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Amazon unveils Amazon Video Direct, open to any video creator, with four ways to earn money: per-hour royalty, add-on subs, digital rent/sale, or ad-supported — Initial partners include Conde Nast, Samuel Goldwyn Films, Machinima, StyleHaul — Amazon, which touts itself as Earth's biggest store …
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GOP Sen. Thune sends letter to Zuckerberg asking for more details about curation of Facebook's Trending Topics; Facebook says it looks forward to cooperating — The US Senate Commerce Committee—which has jurisdiction over media issues, consumer protection issues, and internet communication …
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Facebook VP of search Tom Stocky: we found no evidence contractors manipulated Trending Topics to suppress stories of interest to conservatives — My team is responsible for Trending Topics, and I want to address today's reports alleging that Facebook contractors manipulated Trending Topics …
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Slack launches “Sign in with Slack”, the work chat platform's answer to Facebook Connect, with partners including Quip, Figma, Office Vibes, Smooz, Slackline — May 10, 2016, 10:01 amMay 10, 2016, 2:22 pm — Slack is pushing to become the identity layer for all enterprise apps.
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Jet.com starts selling fresh groceries in 875 zip codes in “pilot test”; deliveries may take up to two days and will be free for orders over $35 — No delivery or subscription fees could be a differentiator. — At least one thing about Jet.com is certain … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Disney ends in-house console game production with cancellation of its Infinity series — So much for Disney remaining a big player in the video game world. As part of its second quarter earnings release, the media giant has revealed that it's getting out of the self-published video game business …
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UK government's bid to get Lauri Love, a man accused of hacking into US government computers, to reveal his encryption passwords thrown out by UK judge — A bid by the National Crime Agency to force an alleged cyber hacker to hand over encrypted computer passwords has been thrown out by a judge.
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Dropbox debuts Education offering that comes with 15GB storage, costs $49 per user per year — Cloud file syncing and sharing service Dropbox today is announcing the launch of Dropbox Education, a version of the service tailored to educational institutions.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Moments private photo-sharing app launches in EU and Canada without facial recognition, now available in all countries worldwide — Facebook announced this morning that its private photo-sharing application, Facebook Moments, is now available in all countries worldwide …
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Uber partners with a prominent union in New York to create a drivers' group, Independent Drivers Guild, to serve as a forum for dialogue but not a union — Uber announced an agreement on Tuesday with a prominent union to create an association for drivers in New York that would establish …
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Pebble updates Health, its hub for health-related data, with more information on steps, sleep, workout tips; available now for iOS and Android users — It took Pebble until December of last year to add real step-tracking and other fitness features to its smartwatch and mobile app.
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Facebook says 10K+ developers are building chatbots, analytics are coming, and Activision's Call of Duty bot exchanged 6M messages in its first week — Despite gripes about the usefulness of Facebook chatbots, “tens of thousands” of developers are building them, Messenger's head … Sponsor Posts
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