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    • Google's Messages app, which isn't part of Google's apps package often pre-installed on phones by 3rd-party Android OEMs, passes 1B+ installs on the Play Store (Hagop Kavafian/Android Police)

    Hagop Kavafian / Android Police: Google’s Messages app, which isn’t part of Google’s apps package often pre-installed on phones by 3rd-party Android OEMs, passes 1B+ installs on the Play Store  —  Google’s Messages app is packed with features, including a built-in markup tool, reminders, context-aware recommendations, a dark mode, RCS support, and a web interface.

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    • Bitfinex's parent firm has applied for subpoenas in three US states asking federal courts to aid in recovering $800M+ in user funds seized by legal authorities (George Chidi/CoinDesk)

    George Chidi / CoinDesk: Bitfinex’s parent firm has applied for subpoenas in three US states asking federal courts to aid in recovering $800M+ in user funds seized by legal authorities  —  The Bitfinex crypto exchange is making a new push to find and potentially recover more than $800 million in user funds seized … Bitfinex's

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    • India's government has mandated all private sector employees to download its COVID-19 contact tracing app, following its mandate for all the public sector staff (The Economic Times)

    The Economic Times: India’s government has mandated all private sector employees to download its COVID-19 contact tracing app, following its mandate for all the public sector staff  —  Privacy activists said a diverse group of organisations and individuals had endorsed a representation to the Prime Minister’s Office … India's government has mandated all private sector

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    • Apple has missed an opportunity by not introducing a product like Facebook Portal by combining different aspects of the Apple TV and HomePod with FaceTime (M.G. Siegler/500ish)

    M.G. Siegler / 500ish: Apple has missed an opportunity by not introducing a product like Facebook Portal by combining different aspects of the Apple TV and HomePod with FaceTime  —  Apple TV should own the living room with FaceTime.  And the Facebook Portal market with HomePod.  And yet… Apple has missed an opportunity by not

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    • Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, cloud infrastructure spending grew 37% YoY to $29B in Q1, with Amazon at 32% market share followed by Microsoft at 18% (Synergy Research Group)

    Synergy Research Group: Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, cloud infrastructure spending grew 37% YoY to $29B in Q1, with Amazon at 32% market share followed by Microsoft at 18%  —  New data from Synergy Research Group shows that Q1 spend on cloud infrastructure services reached $29 billion, up 37% from the first quarter of 2019. Despite

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    • Sources: Bangalore-based education app Byju's is in talks to raise up to $400M at $10B valuation, up from a valuation of $8B in February (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

    Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Sources: Bangalore-based education app Byju’s is in talks to raise up to $400M at $10B valuation, up from a valuation of $8B in February  —  Byju’s, an education learning startup in India that has seen a surge in its popularity in recent weeks amid the coronavirus outbreak … Sources: Bangalore-based education

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    • UK launches the Cyber Discovery Virtual Cyber School, an online initiative aimed at teaching teenagers cybersecurity concepts (Danny Palmer/ZDNet)

    Danny Palmer / ZDNet: UK launches the Cyber Discovery Virtual Cyber School, an online initiative aimed at teaching teenagers cybersecurity concepts  —  Online initiative looks to inspire a new generation of cybersecurity talent to bring out their ‘digital Sherlock Holmes’ while schools remain closed. UK launches the Cyber Discovery Virtual Cyber School, an online initiative

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