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FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 file photo, a person displays Netflix on a tablet in North Andover, Mass. Netflix is giving its Internet video subscribers a more discreet way to recommend movies and TV shows to their Facebook friends after realizing most people don't want to share their viewing habits with large audiences. Until now, Netflix subscribers linking the service to their Facebook accounts automatically disclosed everything they were watching with a potentially wide-reaching range of people. The automatic disclosures will end Tuesday, Sept. 2. 2014, as Netflix Inc. embraces a new system that empowers subscribers to select which friends will receive their video recommendations. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
FILE – In this Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 file photo, a person displays Netflix on a tablet in North Andover, Mass. Netflix is giving its Internet video subscribers a more discreet way to recommend movies and TV shows to their Facebook friends after realizing most people don’t want to share their viewing habits with large audiences. Until now, Netflix subscribers linking the service to their Facebook accounts automatically disclosed everything they were watching with a potentially wide-reaching range of people. The automatic disclosures will end Tuesday, Sept. 2. 2014, as Netflix Inc. embraces a new system that empowers subscribers to select which friends will receive their video recommendations. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
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Here s what s on the Tuesday menu.

Amazon enters the gig economy, is now using on-demand drivers for its one-hour deliveries. (WSJ)

Apple updates its privacy page with rundown of how it handles user data related to each of its offerings.

Dutch prosecutors say they have raided Uber s European headquarters in Amsterdam as they investigate whether Uber is operating illegally.

Google and other U.S. tech companies are spending big on lobbying in Europe, where they re under fire.

Tinder wants AIDS group to stop advertising campaign that links the Tinder and Grindr apps to STDs.

Binge and fly: Netflix subscribers who fly on select Virgin America airplanes can get free WiFi to satisfy their streaming desires.

Airbnb expected to double its bookings to 80 million this year, according to Reuters, citing unnamed investors.

Medium raises $57 million round led by Andreessen Horowitz, may be valued at $400 million. (Announcement)

Is Microsoft making a Google Cardboard-like virtual reality headset, or not? (It took down a Web page for such a thing.)

Speaking of Microsoft, it says Windows 10 doesn t scan emails for advertising purposes.

 

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