Voter, Voting, Voted
Facebook's 'I'm a Voter' button could nudge Election Day turnout
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Have you seen that “I'm a Voter” button on Facebook? Well, it may doing more than just cluttering your newsfeed. Read More
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4 Talking Points: Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith on privacy, technology, Edward Snowden
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It's been about 17 months since Edward Snowden leaked details about the National Security Agency's tracking practices, information that triggered a firestorm of investigations into the US government's access to private data and the way technology companies secured and shared consumer information. On Tuesday, Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith spoke at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, facing an audience that included some of the loudest critics of the NSA's activities in the US. Read More
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Pumpkinhead Upset?
Drizly's Halloween: The alcohol delivery service's truly 'monster' day
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Drizly just released its alcohol delivery numbers for Halloween, and the company set a new record for order demand, with 56 percent higher demand than the previous single-day record. Read More
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Another Somerville Story
Assembly Row signs up first tech tenant, SmartBear Software
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A local tech company has signed up to join Assembly Row’s growing roster of business tenants in Somerville. Read More
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Daily Brief: Prelert gets $7.5 million, BeON Kickstarts, and Web Summit kicks off in Dublin
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It's been a very active two-week period for fundraising among Boston's tech companies, and there are no signs of that slowing down at all. -Framingham-based Prelert, a company that develops advanced analytics software that helps enterprises with the early detection of possible data loss, announced $7.5 million in new funding today led by Intel Capital. Read More
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Watch: NPR's Click and Clack give the commencement address at MIT's 1999 graduation
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Thomas Magliozzi, the beloved co-host of NPR's "Car Talk," died yesterday at the age of 77. For the 35 years that he and his brother, Ray, hosted the program, the pair played