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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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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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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.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple adds server API to CloudKit, unlocking new developer possibilities for the iCloud service — Apple has quietly added a server-side API to CloudKit, following an announcement on the developer news blog. This will enable developers to add a lot of functionality to apps powered by CloudKit …
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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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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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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.| Washington Post: |
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 … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google confirms Hangouts will now use peer-to-peer connections to improve call quality and speed — Google Hangouts has received a small but important backend upgrade: peer-to-peer (p2p) connections. Google confirmed to VentureBeat that the functionality started rolling out to all users this week.| T.C. Sottek / The Verge: |
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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Google Creative Lab partners with publisher Visual Editions to offer immersive and interactive books designed specifically for smartphones — Google Is Publishing Unprintable Books — Early Wednesday morning, Google released two electronic books in its Play Store.| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
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