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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.
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The Verge, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, App Advice and iMore
Tweets: @dangillmor and @jeffelder
See also Mediagazer| Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters: |
Facebook no longer showing results from Bing when searching on its site — Facebook dumps Microsoft Web search results — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) has stopped including results from Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) Bing search engine on its social networking site.
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VentureBeat, GeekWire, Business Insider, WinBeta, CNET, Search Engine Land, Windows Phone Central, The Verge and SiliconANGLE. Tweets: @dannysullivan
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
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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TorrentFreak, Techdirt, 9to5Google, The Register, Digital Music News, SlashGear, Business Insider and TIME
Tweets: @ampressman, @tcarmody, @pkafka, @maira, @elidourado and @granick
See also Mediagazer| Ken Hoetmer / Google Geo Developers Blog: |
Google to turn off Google Earth API on December 12, 2015 — Announcing deprecation of the Google Earth API — Over six years ago we introduced the Google Earth API, enabling developers to build rich 3D mapping applications in the browser, using JavaScript.
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The Register, Maps Mania, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, The Next Web and Android Central
| 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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Wired, iMore, AppleInsider, gameinformer.com, GameSpot, The Verge, TUAW, Ars Technica and Geek.com. Tweets: @dukope
| 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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Beyond Devices, AllTwitter, Telegraph, PC Magazine, StrictlyVC, Marketing Land, Wired, Upstart Business Journal, Tech Times, WebProNews, Business Insider, SiliconBeat and The Verge
Tweets: @drew, @evelynrusli, @antderosa, @nickbilton, @eringriffith, @ericjackson, @amir, @goldman, @mikeisaac and @joshelman
| Sean Cameron / WinBeta: |
Bing becomes the first search engine to adopt new ‘safe preference’ standard — It is a concern for parents around the globe: how to keep one's children safe online. Particularly through search engines, vulnerable children of any age can find themselves exposed to vulgar and crude content, even from seemingly innocuous requests.
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Search Blog, Ubergizmo, Search Engine Land and The Fire Hose
| 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 Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
A quick look at Snapdragon 810, 2015's first flagship mobile chip — CES is almost here, and while most of the industry's biggest names (Apple, Google, and Microsoft, among others) either hold their biggest announcements for separate events or decline to show up at all, there's still plenty that happens there.
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The Verge, Gizmodo, TheStreet.com, CNET, Tom's Guide, TechRadar.com, Engadget, Gigaom and Mashable
| Joshua Brustein / Businessweek: |
Verizon says Voice Cypher, its new encrypted voice call app, will include backdoors for law enforcement — Verizon's New, Encrypted Calling App Plays Nice With the NSA — Verizon is the latest big company to enter the post-Snowden market for secure communication, and it's doing … | Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: |
Sony tries crowdfunding again for Qrio Smart Lock, which lets smartphones control door locks — Sony Taps Crowdfunding Wisdom on Smart Lock — After a positive response to its e-paper Fes Watch, Sony Corp. has turned to the Makuake crowdfunding site again as it seeks to fine-tune the Qrio Smart Lock …
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Gizmodo, Digital Trends, TechSpot, PC Magazine, Crowdfund Insider, SlashGear, Engadget, The Verge, Ubergizmo and Tech in Asia
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