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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Google, Twitter, Facebook, & Microsoft to file court motions officially supporting Apple in FBI fight — Following Apple's filling earlier today in which it formally responded to the FBI's court request to access date on a locked iPhone, the Wall Street Journal now reports that Facebook …
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| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Apple Files Motion To Dismiss The Court Order To Force It To Unlock iPhone, Citing Free Speech Rights — In a discussion with Apple executives today, TechCrunch was informed that Apple had filed a Motion to Vacate in the case of the FBI compelling Apple to assist in unlocking an iPhone belonging to Syed Farook.
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| The Seattle Times: |
Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company “wholeheartedly” supports Apple in FBI case, will file amicus brief next week — Microsoft takes Apple's side in iPhone dispute with FBI — Microsoft is “wholeheartedly” siding with Apple in its battle with the FBI over unlocking a terrorist's iPhone.
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Apple is working on a security upgrade to prevent the exploit method sought by FBI from working in the future — Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can't Hack — WASHINGTON — Apple engineers have already begun developing new security measures that would make it impossible …
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple strengthening iCloud backup encryption so that it can't access encryption keys, making complying with law enforcement data requests impossible — Apple to boost customers' iCloud encryption — Apple is working on new ways to strengthen the encryption of customers' iCloud backups … | Enjoli Francis / ABC News: |
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Tweets: @nightline, @pablod, @kashhill and @whatthebit
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple to launch 9.7-inch iPad Pro, not Air 3; Smart Keyboard & Apple Pencil support likely — Apple will further differentiate the next-generation 9.7-inch iPad from its predecessor by making it part of the new iPad Pro line, according to sources. Much like the MacBook Pro comes in 13-inch …
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Tweets: @stroughtonsmith, @viticci and @johnwilson
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft cancels Project Astoria for porting Android apps to Windows 10, still working on tools for porting iOS and Win32 apps — Microsoft: Our Android Windows 10 bridge is dead, but iOS, Win32 ones moving ahead — Microsoft's iOS bridge will be the only Microsoft toolkit …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sharp accepts Foxconn's takeover offer, but Foxconn says it won't yet sign deal, sources say due to about $3B in previously undisclosed contingent liabilities — Foxconn's Deal for Sharp Now in Question — Taiwanese assembler of iPhones said it is delaying the signing of takeover agreement
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Tweets: @juroosawa, @business and @landerswsj
| Jim Acosta / CNN: |
Apple, Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, and MTV executives offered advice on how to combat ISIS online in a meeting at the Justice Department on Wednesday — First on CNN: Government enlists tech giants to fight ISIS messaging — Apple CEO: Complying with FBI a ‘dangerous precedent’| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Officially Launches Canvas Ads That Load Full-Screen Rich Media Pages In-App — Instant Articles, meet Instant Ads. Facebook wants to give advertisers an immersive way to reach people without making them leave the social network. So today it officially launched its ad Canvas for all advertisers.
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Thanks:@joshconstine| Kristen V. Brown / Fusion: |
Airbnb admits it removed roughly 1,500 NYC listings controlled by commercial operators before releasing data to regulators — Airbnb admits that it purged 1,500 unflattering New York listings right before data release — In a pair of letters sent to state legislators and Airbnb users in New York …
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Tweets: @mheadd, @kristenvbrown, @ahla and @ellenhuet
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
IDC: Wearables grew 172% in 2015 to 78.1M units, Fitbit shipments up 93.2% to 21M, Apple shipped 11.6M Watches — Apple shipped 11.6 million Apple Watches last year, says IDC — In its first nine months selling wearables, Apple has shipped an estimated 11.6 million Apple Watches …
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Tweets: @idctracker and @jyarow
| Jack Clark / Bloomberg Business: |
Google's DeepMind Forms Health Unit to Build Medical Software — DeepMind Health division builds medical software with doctors — Life sciences is a major initiative of Google parent Alphabet — Google's DeepMind Technologies Ltd., an artificial intelligence company owned by the Web-search provider …
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