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Twitter stops counting @-reply usernames toward 140 character limit on web and mobile, now showing them above tweet's text, nearly a year after sharing the idea — Nearly a year ago, Twitter announced it would begin distancing itself from the requirement that all tweets could only contain 140 characters …
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| Sarah Jeong / Motherboard: |
Twitter has botched its new @-reply feature by hiding nuance that comes with ordered usernames and making it onerous to untag people — Twitter has rolled out its new @-replies to me about three or four times now, ambushing me with its unspeakable badness on the iPhone app or web Twitter.| Joe Durbin / UploadVR: |
Facebook says Oculus co-founder and Rift creator Palmer Luckey is leaving the company and will be “dearly missed” — Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey, the man behind the Rift concept and its first prototypes, is leaving the company three years after selling to Facebook.
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Facebook debuts personal fundraising, limited to six categories at launch including medical and education, and adds donate buttons in Facebook Live for Pages — Facebook today announced it's expanding its set of online fundraising tools to include its own GoFundMe competitor …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says it will sell customized “Microsoft Edition” versions of Galaxy S8, S8+, which will be bundled with Office, Cortana, more, at its US retail stores — Microsoft-customized versions of Samsung's new Galaxy S8 and S8+ phones will be available for purchase in Microsoft retail stores in the U.S.
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| Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE: |
Dell reports Q4 revenues of $20.1B, up 58% YoY, driven by EMC as PC and server growth flatten, and paid down $7B debt in last six months — Dell Technologies Inc. said it's growing market share in all of its key markets as synergies between its new EMC subsidiary and other federated companies kick in.
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| Nate Rau / The Tennessean: |
RIAA report: streaming music in 2016 grew 68% YoY to bring in 51% of total revenues in music market, as total retail sales hit $7.7B, up 11.4% YoY — The U.S. music industry, which was beguiled two decades ago when online music service Napster invaded college campuses … | Harrison Weber / VentureBeat: |
Google's tool for booking fitness classes and spa appointments, Reserve with Google, is now available across the US — Google's little-known tool for booking fitness classes and spa appointments, Reserve with Google, is now available across the U.S. — When the service first launched in December …
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| Matt Hamblen / Computerworld: |
Verizon to launch 4G LTE Category M1 nationwide network for IoT on Friday, with wireless data costs starting at $2 per month, per device — Chipsets for Cat M1 low-power devices have dropped drastically in the past year — Verizon on Friday will launch a nationwide wireless network designed …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Uber now lets you adjust pickup location after booking a ride and adds new customer support options for drivers — Uber talked about a few of the changes coming to help improve its relationship with drivers during a press call last weekheld to address a number of concerns, including regarding its leadership and culture.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says HoloLens has 150 apps one year after dev kit launch; Elizabeth Hamren, former chief marketing officer at Oculus, will head marketing for HoloLens — MIcrosoft has hired Elizabeth Hamren, the former CMO of Oculus VR at Facebook, to run a new dedicated Mixed Reality marketing team.
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| Natt Garun / The Verge: |
Comcast launches prepaid internet service for Xfinity customers with $80 starter kits that include 30 days of service, 10Mbps down, 1Mbps up — Comcast's prepaid internet service, after years of testing, is now available to all Xfinity customers. The package allows consumers to pay …
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| Lucian Constantin / PCWorld: |
Flaw in Microsoft IIS 6.0 web server, which is no longer supported but reportedly still powers millions of websites, has been actively exploited since Aug. 2016 — An exploit for a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft IIS 6.0 was published online, increasing the risk of attacks
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