Twitter has reversed its decision to bar Politwoops, a service which collects and preserves deleted tweets from public officials, from using the public…
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Facebook’s free Internet service stumbles in Egypt
Facebook just can’t give the Internet away. A week after Indian regulators halted the company’s Free Basics program, which provides free access…
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What to expect from social companies in 2016
Social networks are in a time of upheaval. Established players are experimenting with new services to maintain their relevance, upstart messaging companies…
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Twitter continues anti-abuse campaign with updated rules
Twitter has made changes to the “Twitter Rules” that dictate how people are allowed to use its service as part of its…
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Indoor farming: Good for cannabis, not so good for food
Marijuana is a natural candidate for experimentation — and not just the kind that leaves New York Times columnists in hallucinatory states…
Read MoreThis was the year social networks turned into news organizations
Social networks are the overworked writer’s best friend. It’s easy to observe the latest outrage on Twitter, grab a few good jokes from Reddit,…
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Amazon makes empty boasts about another holiday season
Amazon is making it seem like consumers signing up for its Prime service just in time to take advantage of free two-day…
Read MoreFacebook’s Internet.org stumbles in India
Facebook’s attempt to provide free access to some Internet services has hit a roadblock: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has told…
Read MoreGoogle’s working on a chatbot-filled messaging service
Google isn’t content to let Facebook dominate the messaging market in the West. The Wall Street Journal reports that the company is…
Read MoreEllo, the startup formerly known as the anti-Facebook, grows up
Remember Ello, the social network that was first portrayed as the anti-Facebook well over a year ago? Well, it’s still around, but the anti-Facebook…
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Flipboard tries to keep publishers happy with profiles, ‘end cards’
Flipboard is releasing a slew of features to make its content discovery service more attractive to the publishers whose content appear in…
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Google’s self-driving car division to become Alphabet company
Google’s self-driving car division will soon become an independent company under the Alphabet umbrella, according to a report from Bloomberg Business. Alphabet…
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