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July 5, 2014, 4:35 PM

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Reed Albergotti / Wall Street Journal:

Facebook's Data Science group has run hundreds of tests with few boundaries until recently — Inside Facebook's Data-Science Team — Data Science Lab Conducted Tests on Users With Little Oversight — Thousands of Facebook Inc. users received an unsettling message two years ago …

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danah boyd / Medium:

We need to hold all companies accountable, not just Facebook, for how they manipulate people — What does the Facebook experiment teach us? — Growing Anxiety About Data Manipulation — I'm intrigued by the reaction that has unfolded around the Facebook “emotion contagion” study.

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Jenny Cosgrave / CNBC:

Apple hires sales director of luxury Swiss watch maker TAG Heuer to help with the iWatch launch — Apple poaches Swiss watch exec for iWatch launch — Apple has hired the sales director of luxury Swiss watch maker TAG Heuer to help with the launch of its new iWatch …

More: Cult of Mac, Tech Times, Digital Trends, Technologizer, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Business Insider, Quartz, AppleInsider, BGR, Gigaom, iPhone Hacks, Macworld, iPhone in Canada Blog, TUAW, Geeky Gadgets, The Verge, Connectedly, Computerworld, SlashGear, USA Today, iLounge and App Advice

Tweets: @boygenius, @benedictevans and @markgurman

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple hires Patrick Pruniaux, VP of Tag Heuer Sales and Retail, for iWatch marketing — Earlier today, the CEO of Tag Heuer revealed to CNBC that Apple has hired one of the watch-makers sales directors. However, the company did not announce the name of this “director” or the person's exact position.

More: PC Magazine, CNET, Reuters, BestTechie, MobileBurn.com, Engadget, Mashable, Fortune, TechCrunch and Softpedia News

Tweets: @markgurman and @tim

Quartz:

Following Netflix, YouTube shames ISPs delivering slow video with message underneath videos — YouTube, following Netflix, is now publicly shaming internet providers for slow video — When videos blur, buffer, or won't play altogether, YouTube is now pinning the blame on your internet service provider.

More: Business Insider and Re/code

Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech:

A Closer Look at Android RunTime (ART) in Android L — With the latest I/O conference, Google has finally publicly made public its plans for its new runtime on Android. The Android RunTime, ART, is the successor and replacement for Dalvik, the virtual machine on which Android Java code is executed on.

Kaylene Hong / The Next Web:

Little trouble in big China: Flickr, OneDrive, Line and Kakao Talk suffer accessibility issues — There is currently trouble brewing in China as several foreign internet companies are experiencing accessibility issues in the country for their services — including messaging apps Line and Kakao Talk …

More: Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, AdAge, The Register, Tech in Asia, Reuters, Softpedia News, PC World, China and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @greatfirechina

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

On The Hunt For Better Margins, Fab Debuts Hem, A New Furnishings And Design Brand — Just two weeks after Fab.com announced the acquisition of One Nordic - a Helsinki, Finland-based maker of furniture, lights and other home deco products — the online design store is moving swiftly …

More: Re/code, ArcticStartup, Racked National, The Next Web, Co.Design, VatorNews, Digital Trends and BestTechie. Tweets: @ingridlunden

Businessweek:

Hospitals Are Mining Patients' Credit Card Data to Predict Who Will Get Sick — Imagine getting a call from your doctor if you let your gym membership lapse, make a habit of buying candy bars at the checkout counter, or begin shopping at plus-size clothing stores.

More: Gizmodo

Maria Antonova / Agence France-Presse:

Russian parliament passes bill requiring cloud services to store citizens' data on servers in Russia by September 2016 — Russian lawmakers pass new bill restricting Internet AFP 1 hr ago — Moscow (AFP) - Russia's parliament passed a bill on Friday requiring Internet companies …

More: The Verge and Reuters. Tweets: @godlypghdad. See also Mediagazer

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

The EU's Right To Be Forgotten Is A Mess & How Google's Making It Worse — “The road to hell is paved with good intentions,” the saying goes. There are plenty of good intentions with the EU's Right To Be Forgotten mandate, as well as Google's attempt to meet new obligations under it.

More: BBC News, TechHive, Softpedia News, VentureBeat and The Register

Tweets: @harrymccracken, @dannysullivan, @dannysullivan, @dannysullivan, @dannysullivan and @dannysullivan

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