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Facebook to reduce distribution of deliberately false or misleading posts in News Feed, characterized by hoax-busting comments and high removal rate by sharers — News Feed FYI: Showing Fewer Hoaxes — The goal of News Feed is to catch up with your friends and find the things that matter to you.
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Twitter acquires Bangalore-based ZipDial, which lets users prompt businesses for content on their phones for free by placing missed calls — Bringing Twitter to more people around the world — We're very pleased to announce we've reached an agreement to acquire ZipDial (@zipdial) …
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Coinbase raises $75M from DFJ, the NYSE, and two banks, in biggest investment in a Bitcoin company to date — Bitcoin Startup Coinbase Raises $75 Million From DFJ, the NYSE and Two Banks — Coinbase, a software company that allows people to buy bitcoin and enables businesses to accept it as payment …
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First Windows 10 mobile preview, due in February, key to Microsoft's OneCore vision — Summary:Microsoft will show off Windows 10 mobile and touch-first Office for Windows at its January 21 Windows 10 event, but the first mobile preview isn't likely until February.
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Snapchat Revenue Boss Mike Randall Departs After Seven Months — Snapchat's revenue boss Mike Randall has left the company, seven months after joining the messaging startup. — Randall, who was hired away from Facebook in June 2014, departed last week. — “We thank Mike for his many contributions …
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Deutsche Telekom CEO says T-Mobile's current approach is unsustainable, still hopes for merger — Deutsche Telekom CEO Holds Out Hope for a T-Mobile U.S. Deal (Exclusive) — Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Hoettges said that for all of T-Mobile's short-term gains in the United States … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Stack Exchange Raises $40M Led By A16Z To Boost Its Programmer Forums — On the heels of backing the likes of BuzzFeed and Genius, Andreessen Horowitz is putting more money into digital content, this time with a technical and B2B angle. The VC is leading a $40 million round of investment in Stack Exchange …
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HP announces seven new tablets, including 12.3-inch Pro Slate 12 and 7.9-inch Pro Slate 8 running Android — HP unveils a 12-inch Android tablet that looks like a giant HTC One — Plus a ton of others running Android and Windows 8 — HP wants to sell tablets that range from cheap …
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Economists question Facebook report claiming global economic impact of over $200B and 4.5M jobs — Facebook Touts Its ‘Economic Impact,’ But Economists Question Numbers — Facebook has more than a billion users and generated an estimated $12 billion in revenue last year.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft acquires text analysis startup Equivio, plans to integrate machine learning tech into Office 365 — Microsoft today announced it has acquired text analysis software startup Equivio, though financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The company says it plans to integrate …
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Canonical adds Internet of Things support to Ubuntu Core for smart connected devices — Robots embrace Ubuntu as it invades the internet of things — Erle Robotics' Erle-Copter educational open drone — Erle Robotics' Erle-Copter educational open drone
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Source: Google's investment in SpaceX could be around $1B — Google Said to Be Close to Investing $1 Billion in Musk's SpaceX — Google Inc. (GOOGL) wants everyone connected to the Internet, and an investment in Elon Musk's SpaceX could help further that cause.
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