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Twitter selling ad spots linked to NFL for over $50 million Micro-blogging website   Twitter   is planning to sell the ad packages linked to US National Football League (NFL) games streaming — which it purchased for $10 million back in April — for nearly $50 million, a media report said on Thursday. Twitter paid for the right to stream 10 of the   NFL   Thursday night games and Twitter CEO   Jack Dorsey   had hinted that this deal would help the company earn better traffic, tehnology website   Re/Code   reported. Dorsey and COO Adam Bain were in France at the annual Cannes Lions ad festival this week, working to drum up business. “These ads packages, which combine the ad inventory Twitter has around NFL, highlights that it also sold last year, plus the NFL game footage it bought this year, are selling between $2 million and $8 million per advertiser,” the report quoted a source as saying. That range depends on the number of ads and w...

Facebook introduces 360-degree photos Social media giant  Facebook  on Thursday introduced a new feature that enables users upload and view 360-degrees photos right in the News Feed, a media report said. "Along with 360 photos from your friends and family, you can discover stunning new 360 photos on Facebook from public figures, publishers, and other organizations," technology website  The Verge  quoted Andy Huang, product manager, Facebook, as saying. "360 photos give you the ability to take the stage in front of 100,000 fans with Paul McCartney, get behind-the-scenes access to the Supreme Court via  The New York Times, visit the International Space Station with NASA, and more," he said. After capturing a panorama or  360-degree photos  with smartphone camera or a third-party app, users can now post the photo directly to the social network, where it will be converted into an image that can be viewed on desktop or any smartphone, the report...