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| Chris Urmson / Backchannel: |
Google's self-driving car head says after 1.7M miles, just 11 minor accidents have resulted, none Google's fault — The View from the Front Seat of the Google Self-Driving Car — After 1.7 million miles we've learned a lot—not just about our system but how humans drive, too.
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| Justin Pritchard / Associated Press: |
Of nearly 50 self-driving vehicles tested on public roads in California since September, three Google cars and one Delphi car were involved in minor accidents — AP Exclusive: Self-driving cars getting dinged in California — 3 photos — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four of the nearly 50 self-driving cars …
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| Tad Friend / New Yorker: |
A profile of Marc Andreessen and Andreessen Horowitz — Tomorrow's Advance Man — Marc Andreessen's plan to win the future. At his firm, Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capitalist routinely lays out “what will happen in the next ten, twenty, thirty years.”
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Warner Music Says Streaming Revenue Has Passed Downloads — Here's another sign that the music industry has shifted from selling songs to selling subscriptions: Warner Music Group says that last quarter, streaming music revenue passed revenue from selling downloads.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
NYT Now releases version 2.0, removes $7.99 monthly subscription, will monetize through ads instead — News Digest App “NYT Now” Drops Subscription Pricing, Offers Brand Sponsorships Instead — The New York Times said today it's ditching the paid subscription model for its mobile app NYT Now …
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| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
After Several Public Google Maps Hacks, Google Forced To Suspend Map Maker To Prevent More Fake Edits — Google has temporarily suspended Google Map Maker, a service to allow the community to make edits to Google Maps similar to how Wikipedia edits work. The reason the service was suspended …
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| The White House: |
White House names Princeton Computer Science professor, tech policy expert, and activist Ed Felten Deputy US Chief Technology Officer — The White House Names Dr. Ed Felten as Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer — We are excited to announce that Dr. Ed Felten is joining the White House Office …
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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Rackspace Plunges 11% On Lackluster Q2 Guidance — After reporting its earnings, including a profit meet and a small revenue miss, shares of Rackspace are down sharply in after-hours trading. The cloud-focused company's guidance for its current quarter failed to match expectations …
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| Martin Beck / Marketing Land: |
TweetDeck Adds Tweet Confirmation To Help Prevent Social Media Misfires — Optional extra step should help social media professionals avoid accidental tweets to the wrong account. — It's a social media pro's worst nightmare: posting a personal tweet on a brand account.
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The Next Web and Business Insider
| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
SEC filing shows Twitter paid a total of $86.6M to acquire Periscope and social media talent agency Niche — Twitter Paid Over $86 Million for Periscope and Niche — Twitter spent more than $86 million to acquire livestreaming app Periscope and social media talent agency Niche earlier this year.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
iOS slips to 72% enterprise share in Q1 2015, Android hits 26%, and Windows Phone stays flat at 1% — Entering into 2015, Apple continues to rule the mobile enterprise space. iOS lost just 1 percentage point over the past quarter, dipping to 72 percent of global device activations in Q1 2015.| Phil Nickinson / Android Central: |
Despite earlier reports, LG G4 supports Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 — The LG G4 supports Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 after all! — In a surprising but welcome turn of events, the LG G4 now officially supports Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0, the technology that helps Snapdragon-powered smartphones juice up faster.Sponsor Posts
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