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Court strikes down FCC's net neutrality rules, agency may appeal — An appeals court in Washington on Tuesday ruled that the FCC's “net neutrality” rules, which forbid prevent companies like Verizon from favoring some type of internet traffic over others, are invalid.
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Welcome To The Net Neutrality Nightmare Scenario — Net neutrality advocates just lost their biggest battle yet. Welcome to “Internet 3.0.” — Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Thomas Wheeler listens to public comments during a town hall meeting in Oakland, California January 9, 2014.
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NSA is using radio waves to monitor and alter data on computers not connected to the Internet — N.S.A. Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers — WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has implanted software in nearly 100,000 computers around the world that allows the United States …
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| Lorraine Luk / Digits: |
Foxconn Ships Over 1 Million iPhone 5Ss to China Mobile — Apple's major iPhone assembler Foxconn has shipped about 1.4 million iPhone 5Ss to China Mobile last week, according to a person familiar with the matter, ahead of the mobile giant's launch this Friday.| Mike Isaac / Re/code: |
Facebook Could Launch Its Flipboard-Like News Reader This Month — After years of experimentation, cancellations and redesigns, Facebook looks like it is finally going to launch in the coming weeks a news reading service built for mobile devices. — The product is known as “Paper,” …
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| Noel Randewich / Reuters: |
Intel shelves cutting-edge Arizona chip factory — (Reuters) - Intel Corp (INTC.O), hit by slumping personal computer sales, has put off opening a major chip factory that President Barack Obama once held up as an example of U.S. manufacturing potential. — The “Fab 42” facility built in Chandler …
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Patent stunner: Under attack, nation's most notorious “troll” sues federal gov't — Texas lawyer Jay Mac Rust, pictured here in 2006, has been revealed as the owner of MPHJ Technology Investments. — Super Lawyers — MPHJ Technology Investments quickly became one of the best-known … | Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
Thousands Of Hotel Listings Were Hijacked In Google+ Local — Thousands of hotels listed within Google+ Local appear to have had links leading to their official sites “hijacked” and replaced with ones leading to third-party booking services. Google+ Local listings are what Google depends … | Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Chrome 32 launches with noisy tab indicators, new Windows 8 look, better malware blocking, and supervised users — Google today released Chrome version 32 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The new version includes tab indicators, a new look for Windows 8 Metro mode, and automatic blocking of malware downloads.| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Horizon Shoots All Of Your Videos In Landscape, No Matter How You Hold Your Phone — Good news! You just shot what might be the world's funniest video ever. You're going to be a friggin' YouTube sensation. You're totally going to hang out with Ellen. — Bad news: you shot the video in portrait mode.
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| Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: |
Surveillance-court judges oppose White House group's NSA proposals — Current and former judges on the nation's secret surveillance court said in a letter released Tuesday that several recommendations made by a White House review group would significantly increase the court's workload and undermine its effectiveness.| Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News: |
Why Techmeme's calendar is now listing even more events — Nearly two years ago, Techmeme began listing technology events, both on its front page, which showed events expected to result in news on Techmeme, and a dedicated events page which showed the same list, but projected several more months into the future.
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| Nitasha Tiku / Valleywag: |
Uber Cofounder Is Launching On Demand Healthcare for the 1% — Sources tell Valleywag that after housing and transportation, the latest slice of public infrastructure to get the VIP, front-of-the-line treatment is healthcare. We hear Oscar Salazar, an Uber cofounder* who helped design … | Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Coinye developers say they're abandoning project as Kanye West escalates legal battle — Kanye West has escalated his legal battle against Coinye, filing a trademark-infringement lawsuit against unnamed digital currency operators and 100 anonymous co-defendants, even as some people involved with the project appear to have abandoned it.
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| Writankar Mukherjee / The Econonomic Times: |
Apple to relaunch 8GB version of iPhone 4 in India as sales lag — KOLKATA: Apple is set to relaunch the 8GB version of the iPhone 4 in the Indian market after losing sales and market share in the middle segment to rival Samsung in the last quarter after pulling out the model as part of a global strategy.| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google: |
Google releases Moto G Google Play Edition for $179/$199 — This morning Google announced that its releasing a Moto G Google Play Edition starting at $179 for the 8GB model and $199 for the 16GB model. There isn't much of a difference between the Google Play Edition and the regular unlocked GSM model …
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AnandTech, TechCrunch, The Next Web, BGR, The Verge, Gigaom, Softpedia News and Engadget. Tweets: @android
| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Wall Street Journal: |
Startups analyze phone location data, sell lifestyle profiles of owners, often with no consent — What Secrets Your Phone Is Sharing About You — Businesses Use Sensors to Track Customers, Build Shopper Profiles — Fan Zhang, the owner of Happy Child, a trendy Asian restaurant in downtown Toronto …
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Oyster, the service offering access to over 100,000 books for $10 a month, raises $14 million — Oyster, a Start-Up for E-Reading, Raises $14 Million — With Netflix soaring, investors are betting that a start-up based on the same business model — but for e-books — will succeed as well.
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