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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitter's algorithmic timeline is like expanded version of “while you were away” feature, according to users testing it; opt-out is available — Here's how Twitter's new algorithmic timeline is going to work — Twitter went into an uproar Friday after a BuzzFeed report …
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See also Mediagazer| Jack Dorsey / @jack: |
Jack Dorsey responds to #RIPTwitter, links Twitter's identity with real-time, doesn't deny an algorithmic feed but says there was no plan to launch next week — Hello Twitter! Regarding #RIPTwitter: I want you all to know we're always listening. We never planned to reorder timelines next week.
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Tweets: @joshsternberg, @justinmcelroy, @sacca, @getwired, @mgsiegler, @btaylor, @bfriedmandc, @antderosa, @patrickc, @jimprosser, @panzer, @gaberivera, @davewiner, @benthompson, @anildash, @dannysullivan, @joshelman, @mcclure111, @antderosa, @erinruberry, @johnpaczkowski, @profjeffjarvis and @digiphile
See also Mediagazer| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Sources: Google to release Gear VR-like headset this year compatible with a broad range of smartphones, embed VR technology into Android OS — Google pushes further into world of virtual reality — Google is developing a new virtual-reality headset for smartphones, and adding extra support …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
India bans zero-rated internet services, including Facebook's Free Basics, for infringing on the principles of net neutrality — Facebook's Free Basics service has been banned in India — Facebook's free-but-restricted internet service, Free Basics, has been banned in India …
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Tweets: @mollywood, @amir and @reckless
| Steve Ragan / CSO: |
Hackers leak names and contact details of over 9K DHS staff, claim DOJ is next — Hackers leak DHS staff directory, claim DOJ is next — Staff directory contains details on over 9,000 employees — On Sunday, an account on Twitter posted a Department of Homeland Security staff directory with 9,355 names.| Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land: |
Hashtags included in 45% of Super Bowl ads; Facebook or Twitter mentioned in only 5% of ads — Hashtags In Super Bowl Ads Dropped Slightly To 45% In 2016 — As with last year, social networks were rarely mentioned, with Twitter and Facebook tied in our count.
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MacRumors, 9to5Google, AppleInsider, BGR, The Verge, iPhone Hacks, SiliconANGLE, Silicon Valley Business …, NBC Bay Area, CNET and Re/code. Tweets: @chrismessina. Thanks:@dannysullivan. See also Mediagazer
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
StubHub takes on Ticketmaster with new platform for both primary and secondary tickets — StubHub has announced big plans to infiltrate the primary ticketing market, as the eBay-owned company takes on the might of Ticketmaster in the lucrative live events realm.
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TechCrunch, Philly.com, Silicon Valley Business … and Business Wire
| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
Canonical announces first Ubuntu tablet, the BQ Aquaris M10, features Convergence, letting it act like PC when connected to keyboard, mouse, display, on sale Q2 — Ubuntu's first tablet doubles as a desktop, goes on sale in Q2 — Remember that time Spanish device maker BQ started promoting a new …
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Ubuntu Insights, The Register, ZDNet, CNET, PCWorld, TechnoBuffalo, The Verge, The Next Web, Liliputing and Geek.com
| Glyn Moody / Ars Technica UK: |
GCHQ's data-mining techniques revealed in new Snowden leak — Shhh! Top Secret—don't pass it on... (credit: GCHQ) — A “Data Mining Research Problem Book” marked “top secret strap 1” has been leaked that details some of the key techniques used by GCHQ to sift through the huge volumes …
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| Mark Suster / Fortune: |
Upfront survey of VCs: 91% expect valuations do go down in the first half of 2016, 62% say their portfolios are cutting costs — The State of Venture Capital — There are a lot of data points that one can use to get a sense of the venture capital markets, including the number of startup financings and the level of VC fundraising.| Andrea Peterson / Washington Post: |
Amazon nearly doubled its lobbying expenditures in 2015, focused on issues like sales tax, drones, and cloud services — Why Amazon is doubling down on lobbying — Amazon nearly doubled its lobbying expenditures in 2015 versus the previous year, spending $9.4 million dollars trying to sway Congress and executive agencies.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Amazon and other retailers should stop selling cheap USB-C cables with faulty wiring that can damage laptops, and instead demand certification for these cables — USB-C cables are playing Russian Roulette with your laptop — Over the past year or so, one of the biggest tech stories …
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