Alibaba is behind hit Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda app
How Star Stable PC online game extended reach to girls with music label
Facebook’s early Portal prototypes swiveled to see video subjects
Walmart will set up VR-enhanced DreamWorks gift shops in parking lots
Amazon introduces Moments marketing tool for mobile games and apps
Telia tests world’s first 5G movie theater with livestreaming films
Firefox 15 for iOS arrives with persistent Private Browsing, menu redesign, and tab reordering
EU proposal targets digital platforms, including Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple
Opinion
New Apple subscription services alone don’t justify a March event (updated)
Jack Dorsey’s ‘chaotic’ interview proves Twitter will never be the place for deep conversations
Fiverr acquires content marketing platform ClearVoice
Instagram may soon get direct messages for the web
Apple angers news publishers with plan to keep 50% of subscription fees
Digital kids platform SuperAwesome raises $13 million for ad-based video platform
Singular study reveals top mobile ad networks for return on investment
Guest
PlayStation remains king of game industry ad spend as new players step up
Opinion
ProBeat: Stop trading security for convenience
Businesses can now respond to Instagram messages from Facebook, starting in the U.S. and Brazil
Facebook logged a user into someone else’s account with a recycled phone number
News aggregator Nuzzel sold to subscription service Scroll
A $25 million grant will help Stanford Libraries preserve Silicon Valley Archives
Twitter reports record revenue of $909 million in Q4 2018, despite losing 5 million monthly users
Analysis
Skype’s background blur feature brings video bokeh to mass market
Germany orders Facebook to restrict data-gathering practices
Ogury raised $21 million amid global expansion of mobile marketing cloud service
Analysis
Spotify’s Gimlet and Anchor acquisitions mark the ‘third wave’ of podcasting
Spotify posts second consecutive quarterly profit, but projects big losses for 2019
Spotify acquires podcasting startups Gimlet Media and Anchor
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