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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Instagram launches account switching on iOS and Android — Facebook-owned Instagram today announced that starting this week, users will be able to switch accounts when using the app on Android and iOS. The feature will be available in version 7.15 of the app, and it allows people to have as many as five accounts logged in at once.| Nitasha Tiku / BuzzFeed: |
India bans zero-rated internet services, including Facebook's Free Basics, for infringing on the principles of net neutrality — India's Telecom Authorities Have Ruled Against Facebook's Controversial Free Internet Plan — “Who could possibly be against this?” Zuckerberg asked.
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Mark Zuckerberg, BBC, The Verge, World Wide Web Foundation, GeekWire, Washington Post, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Techdirt, VentureBeat, Hindustan Times, Save the Internet, Bloomberg Business, Re/code, Associated Press, Ars Technica, Washington Post, CNET, Times of India, The Register, ABC News, Tech in Asia, TechCrunch, BetaNews, Tech Times, SlashGear, Wired.co.uk, Business Insider, Slate, Guardian, PCWorld, Motherboard, The Next Web, Gizmodo and Engadget
Tweets: @amir and @mollywood
| 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.
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Motherboard, Guardian, ZDNet, Engadget, Wired, InfoWorld, Office of Inadequate Security, FedScoop, TechWorm, Computerworld, Ubergizmo and International Business Times
Tweets: @josephfcox and @onekade
| Scott Moritz / Bloomberg Business: |
Source: Verizon enlists AOL CEO Tim Armstrong to explore possible bid for Yahoo assets — Verizon Said to Enlist AOL CEO Armstrong to Explore Yahoo Deal — No formal offer yet, but Verizon CEO favors ‘marrying’ assets — Armstrong's advance work builds on ties to Yahoo's CEO Mayer| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
The Pirate Bay, other torrent sites add support for Torrents Time plugin allowing you to stream movies and TV shows from your browser — The Pirate Bay now uses Torrents Time to let you stream all its movies and TV shows — On Tuesday, a new simple solution for streaming torrents directly in your browser showed up on the Web.
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The Verge, SiliconANGLE, Digital Trends, Engadget, InvestorPlace, Gizmodo, Tech Times, TorrentFreak, Geek.com, Plagiarism Today, The Next Web, Billboard, Tech Insider, Wired.co.uk, Neowin, Lifehacker, KitGuru, Fortune, mirror, TrustedReviews, Motherboard, Cult of Mac, Silicon Republic, GeekTime and International Business Times. 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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The Verge, Gizmodo, CNET, Tubefilter, TechnoBuffalo, destructoid, Motherboard, PCWorld, Droid Life, TouchArcade, High Scalability, Phandroid, Computerworld, Silicon Valley Business …, Fortune, SlashGear, Business Insider, Tech Times, PhonesReviews UK, GamesIndustry.biz, Daily Mail, International Business Times, The Next Web, TechSpot, Digital Trends, Neowin, ValueWalk, Fone Arena, Android Beat, BGR, Pocket-lint, Pocketnow, Silicon Republic, Road to VR, 9to5Google, CNET, SiliconANGLE, VRFocus, VentureBeat, Mashable and ZDNet. Tweets: @abatalion
| 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, VentureBeat, Search Engine Land, AppleInsider, 9to5Google, iPhone Hacks, SiliconANGLE, BGR, NBC Bay Area, TechSpot, Silicon Valley Business …, CNET and The Verge. Tweets: @chrismessina. Thanks:@dannysullivan. See also Mediagazer
| Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg Business: |
Wired to start offering ad-free version of its website for $3.99 a month from Feb 16, will block visitors using ad blockers — Wired Is Launching an Ad-Free Website to Appease Ad Blockers — Readers can pay $3.99 for a four-week subscription to a version of its site without advertising.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Recruitment marketplace Hired raises $40M in a Series C round led by Lumia Capital, acquires Jobbop in Australia, Breaz in France, and Zlemma in US — Recruitment marketplace Hired nabs $40M, acquires 3 companies in U.S., France, and Australia — Hired, the jobs marketplace for techies … | Akin Oyedele / Business Insider: |
Yelp earnings released early, show Q4 EPS of $0.11 on revenues of $153.7M, CFO to leave, stock falls more than 10% — Yelp's earnings just leaked — Yelp's fourth-quarter earnings results crossed well ahead of schedule on Monday. — The company told Business Insider that the results …
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| 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.| Bill Gurley / Above the Crowd: |
Behance founder, early-stage investor and advisor Scott Belsky is now a general partner at Benchmark — Benchmark's New General Partner: Scott Belsky — The partners at Benchmark are delighted to announce that Scott Belsky has joined the firm as our newest general partner.
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TechCrunch. Tweets: @bgurley, @scottbelsky, @msquinn, @sacca, @alexrkonrad, @cdixon and @chrisfralic. Thanks:@emmkrem
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