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Facebook's Latest Home Commercial Is Just The Right Amount Of Weird — During the Facebook Home launch event, Zuck premiered the company's first commercial for the product. — Complete with half-naked dudes stuffed into luggage compartments, surprise drag queens, and an unintentionally spooky child, it was... pretty bad.
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| Josh Ong / The Next Web: |
Hours in, Facebook Home suffering from poor Google Play reviews as 48% of users award it 1 star — Update: After reaching out to a Google spokesperson, they've told us us that only those who have installed the app are able to leave a review, proving that the reviews are from legitimate users …
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| Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times: |
Cornell NYC Tech, Planned for Roosevelt Island, Starts Up in Chelsea — IF all the hopes and hype are warranted, a nondescript third-floor loft in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan offers a glimpse of the future, for New York City and for Cornell University.
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| Kevin Collier / Daily Dot: |
Google, Yahoo executives back CISPA through lobbying group — The battle raging around the Cyber Intelligence Security Protection Act (CISPA) just got a little dirtier. — A lobbying group that counts top executives at Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo as board members has officially thrown its support behind the controversial bill.
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| Jan Chipchase / AllThingsD: |
You Lookin' at Me? Reflections on Google Glass. … With the public beta launch of Google Glass, there has been a lot of discussion on why it will or won't fail. The ultimate benchmark for success is high: After someone has tried Glass, can they imagine life without it? — It's the wrong question.| Ashlee Vance / Businessweek: |
Apple's ‘Coach’ Campbell Sees Google Glass Starting Era of Intimate Objects — Apple's latest and greatest creation will be something ranging from a wristwatch to touch-ready lingerie, if you read the tea leaves laid out by Bill Campbell, a member of the company's board.
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| Tim Carmody / The Verge: |
Surprise! Jeff Bezos explains to Amazon investors why no profits are a good thing — Can a public company prosper catering only to its customers? — Jeff Bezos' annual letter to Amazon investors is always worth reading, a peek into the mind of arguably the most important CEO in the technology industry.
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Following ban, the US House of Representatives can again listen to Spotify — In This Week in Asinine, good news: The House of Representatives can once again listen to Spotify. — As reported in Red Alert Politics, The House is back up and streaming again.
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
T-Mobile Says First Day With the iPhone Was “Gangbusters” — After many, many days of trying to do business without an iPhone to sell, T-Mobile is pretty darn happy with its first day in the Apple business. — “Today has been gangbusters for T-Mobile,” Chief Marketing Officer Mike Sievert said in a statement to AllThingsD.
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| Marguerite Reardon / CNET: |
Justice Dept. to FCC: Give small carriers a chance in next auction — The Justice Department told the FCC in a filing Friday that as it develops rules for the upcoming incentive spectrum auction, it must make sure that smaller players, like Sprint and T-Mobile, get access to low-frequency spectrum to help keep competition alive.
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| Mathew J. Schwartz / InformationWeek: |
FAA Dismisses Android App Airplane Takeover — Demonstrated training software exploits don't work against the flight management systems installed in planes, say airline regulators and avionics manufacturers. — Start The — The Federal Aviation Administration has dismissed …
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Twitter Music Will Integrate with Spotify, Rdio, iTunes, SoundCloud, Vevo, and YouTube, Feature In-App Streaming, and More — Twitter Music still isn't official available, but we keep learning more and more about the upcoming service. The latest information comes from the site's code …
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