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WhatsApp plans to drop $0.99 annual subscription fee, tests accounts for businesses, reiterates promise not to include ads; now has around 990M users — WhatsApp Ditches $1 Annual Fee, Tests Business Accounts But No Ads, Says CEO — Today at the DLD conference in Munich, Germany …
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Airbus CEO says company will provide helicopters to Uber for its on-demand service in trial project launching at Sundance Film Festival this week — Airbus to Join Forces With Uber for On-Demand Helicopter Service, CEO Says — European aerospace company looking to expand its audience for helicopters| Roger Fingas / AppleInsider: |
Apple acknowledges iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus bug showing inaccurate battery meter percentages, says it is working on a fix, suggests temporary workaround — Apple promises fix for iPhone 6s, 6s Plus not displaying accurate battery data — In a new support document … | Sarah Jeong / Motherboard: |
From impersonation and spammers to Gamergate: how Twitter's rules evolved from the tension between its free-speech ethos and business reality — The History of Twitter's Rules — “Because of these principles, we do not actively monitor and will not censor user content, except in limited circumstances described below.”| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Karma restores 5 Mbps speeds for $50 Neverstop unlimited data plan but will throttle to 64-128 Kbps after 15GB a month — Karma revamps unlimited data plan in response to heavy users — About 10 days ago, Karma announced that it would be cutting the speeds of its Neverstop data plan …
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Profile of ComplaintsBureau.com owner Scott Breitenstein, who decided to ban revenge porn on his site after interviews for this piece — At Home with a Revenge Porn Mogul — Scott Breitenstein has been called an “internet terrorist,” “the worst man on the internet,” and worse.
Tweets: @ryanlcooper, @emmaroller and @thisisfusion
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Facebook, Google, Dell, eBay, EFF, others back Samsung's appeal to Supreme Court in Apple patent case — Tech giants, farmers voice support for Samsung in Apple patent spat — Various companies, legal experts and nonprofits argue the high damages allowed in design patent infringement suits hurt everyone … | Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Silk Road's dream of a free-trade zone on the dark web is dead: a collection of untrustworthy black market bazaars have failed to replace the Silk Road — The Silk Road's Dark-Web Dream Is Dead — Not so long ago, the Silk Road was not only a bustling black market for drugs … | Kevin Tofel / ZDNet: |
Alexa can now read Kindle books aloud from an Amazon Echo for free — You won't get the tone of a professional voice actor, but Alexa can read your Kindle books aloud: Best of all, there's no charge. — With so much recent focus on using an Amazon Echo to control smart home devices …
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Facebook allocates €1M to NGOs and launches Initiative for Civil Courage Online, a Europe-wide campaign against extremist posts on social media — Facebook begins Europe-wide campaign against extremist posts — Facebook Inc (FB.O) began a Europe-wide campaign on Monday …
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BT Group's £12.5B takeover of mobile phone network EE gets approval from UK competition authority — BT takeover of EE gets final Competition and Markets Authority clearance — BT Group's takeover of mobile phone network EE has been given final clearance by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal: |
Truly wireless $300 earbuds from Bragi and Earin are available now, but suffer from bluetooth connectivity issues and poor sound quality — Review: Truly Wireless Headphones Arrive, But With a Few Strings Attached — Bragi Dash and Earin earbuds may usher in an era of ‘hearable’ computers, but they're also works in progress
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