Facebook overhauls Live Video with support for groups and events, reactions, comments, filters, and a global map
Introducing New Ways to Create, Share and Discover Live Video on Facebook — With Facebook Live you can use your phone to share a moment instantly with the people you care about.
IKEA launches IKEA VR Experience, a kitchen showroom app for HTC Vive now on Steam, as a pilot that runs through August
Ikea made a kitchen showroom in VR — Don't want to go to the store? No problem.
WhatsApp says it has enabled end-to-end encryption for all forms of communication on its service, which now has over a billion users, by default
WhatsApp has always prioritized making … Open Whisper Systems : WhatsApp's Signal Protocol integration is now complete John Snow / blog.kaspersky.com : WhatsApp switches to secure end-to-end encryptio...
Vivaldi browser launches out of beta with plenty of customization features for power users
Vivaldi browser hits 1.0 — After more than a year of public alpha and beta releases, the Vivaldi browser is hitting its 1.0 release today. — Vivaldi, which was founded by Opera co-founder …
Source: new higher-end Kindle will be thinner and come with a rechargeable case for extended battery life, and a solar-powered case is in development
Amazon to Release New Kindle With Rechargeable Protective Case — Solar-charged Kindle case also being developed
Facebook confirms it is paying media companies to use Live Video; sources say New York Times, BuzzFeed, Huffington Post, among those getting paid
It's Not Just Celebrities — Facebook Is Paying Media Companies to Make Live Video, Too — Facebook wants big media companies like BuzzFeed …
PayPal drops plan to build $3.6M, 400-worker facility in Charlotte, NC, over recent discriminatory LGBT law
repeal HB2 now. https://twitter.com/... Ryan C. Gordon / @icculus : GOP in house passed it in emergency session. Dems all walked out in protest in the senate. GOP governor signed it.pic.twitter.com/Y2...
A look at Google's Tilt Brush, a VR painting app for HTC Vive, retails for $30 but comes bundled with Vive preorders
Tilt Brush is the System-Seller the HTC Vive Needs — Tilt Brush is the piece of software that convinced me to pre-order the HTC Vive.
WhatsApp's embrace of encryption is a landmark event because it brings ease of use and state-of-the-art encryption tech to billions for the first time
Why WhatsApp's Encryption Embrace Is a Landmark Event — The news that Facebook's fb WhatsApp now supports encryption across all its apps is nothing short of seismic.
eBay to launch shipping supply store that sells branded boxes, envelopes, tape, more
EBay Will Sell Its Own Boxes to Kick Up Its Brand Awareness — EBay still sells billions of dollars in goods every year, but you wouldn't know it by checking out the average recycling bin filled with...
Source: Amazon acquired AI-based image analysis startup Orbeus in Fall 2015
Amazon Acquires Image Analysis Startup Orbeus — Amazon.com Inc. acquired artificial-intelligence startup Orbeus Inc., according to a person familiar with the matter, part of a broader push …
Behind Facebook Live, in conversation with Mark Zuckerberg and chief product officer Chris Cox
Why Facebook And Mark Zuckerberg Went All In On Live Video — It was February, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was just back from paternity leave, sitting in on his first M team meeting since return...
Amazon adds Smart Home Skill API to Alexa Skills Kit so developers can easily add remote functionality
Amazon opens up the software for Alexa-controlled smart homes … Chris Monroe/CNET
Lyft Line carpooling service to launch in Denver, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Jose, Seattle and Newark, starting April 11
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NVIDIA announces new Tesla P100 GPU with 15B+ transistors, 16GB of High-Bandwidth Memory for deep learning, manufactured using latest 16nm FinFET process
With massive amounts of computational power … Bob Sherbin / The Official NVIDIA Blog : Live: Jen-Hsun Huang Kicks Off NVIDIA's 2016 GPU Technology Conference Chris Williams / The Register : Inside Nvi...
Microsoft makes Cloud App Security generally available, using the tech from last year's Adallom acquisition
Microsoft marches forward with its security plan, releasing Cloud App Security — As Microsoft works its way toward implementing the security plan that CEO Satya Nadella outlined …
OpenBazaar, a decentralized peer-to-peer marketplace that uses Bitcoin, launches version 1.0
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Twitter to give all new parents 20 weeks of paid leave, joining Etsy, Facebook, others in offering a gender-neutral parental leave program
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Starz launches standalone streaming service with apps for Android and iOS at $9/month, less than Showtime's $11/month offering
Emily Steel / New York Times :
AccorHotels of France Buys Onefinestay for $169 Million
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Google pitches its consumer surveys product to campaigns and journalists involved in 2016 election campaign to gain foothold in political polling industry
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China's ZTE to replace three senior execs, including CEO, in wake of US trade sanctions
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Etsy launches Pattern, an online store builder to take on Squarespace and Shopify
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Australia's Nuix donated document analysis software to help ICIJ sift through Panama Papers
Byron Kaye / Reuters : Tweets: @call_me_tomasso , @gijn , @owenboswarva and @kennekai Tweets: Tom Osborn / @call_me_tomasso : Nice to see #panamapapers used #NUIX solution to join the dots in the mas...
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