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Twitter says it has suspended 125K accounts for promoting or threatening terrorist acts since mid-2015 — Twitter Steps Up Efforts to Thwart Terrorists' Tweets — For years, Twitter has positioned itself as a “global town square” that is open to discourse from all.
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Twitter To Introduce Algorithmic Timeline As Soon As Next Week — A Tweetstorm is brewing in San Francisco. … Say hello to a brand new Twitter. The company is planning to introduce an algorithmic timeline as soon as next week, BuzzFeed News has learned.
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Amazon's Alexa voice recognition service on Echo speaker and Fire TV gets Uber ordering, Spotify streaming, and Domino's pizza delivery — Amazon Alexa Can Now Order An Uber From Your Echo Speaker Or Fire TV — It's been a big week for Amazon's connected speaker Echo.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
BlackBerry says it's laying off about 200 in Waterloo and Florida, contradicting earlier reports — BlackBerry confirms it's laying off 200 workers — Update: BlackBerry has apparently thought better of its original strategy to try to pass off the layoffs as a “small number” and amended its original statement.| Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC: |
LinkedIn plunges over 43%, erasing over $10B in market cap, after announcing weaker-than-expected forward guidance — LinkedIn plunges 40% in early trading, erases $10B in market cap — LinkedIn shares plummet 20% on lower guidance — CNBC's Julia Boorstin reports a disappointing cut in guidance at LinkedIn.
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PayPal stops taking payments for UnoTelly VPN and SmartDNS service, saying service can be used to bypass copyright law — PayPal Starts Banning VPN and SmartDNS Services — PayPal is widely known for their aggressive stance towards BitTorrent sites, Usenet providers and file-hosting services …
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Verizon updates go90 video app to exempt it from data caps for customers not on prepaid plan — Verizon just blatantly betrayed net neutrality by excluding its video app from data caps — The FCC's net neutrality rules, passed last year, explicitly ban internet providers from a number …
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GoPro and Microsoft sign patent licensing agreement for “certain file storage and other system technologies” — GoPro and Microsoft sign licensing agreement — On Friday, Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC announced a new collaborative patent licensing agreement with GoPro Inc …
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Talks between the UK and US underway to amend laws to allow UK to serve wiretap orders directly to US firms — The British want to come to America — with wiretap orders and search warrants — If U.S. and British negotiators have their way, MI5, the British domestic security service … | Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg Business: |
Sources: Jessica Alba's e-commerce startup Honest Co. is working with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley on an IPO — Jessica Alba's Honest Co. Is Working With Banks on an IPO — Honest Co. would test rocky market for technology IPOs — Previous funding round valued e-commerce firm at $1.7 billion
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Zirx says it's shutting down its on-demand parking service February 29 to focus on its enterprise business — ZIRX Drops Its Consumer Valet Service To Focus On The Enterprise — ZIRX, an on-demand valet startup, is shutting down its consumer service at the end of the month …
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Tweets: @merket and @rolfewinkler
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Tableau Software closes down more than 49% on slowdown in licensing revenue, weak forecast, even as its quarterly earnings and overall revenue beat estimates — Tableau Plummets Nearly 50% As Hypergrowth Stalls — Sometimes growth isn't fast enough. — On Thursday, Tableau released …
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