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Uber pressures regulators by mobilizing riders and hiring vast lobbying network — OUTSIDE IN: A new era of influence — On a Thursday in June, bureaucrats from Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles made their move against Uber Technologies. The fast-growing ride-for-hire company … | Om Malik: |
Why I'm excited about photos, the visual web, computer vision and the far reaching impact of visual sensors — On visual web, a photo is worth more than a 1000 words — Photos, photos and more photos! Photos are the atomic unit of social platforms. Photos and visuals are the common language of the Internet.
Tweets: @jessicalessin, @rklau, @jhagel, @colerise, @ryanlawler, @matmullen, @hblodget, @johnolilly, @caseynewton, @om and @om
| Gordon Mah Ung / PC World: |
Alienware Alpha Review: A shockingly good tiny PC and console complement — AT A GLANCE — Hardware has a shelf life like a gallon of milk. If it sits on the store shelf too long, it ends up getting poured down the drain. — That's ultimately the ugly story behind Alienware's Alpha game console.
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Iranian hackers in February remotely accessed and wiped thousands of servers to punish Sands Casino CEO for incendiary comments — Iranian Hackers Hit Sheldon Adelson's Sands Casino in Las Vegas — Most gamblers were still asleep, and the gondoliers had yet to pole their way down the ersatz canal …
Tweets: @csis, @abegreenwald, @kevinroose, @felixgillette and @razhael
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Google says Play Store will still sell Nexus 5 through Q1 2015, amid reports production halted — Nexus 5 sales are limited right now, but will continue into early 2015 — UPDATED Nexus 6's little buddy hangs on into next year … Update: Google in the US has reached out to clarify … | Zac Bowden / WinBeta: |
Consumer-focused Windows 10 build 9901 leaks with Cortana integration, numerous app and feature updates — First Look at an early version of the Windows 10 Consumer Preview (video) — Microsoft is yet to announce any consumer features which will be available in Windows 10 …
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| M.G. Siegler / Medium: |
As tweeting screenshots of text goes mainstream, maybe it's time for Twitter to officially support posting of longer text snippets — Hacking The Tweet Stream — With pictures of text. Weird, I know. — The single greatest strength of Twitter has always been its simplicity.
Tweets: @davewiner, @fmanjoo, @rjonesy, @m2jr, @stevesi, @mgsiegler, @martinsfp and @joshconstine
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Surface tablets on NFL sidelines used solely to replace printouts of plays from stadium cameras — How Surface tablets are changing the way NFL coaches work — Inside Microsoft's $400 million digital gridiron — NFL sidelines are almost always entertaining to watch, but this year …
Tweets: @theromit, @reckless and @rennatech
| Bloomberg: |
Watershed event in cyberwar: how in 2008 hackers sabotaged a fortified oil pipeline in Turkey — Mysterious '08 Turkey Pipeline Blast Opened New Cyberwar Era — The pipeline was outfitted with sensors and cameras to monitor every step of its 1,099 miles from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean.
Tweets: @i_sidh
| Eric Limer / Gizmodo: |
Samsung Gear VR: a better, simpler version of the original Rift that lacks content at launch — Samsung Gear VR Review: Hell Yes I Will Strap This Phone to My Face — The Oculus Rift is an awesome virtual reality headset. Google Cardboard is an awesome one too. But what if you could have the best of both?
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| David Pogue / Yahoo Tech: |
Parrot Bebop drone review: $500 drone with exceptional stability, solid video stabilization, built-in acrobatics, simple phone app — Parrot's New Bebop Drone Flies Like an Angel — Once You Learn Its Secrets — I've become a crazyhead about flying drones this year.| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Congress passes intelligence bill incorporating key parts of Reagan-era executive order authorizing NSA spying on Americans — How Congress Secretly Just Legitimized Questionable NSA Mass Surveillance Tool — We recently noted that, despite it passing overwhelmingly …
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