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Hugo Barra to lead all of Facebook's virtual reality efforts including Oculus team — I'm excited that Hugo Barra is joining Facebook to lead all of our virtual reality efforts, including our Oculus team. Hugo's in China right now, so here we are together in VR. It seems fitting.
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Thanks:@nastybadhombre| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitter says it's replacing the Moments tab with an Explore tab, which emphasizes trending topics — Content advisory — Twitter's central Moments tab, which once terrorized obsessive-compulsive users with a blue dot that never went away, is going away.
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See also Mediagazer| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Facebook adds support for physical USB security keys, including Yubico's NFC key for Android — A new kind of two-factor authentication — Today, Facebook announced support for security keys, giving users the chance secure their logins with a physical device.
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| Alex Webb / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple to join Partnership on AI, the research group that includes Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, possibly as soon as this week — Partnership on AI formed last year to establish best practices — Move is latest sign that Apple is becoming less secretive| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Claude Zellweger, HTC's head of design who focused on the Vive headset, is leaving to work on Google Daydream — Switching VR camps from the Vive to Google's mobile alternative — It seems like Silicon Valley hiring season right now, as swiftly on the heels of Hugo Barra announcing …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Chrome 56 arrives with 28% faster page reloading, “Not secure” warning for HTTP password and credit card forms — Google has launched Chrome 56 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. Among the additions is a new warning for websites that collect passwords or credit card numbers …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google Translate's Word Lens can now translate Japanese text to English, on both iOS and Android, and can also work offline — English-speaking travelers seeking speedy translations of Japanese text are in luck today, with the news that the Google Translate app for Android and iOS now lets …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Airbnb turned a profit in the second half of 2016 as revenue rose 80%, is expected to maintain profitability before interest and taxes in 2017 — The room-rental startup made its first profit in the second half of 2016 and expects to remain profitable this year. — by
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| JC Torres / SlashGear: |
Google opens up Daydream VR platform and app store to all developers, but distribution of apps requires approval — While virtual reality technology and hardware are almost “there”, actual significant content remains hard to come by. With more powerful systems like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive …
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Sources: Peter Thiel is leading search for new FTC chair, DoJ head of antitrust; Google-affiliate Joshua Wright, Utah AG Sean Reyes in contention for FTC chair — The billionaire Facebook board member is on the hunt for candidates to chair the Federal Trade Commission and lead antitrust enforcement …
Tweets: @johnpaczkowski, @jilliancyork, @vogon, @nandorvila, @hshaban, @paulblu, @mattzeitlin, @b_fung, @fmanjoo, and @mikeisaac. Thanks:@hshaban
| Bryan Clark / The Next Web: |
Postmates offers 25-minute guaranteed delivery of alcohol in San Francisco and Los Angeles — After raising $140 million in funding and growing to over 2 million deliveries per month what's next for on-demand courier Postmates? Getting you drunk, fast. — Startups like Drizly … | Jane Smith / G Suite Update Alerts: |
Gmail to block JavaScript file attachments on February 13; Google says .js files can still be sent using Google Drive and Google Cloud Storage — Gmail currently restricts certain file attachments (e.g. .exe, .msc, and .bat) for security reasons, and starting on February 13, 2017, we will not allow .js file attachments as well.Sponsor Posts
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