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Mark Gurman and Kurt Wagner for Bloomberg: “[Twitter/Square CEO Jack Dorsey]… is one of several speakers talking to select Apple employees as part of an ongoing series, people familiar with the matter said. The billionaire spoke with staff from the marketing department, they said, asking not to be identified discussing internal matters. “While the address…
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Apple press release: “To celebrate World Emoji Day, Apple is previewing a selection of new emoji coming this fall, revealing the newest designs that bring even more diversity to the keyboard, alongside fun and exciting additions to popular categories of food, animals, activities and smiley faces. “In a major update to the Holding Hands emoji…
Michael Potuck for 9to5Mac: Two of Apple’s ads, both made with the TBWA ad agency, have been nominated for Outstanding Commerical 2019. This year, the Emmys will be held on September 14 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. The news about nominations was announced on the Television Academy’s site. Apple’s two nominees for Outstanding…
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Lucas Shaw and Mark Gurman for Bloomberg: Apple Inc. plans to fund original podcasts that would be exclusive to its audio service, according to people familiar with the matter, increasing its investment in the industry to keep competitors Spotify and Stitcher at bay. Executives at the company have reached out to media companies and their…
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Ravie Lakshmanan for TNW: Last week, video conferencing app Zoom had to make a major change to its service to fix a frightening webcam vulnerability. But new evidence disclosed by security researcher Karan Lyons shows that other conferencing apps like RingCentral and Zhumu are susceptible to the same issue. This means that, if you’ve installed either of…
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