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Foursquare's COO Jeff Glueck replaces Dennis Crowley as CEO as firm announces USV-led $45M Series E; valuation around half of prior $650M figure say sources — Foursquare Raises $45 Million, Cutting Its Valuation Nearly in Half — When Dennis Crowley helped found Foursquare in 2009 …
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Prominent Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn says the crypto-currency is a failure because of community civil wars, a full block chain, and too much Chinese control — The resolution of the Bitcoin experiment — I've spent more than 5 years being a Bitcoin developer.
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Netflix says it will block proxy and VPN access, used to bypass country restrictions, in the coming weeks citing content-licensing restrictions — Netflix Vows to Shut Down Proxy Users Who Bypass Country Restrictions — Netflix, which now offers streaming service in some 190 nations …
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Xiaomi Confirms It Sold “Over 70M” Phones In 2015, Falling Short Of 80M Target — China's Xiaomi has finally revealed how many smartphones in sold last year. Kinda. The company said in a statement today that it sold “over 70 million” devices in 2015. That's a 15 percent jump …
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Amazon's China subsidiary receives US approval to arrange ocean freight shipping for other companies — Introducing Ocean Freight by Amazon: Ecommerce Giant Has Registered to Provide Ocean Freight Services — Flexport has obtained information that Amazon China has registered to operate …
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| Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
iOS game Stolen! that lets you virtually “own” Twitter users shuts down after harassment concerns, including letter by US Rep. Katherine Clark to Twitter — Buzzy Social App Stolen Shuts Down Amidst “Concerns” From Users — Amidst concerns over the gaming mechanics …
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| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Google Play Store letting developers issue 500 free promo codes per quarter for paid apps and in-app purchases — Google Is Finally Rolling Out App Promo Codes In The Play Store — For years, many of us have been bemoaning the lack of promo codes for Android apps.| Paresh Dave / Los Angeles Times: |
ESPN.com rolls out e-sports section, says its daily coverage will have the same rigor it has for other sports — ESPN.com to cover e-sports with same ‘rigor’ as it does the big leagues — An ESPN The Magazine last year focused on e-sports. Emboldened by the response, ESPN.com plans to aggressively cover video game competitions.| David Pierson / Los Angeles Times: |
Uber fined $7.6M by California Public Utilities Commission for failing to meet data reporting requirements in 2014 — Uber fined $7.6 million by California utilities commission — Uber offices on Market Street in San Francisco. Uber has agreed to pay a fine to avoid a 30-day suspension … | Kashmir Hill / Fusion: |
White House memo to participants ahead of Silicon Valley summit proposed tech giants create tool to predict radicalization to counter terrorism — The government wants Silicon Valley to build terrorist-spotting algorithms. But is it possible? — Last week, a bunch of important people from Washington … | Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Yahoo releases 13.5TB Webscope data set for machine learning researchers — Yahoo is today announcing the release of a large-scale data set that describes people's usage of news feeds on several of the company's web services, including Yahoo News and Yahoo Finance.
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US Department of Transportation to develop “model” state policy for autonomous cars as Obama pledges $4B toward connected cars as part of 2017 budget — The US Department of Transportation is trying to fix self-driving rules before they break — US Secretary of Transportation …
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