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| Thuy Ong / The Verge: |
Tech giants including Amazon, Reddit, Facebook, Google, Twitter, and many others are rallying today in support of net neutrality — Amazon, Reddit, Facebook, Google and Twitter are fighting the FCC's changes — Technology giants like Amazon, Spotify, Reddit, Facebook, Google …
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| Sean Captain / Fast Company: |
Q&A with Evan Greer of the nonprofit Fight For The Future, who's organizing today's “Net Neutrality Day of Action” protest — Evan Greer is leading a coalition of the world's biggest internet companies to mobilize users to fight the Trump administration's rollback of rules.
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Recode, TorrentFreak, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Ars Technica, Axios, MapLight, blog.twitter.com, Privacy Online News, DSLreports, Nextgov, and Fight for the Future. Tweets: @google. Thanks:@annelisemcgough
| Karl Bode / Techdirt: |
AT&T pretends it loves net neutrality and joins today's Day of Action protest, despite its consistent opposition to it over the years — You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger enemy of net neutrality than the fine folks at AT&T. The company has a history of all manner of anti-competitive assaults …
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Tweets: @nxthompson, @karlbode, @freepress, @freepress, @techdirt, @shiraovide, @tonyromm, and @mmasnick
| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Sources: the 2017 Pixel XL, manufactured by LG, will have a 6" AMOLED display with a 2:1 aspect ratio and smaller bezels — The image you see above is what we believe to be an accurate representation of Google's 2017 flagship smartphone, the 2nd-generation Pixel “XL.”
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| Bill Ready / PayPal: |
PayPal added as a payment option on iTunes, App Store, iBooks, and Apple Music in Canada and Mexico, with roll-out in US and other countries soon — Starting today in Canada and Mexico, and rolling out in other countries including the US soon after, PayPal customers will be able to pay for App Store …
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Engadget, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Softpedia News, Ubergizmo, and MacStories
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Google announces a new AI-focused early stage venture fund, Gradient Ventures, which promises its portfolio startups access to Google engineers — - The idea is to spur innovation in artificial intelligence while also providing interesting experiences to Google engineers.| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Ignition Partners managing partner Frank Artale resigns at firms request after allegations of misconduct — Frank Artale, a managing partner at Bellevue, Wash.-based venture capital firm Ignition Partners, has resigned at the firm's request after allegations of “misconduct” against him … | Reuters: |
Sources: Symantec in talks to sell web certificate business, which it bought from Verisign for $1.28B in 2010, for $1B+ — 3 MIN READ — (Reuters) - Cybersecurity firm Symantec Corp (SYMC.O) is considering selling its website certification business, in a deal that could fetch …
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Bloomberg, Seeking Alpha, Silicon Republic, Fortune, and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check. Tweets: @kateconger
| Sean Hollister / CNET: |
Logitech acquires headset maker Astro Gaming for $85M in all-cash deal to expand into game console market — The PC peripherals company hopes to crack the console gaming market. — Logitech is one of the best-known brands of keyboards, mice, headphones and webcams, whether you're a gamer or not.
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Blog PROD, TechCrunch, Tom's Hardware, Ubergizmo, Logitech International, Tech Times, Engadget, VentureBeat, The Verge, San Francisco Chronicle, CGMagazine, destructoid, USgamer.net, Gamasutra, and Dot Esports. Tweets: @logitechg
| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Facebook to gradually expand worldwide beta of display ads in Messenger's Home screen, which follow an auction-based model — Facebook Messenger will start to extend its home screen ads beta worldwide in the weeks ahead, Messenger head of product Stan Chudnovsky announced today.
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International Business Times, Android Authority, The Verge, TechCrunch, Facebook, PhoneDog.com, Engadget, MacRumors, Mashable, Marketing Land, Digital Trends, 9to5Google, Ubergizmo, New York Magazine, Droid Life, Fortune, SiliconBeat, Reuters, iPhone in Canada Blog, Business Insider, Recode, Seeking Alpha, CNET, and ZDNet
Tweets: @kantrowitz, @_am1t, and @caseynewton
| Wall Street Journal: |
As Google pays academics for research that often ends up justifying its controversial business practices, many academics fail to disclose their funding source — Google operates a little-known program to harness the brain power of university researchers to help sway opinion and public policy …
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Wired, Google, SiliconBeat, Fortune, Silicon Valley Business …, New York Magazine, The Next Web, CNBC, and Axios
Tweets: @ncilla, @emilybell, @propublica, @aardvarkwizard, @profcarroll, @kreissdaniel, @miriamgottfried, @kate_okeeffe, and @daiwaka
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Twitter hires a new CFO: Ned Segal, longtime Goldman Sachs banker and recent Intuit exec, relieving COO Anthony Noto of CFO duties he's held since November — Segal was most recently at Intuit. — Twitter has hired a new CFO: Ned Segal, a longtime Goldman Sachs banker who was most recently …
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