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Instagram to begin testing an algorithm-based personalized feed for users, moving away from reverse chronological order — Instagram May Change Your Feed, Personalizing It With an Algorithm — For years, we have been trained to view web postings from our friends in a certain order.
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Tweets: @film_girl, @sarahfrier, @tomob, @dannysullivan, @caseynewton, @joshdickson40 and @ericnewcomer
See also Mediagazer| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
PlayStation VR headset to arrive in October for $399, less than Oculus Rift at $599 and HTC Vive at $799, but excludes camera required for gameplay — PlayStation VR Will Arrive in October for $399 — Sony took to the stage today during GDC 2016 in SF to show off the consumer-ready version of its PlayStation VR headset.
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Tweets: @tim, @dcseifert, @stevekovach, @jandawson and @stevekovach
See also Mediagazer| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Google says 75% of web requests to its non-YouTube sites are now encrypted, up from about 50% two years ago — Google is giving itself an encryption report card — Today, Google added a new section to its transparency report, giving users a running tally of how many Google requests use HTTPS encryption.
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Google, Google Online Security Blog, The Register, Marketing Land, Forbes, Motherboard, SecurityWeek, CircleID, TechCrunch, Engadget, SlashGear and PCWorld. Tweets: @verge
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google Maps goes beyond Uber, adds Ola, Hailo and more car services to its app — Google reportedly is working on building its own Uber competitor, and while some believe this will come in the form of a fleet of autonomous cars, there is a more immediate option for how Google can position itself …
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Google Lat Long, Pocketnow, Droid Life, Phandroid, Search Engine Land, The Verge, Gizmodo, Android Central, The Next Web, 9to5Google and VentureBeat. Tweets: @mhbergen
| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Snapchat Hires Longtime Pandora Exec Tom Conrad as VP of Product — Snapchat has hired longtime Pandora executive Tom Conrad as its new VP of Product. — Conrad spent a decade at Pandora and was running product and also serving as the company's CTO by the time he left back in 2014.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Meal delivery service SpoonRocket, which has raised $13.5M to date, shuts down after failing to raise new financing — SpoonRocket shuts down amongst on-demand apocalypse — SpoonRocketinformed its investors it's shutting down its on-demand pre-made meal delivery service after failing …
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Tweets: @rurikbradbury, @jasonlk, @ktbenner, @harrymccracken, @rmac18, @joshconstine and @joshconstine
| Kif Leswing / Business Insider: |
Apple asks court to guard civil liberties in final filing ahead of March 22 San Bernardino iPhone court case — Apple just filed its final response before it meets the FBI in court — Apple will face the FBI in federal court in California on March 22 to address whether it needs to help …
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Apple Car Fans, Techdirt, The Verge, MacRumors, The Verge, Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, Re/code, Ubergizmo, Bloomberg Business, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechnoBuffalo and Pocketnow
Tweets: @swiftonsecurity, @usatoday, @csoghoian, @jennamc_laugh, @verge, @swiftonsecurity and @emptywheel
Thanks:@stevetweedie| Nathan Donato-Weinstein / Silicon Valley Business …: |
Google reveals renderings of new Charleston East campus in planning application to city of Mountain View — Here are the latest images of Google's project in Mountain View (slideshow) — Last month, I brought you details of Google's latest concept for Charleston East …
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City of Mountain View, Re/code, Mashable, MobileSyrup.com, The Next Web, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, Engadget and Tech Insider
| Samantha Murphy Kelly / Mashable: |
Fossil launches two $275 Android Wear smartwatches and other connected wearables as it expands its Q line and aims for 100 new “connected devices” in 2016 — Fossil launches 7 new fashion-forward smartwatches, trackers — Fossil Group is hard at work delivering its tall-order promise …
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Fossil, The Verge, Digital Trends, PR Newswire, BetaNews, Phandroid, Pocket-lint, Pocketnow, Android Authority, ZDNet, Engadget and Android Central
| Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair: |
Apple News now lets publishers of all sizes edit and deliver their stories in the Apple News format, improves statistics dashboard, and launches ad campaign — Apple Just Opened Up Its News App In a Big Way — Apple will now let individuals and independent publishers deliver content through its native news platform.
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Wired, Bloomberg Business, Marketing Land, Fortune, Washington Post, Re/code, Fortune, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Tech Insider, Digiday, iPhone Hacks, The Next Web, Tech Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, iLounge, Business Insider, Yahoo Tech, iMore, The Verge and Engadget
Tweets: @dannysullivan and @caseynewton
See also Mediagazer| Ashley Cullins / Hollywood Reporter: |
Ryan Collins charged with hacking iCloud, Gmail accounts of celebrities, admits to phishing, but prosecutors find no evidence that he shared images — Hacker Admits to Stealing Celebrity Nude Photos, Takes Plea Deal — Prosecutors estimate Ryan Collins, 36, accessed at least 50 iCloud accounts …
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U.S. Department of Justice, Re/code, CNET, 9to5Mac, BBC, Mashable, Guardian, BuzzFeed, The Verge, Fusion, Gawker, E! Online, TIME, Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, The Wrap, AppleInsider, Insanely Great Mac and Neowin
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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