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Responding to government legal demands for customer data — Today we have asked the Attorney General of the United States to personally take action to permit Microsoft and other companies to share publicly more complete information about how we handle national security requests for customer information.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Revamped Google Maps for iOS launches: supports iPad, indoor maps, enhanced navigation — In line with last week's expectations of an updated Google Maps app, Google has begun rolling out version 2.0 of Google Maps for iOS today. Most notably, the new application includes support …
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google: |
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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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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| 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 … | Billy Gallagher / TechCrunch: |
Path Is Raising $50M At A $500M Valuation, Still Looking For A Lead Investor — Path is raising a $50 million Series C round at a $500 million post-money valuation. Sources tell us the company is still seeking a lead investor, the round is currently oversubscribed, and one of the investors in the round is …
Tweets: @mattrosoff, @jjacobs22, @alex, @caseynewton and @cmak
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Before ‘OK Glass’, Google considered ‘pew pew pew’, Glassicus, and Go Go Glass — If you've ever wondered why Google ended up going with “OK Glass” as the official phrase for its Glass product, this one's for you. Glass Marketing Manager Amanda Rosenberg has finally revealed its origins.
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| 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.| 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.”| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Hands on with OWA for iPhone, Microsoft's Outlook for iOS (sort of) — Microsoft has added another piece to its “free” Office package for iPhone users—free as in “free with an Office 365 account,” that is. This time, Microsoft included an Outlook mail client and calendar...sort of.
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| Dan Rayburn / StreamingMediaBlog.com: |
Apple Owns 56% Of The Streaming Devices Market, Roku Second With 21% — We've just released our latest Frost & Sullivan report on the size of the Consumer Video Devices Market, which details the market drivers, restraints to market growth, product and pricing trends, competitive landscape …
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| Mark Rogowsky / Forbes: |
Chat Sensation WhatsApp Is Now Free — Sort Of — The enormously successful mobile chat tool WhatsApp, which Apple recently listed as the 6th most popular paid app of all time, is now free. It had been 99 cents, so this might not seem like a big deal. But for some people …
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| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Tumblr updates its iOS app with ‘very important’ security fix, asks users to change passwords — Yahoo-owned Tumblr has rolled out a “very important” security fix for its iOS app for the iPhone and iPad in response to a flaw identified within the service. — In a post on the Tumblr staff blog …
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| Ricardo Bilton / VentureBeat: |
One Laptop Per Child's new XO Tablet launches at Walmart — not in the developing world — With its latest device, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is shifting its focus away from the developing world and to the aisles of your local Walmart. — The organization officially announced today the XO …
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| 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 … Sponsor Posts
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