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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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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 …
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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.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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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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| 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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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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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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| Ryan Knutson / Wall Street Journal: |
iOS 10.3, released earlier this week, fixes major vulnerability that allowed malicious code to force iPhones to repeatedly dial 911 — Fix is aimed at preventing cyberattacks on 911 centers in the U.S. — Among the changes in an iPhone software update Apple Inc. AAPL -0.13% released this week …
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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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Sources: Verizon plans to start selling a live online TV package with dozens of channels this summer, separate from go90 — Verizon Communications Inc. has been securing streaming rights from television network owners in preparation for the nationwide launch of a live online TV service, according to people familiar with the matter.| Financial Review: |
Australia's competition regulator the ACCC rejects application by four banks to collectively negotiate with Apple over NFC, and boycott Apple Pay — The competition regulator has rejected an application by the banks to collectively negotiate with technology giant Apple over access to the iPhone's … | Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Google, Uber losing talent to startups, car makers as competition heats up in self-driving industry; Uber has lost about 20 engineers since buying Otto in 2016 — With every defection, Uber and Google are feeding the fire of their own competition. — As competition in the self-driving industry … Sponsor Posts
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