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Alibaba to launch Netflix-like video streaming service called TBO or Tmall Box Office in about two months in China — Alibaba to launch Netflix-like video streaming service in two months — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) will launch an online video streaming service in China in about two months … | Steve Lohr / New York Times: |
IBM to invest in Apache Spark for real-time data analysis, will have more than 3,500 developers working on related projects — IBM Invests to Help Open-Source Big Data Software — and Itself — The IBM “endorsement effect” has often shaped the computer industry over the years.
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How Facebook's Open Compute Project became a major force in data center hardware, with hundreds of companies, including HP, Foxconn, and Goldman Sachs on board — How Facebook is eating the $140 billion hardware market — It started out as a controversial idea inside Facebook.Thanks:@mattrosoff
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Spotify's unreleased ‘Rewind’ feature builds playlists of songs from past decades based on present-day preferences — Spotify's unreleased ‘Rewind’ feature builds playlists from the past — Spotify has soft-launched a new feature titled “Rewind.”| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
Chinese hackers have found a way to identify Tor and VPN users in the country by exploiting a vulnerability in server software used by popular Chinese portals — Chinese Hackers Circumvent Popular Web Privacy Tools — SAN FRANCISCO — Chinese hackers have found a way around widely used privacy technology …
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Sources: China's top taxi hailing firm Didi Kuaidi raising $1.5B at a valuation of $15B — Chinese Uber Rival Will Raise Funds at $15 Billion Valuation — A taxi and other vehicles wait in traffic outside the China National Convention Center in Beijing, China. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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Startups look to compete with incumbents like Uber by focusing on niches like car-pooling and mass transit — New Ride Services Forge Own Specialized Paths — When Trae Vassallo's children hop in the car to head to their after-school sports practice in the San Francisco Bay Area several times a week … | Alison Griswold / Slate: |
Spotify Running pushes you to keep pace with your music but doesn't change tempo once it's set — Spotify Running: The new music-streaming feature is nifty but stifling — It's a cool summer evening, and I'm striding along the Hudson River in New York's West Village, testing whether Spotify and I can keep pace with each other.| Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
Belgian privacy watchdog takes Facebook to court over “flagrant and massive” privacy law violations — After threats, Belgium's Commission for the Protection of Privacy is effectively taking Facebook to local court to argue that the American social networking giant isn't in compliance …
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Augmented Reality may find more applications than Virtual Reality because of its real-world aspect, but must first surmount numerous technical challenges — Oculus Rift, Magic Leap, and the Future of Reality-Skewing Wearables — After coordinating scientific research …
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| Danielle Wiener-Bronner / Fusion: |
Uber orders drivers to stay away from taxi protests in China, uses GPS to ensure they comply, threatens to cancel contracts if they don't — Uber is using GPS to punish drivers in China who get too close to protests — Uber is using their tracking devices to identify, and threaten …
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Oracle's sales of new licenses decline as more startups embrace open source database software — Oracle Sales Erode as Startups Embrace Souped-Up Free Software — Dan Wagner, the chief executive officer of U.K.-based mobile payments company Powa Technologies Ltd., poses a challenge for database giant Oracle Corp.Sponsor Posts
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