Tue. 04/19 – Scraping The Web’s Still Legal

Courts have reaffirmed the right to scrape the public facing web. We have some hints about how the Twitter edit button might work. Updates on the whole Twitter/Elon situation. Microsoft wants to bring in-game ads to Xbox. And a new startup accelerator you’re gonna want to put on your radar.

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Links:

• Web scraping is legal, US appeals court reaffirms (TechCrunch)
• Twitter's in-development Edit button offers hints as to how the feature could work (TechCrunch)
• Apollo Global Considers Participating in a Bid for Twitter (WSJ)
• Insteon is down and may not be coming back (Stacey On IOT)
• Microsoft reportedly wants to bring ads to free-to-play Xbox games (The Verge)
• Andreessen Horowitz unveils piloted program for early-stage entrepreneurs (TechCrunch)

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