July, 2019

• 24 July

  Charter never heard back from DOJ about buying T

  

  Charter Communications, owner of cable brand Spectrum, apparently never heard back from the US Department of Justice after submitting a proposal to acquire Sprint and T-Mobile’s wireless assets. Satellite TV provider Dish is believed to be the frontrunner in a $6 billion acquisition, with the deal rumored to be announced Wednesday or Thursday this week. …

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• 24 July

  FTC sues Cambridge Analytica, settles with firm’s former CEO and app developer

  

  Following its announcement of a $5 billion fine for Facebook Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against the company at the center of privacy scandal, Cambridge Analytica. The complaint says that the data firm was responsible for “deceptive acts and practices to harvest personal information from Facebook users.”  The FTC also settled with the app develop Aleksandr Kogan, …

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• 24 July

  Nokia phone maker launches new budget phones

  

  HMD Global, the company that makes Nokia phones, on Wednesday launched Nokia 220 4G and the new Nokia 105. The entry-level phones provide 4G and 2G connectivity to users in global markets.  Nokia 220 4G offers HD voice calls over 4G LTE and allows users to go online via a web browser. Both phones come in durable, polycarbonate bodies, HMD Global said …

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• 24 July

  Facebook and Instagram are tightening rules around e

  

  Facebook plans to restrict sales and limit content related to alcohol and tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, on its sites. A new policy, which goes into effect Wednesday, will prohibit all private sales, trades, transfers and gifting of alcohol and tobacco on Facebook and Instagram, according to CNN. Businesses that post content related to alcohol and tobacco will reportedly have to …

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• 24 July

  Facebook FTC settlement puts Zuck personally on the hook

  

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• 24 July

  Three new iPhones in 2019, Nintendo sued over Switch Joy

  

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• 23 July

  Huawei licensing deals will be ‘timely,’ Trump reportedly says

  

  US President Donald Trump has reportedly agreed to award licensing deals between American companies and Chinese tech giant Huawei in a “timely” way. It comes as the US government looks to negotiate a trade deal with China, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Huawei was blacklisted in May when it was added to the United States’ “entity list” (PDF). But US …

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• 23 July

  Huawei lays off hundreds of US workers due to blacklisting

  

  Huawei gutted its US research branch Monday in response to the Commerce Department blacklisting’s impact on its business. More than 600 of the 850 researchers at the controversial Chinese phonemaker‘s Futurewei subsidiary lost their jobs, the company confirmed via email. The research unit, which has offices in California, Illinois, Texas and Washington State, recorded $510 million in operating costs last …

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• 23 July

  Three iPhone 11 models coming in 2019, report says

  

  As iPhone 11 rumors continue to materialize, a new report corroborates much of what was already suspected and adds a few new details. In September, Apple will release a trio of new models, ostensibly part of what will be called the iPhone 11 series, that will feature incrementally advanced processors and cameras but largely the same display technology as the …

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• 23 July

  Snap snares new users with revamped Android app

  

  Snap, the parent company of ephemeral-messaging app Snapchat, said Tuesday that its daily active user base grew 7% to 203 million in the second quarter, suggesting the company was seeing success with its revamped Android app. That’s an increase of 13 million from the 190 daily active users the company reported in the first quarter. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel during …

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