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Facebook overhauls Live Video with support for groups and events, reactions, comments, filters, and a global map — Introducing New Ways to Create, Share and Discover Live Video on Facebook — With Facebook Live you can use your phone to share a moment instantly with the people you care about.| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Facebook confirms it is paying media companies to use Live Video, sources say New York Times, BuzzFeed, Huffington Post, among those getting paid — It's Not Just Celebrities — Facebook Is Paying Media Companies to Make Live Video, Too — Facebook wants big media companies like BuzzFeed … | Mat Honan / BuzzFeed: |
Behind Facebook Live, in conversation with Mark Zuckerberg and chief product officer Chris Cox — Why Facebook And Mark Zuckerberg Went All In On Live Video — Facebook threw the company behind a massive push to add a slew of new features to its Live video. Get ready to broadcast.| Cade Metz / Wired: |
WhatsApp says it has enabled end-to-end encryption for all forms of communication on its service, which now has over a billion users, by default — Forget Apple vs. the FBI: WhatsApp Just Switched on Encryption for a Billion People — For most of the past six weeks …
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Vivaldi browser launches out of beta with plenty of customization features for power users — Vivaldi browser hits 1.0 — After more than a year of public alpha and beta releases, the Vivaldi browser is hitting its 1.0 release today. — Vivaldi, which was founded by Opera co-founder … | Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: new higher-end Kindle to come with a rechargeable case for extended battery life, and a solar-powered case is in development — Amazon to Release New Kindle With Rechargeable Protective Case — Solar-charged Kindle case also being developed — Amazon.com Inc. is betting …
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| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
IKEA launches IKEA VR Experience, a kitchen showroom app for HTC Vive now on Steam, as a pilot that runs through August — Ikea made a kitchen showroom in VR — Don't want to go to the store? No problem.| Ian Hamilton / UploadVR: |
A look at Google's Tilt Brush, a VR painting app for HTC Vive, retails for $30 but comes bundled with Vive preorders — Tilt Brush is the System-Seller the HTC Vive Needs — Tilt Brush is the piece of software that convinced me to pre-order the HTC Vive.
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Twitter makes it easier to share tweets privately with new button on iOS and Android — While nowhere near as big as this morning's news that Twitter will live stream the NFL's Thursday Night Football, the company is announcing another change to its service today aimed at increasing … | Jack Clark / Bloomberg: |
Source: Amazon acquired AI-based image analysis startup Orbeus in Fall 2015 — Amazon Acquires Image Analysis Startup Orbeus — Amazon.com Inc. acquired artificial-intelligence startup Orbeus Inc., according to a person familiar with the matter, part of a broader push …
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PayPal drops plan to build $3.6M, 400-worker facility in Charlotte, NC, over recent discriminatory LGBT law — PayPal withdraws plans for Charlotte expansion over HB2 — The technology company opposes North Carolina's new LGBT law — The company had announced plans to build …
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| Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune: |
Twitter to give all new parents 20 weeks of paid leave, joining Etsy, Facebook, others in offering a gender-neutral parental leave program — Exclusive: Twitter to Give All New Parents 20 Weeks of Paid Leave — May 1 will be a happy day for Twitter employees—at least those expecting a baby.
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