Facebook now takes into account how long you've viewed specific stories in News Feed in determining which posts to surface
News Feed FYI: Taking Into Account Time Spent on Stories — The goal of News Feed is to show you the content that matters to you.
Google will take on Amazon's Twitch by launching YouTube Gaming, an app and website for live-streamed and on-demand gaming video, this summer in US and UK
Google is launching a ‘YouTube built for gamers’ to take on Twitch — Google is now officially taking on Twitch.
Germany drops inquiry into claims NSA tapped Angela Merkel's phone
Prosecutors say they can find no actionable evidence to support claims German chancellor's mobile phone was tapped by US National Security Agency — German federal prosecutors have closed their inves...
Sources: Beats Electronics planned to introduce a WiFi speaker by the holidays in 2014, but effectively killed it post acquisition
Apple Music's Missing Link: How Beats Electronics Fumbled Its Sonos Killer (Exclusive) — Pop stars, live music, superlatives: The launch …
White House confirms hackers breached second computer system at OPM, says President is considering financial sanctions against attackers
White House Weighs Sanctions After Second Breach of a Computer System — WASHINGTON — The White House on Friday revealed that hackers had breached …
Google is taking additional steps to reduce Chrome's battery draw
Google recently implemented a new feature in Chrome that detects and shuts down any unnecessary Flash content on a web page. The intent was to free up some CPU cycles and ultimately, improve battery ...
FCC Has ‘Serious Concerns’ About PayPal's New Robocall Policy
PayPal and eBay's recent announcement that their terms of service are changing to allow them to make robocalls or send text messages to users has now caught the attention of both federal and state off...
Amazon Expands Prime With Goods Shipped Directly From Merchants
Amazon.com has quietly begun rolling out a program that could dramatically increase the number of items eligible for two-day shipping through its Prime membership. — The e-commerce giant is now list...
Amazon releases first transparency report, covering January 1-May 31: 813 subpoenas of which 66% were fully complied with, 0-249 national security requests
After years of silence, Amazon releases first transparency report — The cloud giant said it was never part of the government's PRISM surveillance program.
Wikimedia switching all of its sites to HTTPS by default
Wikipedia Is Finally Encrypting the World's Knowledge — Wikipedia, one of the most popular websites in the world, will now be encrypted by default, a change that will better protect its hundreds of ...
Google Play Offers Its First Free App Of The Week—A PBS App Tucked Away In The Family Section
Born and raised in the rural South, Bertel knows what it's like to live without 4G LTE - or 3G, for that matter. The only things he likes sweeter than his tea are his gadgets …
Google's new Android Phone Picker website recommends a phone based on the criteria that matter most to you, such as taking photos, gaming, web browsing
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Here are marketing images for Nokia's Moonraker smartwatch project, which was later canceled by Microsoft
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Crowdsourced hardware maker Quirky ditches device manufacturing, is close to raising a new round of funding
Exclusive: Quirky ditches device manufacturing, preps for new investment — Quirky is just days away from raising a new round of venture capital funding, Fortune has learned …
Canadian appeals court rules against Google, says business presence gives country jurisdiction to order a worldwide injunction to block sites in search results
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New iOS 9 ReplayKit will screen record gameplay & app videos without need for Mac or third-party SDK
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Sources: Square plans IPO for this year
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Medium Launches An Android App, Initially In Closed Beta
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Oculus App Store will require approval for apps, assign a comfort rating for nausea, take an undisclosed percentage of revenue
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Twitter Expands Its “Experiments” Beta Testing Program To iOS
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