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Top Stories of the Day // January 28, 2016

What The 25 Most-Followed Instagram Accounts Show Us About The Platform | Facebook Climbs To 1.59 Billion Users And Crushes Q4 Estimates With $5.8B Revenue | Apple Recalls Two-Prong Plugs Over “Very Rare” Shock Risk | Following Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough, European Go Champion Loses Against Computer | Booster Fuels, Which Fills Up Your Car While You're Working, Raises $9M Series A Round | Beef Twitter | 500 Startups Announces Batch 16, Focused On Health Tech, FinTech, Vices And Recruiting |
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 28 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES:
TOP HEADLINE | Lucas Matney

What The 25 Most-Followed Instagram Accounts Show Us About The Platform

Social media is the intersection of tech and culture, and Instagram happens to be the fastest-growing social media site at the moment with more than 400... Read More…
Josh Constine

Facebook Climbs To 1.59 Billion Users And Crushes Q4 Estimates With $5.8B Revenue

By courting users and ad dollars in the developing world, Facebook continued its growth streak. It hit 1.59 billion users today and crushed the street’s... Read More…
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State of Retail 2016: A Closer Look at Consumer Behavior

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Natasha Lomas

Apple Recalls Two-Prong Plugs Over “Very Rare” Shock Risk

A rare Apple product recall -- the company has announced a voluntary recall of AC wall plug adapters made for certain regions because of what it says is a "very... Read More…
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Facebook's Q4: User Growth Cannot Be Stopped

Twitter’s former Product Head Kevin Weil moves to Instagram, Facebook continues to show steady growth, Uber and Lyft are ordered to pay new fines, Google’s Vice President of VR shares some stats about the company’s Cardboard program, Aereo founder unveils Starry Internet. Watch Now
Romain Dillet

Following Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough, European Go Champion Loses Against Computer

For the first time ever, a computer has beaten a professional Go player, Fan Hui. This is a major breakthrough when it comes to artificial intelligence and... Read More…
Frederic Lardinois

Booster Fuels, Which Fills Up Your Car While You're Working, Raises $9M Series A Round

Even if you’re living in one of the few states where pumping your own gas is illegal, driving to the gas station to fill up is probably not your favorite... Read More…
Matthew Panzarino

Beef Twitter

Why do we allow ourselves to be dragged into pointless, likely fruitless, micro-arguments on Twitter? Is it because the pithy length lends itself to... Read More…
Lucas Matney

500 Startups Announces Batch 16, Focused On Health Tech, FinTech, Vices And Recruiting

Just as investors and journalists get ready to check out what’s new over at 500 Startups at its Batch 15 Demo Day, their team has announced a new... Read More…
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