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Meerkat CEO Ben Rubin on Twitter cutting off access to social graph, competition, and future of live video — Meerkat's Ben Rubin on Twitter, Competition and the Future of Live Video — Ben Rubin, the guy behind app-of-the-moment Meerkat, says he's not surprised that Twitter gave …
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Tweets: @msuster, @joshelman, @mikeisaac, @sdkstl, @dannysullivan, @counternotions, @monkbent, @dannysullivan, @pkafka, @ow, @martinsfp, @joshconstine and @johnmccrea
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Gigaom struggled with significant debt for years, recently spent $400K/month on rent and interest; unprofitable research arm became a drag on the company — The Long Story Behind Gigaom's Sudden Demise — When Gigaom's managers announced the tech news publisher was laying off …
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BlackBerry unveils SecuTablet, based on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 and incorporating Secusmart encryption technology, plans summer rollout — BlackBerry Unveils New Security-Focused Tablet — Device developed together with Samsung and IBM — TORONTO—BlackBerry Ltd. unveiled …
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Tweets: @jyarow and @harrymccracken
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A week on the Dark Web: drugs, child pornography, guns, and stolen accounts are everywhere — I Spent A Week With The Scammers, Drug Dealers, And Endearing Dorks Inside The Dark Web — I spent a week with the scammers, drug dealers, and endearing dorks inside the Dark Web. Here's what I learned.
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Behind Disney World's MagicBands, a $1B wristband project that removes friction from theme park transactions, enabling reservations, purchases, and more — Disney's $1 Billion Bet on a Magical Wristband — If you want to imagine how the world will look in just a few years … | David Kushner / Rolling Stone: |
Chris Poole hopes to sell 4chan, says Fappening and Gamergate stress triggered his departure — 4chan's Overlord Christopher Poole Reveals Why He Walked Away — His website made him an unlikely teenage celebrity — then it spun out of control — At 11 a.m. on January 21st …
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Google inserting conspicuous message above search results urging Firefox users to switch default search engines — Google Is Practically Begging Firefox Users To Switch Their Default Search Engine — It almost looks desperate. Google has placed a big, new message above its organic search results …
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| Dan Thorp-Lancaster / Android Central: |
Google Flight Search now provides amenity data through partnership with Routehappy — Making a decision on which flight to take is about to get a tad easier, as Google Flight Search results will soon display amenity information for each flight. — The new information is the result …
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| Alyson Shontell / Business Insider: |
How Tyler Droll and Brooks Buffington built Yik Yak, an anonymous messaging app with valuation now approaching $400M — How 2 Georgia fraternity brothers created Yik Yak, a controversial app that became a ~$400 million business in 365 days — Last March, an app called Yik Yak took … | TechCrunch: |
Ashton Kutcher And Guy Oseary Launch Sound Ventures, The Successor To A-Grade Investments — Most people probably know Ashton Kutcher for his success in television and film, but he's not-so-quietly also become a pretty successful investor in startups as well.
Tweets: @semil and @ryanlawler
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Netflix's war with Internet service providers is over, but Comcast and AT&T still have congestion issues with Internet backbone operators GTT and Zayo — Netflix war is over, but money disputes still harm Internet users — AT&T won't upgrade network without payment; Comcast is working to fix congestion.| Serena Saitto / Bloomberg Business: |
Multinational taxi incumbent Transdev fights Uber by spinning media, writing regulators, and suing — Inside Big Taxi's Dirty War With Uber — Meet the cab industry's fiercest mudslingers — David Sutton is looking for the worst possible news about Uber Technologies.
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