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Dan Levine / Reuters:
Apple, Google settle Motorola Mobility patent litigation without cross-licensing, will cooperate on patent reform  —  Apple, Google agree to settle smartphone patent litigation  —  (Reuters) - Apple and Google's Motorola Mobility unit have agreed to dismiss high profile U.S. patent litigation …
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac:
Google acquires Quest Visual, maker of Word Lens app, will integrate it into Google Translate  —  Google acquires Word Lens app recently featured in Apple's iPhone ad “Powerful”  —  Google just bought the company behind a smartphone app called Worl Lens that visually translates text …
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
The Myths & Realities Of How Of The EU's New “Right To Be Forgotten” In Google Works  —  Depending on what you read, a “Right To Be Forgotten” court ruling in the European Union this week means that now anyone can ask for anything to be removed from Google, which will soon collapse under an overwhelming number of requests.
Jon Russell / The Next Web:
Instagram for iOS update removes the option to share likes and activity to Facebook  —  Facebook has issued an update for Instagram for iOS that is likely to cut down on the number of updates from the photo sharing app that appear on Facebook.  —  That's because the change in version 5..11 …
Jim Edwards / Business Insider:
Apple Has Been Sued Because iPhones Often Don't Deliver Text Messages To Android Users  —  A lawsuit has been filed against Apple over the issue of iPhones failing to deliver text messages to Android phones, according to Bloomberg.  —  The suit was filed by a former iPhone customer who alleges …
Tim Kenneally / The Wrap:
Dr. Dre, Beats sued for $20M by MOG founder David Hyman  —  Dr. Dre's Beats Electronics Hit With $20 Million-Plus Lawsuit  —  MOG founder claims he was hired and deliberately fired before he could collect his equity grant  —  Dr. Dre has hit a bum note with a man who claims that he was hired …

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Consultancy Madison & Wall estimates a combined Fox and Roku would capture 14% of all US TV ad revenue and 16% of US streaming ad revenue

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Canada's CBC, which began televising NHL games in 1952, will no longer show NHL games after it was unable to reach a new sublicense deal with Rogers Sportsnet

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