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Microsoft says Hotmail case met standard for a court order, adds new safeguards to policy — Strengthening our policies for investigations — Deputy General Counsel & Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft — We believe that Outlook and Hotmail email are and should be private.
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Thanks:@fxshaw. See also Mediagazer| Michael Arrington / Uncrunched: |
About That Time Google Spied On My Gmail — I'm reading about how Microsoft read a blogger's Hotmail (or other Microsoft hosted email) to determine who leaked Microsoft information to that blogger. Microsoft's response is pathetic, stating that “the privacy of our customers is incredibly important to us” …
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| Alex Hern / Guardian: |
Yahoo, Google and Apple also claim right to read user emails — Like Microsoft, other webmail giants all reserve the right to read user emails, if ‘deemed necessary’ — Microsoft is not unique in claiming the right to read users' emails - Apple, Yahoo and Google all reserve that right as well, the Guardian has determined.
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| Ed Christman / Billboard: |
Apple explores Spotify-like streaming service, iTunes app for Android as downloads decline — Apple Mulls Launching Spotify Rival, Android App as Downloads Decline (Sources) — The iPhone maker explores multi-pronged strategy to shore up double-digit drops in iTunes downloads, according to IFPI and RIAA data.
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AT&T: costs caused by Netflix's growth should not be borne by all broadband subscribers — Who Should Pay for Netflix? — I saw Reed Hasting's blog yesterday from Netflix asserting in rather dramatic fashion (with diagrams) that ISPs should build facilities (he said provide …
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| Dan Rayburn / StreamingMediaBlog.com: |
Netflix & Level 3 Only Telling Half The Story, Won't Detail What Changes They Want To Net Neutrality
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| Reed Albergotti / Wall Street Journal: |
Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Ashton Kutcher join $40M investment round of AI firm Vicarious — Zuckerberg, Musk Invest in Artificial-Intelligence Company Vicarious — Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook. Ashton Kutcher portrayed Apple founder Steve Jobs in a movie.
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| Mike Isaac / Re/code: |
Twitter's Sara Haider to join Secret as Android lead, VP of Analytics plans departure as well — More Departures at Twitter as VP of Analytics Exits, Android Lead Leaves for Secret — Looks like plenty more birds are flying Twitter's coop. — Sara Haider, a mobile engineer and technical lead … | Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
iPad's longer replacement cycle mirrors Macs, TVs more than it does iPhones — iPad replacement cycle: Like an iPhone? Mac? Or (worse still) TV? — How customers buy and use iPads affects the device's long-term prospects, says CIRP. — FORTUNE — For Apple (AAPL) …
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| Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
Turkish citizens use Google public DNS to circumvent Twitter ban — Turkish citizens use Google to fight Twitter ban — Turkish citizens have found away to circumvent yesterday's reported block of Twitter: Google DNS. — After being implicated in a corruption scandal through recordings …
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See also Mediagazer| Claire Cain Miller / New York Times: |
NSA revelations costing companies billions in lost deals and new investment for circumvention — Fallout From Snowden Hurting Bottom Line of Tech Companies — SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft has lost customers, including the government of Brazil. — IBM is spending more than a billion dollars … | Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Glassdoor: Employees rank LinkedIn's Jeff Weiner as CEO of the year; Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg loses top spot — Career website Glassdoor today released its latest report highlighting 2014′s top 50 Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), and once again the tech world played a big role in the list.| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
After Acquisition, OpenTable Plans To Shut Down Ness On April 21 — Ness, the personalized restaurant recommendation app acquired by OpenTable last month, now has an expiration date. The company announced that the app would be discontinued on April 21, just a few months after the acquisition first was announced.
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| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Twitter pulling Music app from App Store today, will shutdown service April 18th — Twitter's Music app is dead, final shutdown scheduled for April 18th — It's been months since reports suggested Twitter would shut down its Music app, but now it's actually happening.| Will Connors / Wall Street Journal: |
BlackBerry Suffers Blow as White House Tests Samsung, LG Phones — The White House is testing smartphones from Samsung Electronics Corp. and LG Electronics Inc. for internal use, a person familiar with the matter said, threatening one of the last and most high-profile strongholds of BlackBerry Ltd.| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Marissa Mayer meets with Satya Nadella, still wants out of Microsoft/Yahoo search pact — Field of Search Dreams: If Marissa Mayer Builds It, Will Microsoft Let Yahoo Leave? — Just after he was named CEO of Microsoft, Satya Nadella got a visit from Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.| Tony Romm / Politico: |
Barack Obama to meet again with tech CEOs about NSA — President Barack Obama will huddle with “tech CEOs” on Friday to “continue his dialogue with them on the issues of privacy, technology, and intelligence,” according to a White House official. — The Obama administration declined … Sponsor Posts
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