Here s what s on the Thursday menu.
ICYMI: The Rev. Jesse Jackson wants Twitter to release the racial breakdown of its recent layoffs. Jackson s request comes on the heels of a black engineer s criticism of Twitter s diversity efforts, which I wrote about yesterday. A Twitter spokeswoman told me today: The restructuring did not adversely impact underrepresented groups. We will continue our diversity efforts, and believe we are on track to achieve our 2016 representation goals.
Facebook Notify, a new standalone news app, is rolling out next week. It will bring news from dozens of partners, including Vogue, CBS and the Washington Post.
Apple has shipped 7 million Watches in its two quarters of availability, Canalys estimates.
Apple opens a subsidiary in Vietnam, which will allow direct import and distribution of iPhones and Apple s other products.
After winning fight against strict rules in San Francisco, Airbnb to start 100 home-sharing political clubs to fight against similar restrictions.
Twitter has introduced a public policy transparency page, which will, among other things, disclose the company s political donations and lobbying. (Company blog post)
Android and iOS apps regularly leak user info to third parties, according to new study by MIT, Harvard and Carnegie-Mellon researchers.
Meg Whitman says she didn t really want to be CEO of HP but it happened by accident.
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