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Sources: Twitter considers 10K-character limit for “Beyond 140” feature slated for Q1, testing timeline that shows 140 characters with option to expand for more — Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets — Longer tweets are coming soon to Twitter.
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Oculus giving Oculus Rift consumer edition headsets to original Kickstarter backers who pledged enough for the Oculus Rift DK1, in the countries it's launching — Oculus Rift Kickstarter backers will get a free consumer edition — Oculus will be shipping a consumer version of its Rift VR headset …
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| Mike Brunker / NBC News: |
Lumosity to Pay $2M to Settle FTC Charges Over ‘Brain Training’ Ads — The company that created the Lumosity “brain training” program has agreed to pay $2 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers into believing that its mind games could help users excel …
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| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Fitbit's new fitness watch, Blaze, offers 5-day battery, improved heart rate tracking, touch LCD display, swappable bands, more available in March for $200 — Fitbit's new wearable is a fitness watch called Blaze — How do you compete in a growing smartwatch market without making a smartwatch?
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
The second HTC Vive development kit has a built-in camera and new controllers — HTC is spending a surprisingly good name on a product that will only exist for a few months. — The product is the Vive Pre, a virtual reality headset that's going out to developers soon after its unveiling this morning.
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| Will Oremus / Slate: |
Facebook's News Feed team on algorithms, relevancy scores, and the importance of giving users more control over their feeds — How Facebook's news feed algorithm works — A small team of engineers in Menlo Park. A panel of anonymous power users around the world. And, increasingly, you.
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HP announces 12-inch, 12.4mm-thin EliteBook Folio G1 business laptop with Core M processor and optional 4K display, coming in March in US, starting at $999 — HP's EliteBook Folio G1 may be the pro-level 12-inch laptop you've been looking for (hands-on) — 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon's Email And Calendaring Service, Amazon WorkMail, Exits Preview — Amazon this week took its enterprise-aimed email and calendaring service called WorkMail out of preview mode. The product, which first debuted a year ago, is based on Amazon Web Services and is meant to sub in for legacy solutions, like Microsoft Exchange.
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Nvidia announces Drive PX 2, a computer for self-driving cars that uses deep neural network called Drivenet capable of recognizing 120M+ objects — Nvidia Announces New Drive PX 2 ‘Supercomputer In A Lunchbox’ For Self-Driving Cars — Following last year's Drive CX …
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Twitter's new “conversational ads” let users respond to ad tweets by choosing between multiple preselected hashtags and then tweeting them — Twitter's ‘Conversational’ Ad Unit Encourages Users To Participate With Customizable Hashtags — Twitter is announcing a new …
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| Bertel King, Jr / Android Police: |
LastPass launches first major release since LogMeIn, lets you grant account access to people during emergencies, and provides a new way to share passwords — LastPass 4.0 Is The First Major Release Since LogMeIn, Adds Emergency Access And A New Sharing Center — New Emergency Access, Sharing Center headline key new release
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| Peggy Johnson / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Harman partners with Microsoft to integrate Office 365 into infotainment systems, Volvo to add Band 2 and Windows 10 smartphone integrations, more — Automakers choose Microsoft as connected car partner — When Microsoft talks about mobility, our interest is the mobility of the person, not of any single device.| Leena Rao / Fortune: |
Magic debuts premium service, Magic+, to cost $100/ hour for a virtual assistant that can complete any task — Magic, the Virtual Assistant for Everything, Debuts A Premium Service — When reality TV star and pawn shop owner Corey Harrison was jilted by a staff member at an unnamed Laguna Beach hotel … | Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Huawei Mate 8 review: excellent battery life and performance, while display and camera leave room for improvement — The Huawei Mate 8 Review — It's been over a year since we reviewed the Huawei Ascend Mate 7 and Ascend Mate 2. For many people and including ourselves at AnandTech … | Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
In China, Microsoft Faces New Antitrust Inquiry — HONG KONG — A Chinese regulator said on Tuesday that it would open a new antitrust investigation of Microsoft, related to electronic data that the government collected as part of an earlier inquiry. — Despite Microsoft's recent steps …
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