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    • Pandora's latest iOS update includes an Apple Watch app, with offline playback on Apple Watch available for Pandora Plus and Pandora Premium subscribers (Chris Welch/The Verge)

    Chris Welch / The Verge: Pandora’s latest iOS update includes an Apple Watch app, with offline playback on Apple Watch available for Pandora Plus and Pandora Premium subscribers  —  Pandora’s latest version of its iOS app includes a “brand new, built-from-the-ground-up app that’s seamlessly integrated into the Apple Watch experience.” Pandora's latest iOS update includes

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    • Google says it is evaluating changes to spam, abuse, and blocking options on Drive after users complain that Drive's sharing feature allows spam and harassment (Cameron Summerson/How-To Geek)

    Cameron Summerson / How-To Geek: Google says it is evaluating changes to spam, abuse, and blocking options on Drive after users complain that Drive’s sharing feature allows spam and harassment  —  Google Drive has a pretty bad spam problem, and it seems Google doesn’t care.  Spammers can share files that automatically appear in your Drive

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    • TikTok now offers lite versions of its app in ~21 countries; Sensor Tower: apps had 12M downloads since August, more than half of which came in the last month (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

    Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: TikTok now offers lite versions of its app in ~21 countries; Sensor Tower: apps had 12M downloads since August, more than half of which came in the last month  —  Short-form video app TikTok has been growing in popularity across international markets, including in the U.S. where a merger … TikTok

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    • Research: Nintendo revenues from mobile apps reached $348M in 2018, up 15% YoY, with the game Fire Emblem Heroes accounting for ~66% of 2018 sales (Randy Nelson/Sensor Tower Blog)

    Randy Nelson / Sensor Tower Blog: Research: Nintendo revenues from mobile apps reached $348M in 2018, up 15% YoY, with the game Fire Emblem Heroes accounting for ~66% of 2018 sales  —  Nintendo’s mobile ambitions saw the publisher reach a new record of nearly $117 million in worldwide player spending across the App Store …

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    • Amazon SVP Dave Limp talks about company's strategy for Alexa, says 100M+ devices with Alexa on board have been sold to date (Dieter Bohn/The Verge)

    Dieter Bohn / The Verge: Amazon SVP Dave Limp talks about company’s strategy for Alexa, says 100M+ devices with Alexa on board have been sold to date  —  More than 100 million devices with Alexa on board have been sold.  That’s the all-too-rare actual number that Amazon’s SVP of devices and services, Dave Limp, revealed

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    • Google has acquired Superpod, a mobile Q&A app startup; source says Google paid less than $60M to acquihire the founders and purchase some assets (Kia Kokalitcheva/Axios)

    Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: Google has acquired Superpod, a mobile Q&A app startup; source says Google paid less than $60M to acquihire the founders and purchase some assets  —  Google has quietly acquired Superpod, a startup that had built a question-and-answer mobile app, Axios has learned. Google has acquired Superpod, a mobile Q&A app startup;

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    • Tracxn: India's tech startups have raised $10.5B in 924 rounds of funding in 2018, slightly ahead of $10.4B raised in 1,141 rounds in 2017 (Manish Singh/VentureBeat)

    Manish Singh / VentureBeat: Tracxn: India’s tech startups have raised $10.5B in 924 rounds of funding in 2018, slightly ahead of $10.4B raised in 1,141 rounds in 2017  —  India’s tech startups closed 2018 on a record high note, securing several major deals to further cement the nation’s position on the world map. Tracxn: India's

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    • The share of US adults who say they have used a ride-hailing service grew to 36% in 2018 vs 15% in 2015, but only 4% use ride-hailing apps on a weekly basis (Abigail Geiger/Pew Research Center)

    Abigail Geiger / Pew Research Center: The share of US adults who say they have used a ride-hailing service grew to 36% in 2018 vs 15% in 2015, but only 4% use ride-hailing apps on a weekly basis  —  The share of Americans who use ride-hailing services has increased dramatically.  Today, 36% of U.S. adults

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    • Research: 55% of consumers regularly watch music videos on YouTube, compared to a combined 37% for all free audio streaming services (Mark Mulligan/Music Industry Blog)

    Mark Mulligan / Music Industry Blog: Research: 55% of consumers regularly watch music videos on YouTube, compared to a combined 37% for all free audio streaming services  —  Firstly, happy new year to you all.  Now on to the first post of 2019.  —  The Article 13 debate that shaped so much of the latter

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