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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.
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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 — It was February, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was just back from paternity leave, sitting in on his first M team meeting since returning.
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| 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 … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
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 …
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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.| David Meyer / Fortune: |
WhatsApp's embrace of encryption is a landmark event because it brings ease of use and state-of-the-art encryption tech to billions for the first time — Why WhatsApp's Encryption Embrace Is a Landmark Event — The news that Facebook's fb WhatsApp now supports encryption across all its apps is nothing short of seismic.
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| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: new higher-end Kindle will be thinner and 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
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft makes Cloud App Security generally available, using the tech from last year's Adallom acquisition — Microsoft marches forward with its security plan, releasing Cloud App Security — As Microsoft works its way toward implementing the security plan that CEO Satya Nadella outlined … | 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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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Fortune: |
eBay to launch shipping supply store that sells branded boxes, envelopes, tape, more — EBay Will Sell Its Own Boxes to Kick Up Its Brand Awareness — EBay still sells billions of dollars in goods every year, but you wouldn't know it by checking out the average recycling bin filled with rival Amazon's cardboard boxes.| Ry Crist / CNET: |
Amazon adds Smart Home Skill API to Alexa Skills Kit so developers can easily add remote functionality — Amazon opens up the software for Alexa-controlled smart homes … Chris Monroe/CNET
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Huawei debuts P9, P9 Plus flagships, with 5.2" and 5.5" displays, both have a dual 12MP rear camera; P9 Plus ships with 4GB RAM; P9 on sale April 16 for €599 — Huawei P9 and P9 Plus officially announced - specs and price revealed — At a launch event in London today …
| 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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