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European watchdogs order Google to rewrite privacy policy or face legal action — European watchdogs threaten tech company with legal action over 2012 policy which ‘violates commitment to transparency’ — Privacy watchdogs in the UK, Germany and Italy have told Google to rewrite … | Eric Mack / CNET: |
Moto X not on agenda for upcoming Google event, says source — A popular podcaster claims to have received a personal invite to an exclusive event from Motorola's Guy Kawasaki. — See any hidden messages here? — Despite speculation that Google could be planning to reveal the Moto X … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
FCC officially approves Softbank buyout of Sprint and Sprint buyout of ClearWire — As previously rumored, the FCC has officially approved Softbank's purchase of Sprint and, furthermore, Sprint's purchase of the rest of ClearWire. Acting FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn and commissioner Ajit Pai …
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Samsung's record $8.3 billion profit isn't enough for worried investors — Samsung today released guidance for its latest financial quarter, and to the average eye they're very positive. The company's early figures reveal an operating profit of 9.5 trillion won (around $8.3 billion) from 57 trillion won ($49.9 billion) revenue.
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BBC to end 3D TV experiment with ‘Doctor Who’ special later this year — For the past two years the BBC has been experimenting with 3D television, but the technology hasn't quite caught on the way the corporation would've hoped. Because of this, 3D programming will be put on hiatus at the end of this year …
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Glass Boutique app store, MP3 player, Lock-screen & more revealed — Google's recent XE7 update for its Glass Explorer Edition already shows signs of an unactivated locking system for the wearable, as well as a “Boutique” app store and media player. The official changes in XE7 include a web browser …
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European PRISM anger gains momentum with fresh cloud warnings and data threats — There's no stopping the slew of PRISM reactions coming out of Europe, and they're getting more serious by the day. Yesterday we had the first senior European politician suggesting citizens shun U.S. web services … | Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
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AdBlock Plus lets some advertisers pay to play — The hugely popular browser extension charges a fee from big advertisers such as Google to let some ads go through — If you use AdBlock Plus to keep your Web browsing experiencing free of annoying clutter, this is the kind of tweet that might grab your attention:
Tweets: @labnol
| Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
HTC profit down 83 percent from last year despite flagship launch — HTC has just announced its unaudited results for the second quarter 2013, and they're not pretty. Despite launching a much-lauded flagship smartphone, the HTC one, the company made just NT$1.25 billion (roughly $41 million) … | Cody Toombs / Android Police: |
Falcon Pro Updates To v2.0.4 Outside Of The Play Store, Now Supports A Way To Blatantly Skirt Twitter's Token Limit — Falcon Pro users have had a front-row seat to quite a bit of drama over the last few months. The events started when the app struck its 100,000 user token limit …
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Michael Dell, Silver Lake Said to Rule Out Raising Offer — Michael Dell and Silver Lake Management LLC won't sweeten their $24.4 billion offer to take Dell Inc. (DELL) private, people with direct knowledge of the situation said. — Dell and Silver Lake are ruling out an increase … | Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM: |
Amazon and Barnes & Noble slash prices on tablets in Europe — Consumers in Europe are getting better deals on tablets this week, as both Amazon and Barnes & Noble dropped prices on their devices. — Barnes & Noble, which sells Nook products only in the U.K. and not the rest of Europe … Sponsor Posts
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