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2 space objects are traveling so fast, they might exit the galaxy

Mashable Tech

In 2011, a project that surveyed the Milky Way galaxy for exoplanets — which are planets beyond our solar system — spotted an intriguing signal: They found two objects traveling together through the galaxy, one 2,300 times heavier than its companion. Could it be a rogue planet with a moon, or a small star and orbiting world?

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Amazon remembers it has an Android app store, kills it

Ars Technica

The Amazon Appstore made waves when it launched in 2011 , offering an alternative to what at the time was known as the Android Market. Anyone who has content in Amazon's store will be able to access it for now, but all bets are off beginning on August 20, 2025.

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Build a Bridge from Homelessness to Hope

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In 2011, Covenant House saw the need for a technology that could assist their work and empower them to provide more and better support to their communities. Apricot by Social Solutions helped them exceed their goal of adding 400 available beds by 167%, allowing them to provide 293 more beds than originally planned!

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Napster just sold for $207 million

Engadget

The retail giant only held on to Napster for a few years before selling to Rhapsody in 2011. The software company Roxio purchased the platform in 2002 and relaunched it as a legitimate e-commerce venture that sold digital music files. In 2008, Best Buy came calling and scooped it up.

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Meta blocks whistleblower from promoting book, guaranteeing way more people will read it

Mashable Tech

Wynn-Williams was previously Meta's director of global public policy, with Careless People covering her time at the company from 2011 to 2017. It simply means that the ICDR considers it likely that she violated her contract by sharing them.

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Did you just get a $40.67 payment from Facebook? Here’s an update on those lawsuit settlement checks

Fast Company Tech

At the center of the class action suit was the allegation that between April 22, 2010, and September 26, 2011, Facebook improperly tracked its users around the web using its then-newish Like button that was displayed on non-Facebook websites. That payment is actually part of a class action lawsuit settlement Facebook agreed to back in 2022.

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Whistleblower book Meta blocked from promotion is now an Amazon best seller

Mashable Tech

SEE ALSO: Meta blocks whistleblower from promoting book, guaranteeing way more people will read it Released on March 11, Careless People recounts Wynn-Williams' experiences working at Meta ( previously Facebook ) from 2011 to 2017.

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