Month: February 2020
What to expect when pitching European VCs
Russ Heddleston Contributor Russ is the cofounder and CEO of DocSend. He was previously a product manager at Facebook, where he arrived via the acquisition of his startup Pursuit.com, and has held roles at Dropbox, Greystripe, and Trulia. Follow him here: @rheddleston and @docsend More posts by this contributor First…
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Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro is discounted at Best Buy
Apple’s new 16-inch MacBook Pro is up to $200 off at Best Buy for My Best Buy rewards members. Starting with the most affordable configuration at $2,249 (usually $2,399), it comes stocked with a six-core Intel Core i7 CPU, 16GB of RAM, AMD’s Radeon Pro 5300M graphics chip, and a…
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Apple fined $27 million for throttling old iPhones without telling users
France’s competition watchdog DGCCRF announced earlier today that Apple will pay a $27.4 million (€25 million) fine due to an iOS update that capped performance of aging devices. The company will also have to display a statement on its website for a month. A couple of years ago, Apple released…
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Apple hit with €25 million fine in France for iPhone slowdown controversy
A French regulator has hit Apple with a €25 million fine over its controversial software update that slowed down older iPhones. The General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control’s announcement, which was first spotted by AppleInsider, notes that Apple has agreed to pay the fine and will…
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Vergecast: Iowa caucus app issues, Microsoft reorganizes, and Google reveals quarterly earnings
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The CIA wants to upgrade its cloud tech without DoD’s JEDI drama
The CIA is ready to update its cloud technology, and multiple reports this week indicated that the agency has begun a multi-billion procurement process. A CIA spokesperson was tight-lipped when asked to confirm. That could be because an agency used to working in secret, simply wants to avoid all the…
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