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FCC enforces net neutrality, voting to regulate broadband providers as common carriers under Title II and ban paid fast lanes — FCC votes for net neutrality, a ban on paid fast lanes, and Title II — Internet providers are now common carriers, and they're ready to sue.
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Verizon mocks FCC ruling with Morse code response dated 1934, despite using Title II to its benefit — Verizon issues furious response to FCC, in Morse code, dated 1934 — Verizon wants 1st Amendment right to edit the Web, but rules from 1934 are too old.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
AT&T, Verizon, Obama, lobbyists, advocates, and others react to net neutrality ruling — Obama, AT&T, Verizon, Netflix and more react to the FCC's historic net neutrality vote — The FCC has just made history by placing broadband under Title II regulation in an attempt to permanently safeguard net neutrality.
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Apple announces media event on March 9 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco; more Apple Watch details expected — ∞ Apple announces media event for March 9 — Apple announces media event for March 9 — Apple on Thursday sent out invites for a special event to be held on March 9, 2015.
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MacRumors, TechCrunch, CNET, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Business Insider, ZDNet, CIO.com, Ink, Bits, & Pixels, PhoneDog.com, Re/code, VentureBeat, AppleInsider, WebProNews, Gotta Be Mobile, iDownloadBlog.com, MacStories and MacStories. Tweets: @dcseifert
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple to live stream ‘Spring Forward’ Apple Watch event on March 9 at 10am PT — Apple to Live Stream ‘Spring Forward’ Apple Watch Event on March 9 — Apple today updated its website to notify users that it plans to live stream its Monday, March 9 media event that will take place … | Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Google exec hints at Photos, Hangouts and G+ split — Rumors have long suggested that Google might separate the parts of Google+ that people have been most interested in — photos and messaging / Hangouts — away from the social network's main stream. Now it appears that Sundar Pichai agrees …
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Google makes mobile-friendliness a ranking signal, ranks apps with indexed deep links higher — Google Makes “Mobile-Friendliness” A Ranking Signal Worldwide, Boosts Indexed Apps In Search Results — Google today announced two notable changes that will affect the rankings of search results … | Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider: |
Google pays $25M for top level domain .app, the most expensive TLD ever sold — Google just paid $25 million to buy the entire ‘.app’ web domain — Google just paid $25 million for exclusive rights to the “.app” top-level web domain. — Google decided to apply for new top-level domains …
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Motorola to launch Moto Maker tool for customizing Moto 360 watches in March — A Big Bet On Choice: Motorola Will Soon Let You Build Your Own Smartwatch — In March, Motorola will flip on a new version of Moto Maker, the tool it created to let users design a Moto X to their exact specifications.| Russ Mitchell / Los Angeles Times: |
Google Ventures and Michael Dell invest $60M in Kobalt, which handles music publishing rights — Music royalty hunter Kobalt wins Google funding — Since the music industry began in the early 20th century, musicians and songwriters have complained about paltry royalty payments for their creations.| Frank Bi / Forbes: |
3D Robotics raises $50M Series C led by Qualcomm, the largest amount raised by any US consumer drone company to date — Drone Maker 3D Robotics Raises $50 Million In Latest Round — Less than two weeks after the Federal Aviation Administration unveiled its proposed regulations for commercial drones …
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Twitter adds “report dox” option, makes some users verify contact info — Temporarily banned users may need to confirm phone or e-mail to tweet again. — On Thursday, Twitter announced that its abuse-report system, which was recently refined to simplify and shorten the reporting process … | Mike Allen / Politico: |
Former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney joins Amazon as senior vice president for Worldwide Corporate Affairs — Jay Carney to Amazon — Mike Allen's Politico Playbook will report: “Former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney joins Amazon on Monday as senior vice president for Worldwide Corporate Affairs.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
iOS grows to 73% enterprise share in Q4 2014, Android drops to 25%, and Windows Phone stays flat at 1% — Apple still rules the mobile enterprise space and is extending its lead. iOS gained another 4 percentage points, growing to 73 percent of global device activations in Q4 2014.
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Electronista, MacDailyNews, App Advice, Patently Apple, AppleInsider, MacRumors and Good Technology. Tweets: @bfeld
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Twenty20, formerly Instacanvas, exits beta and raises $8M series A led by Canaan; launches photo licensing service with 45M crowdsourced images — Twenty20 Raises $8M, Launches Crowdsourced Photo-Licensing Service — Twenty20, the startup formerly known as Instacanvas …
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| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Facebook adds custom entry to gender selection list, with free-form field for those who don't identify with pre-set options — Facebook stops defining gender for its users — Last year Facebook took a socially responsible step forward when it allowed users to choose from preset custom genders like “cisgender” or “transgender.”
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Facebook Diversity, Ars Technica, Fusion and Re/code
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Spotify adds lyrics to its desktop player, while phasing out App Finder — Spotify signalled some time ago that it was winding down its “App Finder” feature for third-party apps within its desktop software. Now it's removing the section altogether, while adding one of its most popular apps - Musixmatch's lyrics - as a core feature.Sponsor Posts
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