Microsoft Word for Android has been installed over 1B times; Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and OneDrive each have 500M+ installs on Android, and Outlook has 100M+
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Sources: FTC and DOJ have reached an agreement to divvy up antitrust oversight of Google and Amazon, putting Amazon under FTC's watch and Google under DOJ's
Many companies are shifting down for the summer months. Amber Neely / AppleInsider : FTC, Department of Justice amping up antitrust monitoring of tech firms Scott Bicheno / Telecoms.com : Google and A...
Jeff Bezos' security chief says his investigation concluded with high confidence that Saudi Arabia “had access to Bezos' phone, and gained private information”
These are not April Fool items. Bobby Hellard / IT PRO : Jeff Bezos allegedly hacked by Saudi Arabia Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Security consultant claims Jeff Bezos' phone was hacked by Saudi Arab...
Source: Apple's planned game subscription service for iOS will only include paid titles, not freemium ones, and will pay developers based on user play time
Everyone and their brother knows that at tomorrow's … Charlie Wood / Business Insider : Apple is teasing fans with a playful live stream of the Steve Jobs Theater ahead of its big TV event Tristan Ray...
MPAA: streaming video subscriptions surpassed those for cable TV for the first time in 2018 globally, rising 131.2M or 27% YoY to 613.3M, as cable fell to 556M
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Amazon's IMDb launches Freedive, an ad-supported streaming service offering movies and TV shows in the US; site now lists 130+ free movies and 29 shows
with ads Erin Carson / CNET : FreeDive, new streaming service from Amazon's IMDb, offers free films, TV Matt Novak / Gizmodo : IMDB Launches Free Movie and TV Streaming Service Called Freedive Richard...
Sources: Amazon in late-stage talks with several cities including Crystal City, VA, Dallas, New York for HQ2, may place smaller operations in runner-up cities
What Happens Next to Tech Stocks Worldwide Nat Levy / GeekWire : Amazon reportedly in ‘late-stage’ discussions with HQ2 finalists New York, Dallas and Northern Va. Rick Smith / WRAL TechWire : Report:...
Google's new bug bounty program pays $1K for vulnerabilities found in popular third-party apps on Google Play
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Facebook testing emoji reactions, including a thumbs-down button, on messages in Messenger
for Messenger only? Gordon Hunt / Silicon Republic : Facebook trialling new batch of reactions in Messenger Gizmodo India : Facebook Messenger could soon get a Thumbs-down button Gabriela Vatu / Softp...