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Amazon responds to “Authors United” with letter encouraging authors to email Hachette's CEO — Amazon Aims at Publisher Hachette's CEO in Contract Dispute — Calls on Authors to Email CEO, Pressure Him to Agree to Terms — Amazon.com Inc. stepped up the war of words …
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Tweets: @kissane, @abrahamhanover, @jcstearns, @mikeisaac, @glennf, @acedtect, @tcarmody, @lessig, @mattyglesias, @ftrain and @tcarmody
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We tested Secret's anti-bullying system... and it failed — Anonymous messaging app Secret has been under fire almost since the day it launched, with some critics arguing that it enables cyber-bullying. Company CEO David Byttow responded earlier this week with a Medium post about how Secret … | Carmel DeAmicis / Gigaom: |
Meet the anonymous app police fighting bullies and porn on Whisper, Yik Yak, and potentially Secret — The biggest threat facing new anonymous social networks is their own users. Cyberbullying and sex could fell apps like Whisper, Yik Yak, and Secret, which is why they're turning …
Tweets: @christinelu and @codinghorror
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What It's Like Raising Money As A Woman In Silicon Valley — Editor's note: We don't publish many anonymous pieces on Forbes.com, but this compelling first-person account of sexism in the startup world merits an exception. I met the author several months ago and was floored by the stories …
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| Matthew Lynley / BuzzFeed: |
How Twitch co-founder and CEO Emmett Shear built a video game streaming site worth $1B — How A Site That Streams People Playing Video Games Became A Billion Dollar Business — Twitch CEO Emmett Shear wasn't born a leader, he became one almost by accident. And he now runs one of the most valuable video properties on the web.
Tweets: @paulg, @mattlynley, @mattlynley, @mattzeitlin, @jonrussell, @mattlynley and @buzzfeedben. Thanks:@mattlynley. See also Mediagazer
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Twitch responds to criticism with appeal button on VODs flagged for audio copyright violations, removes highlight time limit — Twitch deploys appeals button, admits “we screwed up” — Twitch is deploying an appeals button for videos that have been flagged for copyrighted music as it attempts to stem a tide of user complaints.| Eric Johnson / Re/code: |
After Twitch's Music Copyright Crackdown, What About Games Themselves? — Videogame streaming site Twitch is officially a big media site and can no longer fly under the legal radar, as evidenced by this week's announcement that videos in its archives with unlicensed music will be flagged and partially muted.
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Facebook says permissions it asks of Messenger users on Android stem from rigid Android policy — Facebook Messenger Privacy Fears? Here's What You Need to Know — The Internet has been simmering lately over privacy concerns surrounding Facebook 's Messenger app, which will soon become … | Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Hacker Redirects Traffic From 19 Internet Providers to Steal Bitcoins — Among all the scams and thievery in the bitcoin economy, one recent hack sets a new bar for brazenness: Stealing an entire chunk of raw internet traffic from more than a dozen internet service providers, then shaking it down for as many bitcoins as possible.
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CNET, PandoDaily, SecurityWeek, BBC, CoinDesk and The Register
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Facebook Messenger Is No. 1 in App Store, Has One-Star Rating — The Facebook Messenger split has officially arrived, forcing users of the Facebook app to download it — but they're not happy about doing so. — This has put the app in the unique position of being the number one free app in the App Store … | Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Skype reverses decision to drop OS X 10.5 support, will rerelease an older compatible version ‘soon’ — Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard users recently found that Skype no longer works on their system: despite upgrading to the latest version they still can't sign in. We got in touch with the Microsoft …
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
CBS will produce new shows for streaming services, says CEO Moonves — Coming to the Internet: Shows From CBS That You Won't See on CBS — CBS is working on shows that you won't see on CBS. Instead, the plan is for you to see them on the Internet, via video services like Netflix or Amazon's Prime Instant Video.
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StreamDaily, Engadget, VentureBeat, Mashable and VatorNews
| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
Obama on net neutrality: My administration is against Internet fast lanes — U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the U.S.-Africa Business Forum in Washington August 5, 2014. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst) — The last time President Obama weighed in on net neutrality, it was to offer a vague …
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