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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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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 … | 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.| 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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Former iTunes Engineer Tells Court He Worked to Block Competitors — A former iTunes engineer testified in a federal antitrust case against Apple Friday that he worked on a project “intended to block 100% of non-iTunes clients” and “keep out third-party players” that competed with Apple's iPod.| 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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Hortonworks closes at $26.48 on first day of trading, up 65% after raising $100M in IPO — Hortonworks stock soars 65% after IPO raises $100M — Big Data software provider Hortonworks stock soared 65 percent on Friday after it raised $100 million in an IPO that topped its price range and sold more shares than expected.| Financial Times: |
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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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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