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Archives for August 2014

Technology
Code/red: Netflix Overtakes HBO in Facebook GloatsCode/red: Netflix Overtakes HBO in Facebook Gloats
Technology

Plus, Supreme Court decision prediction algorithms, Mark Zuckerberg’s employee motivation techniques and another dumb drone accident.

By John Paczkowski
Technology
Facebook Acquires Security Startup PrivateCore to Better Protect Its Data CentersFacebook Acquires Security Startup PrivateCore to Better Protect Its Data Centers
Technology

PrivateCore focuses on server security.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Pinterest Joins the Private Messaging PartyPinterest Joins the Private Messaging Party
Technology

Pinterest looks to keep users on the platform while they chat.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Facebook Hires Ex-BlackBerry BBM Head to Run Internet.org AppFacebook Hires Ex-BlackBerry BBM Head to Run Internet.org App
Technology

The app provides access to a number of free Web services to people in developing nations.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
When Yahoo Met Alibaba: The Third Time Was the CharmWhen Yahoo Met Alibaba: The Third Time Was the Charm
Technology

The story of Yahoo’s first forays into China, told by someone who was there.

By Sue Decker
Technology
Gaza’s Filter Bubbles, How the U.S. Scooped Glenn Greenwald’s Intercept and More Morning #MustreadsGaza’s Filter Bubbles, How the U.S. Scooped Glenn Greenwald’s Intercept and More Morning #Mustreads
Technology

Closely examining the way people talk about the war in Gaza, through data, and how the government used the AP to beat a damaging story from the Intercept.

By Noah Kulwin
Technology
Facebook’s New Video Ads Aren’t Ready for Small Businesses -- YetFacebook’s New Video Ads Aren’t Ready for Small Businesses -- Yet
Technology

The initial market for the video ads will be large brands.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Look What Happens to Web Traffic When Facebook Goes AwayLook What Happens to Web Traffic When Facebook Goes Away
Technology

Now you see it, now you ...

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Messaging, Video, Atomization: The Key Social Media Trends I’ll Be Watching for Re/codeMessaging, Video, Atomization: The Key Social Media Trends I’ll Be Watching for Re/code
Technology

Private messaging, targeted ads and specific new mobile apps are some of the most important trends in social media right now.

By Kurt Wagner
Technology
Facebook’s Fish Oil Salesmen, Glenn Greenwald in Brazil and More Morning #MustreadsFacebook’s Fish Oil Salesmen, Glenn Greenwald in Brazil and More Morning #Mustreads
Technology

How Facebook is trying get even more ad dollars, what the world’s most famous muckraker is up to and what Web privacy really means.

By Noah Kulwin
Technology
Two Drinks With Artist Zio Ziegler on the Tech-Titan MedicisTwo Drinks With Artist Zio Ziegler on the Tech-Titan Medicis
Technology

Go two rounds with a new Re/code interview series called “Two Drinks With” -- you can order kombucha, but we will judge you.

By Nellie Bowles