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Apple rolls out fix for password reset security hole, iForgot site back up — Apple's iForgot password reset page is now back online, and iMore has verified that the security hole, discovered earlier today in Apple's password reset page, has been closed. — Previously, after providing …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft expected to update its full suite of built-in Windows 8 apps — Summary: Microsoft appears ready to roll out the set of expected updates to its full set of core, Microsoft-developed Windows 8 applications, as rumored earlier this month. — It looks like Microsoft is …
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| Susan Decker / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft Cleared of Infringing Google Patents With Xbox — Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox video-gaming system doesn't violate the patent rights of Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Motorola Mobility unit, a U.S. trade judge said today. — In a one-paragraph notice, U.S. International Trade Commission Judge David Shaw sided with Microsoft in the case.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Inside ‘Apple Anonymous’: The Secret Society of Apple's Retail Army — Walk into any one of Apple's more than 400 retail stores across the globe and you will receive customer service that is typically unmatched in the consumer electronics industry. The experience that an Apple Store customer receives … | Austin Carr / Fast Company: |
Facebook Turns Off Website Internally To Force Mobile Development — Just how important is mobile to Facebook? According to Facebook product manager Josh Williams, the former CEO of Gowalla, the social network's push toward mobility is crucial enough to its strategy to turn off Facebook's website internally.
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| Joe Palazzolo / Wall Street Journal: |
Deaf, Blind Sue Over Web Shopping — Advocates for Disabled Say Netflix, Target Are Legally Obligated to Make Sites Easier to Navigate — Commerce has moved online. Now, the disability lawsuits are following. — Advocates for disabled Americans have declared that companies … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
‘Lemme Tweet That For You’ generates fake tweets that look (almost) just like real ones — Despite our suspicion of Photoshopping and fakery, the screencapped tweet has become a way to preserve embarrassing or noteworthy moments in case they're deleted. But as “Lemme Tweet That For You” …
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| Alan Fram / Associated Press: |
In symbolic vote, Senate signals support for letting states collect taxes on Internet sales — WASHINGTON - Advocates of an effort to help states collect taxes on Internet sales won a symbolic but important victory Friday as the Senate signaled solid bipartisan support for the proposal.
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| Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
Crowdfunding Platform Crowdtilt Lands $12M From Sean Parker, Andreessen & More; Now Acquiring To Expand Into Mobile — After graduating from Y Combinator, Crowdtilt launched in February of last year to become “the Kickstarter for any group.” More specifically, the startup has been on a mission … Thanks:@loyalelectron
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft defends Windows RT, fails to answer criticisms — Microsoft is facing growing criticism over its Windows RT operating system. Performance issues with the OS were apparent from the very first Microsoft shipment of the ARM-based Surface RT hardware.
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| Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
Barnes & Noble is prepared to give you a free e-reader if it means you'll buy the NOOK HD+ tablet — Barnes & Noble is so desperate to sell its flagship NOOK HD+ tablet, that it's now prepared to throw in a NOOK Simple Touch e-reader for free. — The company, which is known for its chain … | Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
Posthaven Launches In Public Beta, Has Saved 850K Posts Since Posterous Announced Its Shutdown Date Of April 30th — Once Twitter acquired Posterous, we knew that it was going to shut down at some point, as there was no way that the micro-blogging service would support a fully featured alternative platform.Thanks:@drew
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Elop throws an iPhone on Finnish TV, refuses to answer Lumia 928 questions — Nokia CEO Stephen Elop faced some tough questions from a Finnish TV presenter this week, focusing on the upcoming Lumia 928 handset. In a show aired on commercial TV station MTV3 in Finland …
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