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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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GM buys Sidecar assets for less than the company raised, hiring 20 including CTO, as it plans possible commute-sharing service for GM owners — General Motors Salvages Ride-Hailing Company Sidecar for Parts — The automaker is buying the startup's technology and assets| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
China's e-commerce giant JD.com's subsidiary JD Finance raises $1.01B at $7.1B post-money valuation led by Sequoia China — JD.com's Financial Services Arm Lands $1B Led By Sequoia China At $7.1B Valuation — Alibaba isn't the only e-commerce service in China with a financial services arm capable …
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| 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 …
Tweets: @rsingel
| Tommy Wilkes / Reuters: |
Pakistan ends three-year YouTube ban after Google offers government easy option to restrict offensive content — Pakistan lifts ban on Youtube after launch of own version — Pakistan said on Monday it had removed a three-year ban on YouTube after the Google-owned video-sharing website launched … | Shara Tibken / CNET: |
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 … | Kevin Roose / Fusion: |
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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Apple will increase App Store prices in Canada, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, and South Africa by Friday due to exchange rate changes — App Store prices increasing in Canada, Mexico and more thanks to exchange rates — Apple will soon be increasing the prices of paid apps … Sponsor Posts
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