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Twitter isn’t about news, tweets or even you anymore

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by on December 31, 2014 at 10:22 am
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Insider

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I originally published this post on Medium. I love Twitter. I always have. It’s a great way to meet people, get news and to talk about things you’re interested in. I’ve spent an unfathomable amount of time on the service, with 59,000 tweets over six years and countless friendships forged exclusively over the network. But over the last two years, the company hasn’t delivered any meaningful product improvements. The Mac app has received exactly two updates. The Web interface hasn’t seen any major love since 2011. Direct Messages (DMs) were completely broken for over a year. Twitter tried to change its…

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Uber suspends UberPop in Spain after yet another court case

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by on December 31, 2014 at 9:13 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Spain, uber, UberPop

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Another day, another headache for Uber. Following a court order, it’s suspended UberPop, the lower-cost version of its service that uses everyday vehicles, in Spain. The situation follows a similar decision in France earlier this month. UberPop has also been banned in the Netherlands and Brussels. In a blog post, Uber says it is “temporarily suspending” the service in Spain, following an injunction against it. A Spanish court upheld a complaint from Madrid’s taxi drivers association, the Association Madrileña Del Taxi. The company says it intends to appeal the ruling and strikes a conciliatory tone in its post, promising to work with the…

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