July 26, 2018
Samsung teases Note 9’s extended battery life in new video spot
Based on the many, many Galaxy Note 9 leaks we’ve seen in the past few weeks and months, it seems like a pretty safe bet that the upcoming…
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July 26, 2018
LG Mobile’s losses continue but now sales are falling too
Korean electronics giant LG is soaring to new heights, but its mobile division continues to lag well behind the rest of the company and the signs aren’t promising.…
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Apple’s Search Ads expand to six more markets in Europe and Asia
In December, Apple introduced a new pay-per-install ad product called Search Ads Basic aimed at smaller developers, to complement the existing Search Ads product, which then became known…
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Facebook loses $120 billion in market cap after awful Q2 earnings
Facebook’s share price fell over 20 percent in after-hours trading today after the company announced its slowest-ever user growth rate and a scary warning that its revenue growth…
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FameGame wants to recreate reality TV for a mobile age
The pre-social media phenomenon that was early 2000s American Idol might be a weird place to spend a lot of focus when it comes to thinking about the…
Read articleJuly 25, 2018
2.5 billion people use at least one of Facebook’s apps
Facebook is hiding that users are leaving its main app but sticking with Instagram and WhatsApp by publicizing a new metric. Facebook today for the first time announced…
Read articleJuly 25, 2018
Qualcomm says it will drop its massive $44B offer to acquire NXP
Qualcomm today said it wouldn’t extend its offer to buy NXP for $44 billion today as part of its release for its quarterly earnings, and instead be returning…
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Zbiotics says it’s bioengineered a hangover cure
Y Combinator backed Zbiotics has spend two years developing what they’re billing as the world’s first genetically engineered probiotic. The startup’s initial product isn’t exactly world-changing but it might just save…
Read articleJuly 25, 2018
Facebook stock tanks from mixed Q2 with slowest-ever growth
Facebook has hit a wall. The social network succumbed to the public backlash over its handling of fake news, privacy, and digital wellbeing to miss some of Wall…
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Nextdoor CEO is stepping down
Nirav Tolia, CEO of Nextdoor, is stepping down from his role, Recode reports. For those unfamiliar with the company, Nextdoor is like a social network for your neighborhood.…
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