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FAANG Report: Captain America to star in Apple crime drama; Google says there could soon two internets

Published: 12:38 21 Sep 2018 EDT

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Apple is going to produce a TV series featuring Captain America

The star who portrayed Captain America, Chris Evans, will topline and executive produce the crime drama 'Defending Jacob' in Apple Inc's (NASDAQ:APPL) streaming service, a report by the Hollywood Reporter said.

The series is based on William Landay's 2012 novel of the same name, and revolves around Andy Barber, an assistant district attorney who investigates the killing of a 14-year old boy and discovers his own son is a suspect. The thriller will run for eight spisodes.

Evans, who plays Captain America in the Marvel series of movies, plans to retire from the that series after the movie Avengers 4 is released next year.

Apple shares were down 0.45% at US$219.04.

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The devices launched by Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), from the microwave to the show on your TV to the car, may soon make the home assistant Alexa ubiquitous in one's home, a report by the Verge said.

Amazon was first with its Echo smart speaker in 2014. And while it might feel like smart speakers with voice assistants are everywhere, they haven’t truly broken into the mainstream yet.

As of July, about 18% of American homes had a smart speaker installed, up from 16% in January, according to a report from Edison Research and NPR. By comparison, 95% of Americans own smartphones, according to Pew Research.

Amazon stock declined 0.75 to US$1,930.74.

The former CEO of Alphabet Inc's Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Eric Schmidt, predicted that within the next decade, there will be two distinct internets; one led by the US and the other by China, a report by CNBC said.

"I think the most likely scenario now is not a splintering, but rather a bifurcation into a Chinese-led internet and a non-Chinese internet led by America," Schmidt said at a private event in San Francisco.

Schmidt's predictions come at a time when his successor at Google, CEO Sundar Pichai, has stirred up controversy around the company's strategy in China to establish a search engine that would appease authorities in China.

Google shares shed 0.7% to US$1,178.56.

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About 43% of Americans watch something on Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) on a daily basis based on a study by analytics fompany YouGov, a report by Business Insider said.

The firm surveyed 105,664 US adults and found that 43% of those surveyed will watch some content on Netflix on any given day.

This figure equaled the percentage of US adults (43%) who will watch live TV through a cable provider on any given day, YouGov said in the report by Business Insider.

Netflix stock rose 0.17% to US$365.99.

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has debuted its dating services in Colombia where you will see a notice at the top of the news feed to opt into the service, a report by The Next Web said.

The social network doesn’t want to compete with Tinder, but instead will take on other major players such as OkCupid and Hinge by adopting a similar approach to matchmaking.

For safety and privacy measures, Facebook has kept almost every option of the service as an opt-in feature. Additionally, it only allows text and emojis in chats to avoid unsolicited pictures, the report said

Facebook shares were off 0.8% to US$164.68.

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