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Sources: New Apple team led by former iAd head Todd Teresi explores Google-like paid search model for App Store — Apple Pursues New Search Features for a Crowded App Store — Company explores adding Google-like ‘paid search’ feature — Effort follows last year's App Store leadership change
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| Sarah McBride / Reuters: |
Microsoft files lawsuit against US Department of Justice for the right to tell customers about government requests for their data — Microsoft sues U.S. government over data requests — Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) has sued the U.S. government for the right to tell its customers when a federal agency …
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| Brad Smith / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft: keep secrecy the exception, not the rule; DOJ should adopt new limits, or Congress should amend the Electronic Communications Privacy Act — Keeping secrecy the exception, not the rule: An issue for both consumers and businesses — This morning we filed a new lawsuit …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Apple stops patching QuickTime for Windows despite 2 active vulnerabilities — If your Windows computer is running Apple's QuickTime media player, now would be a good time to uninstall it. — The Windows app hasn't received an update since January, and security researchers from Trend Micro …
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Court documents reveal Canadian police have had BlackBerry's global encryption key since 2010 — Exclusive: Canadian Police Obtained BlackBerry's Global Decryption Key — A high-level surveillance probe of Montreal's criminal underworld shows that Canada's federal policing agency …
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| Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors: |
Apple to End iTunes Allowances on May 25 — Apple has announced that it will be ending support for iTunes Allowances, a feature of the service that allowed parents to automatically place money into a child's iTunes account on a monthly basis. As of April 13, users can no longer create …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft kicks off back-to-school wave with new Windows 10, Office 365 Education apps, services — Microsoft plans to bundle new education-focused apps into Windows 10 Anniversary update, and is readying new Office 365 and MineCraft updates aimed specifically at the academic market.| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
TaskRabbit names current COO and former Google executive Stacy Brown-Philpot as CEO; she replaces founder Leah Busque, who becomes executive chairwoman — Brown-Philpot Tapped as New TaskRabbit CEO — Stacy Brown-Philpot, the COO of TaskRabbit, has been named CEO of the San Francisco-based errand and personal services platform.| Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Shuddle, an Uber-style service for kids, is shutting down after failing to raise more money and exhausting its $12.2M earlier funding — Shuddle ‘Uber for kids’ service reaches end of road — San Francisco's Shuddle, a pioneering ride service for kids, is going out of business this week …
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Microsoft's cross-platform Visual Studio Code editor comes out of preview, has passed 500K MAUs; 1K extensions built since launch a year ago — Visual Studio Code 1.0! — Today we're very proud to release version 1.0 of Visual Studio Code. Since our initial launch one year ago, 2 million developers have installed VS Code.
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| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
As its marketing increases, Lyft promises investors it will cap losses at $50M a month, while Uber earned an average of 19 cents per ride in US during February — Lyft Is Gaining on Uber as It Spends Big for Growth — The ride-hailing company, known for its pink mustaches …
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Jeremy Guillory files counter-complaint against Kyle Vogt and Cruise Automation, noting he was listed as cofounder with 50% ownership stake on YC application — Jeremy Guillory, who says he was ousted as Cruise co-founder, files counter-complaint — A new battle over valuable startup … | Nick Statt / The Verge: |
GoPro announces developer program to let third parties create mobile apps, accessories, and mounts for GoPro products with over 100+ firms already signed up — GoPro is partnering with over 100 companies to put its cameras everywhere — GoPro has announced the launch of its new developer program …
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