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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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Thanks:@evelynrusli| 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 …
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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.
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| 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 …
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Re/code, BestTechie, ArcticStartup, Racked National, The Next Web, Co.Design, VatorNews and Digital Trends. Tweets: @ingridlunden
| 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 …
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Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, AdAge, The Register, Tech in Asia, Reuters, Softpedia News, PC World, China and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @greatfirechina
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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.| 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 … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Feds charge convicted hacker Cameron Lacroix with 2013 Burger King and Jeep Twitter account breaches — Feds unmask mystery hacker who “hamburgled” Burger King Twitter account — Federal prosecutors have charged a previously convicted hacker with illegally accessing millions of records sent … | 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.
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BBC News, TechHive, Softpedia News, VentureBeat and The Register
Tweets: @harrymccracken, @dannysullivan, @dannysullivan, @dannysullivan, @dannysullivan and @dannysullivan
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| Wesley Yin-Poole / Eurogamer.net: |
Oculus suspends Rift sales in China after “extreme” reselling — “If you are an enthusiast, we kindly ask that you wait for the consumer Rift.” — Oculus has suspended sales of its Rift virtual reality headset in China because people are reselling it. — Oculus recently began shipping … | AnandTech: |
LG G3 review: near perfect device, but high-resolution display comes with reduction in battery life and viewability trade-offs — The LG G3 Review — While the enthusiast segment is no stranger to LG smartphones, for the most part LG hasn't received nearly the amount of attention that Samsung has.
Tweets: @narenbalaji
| Chris Nerney / CITEworld: |
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