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Praise for Islamic State posted during shooting to suspect’s Facebook page

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(Reuters) – Comments praising the Islamic State were posted during the California shooting to a Facebook page established by the woman accused of helping to kill 14 people, a Facebook Inc spokesman said on Friday. The Facebook profile, established under an alias by Tashfeen Malik, was removed by the company on Thursday for violating its community standards, which prohibit praise or promotion of “acts of terror,” said the spokesman, who asked not to be named.

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Yahoo aims to phase out passwords with new service

October 15, 2015 admin account, children-on-thursday, deborah, deborah-todd, internet, lion-cub, longer-need, password, rolle, san, thursday, visiting-the-zoo

By Deborah Todd SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo's next step in password security is to eliminate them altogether.

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Twitter unveils new tools to measure ad effectiveness

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(Reuters) – Twitter Inc said in a blog it would provide its advertisers with custom data-driven reports to help them gauge the impact of their ad campaigns on their profits. The effectiveness of an ad campaign will be measured by dividing an advertiser's target audience into two groups – one that sees the ads and another that doesn't – and comparing conversions across the two test groups. Twitter's ad revenue per monthly average user has been declining and to stem this it has launched new advertising products, notably its app install ads

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From sadness to wow, Facebook launches reaction buttons beyond like

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Like it or not, Facebook Inc's trademark “like” button is set to get more expressive. The social network said on Thursday it is launching a pilot test of “Reactions,” with users able select from seven emotions, including like and “wow.” “Dislike,” however, is not one of the options

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Uber, Didi Kuaidi seek to legalize status in China

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U.S. firm Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] and Chinese rival Didi Kuaidi are taking steps to operate legally in China, a key market for both firms but where their car hailing services currently operate in a regulatory prey zone

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Thai military’s plan for ‘Great Firewall’ risks Internet competition

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By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) – A proposal by Thailand's junta for a single Internet gateway to allow authorities to monitor content would destroy competition and was reminiscent of the most authoritarian measures to stifle free speech, a former information minister said on Thursday. The plan to create a single gateway for all Internet traffic was approved by the military government in August but details remain unclear. “Once it becomes a single gateway there will be a problem with traffic speeds,” said Anudith Nakornthap, a former information minister under the government of ousted Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra

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Oregon shooting ‘threat’ may have circulated on social media

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The anonymous postings and numerous replies appeared on the site 4chan.org hours before a 20-year-old gunman opened fire at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, on Thursday, killing and wounding an as yet undetermined number of people. Emailed questions to federal law enforcement officials about the postings were not immediately answered

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Manspreading, hangry, Grexit join Oxford online dictionary

August 27, 2015 publisher all-confirm, commission, extra-room, feeling, general-counsel, internet, legs, market-power, most-popular, picture, room-on-public, the-subway, their-legs, thursday

(Reuters) – Feeling hangry? Can’t find a seat on the subway because of manspreading? Annoyed by people butt-dialing you

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Online posts by Virginia shooter show alarming trend: victim’s fiance

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Social media posts by the man suspected of brazenly shooting two television journalists during a live broadcast in Virginia show a disturbing trend of unashamed exhibition of his crimes on the Internet, the partner of one of the victims said on Thursday. “What we are starting to see is continued boldness from people who want to commit murders in cold blood for notoriety,” said Hurst, who was a news anchor at WDBJ7 and was dating one of the slain journalists, Alison Parker. Parker, 24, and cameraman Adam Ward, 27, were shot dead on Wednesday during a live segment for the CBS affiliate in Roanoke, Virginia, at a local recreation site about 200 miles (320 km) southwest of Washington.

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McDonald’s grilled over labor, tax practices at Brazil hearing

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McDonald's Corp , the world's biggest fast-food chain, was accused of mistreating its employees and dodging taxes on Thursday during a Senate hearing in Brazil, where politicians, union leaders and workers from five continents voiced allegations. McDonald's has come under increasing scrutiny worldwide for allegations of labor abuses, health and safety violations, plus tax evasion in Europe, and Brazilian Senator Pablo Paim called a hearing to allow both sides to make their cases.

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