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Behind the post-acquistion evolution of Instagram, which says 25% of users use Direct monthly — Instagram is ready to take its shot — The photo-sharing social media service has a fast-growing, hyper-engaged user base that advertisers love. Now it just needs to figure out how to make money for corporate parent Facebook.| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
Inside Amazon's pricing war with Hachette, which is making some publishers and authors anxious — Amazon, a Friendly Giant as Long as It's Fed — Vincent Zandri hails from the future. He is a novelist from the day after tomorrow, when Amazon has remade the worlds of writing, printing …
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Snapchat tests collaborative ‘Our Story’ feature with all users for the World Cup final — Surprise Snapchat experiment shares stories from the World Cup final — Snapchat may be best known for its “ephemeral” messaging, but the company is experimenting with a new way to share live events.
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Nadella's broad-based memo to employees lacked specifics, foreshadows organizational changes — Microsoft's New CEO Needs An Editor — Satya Nadella's latest message to the troops - and to the world - is disquieting. It lacks focus, specifics, and, if not soon sharpened …
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| David Carr / New York Times: |
Hulu receives exclusive rights to stream South Park immediately after broadcast and entire back catalog in deal worth $80M+ — Hulu to Stream ‘South Park’ as More Players Jostle for Online Rights — While the media moguls in Sun Valley, Idaho, jockeyed for parking spaces for their jets …
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Electronics companies in Japan are starting to turn themselves around, but they are a shadow of their former selves — Electronics companies in Japan are starting to turn themselves around, but they are a shadow of their former selves — FOR Sony it was a bittersweet moment.| Reuters: |
Exclusive: YouTube weighs funding efforts to boost premium content - sources — (Reuters) - YouTube has embarked on a new round of discussions with Hollywood and independent producers to fund premium content, two sources with knowledge of the talks told Reuters, a move that could bolster … | Wall Street Journal: |
U.S. Accuses Chinese Executive of Hacking to Mine Military Data — Man Charged With Industrial Espionage Targeting Boeing, Other Defense Contractors — WASHINGTON—The Justice Department has charged the owner of a Chinese aviation technology company with stealing reams of information …
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Unable to fork Android and keep Google services, Samsung faces commoditization similar to PC-makers — Unbundling innovation: Samsung, PCs and China — It seems pretty clear now that the Android OEM world is starting to play out pretty much like the PC world.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Inside Dark Wallet: two crypto-anarchists' user-friendly system for anonymous Bitcoin transactions — Waiting for Dark: Inside Two Anarchists' Quest for Untraceable Money — Amir Taaki and — Cody Wilson are cruising north through Texas on Interstate 35 in the 4:30 am predawn darkness.
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| Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed: |
How Internet Providers Get Around War Zones — Internet disruptions wreak havoc on global economies. Avoiding them is dangerous, but lucrative. — Via dyn.com — In January 2008, something sharp — mostly likely an errant ship anchor — sliced into two underwater cables …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple-designed iBeacon hardware hits FCC: for Apple Stores, developers, or consumers? — On July 4th of this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made filings public from Apple regarding an Apple-branded piece of iBeacon equipment. The hardware is shown above to be a rounded hub …
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