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Open letter outlining Facebook's attempts to build a more inclusive community, including improving tools for reporting abuse, squashing misleading stories, more — On our journey to connect the world, we often discuss products we're building and updates on our business.
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See also Mediagazer| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
An inside look at why Apple has failed to revolutionize TV as it tests fifth-generation Apple TV, which sources say can stream ultra-high-definition 4K video — The company is testing a new Apple TV capable of streaming ultra-high-definition 4K. It may not be enough to take on Amazon and Roku.
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See also Mediagazer| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces WWDC 2017 will be held June 5-9 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, the first WWDC outside SF since 2002; registration opens March 27 — Apple has announced it is holding WWDC 2017 from June 5th to June 9th, with a big change from previous years …
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| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
AT&T debuts $100/mo unlimited data plan that doesn't require a DirecTV subscription, but speed is throttled after 22GB usage; additional lines cost $40/mo each — AT&T on Thursday announced an expanded version of its unlimited data plan that does not require an additional subscription to a pay-TV service.
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| John Herrman / New York Times: |
How a hands-off culture and tangible rewards for attention led to the PewDiePie scandal on YouTube, a platform with its own emerging politics — Felix Kjellberg, known to his fans as PewDiePie, is by far YouTube's biggest star. His videos, a mix of video-game narration, humorous rants and commentary …
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See also Mediagazer| Alex Heath / Business Insider: |
Tinder acquires Wheel, a collaborative video messaging app similar to Snapchat's Live Stories — Tinder is making a push into video with the acquisition of Wheel, a collaborative video messaging app that functions similarly to Snapchat's “Live Stories” format.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Home adds the ability to buy products via voice from select Google Express partners — The Google Assistant on Google Home is getting a new feature today that may sound rather familiar to anybody who has ever owned an Amazon Echo. You can now use your Home to order everyday essentials …
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| Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: |
Snap seeks to raise $3.2B in IPO at $14 to $16 per share, which would value it at about $18.5B at high end of the range, less than earlier plans had suggested — Snap Inc. is seeking to raise as much as $3.2 billion in its initial public offering in what could be the third-biggest technology listing of the past decade.
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| Recode: |
Alphabet reduces the amount of balloons needed to test Loon from 200-400 to 10-30 using AI and an improved system for altitude control and navigation — The Loon project says these advancements shorten their timeline for deployment. — Loon, the balloon project that aims to deliver internet …
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter is temporarily limiting reach of tweets from “potentially abusive accounts” to people who already follow them on case-by-case basis — Twitter time out. — Twitter is temporarily decreasing the reach of tweets from users it believes are engaging in abusive behavior via …
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See also Mediagazer| Amy McDonald Sandjideh / Google Developers Blog: |
Google releases TensorFlow 1.0 with better performance, flexibility, new APIs, and more — Posted By: Amy McDonald Sandjideh, Technical Program Manager, TensorFlow — In just its first year, TensorFlow has helped researchers, engineers, artists, students, and many others make progress …
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| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Verizon has acquired Skyward, a Portland-based startup that makes commercial software to help track and manage drones — Verizon is bolstering its efforts in drones with the acquisition of Skyward, a Portland-based startup whose software helps commercial drone operators in industries …
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