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How Facebook Is Staying Hip In A Snapchat, Vine World

You can share 15-second videos with Facebook ‘s (FB) Instagram, six-second videos with Twitter’s (TWTR) Vine, and one- to 10-second videos and pictures with Snapchat. Now comes a new way to capture clips that are quick — and I mean quick — with a new app called Boomerang. Boomerang was launched today by Instagram, and it’s for one-second videos that loop and can be shared on a variety of social platforms. Instagram says Boomerang takes a burst of

Apple Joins Facebook, Netflix Vs. Cybersecurity Bill

Apple (AAPL) is one of the latest tech names to voice disapproval of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), joining tech heavyweights Netflix (NFLX), Facebook (FB), Twitter (TWTR) and Alphabet (GOOGL). “We don’t support the current CISA proposal,” said Apple in a statement acquired by the Washington Post. “The trust of our customers means everything to us, and we don’t believe security should come at the expense of their privacy.”

IPO Market Will Determine If It’s Hip To Be Square

Having recently returned to Twitter (TWTR) to be CEO, Jack Dorsey will be doing extreme double-duty, as he’ll soon be running two publicly traded companies. Dorsey is also co-founder and CEO of Square, the mobile-payment services provider which filed plans late Wednesday for an initial public offering. The SEC filing did not include the number of shares to be offered or the price range, which will be determined later. Square has raised nearly $600