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Zuckerbergs to start school mixing learning and health

Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and his doctor wife revealed plans to start a private school in a hardscrabble Silicon Valley town, mixing education with health care.

Zuckerbergs to start school mixing learning and health
Twitter chief Dorsey gives chunk of stock to workers

Twitter co-founder and chief Jack Dorsey said that he is giving a third of his shares to company employees.

Twitter chief Dorsey gives chunk of stock to workers
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Instagram short 'Boomerang' videos aim to hook users

Instagram unveiled a new feature allowing users to post one-second video "loops" in an effort to keep up with rivals offering animated images.

Instagram short 'Boomerang' videos aim to hook users
YouTube Gaming adds mobile play streaming

YouTube Gaming ramped up its challenge to Amazon-owned Twitch by adding streamed play of mobile games and a new subscription option.

YouTube Gaming adds mobile play streaming
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Facebook to test mobile app shopping tab

Facebook said that it will begin testing a shopping tab for its mobile app as it works to ramp up advertising and online commerce offerings.

Facebook to test mobile app shopping tab
Amazon opens online shop for handmade goods

Online retail colossus Amazon opened a shop showcasing handmade goods sold directly by artisans.

Amazon opens online shop for handmade goods
Google aims to get news to smartphones faster

Google laid out a plan to make tapping into news on mobile devices faster, keeping eyeballs on stories and people visiting websites.

Google aims to get news to smartphones faster
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Facebook blow as EU court quashes transatlantic data deal

Facebook and other Internet giants could be barred from sending European citizens' personal information to the US.

Facebook blow as EU court quashes transatlantic data deal
India PM makes rock star appearance at Facebook

Standing side-by-side with Mark Zuckerberg, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a rock star appearance at Facebook, advocating for the political power of social media.

India PM makes rock star appearance at Facebook
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Instagram tops 400 million users

Instagram has rocketed past the 400-million-user mark, with more than 80 million pictures shared daily at the Facebook-owned service.

Instagram tops 400 million users
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Facebook working on long-sought 'dislike' button

Facebook, pressed for years by users to add a "dislike" button, announced Tuesday it was working on the feature and will be testing it soon.

Facebook working on long-sought 'dislike' button
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Facebook business pages closer to becoming online shops

Facebook pages moved closer to replacing small business websites, announcing features designed to make it easier for shops to hawk their wares.

Facebook business pages closer to becoming online shops
Tech world waits for iPhone news and hopes for magic

The tech world will have its eyes on Apple, expecting new versions of the company's coveted iPhone but hoping for magic in the form of unexpected innovation.

Tech world waits for iPhone news and hopes for magic
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Microsoft buys cloud computing security startup

Microsoft said it bought an Israel-based cybersecurity startup specializing in defending programs and content in the cloud, as it expands offerings for the enterprise.

Microsoft buys cloud computing security startup
Intel putting $50 mn into quantum computing research

US chip colossus Intel said that it will put $50 million and engineering resources into an alliance on quantum computing that could radically advance complex problem-solving.

Intel putting $50 mn into quantum computing research
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Wikipedia blocks accounts linked to paid edits

Wikipedia said that it has blocked more than 300 accounts being used by people being paid to create or tweak entries at the communally sourced online encyclopedia.

Wikipedia blocks accounts linked to paid edits
Google changes logo to better suit mobile devices

Google on Tuesday refreshed its logo to better suit mobile devices that are supplanting desktop computers when it comes to modern Internet lifestyles.

Google changes logo to better suit mobile devices
Instagram images no longer just squares

Instagram broke its square mold with an update that adds portrait and landscape formats to the image-sharing smartphone application.

Instagram images no longer just squares
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Windows 10 spreads to more than 75 million devices

Microsoft said that Windows 10 has spread to more than 75 million devices since the new operating system was released less than a month ago.

Windows 10 spreads to more than 75 million devices
Ashley Madison hack strikes fear in outed users

Two years ago, trapped in what he remembers as "a dead marriage," Michael logged on to adulterous dating site Ashley Madison for the first time.

Ashley Madison hack strikes fear in outed users