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Twitter to Start Tracking Which Apps Its Users Have Downloaded — Twitter will soon be peeking in on your smartphone. Literally. — The social network says it will start collecting data on which apps its users have downloaded onto their phones. The update is opt-out …
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Sony is developing an e-paper smart watch, entire face and band will function as a display — Sony Said to Plan E-Paper Watch in Test of Innovation — Sony Corp. (6758) is developing a watch made out of electronic paper for release as soon as next year in a trial of the company's … | Pocket Blog: |
Apple's new phones taking screen time from iPads; iPhone 6+ owners open 65% more items than those with smaller phones, but iPads still popular at night — The Screen-Size Debate: How the iPhone 6 Plus Impacts Where We Read & Watch — Every day, millions of articles …
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GoPro to sell multirotor consumer drones with high definition cameras late next year for $500-$1000 — GoPro Developing Line of Consumer Drones — Company Plans To Start Selling Multi-Rotor Helicopters With High-Def Cameras Late Next Year — GoPro Inc. is developing its own line …
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Tumblr Overtakes Instagram As Fastest-Growing Social Platform, Snapchat Is The Fastest-Growing App — With 1.35 billion active monthly users, Facebook continues to be the world's largest social network by some margin, but when it comes to picking up new users, it appears to have reached a saturation point.| Danny Hakim / New York Times: |
European MP urging breakup of Google counsels law firm that represented German Magazine Publishers association, earns $15-75K annually from it — European Legislator Urging the Breakup of Google Has Ties to a Law Firm — Andreas Schwab, a German member of the European Parliament … | Richard Nieva / CNET: |
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In Another Fire Sale, Amazon Cuts Phone Price to $199 Unlocked, Still With a Free Year of Prime — It's no secret that Amazon has a lot of unsold Fire Phones, but the question has been how the retailer would look to sell its inventory. — Screenshot by Re/code
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / VentureBeat: |
Lyft says it had record usage last week in wake of Uber controversy — Uber had a rough week following its PR meltdown involving a journalist, an Uber executive, possible threats against that journalist, calls to ban Uber, and the specter of possible privacy violations by Uber execs.| William Alden / New York Times: |
Almost half of Airbnb's $1.45M of 2010 revenue in New York was from 119 users with over 3 listings, who may have violated the law — The Business Tycoons of Airbnb — Two years ago, when the monthly rent on his two-bedroom apartment rose to $5,000 from $2,800, a 35-year-old real estate agent in Lower Manhattan had a quick fix.| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Unity Finally Releases Its Long Promised User Interface Creator — Good news, everyone! — Once upon a time, Unity promised to overhaul the way developers would build user interfaces in their Unity-powered games. This was roughly around the time man discovered fire*.Thanks:@grg
| Serena Saitto / Bloomberg: |
Uber Said to Be Raising Funds at $40 Billion Valuation — Uber Technologies Inc. is close to raising a round of financing that would value the mobile car-booking company at $35 billion to $40 billion, according to people with knowledge of the situation. — T. Rowe Price Group Inc …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Mozilla reveals Firefox will soon offer one-click buttons for all your search engines — Mozilla today unveiled some of the new search features coming to Firefox. The company says the new additions are “coming soon to a Firefox near you” but didn't give a more specific timeline.
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Union pushes for better conditions for security guards on Apple campus — As organized labor expands its efforts in Silicon Valley, a local union and civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson are pushing for better working conditions for the security guards who work at Apple's campus.
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