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Twitter to cut off firehose resellers as it brings data access fully in-house

Apr11
by on April 11, 2015 at 1:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

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Twitter is taking back full control over who has access to its ‘firehose’ of real-time tweet data. Twitter has previously made its firehose data available to third-party apps via three authorized resellers – Gnip (which it acquired a year ago), Datasift and NTT Data. In a post on the Gnip blog yesterday, Twitter announced that it would be transitioning all data customers to a direct relationship with the company from August this year. Twitter says companies that buy firehose access will see no difference in service, except for the fact they’ll be paying Twitter directly. However, that’s not strictly true,…

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When criminal law meets neuroscience

Apr11
by on April 11, 2015 at 11:13 am
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, brain training, Insider

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Robert J. Szczerba is the CEO of X Tech Ventures, an innovative company focused on solving some of today’s most challenging problems through the integration of technologies from multiple, diverse domains. This post originally appeared on Forbes.  Transformative technology marks the progress of humanity. It also inevitably raises questions.  Just think of all the issues the spread of the Internet has raised, from net neutrality to anonymous harassment to search privacy. Not all of the issues are negative, of course, as exemplified by the question all non-profits are now asking themselves: how can we replicate the fundraising success of the ALS…

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Top TNW Deals this week

Apr11
by on April 11, 2015 at 8:45 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers, TNWDeals

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The reason you’re not happy (and how to fix it)

Apr11
by on April 11, 2015 at 7:13 am
Posted In: Around the Web, How-To's, Insider

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This post originally appeared on the Crew blog. If only [blank], I would be truly happy. We’ve all uttered that phrase at one point during our lives, right? Whether we were kids hoping for that one Christmas present we really wanted or adults in search of that next promotion, we’re constantly in pursuit of that one thing that will make us happy. When we finally get what we’ve spent so much time and effort searching for, we’re finally happy… at first. But you know what happens next. Inevitably, a week or two down the road we’re right back where we started…

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