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March 29, 2014, 1:10 AM

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Brad Smith / Microsoft on the Issues:

Microsoft changes stance, won't inspect customer data in stolen IP cases, referring instead to law enforcement — We're listening: Additional steps to protect your privacy — General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft

Russell Holly / Geek.com:

Google mandates ‘Powered by Android’ branding on new devices — HTC and Samsung have something new popping up on their smartphones every time you boot them up, and apparently the feature was mandated by Google. — Android is not a household brand. Google is but, despite having …

Re/code:

Yahoo tries to lure YouTube stars with better ad rates for new video service — Ready for Marissa's Closeup? Yahoo Is Considering Creating Its Own YouTube (and Poaching YouTube Stars) — Google-owned YouTube hasn't had a serious competitor for years. But Yahoo would like to try …

More: The Verge, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, TechnoBuffalo, 9to5Google, Tubefilter and The Switch

Tweets: @hunterwalk and @ryanlawler

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Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal:

Gary Kovacs, John Lilly, Ellen Siminoff resign from Mozilla board after appointment of new CEO — Three Mozilla Board Members Resign over Choice of New CEO — Mozilla named a new chief executive this week to lead the non-profit Web organization as it tries to keep its Firefox browser relevant in the mobile age.

More: VentureBeat, Telegraph, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, Los Angeles Times, OStatic blogs, The Verge, SiliconBeat, Uncrunched, bizjournals, ReadWrite, rarebit, The Next Web, PC Pro, Ars Technica and PC Magazine

Reuters:

Blackberry wins preliminary injunction against Typo, banning sale of iPhone keyboard case — BlackBerry wins court order against TV host Ryan Seacrest's Typo — (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd won a preliminary injunction on Friday to ban Ryan Seacrest's Typo Products LLC from selling …

More: Computerworld, AppleInsider, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Re/code and App Advice

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Joan E. Solsman / CNET:

Roku CEO: Apple TV is a money-loser — Roku has long argued that bigger rivals end up helping Roku when they release streaming-video boxes. CEO Anthony Wood allows that Apple TV does result in lost money — for Apple.

More: Re/code, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Digital Trends, Macgasm, InvestorPlace, TechnoBuffalo, TIME, Softpedia News, Business Insider, App Advice, AppleInsider, Ubergizmo, TechEye, SlashGear, MacRumors and BGR

Kevin Fitchard / Gigaom:

Drones vs. balloons: Zuckerberg explains why wings are better for the internet than helium — When Facebook and Internet.org revealed their intentions on Thursday to connect the developing world through aerial drones and satellites, the plans drew the inevitable comparisons to Google's Project Loon …

More: Internet.org, TechCrunch and AllFacebook

Joseph Ax / Reuters:

U.S. judge OKs class action status in e-book suit against Apple — (Reuters) - A federal judge in New York granted class certification on Friday to a group of consumers who sued Apple Inc for conspiring with five major publishers to fix e-book prices in violation of antitrust law.

More: 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, iPhone Hacks and MacRumors

Jeff Elder / Wall Street Journal:

Judge Clears Way for Trial in Silicon Valley Wage Case — A federal judge Friday denied efforts by Apple, Google, Adobe and Intel to avoid trial on claims that they suppressed wages by agreeing not to hire one another's employees. — The ruling by U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose …

More: PandoDaily, AppleInsider, Mercury News and CNET

Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider:

Apple planning expansion at Arizona sapphire plant to boost output — Apple and sapphire manufacturing partner GT Advanced Technologies are looking to expand operations at the companies' Mesa, Ariz., facility, possibly to accommodate higher yields for an as-yet-unknown component, AppleInsider has learned.

More: TechnoBuffalo, iPhone in Canada Blog, PFhub.com ™, Pocketnow, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, TechCrunch, Gigaom, BGR, Electronista, App Advice, Softpedia News and InvestorPlace. Thanks:@tipappleinsider

Kelly Hodgkins / MacRumors:

Swiss Watchmakers Rebuff Apple's Partnership and Hiring Advances — Apple allegedly is trying to tap Swiss watchmakers for their technical and metallurgy expertise as the company works to brings its rumored iWatch to the market, reports the Financial Times.

More: Financial Times, AppleInsider, Forbes, Softpedia News, iDownloadBlog.com, everythingiCafe, TechnoBuffalo, SlashGear, Ubergizmo, iMore, BGR, iPhone in Canada Blog and Electronista

Dennis Fisher / Threatpost:

FTC Settles With Fandango, Credit Karma Over SSL Issues in Mobile Apps — The makers of two major mobile apps, Fandango and Credit Karma, have settled with the Federal Trade Commission after the commission charged that they deliberately misrepresented the security of their apps and failed to validate SSL certificates.

More: Ars Technica, Federal Trade Commission, Wall Street Journal, The Register, NationalJournal.com, Adweek, TheHill and Consumerist. Tweets: @csoghoian

Daniel Rubino / Windows Phone Central:

New Windows Phone 8.1 video reveals Start screen backgrounds, parallax view — As we reported earlier, the leaks for Windows Phone 8.1 are coming in at a steady pace now. Following up on this morning's video that showed off the new OS is one focusing on the new Start screen options.

More: The Verge, WinBeta, Electronista, TechnoBuffalo and ZDNet

Amir Efrati / The Information:

Yahoo has talked to AT&T, Amazon, Samsung to preload apps on their devices — Yahoo Struggles in Push for Mobile Deals — As CEO Marissa Mayer labors to revive Yahoo, the inability to get Yahoo apps onto more smartphones has become one of her biggest problems.

Tweets: @amir and @amir

Jeremy Wagstaff / Reuters:

Google researchers: 21 of world's top 25 news orgs targeted by hackers, likely state-sponsored — Journalists, media under attack from hackers: Google researchers — (Reuters) - Twenty-one of the world's top-25 news organizations have been the target of likely state-sponsored hacking attacks …

More: Guardian, Ars Technica, Engadget, The Verge, Lastest ITProPortal news, SC Magazine and Inquirer. See also Mediagazer

Euan Rocha / Reuters:

New Blackberry phones to cater to keyboard enthusiasts, BBM for desktop getting “serious look” — New BlackBerry phones to cater to keyboard aficionados: CEO — (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd plans to introduce high-end smartphones that cater to keyboard aficionados in the coming 18 months …

Brad Reed / BGR:

BlackBerry Q4 loss much narrower than expected but revenue sinks below $1 billion

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