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Jason Snell / Six Colors : Apple's performance in 2019 across hardware, software, and services is rated and critiqued by a 65-person panel, including writers, developers, and podcasters   —  It's time for our annual look back on Apple's performance during the past year, as seen through the eyes of writers, editors … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2UmiGxA

IDC : Global tablet shipments declined 1.5% YoY to 144.1M units in 2019; Apple's shipments grew 15.2% YoY to 49.9M units during the year   —  The worldwide tablet market declined 0.6% year over year during the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19) as global shipments fell to 43.5 million units … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2OiUvMT

Andrea Noble / Route Fifty : FCC approves $20.4B Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to deploy rural broadband but Democratic FCC commissioners warn it won't help many areas that need internet   —  In this April 30, 2015 photo, Sylvia Fonseca, 16, works in the computer lab at Cuyama Valley High School in California. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2UquAqD

Jason Gurwin / The Streamable : Roku says it has settled its carriage dispute with Fox to distribute Fox channels on the Roku platform ahead of the Super Bowl   —  At midnight tonight, it was expected that Roku would remove the FOX Now, FOX Sports, FOX News, FOX Business, FOX Nation, Big 10 Network, and FOX Soccer apps from the Roku Channel Store and existing devices. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/38YMgO0

Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch : The Bouqs, a US-based flower delivery startup, raises $30M from Japanese company Yamasa to expand in Japan, bringing its total raised to $74M   —  The Bouqs plans to take a slice of Japan's $6 billion flower market this year with a $30 million strategic growth round from Japanese enterprise business investor Yamasa. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2GJF8sA

Josh Nadeau / Fast Company : A Russian law requiring all smartphones to pre-install Russian-made software, which goes into effect in July 2020, could force Apple to quit the country   —  In November 2019, Russian parliament passed what's become known as the “law against Apple.”  The legislation will require … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/36L6c5i

Airbnb quietly acquired Eliot, a real-time pricing calculator for rental property owners, in a previously unreported 2018 deal, an Airbnb spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider. Airbnb had already rolled out a similar tool to Eliot in 2015 called "Smart Pricing." Airbnb did not disclose how much it paid for the deal or what it did with Eliot's team or product. Airbnb has acquired more than two dozen startups in its journey toward becoming a public company, which it said it plans to do in 2020. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.  Airbnb bought up Eliot, an on-demand rental pricing tool, in a previously unreported deal in October 2018, an Airbnb spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider. Eliot, founded in 2017 by Edouard Tabet, analyzed "billions of vacation rental pricing points to accuratly [sic] predict short-term rental revenue, trends and price surge events," its website said in 2018, according to The Internet Archive . ...

This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence , Business Insider's premium research service. This report is exclusively available to enterprise subscribers. To learn more about getting access to this report, email Senior Account Executive Jeff Jordan at jjordan@businessinsider.com , or  check to see if your company already has access . Although competition in the US wireless carrier market remains fierce, the price war among the Big Four US carriers — Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint — began to cool over the past year. In an attempt to avoid further competition on price, carriers began shifting their focus to adding value to their mobile plans with new offerings to differentiate from the competition. This helped average revenue per user (ARPU) start to stabilize across all carriers in Q1 2018, after declining over the last two years. The Big Four have now begun reshuffling their unlimited plans to lure subscribers by providing more options. T...

Musician Grimes, who is reportedly the girlfriend of tech billionaire Elon Musk, opened up about her pregnancy and how she feels "woefully ill prepared." She posted a photo on Instagram asking her followers for pregnancy advice and apologizing for not promoting her album more or posting on social media more often. She went on to describe her pregnancy for the first time, talking about how it has "been good" but taken a toll on her physically. Grimes said she felt "woefully ill prepared" because she said she didn't really understand what she was getting into. "I didn't even google it, I was just like sure [why] not," she concluded her post. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . Musician Grimes, who is reportedly dating tech billionaire Elon Musk, opened up about her pregnancy and how she feels "woefully ill prepared." Grimes wrote on Instagram asking for pregnancy advice and apologizing to fans for no...

Mark Zuckerberg has grown "more religious" over the past few years. The Facebook CEO said the birth of his daughters and the challenges his company have faced have influenced his faith. The 35-year-old tech exec made the rare public comments about religion at a conference in Utah. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he's grown more religious over the last few years as a result of fatherhood and the "challenges we've been through as a company." In an on-stage interview at a conference in Utah on Friday, the 35-year-old technology executive made rare public comments about his Jewish faith. Asked about who his mentors are Zuckerberg segued into a discussion about religion. "I've become more religious," he said: "The last few years have been really humbling for me." He went on: "I think there's a comfort in knowing and having confidence that there are things bigger ...