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FTC Report: Google Purposely Demoted Competing Shopping Sites — Details from an FTC investigation into Google on anti-trust accusations have emerged, suggesting the search giant specifically worked to keep competitors out of its top results. — Google deliberately blacklisted competing shopping sites …
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FTC report from 2012 reveals key staff recommended filing lawsuit against Google for anticompetitive tactics — FTC Staff Sought Antitrust Suit Against Google — Key FTC staff wanted to sue Internet giant after finding ‘real harm to consumers and to innovation’| Charlie / GreatFire.org: |
GreatFire experiencing severe DDoS attacks, with 2.6B requests/hour, 2,500 times normal levels, affecting all mirror sites — We are under attack — We are under attack and we need help. Likely in response to a recent story in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), we've experienced …
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US cloud services caught in the middle, as activists use them to route around China's Great Firewall — U.S. Cloud Providers Face Backlash From China's Censors — Free-speech activists rely on cloud computing to get around China's Great Firewall — U.S. tech companies are caught …
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| Adam Fraser / Conversations: |
Microsoft launches Lumia 430 Dual SIM smartphone, its cheapest Lumia to date with 4-inch display, 2MP camera, 8GB upgradable storage, 1.2GHz processor — Hello, Lumia 430 Dual SIM — Making it even easier to own your first Windows Phone, today Microsoft is proud to announce the Lumia 430 Dual SIM.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Magic Leap demos its augmented reality tech in YouTube video showing in-office gameplay experience — Watch Magic Leap's Video Of Seamless Augmented Reality Office Game Play — Magic Leap is showing what it might look like to use its hardware for augmented reality gaming in the future …
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| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
FAA gives Amazon permission to start outdoor research and testing of Prime Air delivery drones in US — Amazon just got permission from the FAA to start testing its delivery drones in the US — The e-commerce giant had threatened to take its research and development overseas| Alyssa Bereznak / Yahoo Tech: |
Facebook Engineering Director David Recordon joins White House as Director of Information Technology, a newly created position — Exclusive: Facebook's Engineering Director Is Headed to the White House — The White House just added another Silicon Valley veteran to its growing roster of tech experts.
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| Napier Lopez / The Next Web: |
LinkedIn launches a dedicated job search app for Android — Remember the job search app LinkedIn introduced for iOS last year? Well, now Android has a counterpart. — The company says the app brings all the same features seen on iOS, but was built from scratch for Android.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook plans to turn Messenger into a developer platform, eyeing pioneers Line and WeChat — Facebook Plans To Turn Messenger Into A Platform — Next week at its F8 developer conference, Facebook will announce new ways for third parties to offer experiences through its Messenger app, according to multiple sources.| Medium: |
Medium's iOS app now lets you write and publish directly from your iPhone and iPad — Tell Your Story, Anywhere — Starting today, you can write and publish directly from your iPhone and iPad. — The new mobile Medium editor makes it easy share your stories and ideas on the go and …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Android Device Manager now lets you find your lost phone using your Android Wear watch — Google today updated its Android Device Manager service with support for Android Wear. In other words, you can now find your lost smartphone using your smartwatch. — The company says watch owners … | Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project: |
Pew: Users in 32 emerging nations deem Internet a positive influence for education but negative for morality — Internet Seen as Positive Influence on Education but Negative on Morality in Emerging and Developing Nations — As more people around the world gain access to all the tools …
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