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FCC votes for Internet “fast lanes,” but could change its mind later — The Federal Communications Commission today voted in favor of a preliminary proposal to allow Internet “fast lanes,” while asking the public for comment on whether the commission should change the proposal before enacting final rules later this year.
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See also Mediagazer| Stacey Higginbotham / Gigaom: |
Here's that FCC net neutrality compromise everyone demanded. And here's the problem. — On Thursday, the FCC commissioners voted 3-2 to approve a framework for net neutrality rules that continue to favor the creation of an internet fast lane while exploring a line of inquiry into the idea …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
The world reacts to the FCC's net neutrality vote — Reactions vary from outrage to cautious optimism — Today, the FCC voted to accept “Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet,” a provisional set of rules meant to protect net neutrality. After weeks of discussion inside and outside the FCC …
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Protecting and Promoting the Open Internet — Notice of Proposed Rulemaking — The Internet is America's most important platform for economic growth, innovation, competition, free expression, and broadband investment and deployment. As a “general purpose technology,” the Internet has been …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
The FCC doesn't have to authorize Internet fast lanes—they're already legal — FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler speaking to the cable industry in April 2014. — NCTA — FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler repeatedly said today that his network neutrality proposal doesn't authorize Internet fast lanes.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Developers Now Able to Provide Promo Codes for In-App Purchases — Apple appears to be allowing developers to create promo codes for in-app purchases, a useful feature that makes it far easier to test and promote freemium games and apps with content that can only be purchased within an app once it has been downloaded.
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| Jane Wakefield / BBC: |
Politician and pedophile among individuals requesting link removals from Google after EU right-to-be-forgotten ruling — Politician and paedophile ask Google to ‘be forgotten’ — The right-to-be-forgotten ruling set a precedent for the removal of search results in Europe| Ibrahim Elbouchikhi / Android Developers Blog: |
Google Play now accepting PayPal, opens carrier billing and gift cards sales to more countries — Helping You Go Global with More Seamless Google Play Payments — By Ibrahim Elbouchikhi, Google Play Product Manager — Sales of apps and games on Google Play are up by more than 300 percent over the past year.
| Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
Most tech giants now score well in EFF's first post-Snowden “Who Has Your Back?” report — Who Has Your Back? — Protecting Your Data from Government Requests — We entrust our most sensitive, private, and important information to technology companies like Google, Facebook, and Verizon.
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| Serena Saitto / Bloomberg: |
Uber Said to Be in Funding Talks for More Than $10B Value — Uber Technologies Inc. is seeking to join the $10 billion-plus club. — The San Francisco-based startup, which makes a mobile application for car-service booking, is in talks to raise new financing in a round that may value …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple Releases OS X 10.9.3 With Enhanced Support for 4K Displays, Syncing Improvements — Apple today released OS X 10.9.3, after two months of developer testing. The last 10.9.3 developer beta, build 13D61, was released just over a week ago. — The update, which is recommended for all Mavericks users … | Aloysius Low / CNET News: |
Xiaomi Mi Pad is a $240 plastic iPad Mini lookalike — Xiaomi's first slate sports a 7.9-inch display with resolution equal to Apple's Retina Display of 2,048x1,536-pixels and is powered by Nvidia's Tegra K1 processor. — Aloysius Low/CNET — BEIJING, China—If you ever wondered … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Podcasts for iOS Updated With Siri Integration, CarPlay Support and Improved Browsing — Apple today updated its Podcasts app for iOS to version 2.1, adding several improvements to the app, which currently has just a two star rating in the App Store. The update includes a new “Unplayed” …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
AT&T announces rollout of voice-over-LTE ahead of likely iPhone 6/iOS 8 integration this fall — United States-based carrier AT&T today officially announced its rollout of voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) calls. The VoLTE rollout comes in tandem with AT&T HD Voice launch, which provides better sounding phone calls.| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
FCC approves rules for 2015 spectrum auction, limiting portion available to AT&T and Verizon — FCC Passes 2015 Spectrum Auction Framework On Party-Line 3-2 Vote — Following its historic vote to proceed with new, and contentious net neutrality regulatory proposals … | Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Backed By Google Ventures And Eric Schmidt, Urban Engines Wants To Solve Urban Congestion Using Data Intelligence — It's no secret that as our population grows, buses, trains and other transportation infrastructure in cities are becoming more congested. Public transportation departments …
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Apple's Beats Deal May Not Be Finalized Until Next Week — More time for people to speculate about what it all means: Apple's planned deal to buy Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion may not be finalized until next week, according to people familiar with the transaction.
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| Myles Tanzer / BuzzFeed: |
Internal NYT report on digital publishing: weak support systems, neglect of social promotion, editors “unfamiliar with the web”, more — Exclusive: New York Times Internal Report Painted Dire Digital Picture — “Our journalism advantage is shrinking,” a committee led by the publisher's son warned.
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See also Mediagazer| Karissa Bell / Mashable: |
Adobe Creative Cloud Has Been Down for Almost 24 Hours — Adobe's Creative Cloud is in the midst of a massive outage that has lasted for more than 18 hours and has affected users throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. — Subscribers to Creative Cloud — which includes Photoshop … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Google Glass' Lead Electrical Engineer Adrian Wong Defects To Oculus — Adrian Wong still lists himself as a “professional daydreamer” on LinkedIn, but he's just left Google[x] where he was a lead electrical engineer on Glass to start “Building the Metaverse” at Oculus VR.| Jessica Dolcourt / CNET: |
Text-to-911 service goes live with limited availability, routing issues — Text-to-911 is here, but it isn't everything you might think — In a world where people text more often than call, typing your emergency to 911 is the logical next step. But there are kinks to work out before you'll be able to use it nationwide.| Nick Summers / The Next Web: |
Foursquare Launches Swarm Check-in App for iOS and Android — Foursquare was founded on check-ins. When the original app emerged in 2009, it blossomed on the idea that you could broadcast your location and see where your friends were, all while earning playful badges, points and mayorships.| Ben Woods / The Next Web: |
Skylock: a bike lock that unlocks with an app, includes accelerometer for safety and security — Velo Labs wants $50,000 to build a keyless lock that tells you if someone tries to steal your bike — Cyclists get a rough time of it on the roads, and if being side-swiped by cars …
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