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Tech News Flash: Thursday -- July 24, 2014

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Twitter's 'D' in Diversity Reflects Broader Industry Failure
Facebook Saves the Day From Slipping Away
Patent Tips Apple's iWatch Hand
Amazon Fire Phone Wins Respect, if Not Raves
Skype for Linux Redesign Is Ugly but Functional

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Today's Story Highlights

Twitter's 'D' in Diversity Reflects Broader Industry Failure
Like many other tech companies, Twitter is largely made up of white,
male employees, pointing to a lack of diversity in the industry. The
company revealed statistics about its organizational demographics,
noting that almost 60 percent of Twitter's U.S. employees self-identify
as white. Of Twitter's global workforce of around 3,000, 70 percent are
male, and only a tenth of tech workers are women.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80783.html

Facebook Saves the Day From Slipping Away
Facebook has launched a feature that allows users to save content from
their News Feed to read or watch later. Called "Save," it is designed
help users who may be inundated by links to articles, music clips and
videos to separate the wheat from the chaff. Users who see something
intriguing now can choose the Save option in a dropdown menu in the
upper right-hand corner of a post.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80782.html

Patent Tips Apple's iWatch Hand
A patent awarded to Apple may be a tip-off of what it's planning for the
smartwatch widely expected this fall. The patent for something Apple
referenced in its application as "iTime" is for an electronic wristband
that contains a recessed area for a device, such as a watch body. The
iTime could feed and display information gathered from sensors in the
band on a pop-in electronic device.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80771.html

Amazon Fire Phone Wins Respect, if Not Raves
Early reviews for Amazon's first foray into the smartphone market are
mixed, with a general sense that the device is a good phone overlaid
with some flashy features. Amazon announced the Fire Phone last month,
trumpeting its 3D display, which uses facial recognition and front-
facing cameras to shift perspective, depending on where the user's head
is.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80777.html

Skype for Linux Redesign Is Ugly but Functional
If you do not mind having a free non-open source Microsoft product on
your Linux computer, the latest Skype for Linux release catches up to
the Windows and Mac versions, providing most of the features they've had
for some time. Microsoft rolled out Skype version 4.3.0.37 in mid June.
The catch-up release has an updated user interface, some additional
features, and lots of bug fixes.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/80759.html

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