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Stolen Sony emails reveal scheming by MPAA, movie studios against Google in “Project Goliath” and their fight against piracy at the expense of the open web — Project Goliath: Inside Hollywood's secret war against Google — What is “Goliath” and why are Hollywood's most powerful lawyers working to kill it?
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After SOPA backlash, MPAA and movie studios search for legal ways to block sites infringing IP — MPAA Prepares to Bring Pirate Site Blocking to the U.S. — Site blocking has become one of the go-to anti-piracy techniques for the music and movie industries.| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
Twitter co-founder Evan Williams says he doesn't “give a s**t” about Instagram's greater MAUs, stresses Twitter's impact on world — Twitter co-founder Evan Williams: 'I don't give a s**t' if Instagram has more users — Yesterday, Instagram announced it has 300 million monthly active users.
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New Relic IPO raises $115M, stock jumps 48% in debut — New Relic raised $115 million and its stock jumped nearly 48 percent as the market for new public companies from the Bay Area took an upturn this week. The San Francisco cloud-based software-analytics company was the third company … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo Starts Prompting Chrome Users To “Upgrade” To Firefox — If you're visiting any Yahoo property today, chances are you'll see an “Upgrade to the new Firefox” link in the top-right corner of your browser window. The prompt also appears if you're using Internet Explorer, Opera and even the new Yandex browser.| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
After rejecting the game Papers, Please over pornography concerns, Apple suggests to developer that app be resubmitted with nudity option — Apple's censorship of immigration game was a ‘misunderstanding,’ says creator — ‘They suggested I resubmit with the nudity option.’
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Chicago regulators approve plan to create Uber-like taxi hailing app; similar plan in New York is pending vote — Chicago and New York Officials Look to Build Uber-Like Apps for Taxis — If you can't beat them, join them. — Regulators in Chicago have approved a plan to create … | Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
Canada's Supreme Court rules warrantless searches of cell phones by law enforcement permitted upon arrest — Supreme Court of Canada: Cops can search your phone upon arrest — The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in a 4-3 decision that law enforcement can search someone's phone when they get arrested …
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China's Baidu Set To Partner With Uber And Reportedly Invest Up To $600M — Uber may have just raised a fresh $1.2 billion this month, but the company looks set to welcome a new investor, Chinese internet giant Baidu, which is reportedly set to invest as much as $600 million into the U.S. firm.
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Tim Cook is Financial Times' Person of the Year for Apple's financial success, new technology and his leadership on equality — Person of the Year: Tim Cook of Apple — The technology group's chief executive has faced criticism but he turned things round in 2014
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
BlackBerry updates BBM with $0.99 sticker packs for group chats and support for Android Lollipop, iPhone 6/6 Plus screens — BlackBerry updates BBM with support for Android Lollipop, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus screens, new iOS 8 look — BlackBerry today updated BBM for Android, iOS …
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google: |
T-Mobile is first to offer LTE Nexus 9 in the US, $600 or $0 down, coming soon to Google Play — T-Mobile announced today that it's now selling Google's latest HTC-made Nexus 9 tablet for $0 down or $600. As noted by T-Mobile, this will be the first place you can officially get the LTE version of the Nexus 9 through a US carrier.| Chris Mills / Gizmodo: |
YouTube is experimenting with a built-in GIF maker tool for videos — YouTube Now Lets You Make GIFs From Videos — Making short GIFs of YouTube videos is a pretty well-established practice now — so much so that there's dozens of websites dedicated to this finest of art forms.
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