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Turkey blocks Google public DNS, eliminating popular backdoor used to circumvent Twitter ban — Turkey widens Internet censorship … The Turkish government has closed one of the most popular backdoors that Turks use to circumvent the blocking of Twitter.| Wall Street Journal: |
Google Refuses Turkey's Requests to Yank YouTube Videos — Move is Latest Sign of Resistance to a Crackdown Against Social Media led by the Prime Minister — Google Inc. has declined Turkish government requests to remove YouTube videos alleging government corruption, people familiar with the matter said … | Andrea Peterson / The Switch: |
The White House is ‘deeply concerned’ about Turkey's Twitter ban — White House press secretary Jay Carney (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) — On Thursday night, many Turkish Twitter users found the social media network blocked, just hours after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan decried the platform during a speech.| 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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Revealed: Apple and Google's wage-fixing cartel involved dozens more companies, over one million employees … Back in January, I wrote about “The Techtopus” — an illegal agreement between seven tech giants, including Apple, Google, and Intel, to suppress wages for tens of thousands of tech employees.
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Sources: Credit Card Breach at California DMV — The California Department of Motor Vehicles appears to have suffered a wide-ranging credit card data breach involving online payments for DMV-related services, according to banks in California and elsewhere that received alerts this week …
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Growing revenues and profits belie the “Haunted Empire” claim that Apple “teeters” — Apple After Jobs: Pretty Much the Same as Ever — You could be forgiven, after reading “Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs,” for concluding that Apple is on the verge of going belly up.| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitter experimenting with showing how many people saw your tweets — How many people saw your last tweet? A new Twitter experiment is answering that question for some users, adding the number of views a tweet has received underneath every post. Twitter's advertising products …
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NSA infiltrated network at Huawei's headquarters to access email archives, product source code — NSA Spied on Chinese Government and Networking Firm — According to documents viewed by SPIEGEL, America'a NSA intelligence agency put considerable efforts into spying on Chinese politicians and firms.
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“Snoopy” drone uses phones' WiFi to steal usernames and passwords, credit card information — This drone can steal what's on your phone — The next threat to your privacy could be hovering over head while you walk down the street. — Hackers have developed a drone … | Nick Wingfield / New York Times: |
Walmart, Best Buy drop Xbox One Titanfall bundle to $450, $50 below console launch price — Another Price Cut for the Xbox One — SEATTLE — Sony's pricing advantage over Microsoft for the latest generation of game consoles didn't last long. — On Friday, Walmart and Best Buy began offering …
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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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