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House passes resolution that lets ISPs sell customers' browsing history without user permission, 215 to 205 along party lines — As most had expected, the House of Representatives today voted 215 to 205 to kill privacy rules protecting US broadband subscribers.
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Facebook copied Snapchat a fourth time, and now all its apps look the same — Facebook doesn't seem concerned with giving each of its core services a unique identity. — Facebook is copying Snapchat again: Today it launched Stories, the 24-hour photo and video montages that ultimately disappear, inside of its core Facebook app.
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Facebook's main app gets Snapchat-like Stories atop the News Feed, Direct for sharing ephemeral images and video with friends, and in-app camera effects — We want to make it fast, fun and easy for people to share creative photos and videos with whomever they choose, for however long they choose …
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Uber's first diversity report: staff is 36.1% female worldwide with 15.4% female engineers; in US, 49.8% white, 30.9% Asian, 8.8% black, 5.6% Hispanic overall — Uber just released its highly anticipated, first-ever diversity report detailing the demographics of its employees as of this month.
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Tinder unveils Tinder Online, a web-optimized version currently being tested in emerging markets with plans to launch everywhere “soon” — Tinder is today introducing a new way for users to access the platform with the launch of Tinder Online, a web-optimized version of the dating app … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
AWS launches Amazon Connect, a tool for call centers that uses its Lex speech recognition and AI; Salesforce says it's integrating Einstein service with Connect — Amazon Web Services just unveiled a new service for running call centers, dubbed Amazon Connect, leveraging the same technology used … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Amazon debuts AmazonFresh Pickup, a drive-in service delivering groceries straight to the trunks of customers' cars, in beta at two Seattle locations — Amazon's grocery efforts just got a new level of convenience for shoppers: AmazonFresh Pickup, a drive-in grocery delivery right to your car's trunk, launching in beta on Tuesday.
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Google Home and Google WiFi available April 6 in UK, the first market outside US for both; Home to cost £129, WiFi to cost £129 for single pack, £229 for double — Google announced today that its Home and Wifi devices will be available soon in the U.K., the first international markets for the gadgets.
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Twitch to start selling video games and in-game content this week with around 50 titles on board — Video game streaming site Twitch will soon begin selling PC games and other in-game content on its site, the company says. We understand the games may arrive as soon as tomorrow or later this week …
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Tencent buys 5% passive stake in Tesla for $1.8B, making it the fifth-largest shareholder in the automaker — China's most valuable company, buys 5% stake in Elon Musk's electric-vehicle maker ahead of ambitious launch of $35,000 sedan — Tencent Holdings Ltd. bought a 5% stake in Tesla Inc. …
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Turvo, a collaborative logistics startup, raises $25M Series A led by Activant, with participation from individual investors including Tony Fadell, Aaron Levie — Turvo, a two-year-old, Sunnyvale, Ca.-based company, is emerging today with an idea so ambitious that investors have provided … | Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Didi weighing $6B SoftBank-backed funding to expand R&D; Apple and Tencent considering joining investment on a pro-rata basis to avoid stake dilution — Tencent, Apple considering chipping in to avoid share dilution — The Chinese ride-sharing leader needs capital for R&D| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases iOS 10.3 with Apple File System, Find My AirPods, CarPlay updates, ability for devs to reply to app reviews, iCloud Analytics opt-in option, more — Apple is rolling out iOS 10.3 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The latest software update includes Find My AirPods support …
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