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Indonesia restricts WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram usage following deadly riots
Indonesia is the latest nation to hit the hammer on social media after the government restricted the use of WhatsApp…
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Neighborhood social network Nextdoor raises $123 million at $2.1 billion valuation
Nextdoor, the social network aimed at local neighborhoods, has raised $123 million in a round of funding led by Riverwood…
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MailChimp’s Ben Chestnut on bootstrapping a startup to $700M in revenue
The well-known tech startup routine of coming up with an idea, raising money from VCs in increasing rounds as valuations…
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Facebook raises wages, improves conditions for contract content moderators
In a blog post today, Facebook committed to paying its contract workers in the U.S. a “living wage” that’s “more…
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Facebook co-founder, Chris Hughes, calls for Facebook to be broken up
The latest call to break up Facebook looks to be the most uncomfortably close to home yet for supreme leader,…
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Uber, Google, IBM, and others join Urban Computing Foundation to create tools for ‘cities of tomorrow’
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit technology consortium that supports Linux’s growth, standardization, and commercial adoption, today announced a new industry-wide…
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YouPorn introduces a virtual human brand ambassador
YouPorn likes to push the edge with technology. So the porn company is announcing today it has created a virtual…
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To cut down on spam, Twitter cuts the number of accounts you can follow per day
Twitter just took another big step to help boot spammers off its platform: it’s cutting the number of accounts Twitter…
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10 ways Google Assistant can make people’s lives easier
Amid sharp competition from popular AI assistants like Siri and Alexa, Google Assistant arguably has a major advantage — the…
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Twitter now lets users appeal violations within its app
Twitter today announced a new feature that will allow users to appeal directly within the Twitter app a tweet that’s…
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