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One of two plaintiffs named in Apple iPod antitrust case withdrawn while Apple files motion asking for dismissal — iPod Lawsuit Down to One Plaintiff — OAKLAND, Calif. — A class-action lawsuit against Apple that has been nearly a decade in the making could hinge on a single iPod purchased by a New Jersey woman in 2008.| Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
Steve Jobs's 2011 testimony in Apple DRM lawsuit points finger at music labels — Apple's late CEO says rival companies were “collateral damage” — Whether Apple's security measures for iTunes and iPods were designed to actively shut out competitors, or simply keep record labels happy …
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Video demonstrates pre-release version of Cortana running on Windows 10 — Exclusive: Here's Cortana running on the desktop in Windows 10 — It's been months since the Windows Technical Preview launched to the public, and we're still yet to see Cortana running on the desktop.
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Instacart raising $100M+ in round valuing the company at $2B, 5X the previous valuation — Instacart Is Raising North Of $100 Million At A $2 Billion Valuation — Instacart, the home grocery delivery service that launched back in 2012, is close to raising a massive Series C round …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
AT&T still throttles “unlimited data”—even when network not congested — A while back, we reported that AT&T had stopped throttling unlimited data users except in cases when the network is congested. — We were wrong. AT&T did change its policy to stop the automatic throttling …
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Former Product VP Daniel Graf Leaves Twitter After Demotion — Twitter's former head of product Dainel Graf is leaving the company just one month after he was demoted. — Graf announced his departure on Twitter Friday afternoon. He was hired to run Twitter's product team in April … | Klint Finley / Wired: |
Joyent-led Node.js forked by top contributors into Io.js to shift project toward an open governance model — Future of Popular Coding Tool In Doubt After Public Split — Node.js, a popular and influential tool for building and running modern internet services, has split in two.| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Deep-learning startup MetaMind launches with $8M from Benioff & Khosla Ventures — PALO ALTO, Calif. — Richard Socher never set out to place himself on the bleeding edge of artificial intelligence. He merely wanted to blend language and math — two subjects he'd always liked.
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| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Google Removes Pirate Bay Apps From Play Store — Facing harsh criticism from copyright holders, Google is gradually changing its attitudes towards sites and services that are often associated with piracy. — A few weeks ago the company implemented a major change to its search algorithm … | Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
Judge rejects Target's bid to throw out banks' lawsuits; ruling makes clear that banks have right to go after retailers that were negligent in security — Banks' Lawsuits Against Target for Losses Related to Hacking Can Continue — A federal judge on Tuesday handed an early victory …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Torque, Microsoft's Alternative To “OK Google,” Now Works On Android Smartphones — Microsoft this morning has released an app for Android smartphone users called Torque that allows you to shake your phone in order to perform a voice search, similar to Google's “OK Google.”
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft adds video calling between Lync and Skype for Windows, coming to Android and iOS next — Microsoft today announced new cross-app integration between Lync and Skype: video calling. The new feature works between Lync 2013 and the latest Skype for Windows desktop client, which you can download now from Skype.com.
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