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| Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code: |
A list of the companies, organizations, and individuals that have filed court documents supporting Apple against the FBI — These Are Apple's Allies Against the FBI (Updated) — Some 40 companies and organizations are expected to file briefs today in support of Apple in its fight …
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Apple, Ars Technica, Microsoft on the Issues, TechCrunch, BetaNews, Re/code, Google Public Policy Blog, Fortune, The Verge, Guardian, Yahoo, BGR, 9to5Mac, Wired, ZDNet, CNET, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Phandroid, Talking New Media, MacRumors, Pocketnow, TechSpot, Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Media Institute, CSO, Six Colors, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, The Hill, TechCrunch, Fone Arena, Silicon Republic, SlashGear, 9to5Google, Redmond Pie, Cult of Mac, NPR, Mashable, The Next Web, Nextgov, VentureBeat, MacNN, ZDNet, Android Central, New York Times, Investor's Business Daily and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @bradsmi, @mikeisaac, @cybraryit and @karaswisher
| Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg Business: |
Samsung says customer privacy is “extremely important” and backdoors would undermine trust, but stops short of openly supporting Apple, won't file amicus brief — Samsung Echoes Apple's Arguments on Importance of User Privacy — The world's largest smartphone vendor also opposes backdoors
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AT&T Public Policy Blog, BGR, PCWorld, Android Authority, McAfee, New York Times, ZDNet, Tech Times, Pocketnow, Android News, Rumours …, The Verge, Access Now, Ars Technica, The Verge, Macworld, Morgan Reed, InfoWorld, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, ABC News, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, Insanely Great Mac, Yahoo Tech, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, Fortune, SiliconBeat, Patently Apple, BGR, iMore, Tech Times and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @lessien, @att, @counternotions and @fosspatents
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Ars Technica, Wired, 9to5Mac, BuzzFeed, Re/code, Washington Post, Gizmodo, International Business Times, GeekWire, cyberlaw.stanford.edu, Fortune, Bloomberg Business, Box, New York Magazine, BGR, Cult of Mac and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @jennamc_laugh, @nytimesbusiness and @nytimesbusiness
| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
Palmer Luckey says even high-end Mac Pros aren't powerful enough for the final Oculus Rift hardware — Oculus Founder: Rift will come to Mac if Apple “ever releases a good computer” — Even high-end Mac Pro GPUs aren't powerful enough for VR, Luckey says.
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Shacknews, BetaNews, Cult of Mac, BBC, MacRumors, Inquirer, Tech Times, Geek.com, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, iMore, Windows Central, Forbes, Neowin, CNET, The Overspill, GamesIndustry.biz, The Loop, Gizmodo UK, Business Insider, Silicon Republic, Tech Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, AppleInsider, Pocketnow, MobileSyrup.com, MacNN, Engadget, VentureBeat, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, iPhone Hacks, Pocket-lint and The Next Web. Tweets: @notpatrick
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
Amazon quietly removed support for device encryption in the latest version of Fire OS, which powers its tablets and phones — Amazon Quietly Removes Encryption Support from its Gadgets — While Apple is fighting the FBI in court over encryption, Amazon quietly disabled the option …
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TechCrunch, ZDNet, Wired, MacRumors, GeekWire, Engadget, The Daily Dot, Android Authority, The Next Web, Wall Street Journal, Android News, Rumours …, Graham Cluley, The Verge, International Business Times, PYMNTS.com, Talking New Media, Ubergizmo, Ars Technica UK, Pocketnow, Techdirt, New York Magazine, Android Central, Gizmodo and The Digital Reader
Tweets: @davidscovetta, @ppinternational, @justicar, @mattblaze, @acedtect, @securityhumor and @dangillmor
| Kamal Ahmed / BBC: |
Sources: Facebook revenue in UK will no longer be routed through Ireland, will pay millions of pounds more in UK tax — Facebook to pay millions of pounds more in UK tax — Facebook is set to pay millions of pounds more in tax in the UK after a major overhaul of its tax structure.| Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Snapchat raises $175M more from Fidelity at same $16B valuation as a year ago — Snapchat Raises $175 Million From Fidelity at Flat Valuation — Messaging company still worth $16 billion in latest funding — Snapchat Inc. has raised $175 million in fresh funding from Fidelity Investments …
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International Business Times, Forbes, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, Tech Times, VatorNews, Fortune, Business Insider, Re/code and Quartz
Tweets: @joannastern, @joshconstine and @dmac1
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Intuit sells its Quicken business to private equity firm H.I.G. Capital — Intuit sells Quicken unit to H.I.G. Capital — The company's well-known Quicken business has been sold to a private equity firm. Quicken GM Eric Dunn was an investor in the transaction.
