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Facebook is working on a standalone video app that will support 360-degree footage; launch details uncertain — Facebook Looks to Bring Virtual Reality to Mobile Devices — 360-degree video app would allow users to change viewing perspective by tilting their phones
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Twitter partners with Square to let users in US make political donations through a tweet — Political donations, now through a Tweet — When people have conversations about politics, they have them on Twitter. It's what voters learn and share in these conversations that routinely motivates political action.| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Flickr demonstrates 360-degree panoramic photos on Oculus, hopes to roll out initial stages of Flickr VR by 2016 — Flickr wants you to explore photos in VR — Some day you could be flipping through your vacation photos while wearing a VR headset. At the XOXO Festival taking place in Portland … | Sarah Kessler / Fast Company: |
How apathy and inconvenience led to decline of peer-to-peer markets for low-cost products — The “Sharing Economy” Is Dead, And We Killed It — Five years ago, everybody was excited about the idea of using tech to borrow things like power drills. In practice, though, not so much.
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 to support 600 Mbps LTE-Advanced, LTE-U, and Quick Charge 3.0 spec which is up to 27% faster at charging than Quick Charge 2.0 — Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 packs 600Mbps LTE and smarter charging — Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 hype train is getting to be a bit much … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Indian Cab-Hailing Firm Ola Is Raising Over $500M At A Valuation Of Around $5B — It looks like yet more fuel is about to get poured on the already-hot transportation app market in Asia. India's Ola is raising $500 million+, at a valuation that we've heard is around the $5 billion mark, with $225 million committed so far.
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LG Is Having An Event On October 1st, Probably To Announce The Dual-Display V10 — LG just sent out invitations to an event on October 1st in New York. The company hasn't said what device will be announced, but the recently leaked dual-screen V10 seems most likely.| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
Why iSight assembled a team of top cybersecurity experts to prioritize preemptive threat intelligence over reactionary alerts — Intelligence Start-Up Goes Behind Enemy Lines to Get Ahead of Hackers — CHANTILLY, Va. — On a recent Wednesday morning, 100 intelligence analysts crammed … | Amar Toor / The Verge: |
Facebook will work with Germany to combat anti-refugee hate speech — Facebook this week said it will work with the German government to crack down on hate speech and xenophobia online, following calls from the country's justice minister to do more to combat hateful speech about refugees.
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US appeals court rules copyright owners must consider fair use before issuing takedown notices, siding with EFF — Appeals court strikes a blow for fair use in long-awaited copyright ruling — Copyright owners must consider fair use, and Universal now faces a trial over it.| Ilya Khrennikov / Bloomberg Business: |
Google violated antitrust laws by requiring Android manufacturers to pre-install its services, Russian regulator rules after investigating Yandex complaint — Russia Says Google Broke Antitrust Laws — Yandex has been losing market share to its U.S. Rival — Yandex shares rise most since April on watchdog's decision
| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Stripe announces Relay, a set of tools for retailers to enable instant purchases in third-party apps, with Twitter as a launch partner — Stripe Unveils A New Tool To Help Retailers Build Native Buying Experiences In Apps — Stripe unveiled a new set of tools, called Stripe Relay …
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Stripe Blog, The Next Web, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, Mashable, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, Wired, Tech Insider, BuzzFeed, Re/code, New York Times, ZDNet, USA Today, Business Insider and The Verge. Tweets: @hunterwalk. Thanks:@sarahvallarino
| Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times: |
Symphony, a messaging tool intended to compete with Bloomberg's terminals, strikes deal with Dow Jones to offer news content in its service — Dow Jones strikes chord with Symphony — Symphony, the messaging tool backed by some of Wall Street's biggest banks, has struck a deal with Dow Jones …
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