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11 August 2016 / SF News / Eve Batey

Thursday Lunchtime Links: Why TV Companies Snubbed Facebook


  • Apple took a patent out on ring-shaped a wearable health device. [CNet]

  • SF startup may outpace Google in the driverless car race. [Wired]

  • [Facebook] claims that sci-fi readers like cats, not dogs.

  • TV companies don't like the look of Facebook's video deals. [Wall Street Journal]

  • Building boom resumes in SF as tech firms crave office space. [SF Chronicle]

  • A 5-year-old girl was injured Wednesday when she was struck by an apparent stray bullet in San Francisco. [KRON 4]

  • [SF Weekly] seems shocked the SF is not more Pokemon Go obsessed.

  • Adblock Plus has already defeated Facebook's new ad blocking restrictions. [The Verge]

  • SF's first nine legacy businesses have been OKed. [SF Chronicle]

  • Airbnb is giving employees an opportunity to sell a percentage of their Airbnb stock as part of a deal that let investors buy those shares. [New York Times]

  • A woman with a history of mental illness was subdued and detained after she was spotted walking through IKEA with a fake gun in her waistband. [CBS 5]
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