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Responding to government legal demands for customer data — General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft — Today we have asked the Attorney General of the United States to personally take action to permit Microsoft and other companies to share publicly …
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| David Kravets / Wired: |
Spygate Lawsuit Accuses NSA of Unconstitutional ‘Dragnet Electronic Surveillance’ — A broad coalition of groups supporting everything from religion, drugs, digital rights to guns and the environment sued the National Security Agency today, demanding a federal judge immediately halt what they are calling an …
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Google Pitches Online TV Service to Media Companies — Streaming of Traditional TV Programming Is Also Planned by Others — Google Inc. has approached media companies about licensing their content for an Internet TV service that would stream traditional TV programming, people familiar with the matter say.
| Rip Empson / TechCrunch: |
After Acquisitions Aplenty, Yahoo Q2 Beats With EPS At 35 Cents, But Revenue Flat Again At $1.07B — The day for purple exclamation points (or lack thereof) has arrived. Yahoo just released its earnings report for the second quarter of 2013, with better-than-expected (non-GAAP) net earnings of $386 million, or 35 cents per share.
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Gesture In The Picture, As Intel Reportedly Picks Up Omek But PrimeSense Dismisses Apple Acquisition Rumors — Yet more exits for Israeli startups, with the latest two developments a throwback to the hardware and engineering muscle that raised the tech profile of the region in the first place … | Seth Weintraub / 9to5Mac: |
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| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
Instagram Lead Designer Tim Van Damme Headed to Dropbox — Dropbox is bulking up on its design talent. — As I wrote on Monday, Tim Van Damme, Instagram's lead designer, will be leaving the company a year and half after joining the photo-sharing startup.| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
Next-Gen iPhone Production Kicks Into Gear; Will There Be a Mid-Tier iPhone, Too? — Apple is ramping up production of its next-generation iPhone ahead of an expected fall introduction that could include a second, lower-cost version of the device. — That's the latest from Jefferies analyst Peter Misek … | Jerome Segura / Malwarebytes Unpacked: |
FBI Ransomware Now Targeting Apple's Mac OS X Users — For years, Windows users have been plagued by ransomware demanding several hundred dollars to unlock their computers. — The bad guys know there is a growing market of Apple consumers who, for the most part, feel pretty safe about browsing …
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Play Store redesign points to Google Glass support — Google's updated Play Store includes mention of Glass, implying that the company's headset will be managed through the store soon. Users who have linked Glass with their Google account have been seeing the device in the site's “compatible devices” list when viewing apps.| John McDermott / AdAge: |
Captain Morgan Starts Targeting Ads At Foursquare Check-Ins — At a Bar? Captain Morgan Suggests a Captain and Ginger — Foursquare has started rolling out post check-in ads — ads served to users immediately after they check in at certain locations — and Captain Morgan is one of the first brands on board.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Similar to T-Mobile's new plans, Verizon to launch ‘Edge’ upgrade service Aug. 25 — In a move that follow's T-Mobile's recently launched “un-carrier” initiatives, Verizon Wireless plans to debut a new “VZ Edge” program aimed at retaining its customer base, according to a leaked presentation slide posted by Droid-Life.
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| Dante D'Orazio / The Verge: |
Verizon set to unveil new Droid lineup at press event on July 23rd — Verizon Wireless has just sent us an invite for a press event in New York City on July 23rd. In the invite the carrier says it will “unveil the next generation of one of [its] most popular family of devices.”
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| Derrick Harris / GigaOM: |
Machine learning startup Ayasdi raises $30.6M to map your data — Ayasdi, the machine learning startup that creates maps out of complex datasets, has raised a $30.6 million series B round of venture capital. New investor IVP led the round, with Citi Ventures and GE Ventures chipping in …
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Google opens redesigned Google Maps to all, no invite required — First demoed during its I/O conference back in May, Google has been making its new Google Maps web app available to users on an invite only basis. Today, Google has opened up the service to all by allowing users to try …
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Judge tosses Instagram lawsuit over terms of service — A major controversy that erupted in December over social media companies' use of consumer photos has ended with a whimper, after a judge in San Francisco threw out a would-be class action against Instagram.| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Do Not Track standards group shoots down advertiser proposal — A W3C working group will proceed with its existing draft standard for governing how browsers tell advertisers that people don't want their online behavior tracked. — A standards group rejected a proposed standard …
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A bird's eye view of the AT&T-Leap Wireless merger — I've already taken one crack at explaining why AT&T would want to buy regional carrier Leap Wireless. This deal is clearly about spectrum. AT&T wasn't able to get it by purchasing T-Mobile so it's hoping to pick up airwaves … Sponsor Posts
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