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President Obama endorses net neutrality, asks FCC to reclassify the Internet as a utility — Net Neutrality: President Obama's Plan for a Free and Open Internet — More than any other invention of our time, the Internet has unlocked possibilities we could just barely imagine a generation ago.
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President Obama Backs Title II for Net Neutrality in Big Win For Activists — President Obama came out in favor of the FCC re-regulating broadband lines under rules written for phone networks when the agency adopts new net neutrality rules, in a major win for Internet activists.
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| Eben Upton / Raspberry Pi: |
Raspberry Pi Model A+ on sale now at $20 — When we announced the Model B+ back in July, we said that we'd also be producing a lower-cost variant, analogous to the original Model A. Since then, James has been beavering away, and today we're pleased to announce the release of the Raspberry Pi Model A+ at a new low price of $20.
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| Dante D'Orazio / The Verge: |
Apple releases web tool to deregister phone numbers from iMessage — Apple has quietly released a new tool to make switching between iOS and other smartphones a bit easier. The new web tool lets you instantly deregister your phone number from Apple's iMessage system.
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| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Banner ads hampered the usability of the web and are now in decline amid shift to mobile apps — Fall of the Banner Ad: The Monster That Swallowed the Web — Twenty years ago last month, a team of well-meaning designers, coders and magazine publishers inadvertently unleashed …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Mozilla launches Firefox Developer Edition with built-in tools for debugging apps and mobile browsers — Mozilla today launched Firefox Developer Edition, which it is calling “the first browser created specifically for developers.” The company wants to solve a very big problem developers often complain …
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Evernote Raises $20M From Japanese Media Giant Nikkei, Forms Content Partnership For Evernote Context — Evernote announced today that it has raised $20 million in new capital from Nikkei, the Japanese media conglomerate that publishes the influential financial newspaper Nikkei, as well English-language Nikkei Asian Review.
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| Avi Asher-Shapiro / The Verge: |
Uber is recruiting 50,000 veterans as drivers — But are these vets getting taken for a ride? — Shortly after his 17th birthday, Ali Malik asked his mother for permission to join the U.S. military. A New York City high school student, Malik had watched the twin towers implode … | Euan Rocha / Reuters: |
BlackBerry CEO sees fewer new devices, focus on profitability — (Reuters) - BlackBerry, which has completed the first phase of its two-year turnaround plan, is now focused on profitability and will not spread itself thin by attempting to launch too many new devices, its chief executive said.
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| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Pirate Bay Founder Peter Sunde Released From Prison — After being on the run for two years Peter Sunde, aka brokep, was arrested during a family visit in southern Sweden late May. — Despite being accused of non-violent crimes, Peter was transferred to a high-security unit. His time in prison was tough.
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| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
Apple Rewards card from Barclaycard updated with 3X points on Apple Store purchases, Chip & PIN security — A new “Apple Rewards” Visa card launched this month by Barclaycard with a number of changes, most notably a revised rewards system that pays out Apple Store gift cards, as well as the addition of Chip & PIN security.
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| Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed: |
Meet the network of parody Twitter account operators who earn thousands from paid ads — Meet The Network Of Guys Making Thousands Of Dollars Tweeting As “Common White Girls” — The Twitter illuminati that made “Alex From Target” an overnight sensation can drive millions of clicks with a simple retweet.
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