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Mobile Minutes: Twitter Firehose; FCC’s new rules; Vine closes; Uber’s future plans

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Twitter’s ‘Firehose’ of tweets is incredibly valuable—and just as dangerous
There are half a billion tweets a day. For the company, they’re sellable data. For despots, they’re a great way to hunt dissidents.
Read more at Bloomberg

FCC adopt new broadband customer privacy rules
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to adopt new privacy rules to protect consumer data on broadband networks.
Read more on USA Today

Twitter’s video-sharing mobile app Vine to close
Twitter Inc announced Thursday that it would discontinue the video-sharing mobile app Vine, as it moves to cut 9 percent of its workforce worldwide to keep costs down after beating Wall Street quarterly earnings expectations.
Read more on Reuters

Uber unveils ambitious vision for network of on-demand flying cars
 Taking a page from tech industrialist Elon Musk, well known for promoting audacious futuristic concepts including a Mars colonization plan and a vacuum tube-based Hyperloop system to transport people and cargo at near supersonic speed, ridehailing giant Uber has laid out a vision for the future that includes small, helicopter-like vehicles to help commuters literally overcome congested roadways.
Read more at Forbes