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The Warriors' Andre Iguodala Has Some Things To Say About Tech
“Tesla’s pretty cool.” Michelle Rial/BuzzFeed Less than two weeks after winning the NBA championships, Warriors power forward Andre Iguodala — now an emerging entrepreneur — sat down with BuzzFeed...
View ArticleRussians Try To Build A Normal Media Startup Across The Border
Meduza’s exiles cover an authoritarian Russia. Deputy editor-in-chief Ivan Kokpakov in Meduza's Riga office. instagram.com RIGA, Latvia — When Russia closes up, as it has often through the centuries,...
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Apple's Beats 1 Radio Is Censoring Music
Bleeps by Dre. Brendan Klinkenberg / BuzzFeed As part of the debut of its new Apple Music streaming service, Apple on Tuesday launched Beats 1: a 24-hour global radio station run by three DJs in three...
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In-Flight Wi-Fi Will Soon Get Much Faster, Gogo Tells Wall Street
In a presentation to investors, the company said onboard Wi-Fi will hit broadband speeds within five years, and be available on many more flights. Peter Bartsch / Via Flickr: peterbartsch The Gogo...
View ArticleWhat Kind Of Insufferable Tweeter Should You Unfollow Today?
Today is the day you do yourself a favor and unfollow someone how has been driving you nuts.
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The World's Biggest Keyboard App Is About To Help Decide The Future Of Emoji
Unicode Consortium The Emoji Council Of Elders is about to get a little bit bigger.As of today, Swiftkey, the predictive keyboard app for iPhone and Android, is officially part of the Unicode...
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How Metal Is Apple Music?
We convened a panel of passionate experts to get to the bottom of this one mystery. A major new music product from Apple raises all kind of big questions, many of which our colleagues in music and...
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Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook's Controversial "Real Name" Policy Can Work For...
“Real name” on Facebook does not mean legal name, says Zuck. Facebook Facebook has no plans to end its controversial "real name" policy, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the policy can work for those in...
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Proposed Domain Name Rule Threatens Website Owner Anonymity
A proposal to establish stricter identity requirements may strip website owners of the ability to mask their personal information. Hemera Technologies / Getty Images To rid the internet of piracy,...
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Square Makes It Easier For Hourly Workers To Get Money, Get Paid
Square Payroll could allow employees to get paid more frequently — but it could also highlight the high cost of labor for their employers. Via youtube.com Work, as economics gurus love to say, is...
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Watch The Trailer For The Next Steve Jobs Movie
“Artists lead. Hacks ask for a show of hands.” Legendary / Universal Silicon Valley's patron saint is getting (another) movie. And unlike 2013's Ashton Kutcher-led Jobs, this one has some...
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Kim Kardashian Gave A "Tech Talk" In San Francisco Last Night
Keeping Up With the Kultural Kommentary. Kim Kardashian leaves the Castro Theater on June 30th in San Francisco. / Via C Flanigan / GC Images LaDoris Cordell, a retired state judge from Northern...
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GamerGate Is Trying To Recruit Beloved Children's Author Judy Blume
The anti–social justice warrior brigade loves Blume for her skepticism about trigger warnings. Will she take the bait? David Bertozzi / BuzzFeed Judy Blume is the 77-year-old author of young-adult...
View ArticleThe Odds Of The Next Rocket Failure Are Not Small
Sunday’s SpaceX rocket explosion shows that every launch is still an experiment, even after half a century of spaceflight. Play Rocket Roulette: Click Play to see 100 simulated launches for each of...
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Shyp Is The Latest On-Demand Company To Reclassify Workers As Employees
Following a similar announcement by Instacart last week, Shyp has decided to shell out for insurance benefits and other protections for all of its workers. Shyp is a San Francisco startup that mails...
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Women Rule The Tech Scene At D.C. Startup Competition
The gender imbalance in tech financing was center stage as 12 female entrepreneurs competed for a $50,000 grand prize. Maci Peterson, founder of On Second Thought, startup competition winner, with...
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FTC Commissioner Appears To Defend Google In A Series Of Subtweets
Joshua Wright, a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, promised to recuse himself from Google-related matters when he joined the agency in early 2013. Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP Google's allies...
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Apple Music's Killer Feature Is You And Me
There’s something weirdly novel, even soothing about winding through an internet workday in 2015 to a communal soundtrack. Apple Yesterday, a chunk of the planet — or at least a statistically...
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Prince Pulls His Music From Streaming Services — Except Tidal
“He never meant to cause U any sorrow, he never meant to cause U any pain…” Prince abruptly pulled his entire music catalog from subscription streaming services on Thursday — except for Tidal. KENZO...
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Square Wants Its People To See The World Through The Eyes Of A Barista
Apple employees use iPhones; Twitter developers tweet. But how can a maker of credit card readers and cash register software get into the heads of its users? Jeff Chiu / AP For a piece of...
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