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Terms of Service update — We are updating the Google Terms of Service. The new Terms will go live on November 11, 2013 and you can read them here. — Because many of you are allergic to legalese, here's a plain English summary for your convenience. — We've made three changes:
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Google updates ToS allowing inclusion of users' names, photos and comments in web ads — Google Sets Plan to Sell Users' Endorsements — SAN FRANCISCO — Google, following in Facebook's footsteps, wants to sell users' endorsements to marketers to help them hawk their wares.| Kashmir Hill / Forbes: |
How To Opt Out Of Google's Plan To Sell Your Endorsements To Advertisers — Google announced Friday that it is “pulling a Facebook.” Google is making a change to its terms of service that will allow it to monetize the reviews, comments and “+1″s its users have doled out around the Web.| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Apps on iPhone 5s Crashing at Twice the Rate as on Other iPhone 5 Models — Whenever there is a new operating system, it's not surprising to see apps crash at a somewhat higher rate, given all the changes. — But one of the interesting things in Apple's latest iPhone transition …
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iPhone 5S users report ‘Blue Screen Of Death’ reboots — Apple's latest iPhone 5S has an unexpected feature: the Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD). While it's typically an error found on older Windows PCs, a number of iPhone 5S users are reporting random reboots on their handsets following a BSOD.| Mercury News: |
Apple's new headquarters: Exclusive images of Cupertino plan — The Mercury News was given an exclusive look at a model of Apple Computer's circular new corporate headquarters, proposed to be built on a 175-acre plot of land bounded by North Wolfe Road and East Homestead Road.
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TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, iMore, Electronista, TechnoBuffalo, iDownloadBlog.com, PadGadget, MobileSyrup.com, Mashable, The Verge, TUAW, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors and SlashGear. Tweets: @nickbilton. Thanks:@mercnews
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C.I.A. Warning on Snowden in '09 Said to Slip Through the Cracks — WASHINGTON — Just as Edward J. Snowden was preparing to leave Geneva and a job as a C.I.A. technician in 2009, his supervisor wrote a derogatory report in his personnel file, noting a distinct change in the young man's behavior … | Reuters: |
Sony to focus on Europe and Japan smartphone markets, leaves US and China for the future — Without grand plans for China, U.S., Sony set to lag in smartphones — (Reuters) - Kazuo Hirai's plan to restore Sony Corp to lasting profitability rests in large part on its smartphones leapfrogging rivals … | Milton Mueller / IGP Blog: |
Major Internet organizations announce break with US, as ICANN president aligns with Brazil — The core Internet institutions abandon the US Government — In Montevideo, Uruguay this week, the Directors of all the major Internet organizations - ICANN, the Internet Engineering Task Force …
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AT&T to streamline traditional voice plans in favor of Mobile Share on October 25th — AT&T is planning to axe its traditional monthly calling and data plans for new customers — both individual and family — in favor of the network's latest shared data options, Engadget has learned … | Daniel Rubino / Windows Phone Central: |
Verizon Nokia Lumia 2520 set to launch 3rd week of November, priced at $499 — This morning we've received some confirmation from a trusted source about the Verizon Nokia Lumia 2520, the 10.1-inch Windows RT 8.1 tablet with the codename ‘Sirius’. The tablet will be Nokia's first Windows RT 8.1 tablet … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo Acquires Bread, Will Shut Down The URL Shortener That Earned You Money — Yahoo has just acquired Bread, a 2.5 year old startup that had raised $3.5 million to let people make money or generate donations by designing interstitial ads. These ads could promote a product or cause … | Joan E. Solsman / CNET: |
Broadcasters petition Supreme Court in Aereo fight — Television broadcasters Friday petitioned the US Supreme Court to get involved in their fight against Aereo, the online service that streams their over-the-air programming to its paying members. Aereo, which is backed by IAC Chairman Barry Diller …
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Marc Andreessen: Series A Investments Are Still The Bread And Butter Of A16Z — This week, the Wall Street Journal published a brief interview with Andreessen Horowitz Partner Scott Weiss in which he seemed to indicate that the firm is moving away from Series A investments in consumer startups.
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Exclusive: Kleiner Perkins makes major changes — Memo reveals slimmed-down investment committee. — FORTUNE — Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is making some major changes to its early-stage investment practice, Fortune has learned. — The venerable VC firm this week sent a memo …
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New York Comic Con using attendee Twitter accounts to send promo tweets (update) — Some registered press, professionals and fans attending New York Comic Con this year seemed unusually enthusiastic about the show on Twitter. That's because the New York City-based convention was tweeting positive messages on their behalf.
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Lavabit's appeal: We're actually not required to wiretap our own users — The message greeting visitors to lavabit.com. — Ladar Levison shuttered his 10-year-old secure e-mail business in August, citing cryptic threats from the government. Last week, the documents in his case were unsealed … Sponsor Posts
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