Hulu makes some of its live TV offerings available on the PS4, following Sony's decision to shut down their PlayStation Vue service in January (Nick Statt/The Verge)

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Hulu makes some of its live TV offerings available on the PS4, following Sony's decision to shut down their PlayStation Vue service in January  —  More live TV options come to Sony's gaming console  —  Hulu is bringing its live TV service, which is separate from its standalone on-demand streaming app …

Women sellers dominate social commerce in India

A slew of new formats for online commerce in local languages including chats, videos, and live in-app telecast, is opening more avenues for women to become micro-entrepreneurs https://ift.tt/2vrMTSc https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Hyderabad Techie With Coronavirus Came in Contact With at Least 80 People

A software engineer, working for a company in Bengaluru, was Monday reported as the first positive case of COVID-19 in Telangana. The 24-year-old is undergoing treatment at an isolation ward... https://ift.tt/2voOiJe

Google's self-driving unit Waymo raises $2.25B in its first external investment

Among the investors include auto parts supplier Magna International, U.S. dealership chain AutoNation, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and investment firms Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz and Mubadala Investment. https://ift.tt/3cotvG8 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Procore, provider of construction management software, files for IPO, reveals revenue of $289.2M in 2019, up 55% YoY, on net loss of $83.1M vs. $56.7M in 2018 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

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Procore, provider of construction management software, files for IPO, reveals revenue of $289.2M in 2019, up 55% YoY, on net loss of $83.1M vs. $56.7M in 2018  —  Late Friday afternoon, construction management software provider Procore Technologies filed an S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Report: senior management at Apple rebuffed some operations execs' suggestion to relocate part of its manufacturing from China to Vietnam as early as 2015 (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

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Report: senior management at Apple rebuffed some operations execs' suggestion to relocate part of its manufacturing from China to Vietnam as early as 2015  —  Production on Apple's devices has been stymied in recent weeks due to delays caused by the coronavirus outbreak in China.

Apple to Pay Up to $500 Million to Settle US Lawsuit Over Slow iPhones

Apple has agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over claims it covertly slowed older iPhones to get users to upgrade. https://ift.tt/2vy5LPk

Documents Show Huawei Role in Shipping Prohibited US Gear to Iran

Huawei, which for years has denied violating American trade sanctions on Iran, produced internal company records in 2010 that show it was directly involved in sending prohibited US computer equipment... https://ift.tt/32HoOD0

Gaja Capital, L Catterton eye 40% stake in Zivame

In this proposed secondary transaction, the 40% stake held by existing investors — Ronnie Screwvala-promoted Unilazer Ventures and Malaysian sovereign fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd — will be acquired by the new investor in a deal valuing the brand at $100 million https://ift.tt/2vBIf3Z https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

PM Narendra Modi mulls giving up social media on March 8

Government officials remained tightlipped on the reasons and said the PM would reveal more in a day or two. It was also not clear whether Modi, who has used social media to communicate directly with the masses, would be giving up the platforms for a long time or only for a day on Sunday — which also happens to be the International Women’s Day. https://ift.tt/39ugvNa https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Twitter asks employees to work from home due to coronavirus threat

Twitter is now "strongly encouraging" all employees to work remotely in addition to the ban on nonessential travel worldwide. https://ift.tt/3cAezVE https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

At 7 minutes, wait for an Uber cab is longest in Bengaluru

Among the four major cities in the country, Bengaluru waits the longest for an Uber ride with an average waiting time of seven minutes. The estimated time of arrival for Hyderabad and Mumbai is five minutes each; in Delhi, it is four minutes. https://ift.tt/2Ig60kF https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Twitter asks employees to work from home due to coronavirus threat

Twitter is now "strongly encouraging" all employees to work remotely in addition to the ban on nonessential travel worldwide.

These iPhones, iPads and MacBooks won't cost you more even after Apple's price revision

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BMC to acquire its longtime mainframe software competitor Compuware from Thoma Bravo for an undisclosed sum; Thoma Bravo bought Compuware in 2014 for $2.4B (Natalie Gagliordi/ZDNet)

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BMC to acquire its longtime mainframe software competitor Compuware from Thoma Bravo for an undisclosed sum; Thoma Bravo bought Compuware in 2014 for $2.4B  —  Together they plan to focus on mainframe operations, cybersecurity, application development, data, and storage.