Analysis: in 2020, Amazon's capital expenditure grew 69% YoY to $54B, Microsoft's grew 14% YoY to $20.6B, and Google's declined over 5% YoY to $22.3B (Charles Fitzgerald/Platformonomics)

Charles Fitzgerald / Platformonomics:
Analysis: in 2020, Amazon's capital expenditure grew 69% YoY to $54B, Microsoft's grew 14% YoY to $20.6B, and Google's declined over 5% YoY to $22.3B  —  It is time for our annual bulletin to CAPEX obsessives (previous updates from 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 as well as earlier installments).

Sensor Tower data on top apps worldwide: Telegram led with 63M downloads in Jan. 2021, as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger downloads fell from Dec. 2020 (Julia Chan/Sensor Tower Blog)

Julia Chan / Sensor Tower Blog:
Sensor Tower data on top apps worldwide: Telegram led with 63M downloads in Jan. 2021, as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger downloads fell from Dec. 2020  —  Telegram was the most downloaded non-gaming app worldwide for January 2021 with more than 63 million installs, 3.8 times its downloads in January 2020.

After a flurry of tweets from Elon Musk in recent weeks, dogecoin, which launched in 2013 as a joke, has jumped in price from half a cent on Jan. 1 to ~8 cents (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
After a flurry of tweets from Elon Musk in recent weeks, dogecoin, which launched in 2013 as a joke, has jumped in price from half a cent on Jan. 1 to ~8 cents  —  Cryptocurrency that started in 2013 as a joke is suddenly worth a total of more than $6 billion

China issues new anti-monopoly rules putting more pressure on its local tech giants like Alibaba, Tencent, and JD.com (Reuters)

Reuters:
China issues new anti-monopoly rules putting more pressure on its local tech giants like Alibaba, Tencent, and JD.com  —  BEIJING (Reuters) - China's market regulator released new anti-monopoly guidelines on Sunday that target internet platforms, tightening existing restrictions faced by the country's tech giants.

Interview with Samsung VP Jaeyeon Jung on the new Galaxy SmartTag and how it fits into the SmartThings ecosystem, which as of December had 66M active users (Carolina Milanesi/Fast Company)

Carolina Milanesi / Fast Company:
Interview with Samsung VP Jaeyeon Jung on the new Galaxy SmartTag and how it fits into the SmartThings ecosystem, which as of December had 66M active users  —  While the Apple world waits patiently for an “AirTags” announcement, Samsung is already shipping its remote location device, the Galaxy SmartTag.

SC refuses to entertain plea against new WhatsApp privacy policy

The bench, also comprising justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian, was hearing a plea filed by the Confederation of All India Traders which had sought a direction to the Centre to intervene in the matter and frame guidelines to govern large technology-based companies such as WhatsApp Inc., Facebook Inc. and Facebook India Online Services Private Limited. https://ift.tt/3qbqPlX

Some experts raise concerns about the US Election Assistance Commission's proposed security standards that would allow voting machines with wireless hardware (Frank Bajak/Associated Press)

Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
Some experts raise concerns about the US Election Assistance Commission's proposed security standards that would allow voting machines with wireless hardware  —  BOSTON (AP) — Leaders of the federal agency overseeing election administration have quietly weakened a key element …

Analysis: Vision Fund, which posted a record annual loss last March, returned ~$18B to investors by the end of 2020, up from $13.4B it reported in Q3 2020 (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Analysis: Vision Fund, which posted a record annual loss last March, returned ~$18B to investors by the end of 2020, up from $13.4B it reported in Q3 2020  —  After posting a record loss last year, fortunes have changed for the Saudi-backed tech investment fund

A look at Metalenz, which aims to replace multiple lens elements in smartphone cameras with a single lens system that utilizes optical metasurfaces technology (Julian Chokkattu/Wired)

Julian Chokkattu / Wired:
A look at Metalenz, which aims to replace multiple lens elements in smartphone cameras with a single lens system that utilizes optical metasurfaces technology  —  The optics in your smartphone have been pretty much the same for more than a decade.  That's about to change.

Move WhatsApp Chats to Telegram With These Simple Steps

Telegram lets you import chats from WhatsApp. Here's how to do it. https://ift.tt/39WC0cd

Jio vs Airtel vs Vi: Who Has the Best Prepaid Packs Under Rs. 200?

Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are the three largest telecom providers in India. As per data from TRAI, they take up about 90 percent of the total market share when it comes to wireless... https://ift.tt/2LsXaFF

Andy Jassy is said to be "warmer and fuzzier" than Bezos, but as Amazon's next CEO, he faces many hurdles if he wants its tech to manage workers more humanely (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
Andy Jassy is said to be “warmer and fuzzier” than Bezos, but as Amazon's next CEO, he faces many hurdles if he wants its tech to manage workers more humanely  —  One secret of Amazon's ability to grow rapidly: software and algorithms that manage its millions of employees and marketplace sellers …

New OnePlus Nord software update may make users happy

If you are unhappy using the new OnePlus mid-range phone-- OnePlus Nord-- due to software issues then the company may be finally providing some relief. https://ift.tt/3cLtmze

How to Change WhatsApp Phone Number Without Losing Chats

Here's a step-by-step guide on how you can change your WhatsApp phone number without losing chats on your phone. https://ift.tt/39W7zDb

How to enable two-step verification on Telegram

If you are also planning to shift to the cloud-based messaging app Telegram, then it is better that you enable the two-step verification process which will make the messaging app more secure. The setup is pretty easy and can be done quickly. https://ift.tt/2XAW1OF