Instagram, Mars, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Instagram, Mars, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, December 5, 2012
2012-12-05
it's wednesday december 5th 2012 i'm
ross miller there were no other
survivors this is 90 seconds on the
verge instagram has taken a step away
from twitter the service is disabled
integration with twitter cards which
means your loaf I and x-pro filtered
pictures will no longer be properly
displayed on Twitter itself Instagram
CEO Kevin Systrom says the move was to
promote its newer webfocus meaning he
really wants you to click through to
Instagram comm system and sistas has
nothing to do with Facebook the Twitter
competitor that bought Instagram just
months ago the US House of
Representatives has voted unanimously
against government control of the
Internet the bipartisan resolution holds
little weight on its own but it's a
symbolic gesture that comes as members
of the UN's International
Telecommunication Union meet this week
in Dubai to update agent Webb
regulations we'll see if Congress
unanimously remembers this decision next
year when it returns to work to tackle
net neutrality regulation finally NASA
announced plans to launch a new Mars
rover in 2020 taking a quote significant
step toward a human visit the agency
says this new rover mission will be
based on Mars Science Laboratory but it
doesn't have a specific purpose yet this
announcement adds to a growing list of
Mars missions for NASA including both
the current curiosity trips in another
schedule for 2016 mark your calendars
humans chapter 10 Martian Chronicles is
tentatively planned for 2030 and that's
it for today's top stories coming up
tomorrow meet the geneticist who is
admitted to writing personal life haikus
and her patients genetic code
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