Mobile Minutes: Twitter Firehose; FCC's new rules; Vine closes; Uber's future plans
Twitter?s ?Firehose? of tweets is incredibly valuable?and just
as dangerous
There are half a billion tweets a day. For the company, they?re
sellable data. For despots, they?re a great way to hunt dissidents.
Read more at Bloomberg
FCC adopt new broadband customer privacy rules
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to adopt
new privacy rules to protect consumer data on broadband networks.
Read more on USA Today
Twitter's video-sharing mobile app Vine to close
Twitter
Inc announced Thursday that it would discontinue the video-sharing mobile app
Vine, as it moves to cut 9 percent of its workforce worldwide to keep costs
down after beating Wall Street quarterly earnings expectations.
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more on Reuters
Uber unveils ambitious vision for network of on-demand flying
cars
Taking
a page from tech industrialist Elon Musk, well known for promoting audacious
futuristic concepts including a Mars colonization plan and a vacuum
tube-based Hyperloop system to transport people and cargo at near
supersonic speed, ridehailing giant Uber has laid out a vision for the future
that includes small, helicopter-like vehicles to help commuters literally
overcome congested roadways.
Read more at Forbes