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Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results (Apple) אסף מגידש

Apple returns to revenue growth in Q1 '17 with $17.8B profit; 78.3M iPhone sales, up 5% YoY (Jordan Novet/VentureBeat) אסף מגידש

Facebook trains News Feed algorithm to detect authenticity of posts, will be used to prevent the promotion of spammy, fake, and sensational posts moving forward (Josh Constine/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Lyft, Airbnb, Stripe, others criticize travel ban but not their investor Peter Thiel, an adviser to and supporter of President Trump (Seth Fiegerman/CNNMoney) אסף מגידש

Nintendo says that 5%+ of 78M people who downloaded Super Mario Run paid the $10 to unlock full game and that Animal Crossing for iOS is delayed (Mitchel Broussard/MacRumors) אסף מגידש

Google open-sources Chrome for iOS, adding the code to the Chromium project repository (Emil Protalinski/VentureBeat) אסף מגידש

As FCC chairman, Ajit Pai says he plans to rollback unnecessary commission regulations but declined to comment on net neutrality or the AT&T-Time Warner merger (David Shepardson/Reuters) אסף מגידש

Snapchat now lets you make QR Snapcodes that will open websites inside the app when scanned (Josh Constine/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

New FCC chair Ajit Pai quietly removed a proposal to force pay-TV operators to open-source their set-top boxes from the FCC's agenda last week (Peter Kafka/Recode) אסף מגידש

Apple-recommended LG UltraFine 5K Display doesn't operate well near routers, dropping connections or freezing connected Macs; LG acknowledges the issue (Zac Hall/9to5Mac) אסף מגידש

Slack debuts Enterprise Grid, designed to help its software scale to large organizations, including the ability to create an unlimited number of "workspaces" (Nick Statt/The Verge) אסף מגידש

How Lego built Lego Life, its child-friendly social network with Instagram-style profiles, a news feed, and more, available today on iOS and Android (Brian Barrett/Wired) אסף מגידש

Facebook announces new partnerships with third-party ad-tech firms to improve quality of measurement data and show marketers how its ads perform compared to TV (Garett Sloane/Ad Age) אסף מגידש

Club Penguin, Disney's social network for kids that started in 2005, is shutting down; new Club Penguin Island product for mobile to be launched in its place (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Uber strikes deal with Daimler to add self-driving Mercedes-Benz to Uber's fleet (Heather Somerville/Reuters) אסף מגידש

American Civil Liberties Union joins Y Combinator's winter batch of startups, giving access to mentoring and Demo Day (Josh Constine/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Microsoft completes $17B bond sale, will use proceeds for repayment of debt used to help fund its acquisition of LinkedIn (Claire Boston/Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

Streaming media app Plex acquires news video startup Watchup; Watchup will now be integrated into the Plex app, with an expected launch of Q2 2017 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

WhatsApp testing feature to recall or edit sent messages that haven't been read, and sharing moving location in chats to help friends find one another easily (Cara McGoogan/Telegraph) אסף מגידש

Recent presentation for Capital One investors shows 81% of the firm's $690M in loans for taxi medallions are at risk of default as a result of ride-sharing apps (Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

CB Insights: 3,358 tech exits in 2016, 'unicorn births' down 68% (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Walmart drops membership fee for its free two-day shipping program on purchases of $35 or more, discontinuing its $49/year ShippingPass program (Jason Del Rey/Recode) אסף מגידש

SoundHound raises $75M, from NVIDIA, Samsung Catalyst Fund, and others, to expand its voice-enabled AI everywhere (Matthew Lynley/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Snapchat "streaks" are made to be addicting and kept alive for hundreds of days by users who send snaps back and forth for emoji rewards (Lizette Chapman/Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

Nintendo reports $569M profit as Pokémon game sales get off to a good start, beats analyst estimates though revenue was down 22% YoY (Jon Russell/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Amazon and Expedia file sworn statements in court, join Washington State's lawsuit against Trump's travel ban; Microsoft cooperating with the State AG office (Hamza Shaban/BuzzFeed) אסף מגידש

Facebook to begin a limited trial of Delegated Recovery, a system for recovering third party accounts that aims to obviate email's role in that process (Kate Conger/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

More than 2K Google employees including Sundar Pichai and Sergey Brin across eight campuses stop work to protest Trump's executive order banning immigration (Casey Newton/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Razer acquires Nextbit, maker of Robin smartphone; Nextbit will stop selling Robin phones but will continue providing support for six months (Jessica Dolcourt/CNET) אסף מגידש

Analytics firms and social media stars say Snapchat Stories view counts have plummeted from 15% to 40% since Instagram launched its Stories clone (Josh Constine/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

How Airbnb head of policy Chris Lahane, a former Bill Clinton aide, is helping the company navigate regulatory challenges by striking deals with city officials (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post) אסף מגידש

Lyft surges as high as #4 in Apple's App Store top free chart, surpassing Uber at #13, in wake of the #DeleteUber campaign (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

How Paper fits into the enterprise strategy at Dropbox, which is now on pace for $1B+ in annual revenue, according to CEO Drew Houston (Scott Rosenberg/Backchannel) אסף מגידש

Dropbox debuts Smart Sync tool to make opening files stored in the cloud less cumbersome, available to Dropbox Business and enterprise customers today (Matthew Lynley/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Dropbox brings Paper, its Google Docs competitor, out of beta for global launch (Nick Statt/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Starbucks unveils a virtual assistant that takes your order via messaging or voice (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

A look at "The Founder", a dystopian startup simulator game, created by the designer Francis Tseng, that aims to echo the structural flaws of the startup system (Katharine Schwab/Co.Design) אסף מגידש

Sources: White House draft proposal aims to overhaul foreign work visas, requires firms to try to hire Americans first, prioritizes visas for most highly paid (Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

Fitbit to cut six percent of its staff, or about 110 jobs, following a disappointing Q4 with 6.5M devices sold (Brian Heater/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Hugo Barra played a key role in Xiaomi's India expansion, a business that now accounts for $1B/year revenue, but other global efforts he oversaw largely stalled (Bloomberg) אסף מגידש

Crowdfunding advocates express concern about crowdfunded startups failing to comply with the 2012 Jobs Act (Nathaniel Popper/New York Times) אסף מגידש

DraftKings has received a Malta gaming license, paving the way for European expansion (Fitz Tepper/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Cisco, Foxconn, Bosch, Gemalto, blockchain startups, and others form an alliance to develop blockchain-based security protocol for IoT devices (Corin Faife/CoinDesk) אסף מגידש

Sources: Fitbit to announce on Monday it will cut 5% to 10% of its ~1600 employees, amid a weaker-than-expected quarter; source says cuts will save firm ~$200M (Reed Albergotti/The Information) אסף מגידש

123 of 187 of Washington DC police CCTV network video recorders were infected with ransomware, unable to record between January 12 and 15 (Clarence Williams/Washington Post) אסף מגידש

In response to Trump's executive order on immigration tech companies, execs, and investors pledge donations to ACLU, other non-profits and initiatives (Matthew Lynley/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Kalanick's work with Trump and tepid travel ban response prompt #DeleteUber backlash after company suspends surge pricing at JFK Airport amid taxi work stoppage (Matthew Dessem/Slate) אסף מגידש

ISPs, studios, and record labels end the four-year-old copyright alert system that sent warnings to users over P2P downloads of pirated content (Ted Johnson/Variety) אסף מגידש

Browser makers express frustration with invasive third-party antivirus software, which can make PCs less secure (Sebastian Anthony/Ars Technica) אסף מגידש

Hinge is testing a personal assistant service called Audrey to help you get more dates (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש