The digital media division of Verizon, which will include Yahoo, AOL, and The Huffington Post after the Yahoo deal closes, will be named Oath
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Sources: Apple and Didi were in contact for more than a year, closed the $1B deal in three weeks after CEOs met in April to discuss cooperation
Trust Our Machines Junko Yoshida / EE Times : What Apple Gains by Sinking $1B into Didi Evan Selleck / iPhone Hacks : Apple's Investment in Didi Chuxing Could be Another Boost for the Apple Car Chris ...
Facebook launches Messenger platform with chatbots
Facebook users will soon be able … Mike Rosenbaum / salesforce.com : Introducing Salesforce for Messenger Al Plumlier / The Verge : There will be a bot for everything — It's all happening at once … ...
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...
FCC chairman Tom Wheeler proposes rules that would force ISPs to ask your permission before sharing personal data with some outside parties
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Ohio man faces federal charge for reblogging a GIF on Tumblr urging murders of US servicemen
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Founder of Silk Road drug marketplace Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison, to forfeit $184M
A Post by Fernando Caudevilla … Dareh Gregorian / NY Daily News : Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht gets slammed with life sentence for running online drug bazaar Stefanie Jones / The Huffington Post : ...
The Interview now available to rent for $5.99 or purchase for $14.99 through YouTube, Google Play, Xbox Video, and SeeTheInterview.com
Starting at 10am Pacific Time this morning … Brad Smith / The Official Microsoft Blog : “The Interview” now available on Xbox Video Richard Procter / ReadWrite : “The Interview” Is Now Showing At A St...