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March 17, 2016
Kickstarter Gets Serious About Music's Fuzzy Future
The crowdfunding site's first-ever acquisition is Drip, a music subscription service focused on indie labels.
Kickstarter is busy carving out its role in the music industry of the future. "Yeah yeah yeah," you might say. "Bands have been begging me for money to help them record new albums for years now." But as of today, there's more to it than that: Kickstarter just bought a music company.
Backpage.com Is Still A Hotbed For Prostitution Ads During SXSW
"SXSW Specials" abound on Backpage.com. Government agencies have been trying for years to get the site to shut off illicit sex work ads.
Even as a SXSW discusses how online classifieds service Backpage.com is a hotbed for sex trafficking and the U.S. Senate gets set to take nearly unprecedented action by holding the site in contempt for facilitating human trafficking, police in Austin say the number of Backpage ads offering illicit hookups—some of which may well involve girls forced to provide sex in exchange for money—continues to blossom during SXSW and other big events.
Uber Offers Drivers Instant Pay In Pilot Program
Uber drivers will be able to get paid instantly via a GoBank account, in a pilot launched Thursday in San Francisco.
Uber drivers in San Francisco can now opt to get paid instantly, having their earnings automatically deposited to a GoBank mobile checking account, the company said.
Feds Block Some Hoverboard Imports Over Segway Patent
The International Trade Commission has blocked the import of certain hoverboards into the U.S., citing a patent owned by Segway.
The U.S. International Trade Commission has barred imports of hoverboards covered by a patent issued to Segway creator Dean Kamen.
Twitter's Algorithmic Timeline Is Here To Stay
But fear not—you can opt out of the new default timeline, which ranks important tweets up top.
However you may feel about Twitter's algorithmic timeline, Jack Dorsey and company are sticking with it: Starting today, the new timeline, which ditches the strictly reverse-chronological format and prioritizes interesting and influential tweets you may have missed, will be the default setting on the platform.
With 33 Employees, Nextbit Hopes To Succeed In Ways That Smartphone Giants Can't
In a business where big companies struggle to compete, maybe being tiny is an advantage.
"Samsung Smartphone Sales Will Decline For The First Time Ever This Year"
Privacy Concerns Raised About New York City's Free Wi-Fi
The New York Civil Liberties Union says LinkNYC "carries a risk of security breaches and unwarranted NYPD surveillance."
The New York Civil Liberties Union has issued a statement expressing privacy concerns about LinkNYC, New York City's free public Wi-Fi that officially launched last month. The free service sees old phone booths replaced with LinkNYC hubs that act as wireless routers that provide fiber Internet to anyone with a wireless device. LinkNYC is offered through a partnership between the city and CityBridge, a consortium of companies behind the LinkNYC system.
Slacklash: Group Messaging Apps Are Stressing Some People Out
The app is still growing and popular, but some feel that instead of killing the email deluge, it's just adding a flood of Slack chatter.
Who ever thought in the first place that the solution to too much email was a flood of group chat?
Google Inks Cloud Computing Services Deal With Apple
Search company's cloud platform will partly power iCloud…for now.
In the world of cloud computing, the biggest player is Amazon with its Amazon Web Services (AWS). The company's cloud services customers include Netflix, Pinterest, NASA, the CIA, Apple, and more. But AWS has stiff competition as of late from Google, which is aggressively trying to grow its Google Cloud Platform service. And now, CRN reports, it looks like Google has gained the business of one of AWS's largest customers: Apple.
March 16, 2016
Chipotle Considers Scaling Back New Food Safety Measures: Report
Chipotle is considering scaling back some of its new food pathogen testing measures, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Chipotle is considering scaling back some of the new food safety measures it recently instituted after a series of foodborne illness outbreaks sent sales tumbling, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
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