Ashley Carman / Bloomberg: Spotify reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to €3.4B, MAUs up 26% to 574M, Premium users up 16% YoY to 226M, and a €32M profit, beating estimates of a €44.6M loss  —  Spotify Technology SA, the music-streaming giant, reported third-quarter sales that exceeded analysts’ projections … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: Automattic plans to acquire Texts, a $15 per month messaging app that works with WhatsApp, Instagram, LinkedIn, Signal, iMessage, and more, for $50M  —  Automattic, the company that runs WordPress.com, Tumblr, Pocket Casts, and a number of other popular web properties, just made a different kind … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Taiwan VP Lai Ching-te criticizes China’s Foxconn investigation; sources say China disclosed the move for political reasons tied to Taiwan’s January elections  —  Taiwan Vice President Lai Ching-te on Tuesday hit out at China over its probe of major Apple (AAPL.O) supplier Foxconn (2317.TW) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: the UK is set to reject Big Tech calls to be able to appeal rulings by the CMA’s Digital Markets Unit, expected to be able to levy fines and more  —  – Decision due within two months in new Parliamentary session  — Ministers seek to curb dominance of major technology companies Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kenza Bryan / Financial Times: EU environmental groups criticize Apple branding new Apple Watches as “carbon neutral” and using credits to cancel out the 7kg to 12kg of emissions per unit  —  iPhone maker flags credentials of its latest Watch products as EU seeks to clamp down on ‘greenwashing’ Lees verder op Tech Meme