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| David McLaughlin / Bloomberg Business: |
FTC has launched an inquiry into Google's Android business over antitrust concerns — Google Said to Be Under U.S. Antitrust Scrutiny Over Android — New FTC inquiry comes years after it closed search-engine case — Lingering skepticism meets probe over access to phone platform
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Google has dominant position in EU and US mobile OS markets, but doesn't hold monopoly power — Is Android a monopoly? — A report from Bloomberg this morning suggests that US antitrust regulators are looking into whether Google has engaged in anticompetitive practices with its Android operating system.
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| John Chen / Inside BlackBerry: |
BlackBerry and Android: Expanding Our World — There has been a lot of buzz regarding BlackBerry launching an Android smartphone. For those restraining excitement until rumors became reality - the day has come. — I confirmed today that the slider phone we very briefly unveiled earlier …
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
BlackBerry confirms “Priv” Android phone will launch at the end of 2015, posts weak Q2 earnings with loss of 13 cents per share — BlackBerry Confirms Android Plans, Posts Weaker-Than-Expected Earnings — BlackBerry on Friday confirmed its plans to launch an Android-based handset …
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| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
GCHQ debuted a program called Karma Police seven years ago to track the browsing habits and communications of “every visible user on the Internet” — From Radio to Porn, British Spies Track Web Users' Online Identities — THERE WAS A SIMPLE AIM at the heart of the top-secret program …
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Sources: YouTube finalizing plans to bundle Music Key and ad-free videos for $10/month, could launch at end of October — YouTube Is Prepping Its Subscription Launch: Two Services, One Price — YouTube, which spent the first 10 years of its life as a free service, is getting ready to start selling tickets.| Wall Street Journal: |
Atlassian has filed for a US IPO; the software-tool maker is valued at over $3B privately — Australian Software-Tools Maker Atlassian Planning U.S. IPO — Company is valued at over $3 billion privately and expects to debut on U.S. markets by year-end — At least one more billion-dollar startup … | Isaac Salier-Hellendag / Facebook: |
Facebook rolls out redesigned Notes with options for images, captions, other formatting after testing with small group last month — Updates for Facebook Notes — We're rolling out an update to make notes on Facebook more beautiful and customizable. Notes are now an even better …
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See also Mediagazer| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
What to expect from Google's September 29 event: unveiling of Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, 2nd gen Chromecast, and Chromecast Audio, plus Android Marshmallow launch date — Google Nexus announcement: 5 things to expect at Tuesday's event — Apple, Samsung, Sony, and Motorola all unveiled new phones over the past two months.| Fortune: |
Sources: Square to file for IPO in the next two weeks — Payments startup Square plans to file an S-1 document for its initial public offering within the next two weeks, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation. — The San Francisco-based company earlier this summer submitted …
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| Iljitsch van Beijnum / Ars Technica: |
The American Registry for Internet Numbers reports it has run out of IPv4 address blocks to allocate to organizations in North America — North America is out of IPv4 addresses—for really real this time — ARIN's pool is finally empty, so if you have IPv6 plans, maybe now is the time.| Callum Leslie / The Daily Dot: |
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