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Quicken Community and ITworld.com
| Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
Amazon unveils Tap, a $130 Alexa-enabled portable bluetooth speaker, and the $90 Echo Dot, which adds Alexa support to other speakers — Amazon adds the $130 Tap and the $90 Dot to the Echo family — Amazon's voice-operated command center Echo produces something close to modern …
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Re/code, Street Fight, ABC News, The Verge, PYMNTS.com, Six Colors, BetaNews, Engadget, Droid Life, TechnoBuffalo, Amazon.com, Lifehacker, The Daily Dot, Pocketnow, Newsy, POPSUGAR, Marketing Land, Investor's Business Daily, Fortune, The Register, Gizmodo, Tech Times, Ubergizmo, Consumerist, BGR, Computerworld, MacRumors, ReadWrite, iMore, Digital Trends, 9to5Mac, CNET, Android Authority, Android Police, Six Colors, WebProNews, AppleInsider, 9to5Google, Wall Street Journal, The Verge, TIME, Droid Life, MacNN, Ubergizmo, Lifehacker, Re/code, GeekWire, ZDNet, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Engadget, New York Times, TechnoBuffalo, Mashable, USA Today, ZDNet and The Verge
Tweets: @ryanchris and @dcseifert
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
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Marketing Land, Nest, SlashGear, Mashable, Washington Post, GeekWire, Forbes, 9to5Google, Quartz, TechHive and The Next Web
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Facebook adds Spotify integration to Messenger so users can share songs and playlists — Spotify becomes first music platform to integrate with Facebook Messenger — Music has arrived on Messenger. — Facebook announced today that its mobile messaging platform now integrates with Spotify.
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TechCrunch, Messenger, SocialTimes, Tech Times, Gizmodo, Android Authority, VatorNews, Mashable, RAIN News, Ubergizmo, The Verge, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Variety and iMore. Tweets: @jonrussell. See also Mediagazer
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Vimeo revamps its iOS app with new design, improved discovery with categories, picture-in-picture, and Spotlight search support — Vimeo's iOS app gets a big makeover aimed at improving discovery — Vimeo, the video network and underdog to the global behemoth that is YouTube … | Michael Passalacqua / IGN: |
EA makes $1.3B a year from extra game content, half of that from the “Ultimate Team” mode in FIFA, Madden, and NHL — This Is How Much Money EA Makes on Extra Content — Around $650 million comes from Ultimate Team alone. — EA makes $1.3 billion a year off of extra content …
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GamesIndustry.biz, Forbes, destructoid, Tech Times, NDTV Gadgets360.com, Game Rant, Kotaku and VG247
| Tim Peterson / Marketing Land: |
Sources: Facebook to announce it will open Messenger to publishers for content distribution at its F8 conference in April — Facebook Plans To Open Messenger To Publishers At F8 In April — Facebook will officially let publishers distribute content through Messenger and will announce … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Instagram bans links on profile pages pointing to Snapchat or Telegram accounts — Instagram starts blocking ‘add me’ deeplinking for Snapchat, Telegram — Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram is flexing its platform muscle by shutting down ‘add me’ deeplinking for some other social media services within its apps.Sponsor Posts
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