker Fitbit; Fitbit's stock has jumped 30%+ on the news
(Reuters) - Google owner Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) has made an offer to acquire U.S. wearable device maker Fitbit Inc (FIT.N), as it eyes a slice of the crowded market …
Sources: Apple is working on new smart home products with a new team headed by Andreas Gal, the former Mozilla CTO and co-founder of Apple-acquired Silk Labs
The iPhone maker's effort in smart-home devices trails rivals. A new team wants to change that.
Spotify says its CFO Barry McCarthy, who pioneered the direct listing model for IPOs, is leaving in January and will rejoin Spotify's board
Barry McCarthy at a conference for other dealmakers. Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images — Spotify's CFO Barry McCarthy is leaving the company in January. Tweets: @teddyschleifer See also Mediagazer...
Apple unveils AirPods Pro, with active noise cancellation, Transparency mode to let some noise in, and a design with silicone ear tips, coming Oct. 30 for $249
All-New Design Features Active Noise Cancellation for Immersive Sound — Cupertino, California — Apple today announced AirPods Pro …
Sources: after SEC injunction, Telegram Open Network ICO investors extended the deadline for the TON token launch from the end of October to April 30
Aviatrix, which provides a common set of networking and security services to enterprise clients with one or more public clouds, raises $40M Series C led by CRV
Aviatrix, a five-year-old provider of networking and security services for multi-cloud enterprises, today announced …
IDnow, which offers AI-based identity verification services for enterprises, raises $40M Series B from Corsair Capital
IDnow, German provider of Identity Verification-as-a-Service (IVAAS), has raised a $40 million Series B from Corsair Capital. — The Munich-based tech company develops …
London-based Duffel, which offers an airline booking platform for travel agencies via an API, raises €27M Series B led by Index Ventures
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Profile of vTaiwan, a platform created after the 2014 Taiwan protests to deliberate politically contentious issues and break legislative deadlock
Carl Miller / BBC : Tweets: @dorotheabaur , @eszbako , @gquaggiotto , @anneapplebaum , and @anneapplebaum Tweets: Dorothea Baur / @dorotheabaur : Fascinating approach to moderating political division...
Rural China added 3M internet users in the first half of 2019, bringing the total number to 225M, or 26% of China's total internet population
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Fairmarkit, a platform that automates enterprise procurement of goods like office or cleaning supplies and services, raises $11M Series A
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Incode, which is developing a biometric identity platform for enterprises, raises a $10M seed round
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Two FTC commissioners say the Sunday Riley settlement, which involved no return of gains, despite strong evidence of wrongdoing, may usher in more review fraud
Paris Martineau / Wired : Tweets: @wired Tweets: @wired : Online, fake reviews have reached epidemic proportions and these FTC commissioners know exactly who to blame: their own agency. https://www.w...
Stripe launches in Mexico, three weeks after the country's central bank launched CoDi, a mobile payments system that lets consumers make payments using QR codes
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Welcome to the Jungle, which helps track job applications and facilitate onboarding new recruits, raises $22.3M led by Gaia Capital Partners
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Zoho CRM Plus in 2025: A year of thoughtful CX improvements
2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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