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Stolen Sony emails reveal scheming by MPAA, movie studios against Google in “Project Goliath” and their fight against piracy at the expense of the open web — Project Goliath: Inside Hollywood's secret war against Google — What is “Goliath” and why are Hollywood's most powerful lawyers working to kill it?
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After SOPA backlash, MPAA and movie studios search for legal ways to block sites infringing IP — MPAA Prepares to Bring Pirate Site Blocking to the U.S. — Site blocking has become one of the go-to anti-piracy techniques for the music and movie industries.| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams says he doesn't “give a s**t” about Instagram's greater MAUs, stresses Twitter's impact on world — Twitter co-founder Evan Williams: 'I don't give a s**t' if Instagram has more users — Yesterday, Instagram announced it has 300 million monthly active users.
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| Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal: |
New Relic IPO raises $115M, stock jumps 48% in debut — New Relic raised $115 million and its stock jumped nearly 48 percent as the market for new public companies from the Bay Area took an upturn this week. The San Francisco cloud-based software-analytics company was the third company … | Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
After rejecting the game Papers, Please over pornography concerns, Apple suggests to developer that app be resubmitted with nudity option — Apple's censorship of immigration game was a ‘misunderstanding,’ says creator — ‘They suggested I resubmit with the nudity option.’
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users To “Upgrade” To Firefox — If you're visiting any Yahoo property today, chances are you'll see an “Upgrade to the new Firefox” link in the top-right corner of your browser window. The prompt also appears if you're using Internet Explorer, Opera and even the new Yandex browser.| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Chicago regulators approve plan to create Uber-like taxi hailing app; similar plan in New York is pending vote — Chicago and New York Officials Look to Build Uber-Like Apps for Taxis — If you can't beat them, join them. — Regulators in Chicago have approved a plan to create … | Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
Canada's Supreme Court rules warrantless searches of cell phones by law enforcement permitted upon arrest — Supreme Court of Canada: Cops can search your phone upon arrest — The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in a 4-3 decision that law enforcement can search someone's phone when they get arrested …
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China's Baidu Set To Partner With Uber And Reportedly Invest Up To $600M — Uber may have just raised a fresh $1.2 billion this month, but the company looks set to welcome a new investor, Chinese internet giant Baidu, which is reportedly set to invest as much as $600 million into the U.S. firm.
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Tweets: @howardlindzon, @mikeisaac and @jonrussell
| Chris Mills / Gizmodo: |
YouTube is experimenting with a built-in GIF maker tool for videos — YouTube Now Lets You Make GIFs From Videos — Making short GIFs of YouTube videos is a pretty well-established practice now — so much so that there's dozens of websites dedicated to this finest of art forms.
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TechCrunch, ReadWrite, BetaNews, Ars Technica, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, PC Magazine, Geek.com, Yahoo Tech, Tubefilter, TechCrunch, PC World, TechnoBuffalo, WebProNews, Android Central, Geeky Gadgets, TechloMedia, Neowin, TIME, Technology Personalized, Electronista, Android Authority, SlashGear and Droid Life
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Tim Cook is Financial Times' Person of the Year for Apple's financial success, new technology and his leadership on equality — Person of the Year: Tim Cook of Apple — The technology group's chief executive has faced criticism but he turned things round in 2014
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SiliconBeat, App Advice, MacDailyNews, TUAW, iMore, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors and AppleInsider. Tweets: @mgsiegler
| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google: |
T-Mobile is first to offer LTE Nexus 9 in the US, $600 or $0 down, coming soon to Google Play — T-Mobile announced today that it's now selling Google's latest HTC-made Nexus 9 tablet for $0 down or $600. As noted by T-Mobile, this will be the first place you can officially get the LTE version of the Nexus 9 through a US carrier.Sponsor Posts
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