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House passes resolution that lets ISPs sell customers' browsing history without user permission, 215 to 205 along party lines — As most had expected, the House of Representatives today voted 215 to 205 to kill privacy rules protecting US broadband subscribers.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Inside the privacy vote: Democrats said it would make ISPs “more powerful than Amazon and Google”, GOP said rules “unfairly skew advertising market” — Congress passes bill allowing ISPs to sell customer Web surfing data. — The House of Representatives voted today …
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Google begins testing order-ahead feature on Waze, announces Dunkin' Donuts as first partner, says it plans to team up with other merchants if test goes well — A customer enters a Dunkin' Donuts store in New York City. — Waze's traffic navigation app already shows ads prodding drivers … | Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Facebook copied Snapchat a fourth time, and now all its apps look the same — Facebook doesn't seem concerned with giving each of its core services a unique identity. — Facebook is copying Snapchat again: Today it launched Stories, the 24-hour photo and video montages that ultimately disappear, inside of its core Facebook app.
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Uber's first diversity report: staff is 36.1% female worldwide with 15.4% female engineers; in US, 49.8% white, 30.9% Asian, 8.8% black, 5.6% Hispanic overall — Uber just released its highly anticipated, first-ever diversity report detailing the demographics of its employees as of this month.
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| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Google Home and Google Wifi available April 6 in UK, the first market outside US for both; Home to cost £129, Wifi to cost £129 for single pack, £229 for double — Google announced today that its Home and Wifi devices will be available soon in the U.K., the first international markets for the gadgets.
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Turvo, a collaborative logistics startup, raises $25M Series A led by Activant, with participation from individual investors including Tony Fadell, Aaron Levie — Turvo, a two-year-old, Sunnyvale, Ca.-based company, is emerging today with an idea so ambitious that investors have provided …
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| Will Norris / Google Open Source Blog: |
Google launches new site to detail how it uses, releases, and supports opens source, includes internal documentation and processes for projects — Free and open source software has been part of our technical and organizational foundation since Google's early beginnings.
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
AWS launches Amazon Connect, a tool for call centers that uses its Lex speech recognition and AI; Salesforce says it's integrating Einstein service with Connect — Amazon Web Services just unveiled a new service for running call centers, dubbed Amazon Connect, leveraging the same technology used … | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Tinder unveils Tinder Online, a web-optimized version currently being tested in emerging markets with plans to launch everywhere “soon” — Tinder is today introducing a new way for users to access the platform with the launch of Tinder Online, a web-optimized version of the dating app … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google's Search app for iOS now includes Gboard, a search widget, and expanded 3D Touch integration — Google's desire for its search engine to become more deeply integrated into the iOS operating system got a big push today - the company says that its previously standalone keyboard app Gboard …
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Amazon debuts AmazonFresh Pickup, a drive-in service delivering groceries straight to the trunks of customers' cars, in beta at two Seattle locations — Amazon's grocery efforts just got a new level of convenience for shoppers: AmazonFresh Pickup, a drive-in grocery delivery right to your car's trunk, launching in beta on Tuesday.Sponsor Posts
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