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Facebook puts friends above publishers in “News Feed Values” and ranking change — After the conservative trends fiasco, Facebook is pushing itself to a new standard of transparency. The company is publishing a formal “News Feed Values” document that details how it decides what shows up in your feed …
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Microsoft's Windows 10: Anniversary Update to hit August 2; 350 million devices and counting — Microsoft will release Windows 10 on August 2 across the more than 350 million active devices where it is now running, and on other coming new PCs, phones and more.
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| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Uber to track driver behavior like high speed and abrupt braking, give feedback to improve safety — The software is aimed at improving driver safety, but could raise privacy concerns — Uber Technologies Inc. has developed new technology to track when drivers of the ride-hailing app go too fast …
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| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Amazon to subsidize Android phones for Prime members by showing lock screen ads and pre-installing Amazon apps — Amazon today said it would begin offering Prime members significant discounts on select unlocked Android smartphones, in exchange for the ability to pre-install Amazon apps and show customers more ads on the phones.
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Hillary Clinton's tech agenda: invest in CS and STEM ed, build out broadband for all, fix copyright, defend net neutrality, safeguard privacy, support USDS — Today's dynamic and competitive global economy demands an ambitious national commitment to technology, innovation and entrepreneurship.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is giving students a free Xbox One with Surface Pro 4 purchases — Microsoft is tempting students to buy a Surface Pro 4 this week with a new promotion running at its retail stores in the US. The software maker is taking $300 off when students buy a Surface Pro 4 and Xbox One.| Cody Toombs / Android Police: |
Google Fit for Android updated with overhauled design, improved goals, and a configurable widget — It's been a long time since we last saw an update to Google Fit, but after some subtle hints during the Android Wear presentations during Google I/O, it was fairly obvious something big was in the works.
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Mozilla launches Codemoji, a web-based game that illustrates how ciphers work through emoji — Sure, people will tell you that encryption is important to maintaining your online privacy, but how do you wrap your head around the concept? Mozilla wants to help.
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Huawei MateBook review: sleek appearance and fast performance is let down by design quirks and poor battery life, hard to recommend as a laptop replacement — In the world of tablet computing, there are two camps. There's the Microsoft Surface (and its clones) camp, which attempts …
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Lending Club cuts 179 jobs, 12% of its workforce, and promotes interim CEO Scott Sanborn to permanent chief — SAN FRANCISCO — Embattled online loan marketplace Lending Club on Tuesday named a new chief executive and said it will cut 12 percent of its workforce as it deals with the continued fallout … | Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Former BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins resigns from wireless charging firm Powermat, as part of a broader revamp — His resignation is part of a larger revamp of Powermat as it looks to focus on wireless charging again. — by , Roger Cheng — Thorsten Heins is out of a job. Again.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Box launches Shuttle to help companies move large amounts of legacy files into the cloud with software and consulting help — Box announced Box Shuttle today, a new service that combines software and consulting to help customers move large — as in millions or even hundreds of millions — of legacy files to the Box service.
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