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| Chris Urmson / Backchannel: |
Google's self-driving car head says after 1.7M miles, just 11 minor accidents have resulted, none Google's fault — The View from the Front Seat of the Google Self-Driving Car — After 1.7 million miles we've learned a lot—not just about our system but how humans drive, too.
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| Justin Pritchard / Associated Press: |
Of nearly 50 self-driving vehicles tested on public roads in California since September, three Google cars and one Delphi car were involved in minor accidents — AP Exclusive: Self-driving cars getting dinged in California — 3 photos — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four of the nearly 50 self-driving cars …
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| Periscope / Medium: |
Periscope update adds an option to sign up without a Twitter account using your phone number — Six Weeks In — The past six weeks have been unforgettable. Thank you for your global perspective, for your thoughtful feedback, and inspiring ideas. We've shipped three updates since our last blog post …
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Warner Music Says Streaming Revenue Has Passed Downloads — Here's another sign that the music industry has shifted from selling songs to selling subscriptions: Warner Music Group says that last quarter, streaming music revenue passed revenue from selling downloads.| Brendan Klinkenberg / BuzzFeed: |
Instagram says it erred in shutting down The Shade Room, a TMZ-style publication that had 700k followers — Instagram Says Shutting Down The Shade Room Was A Mistake — The social photo sharing service says it wrongly removed The Shade Room account, but refuses to elaborate.| Emily Guendelsberger / Philadelphia City Paper: |
Reporter goes undercover as Uber driver, makes $9.34/hour, notes orientation video just 13 minutes — I was an undercover Uber driver — Two good-looking young strangers are having an amazing conversation in the backseat of my car. I'm eavesdropping so hard I nearly run a red light.
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| Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal: |
Database company MarkLogic announces $102M round led by Wellington Management at a pre-money $1B valuation — Database Vendor MarkLogic Joins Billion-Dollar Club With New Funding … MarkLogic Corp. has joined the ranks of the world's most valuable private companies …
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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Rackspace Plunges 11% On Lackluster Q2 Guidance — After reporting its earnings, including a profit meet and a small revenue miss, shares of Rackspace are down sharply in after-hours trading. The cloud-focused company's guidance for its current quarter failed to match expectations …
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| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
SEC filing shows Twitter paid a total of $86.6M to acquire Periscope and social media talent agency Niche — Twitter Paid Over $86 Million for Periscope and Niche — Twitter spent more than $86 million to acquire livestreaming app Periscope and social media talent agency Niche earlier this year.| The White House: |
White House names Princeton Computer Science professor, tech policy expert, and activist Ed Felten Deputy US Chief Technology Officer — The White House Names Dr. Ed Felten as Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer — We are excited to announce that Dr. Ed Felten is joining the White House Office …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
NYT Now releases version 2.0, removes $7.99 monthly subscription, will monetize through ads instead — News Digest App “NYT Now” Drops Subscription Pricing, Offers Brand Sponsorships Instead — The New York Times said today it's ditching the paid subscription model for its mobile app NYT Now …
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| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
After Several Public Google Maps Hacks, Google Forced To Suspend Map Maker To Prevent More Fake Edits — Google has temporarily suspended Google Map Maker, a service to allow the community to make edits to Google Maps similar to how Wikipedia edits work. The reason the service was suspended …
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