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Obama administration decides not to seek legislation forcing companies to decrypt data for law enforcement but doesn't disavow a legislative mandate — Obama administration opts not to force firms to decrypt data — for now — After months of deliberation, the Obama administration …
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Remote computing firm LogMeIn to acquire password management service LastPass for $125M — LogMeIn just acquired LastPass to build one password platform to rule them all — Remote computing company LogMeIn announced today that it's agreed to acquire password management service LastPass … | Rene Ritchie / iMore: |
Apple removes a few apps from the App Store that installed root certificates to block ads inside apps, including Been Choice — App Store removes root certificate-based ad blockers over privacy concerns — Root certificate-based apps don't just block ads, they deeply inspect all your traffic, even private and secure traffic.
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TechCrunch, Marketing Land, Inquirer, Business Insider, AppleInsider, Help Net Security, Reuters, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, Pocketnow, iPhone in Canada Blog, App Advice, SlashGear, Tech Times, MacNN, Graham Cluley, iMore, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, Engadget, MacRumors, CNET and TechEye. Tweets: @beenchoice
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Amazon Launches AWS Mobile Hub To Help Mobile Developers Build Back-End Processes — Amazon today announced the launch of its AWS Mobile Hub based on AWS Lambda at its re:Invent developer conference, a new tool that makes it easier for mobile developer to build the back-end processes for their apps.
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| Dave Maass / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
CA Gov. Brown signs S.B. 178, the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act, requiring a warrant before police can access digital records — Victory in California! Gov. Brown Signs CalECPA, Requiring Police to Get a Warrant Before Accessing Your Data
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Second Wave iPhone 6s and 6s Plus Launch Kicks Off in 40 Countries Around the World — Apple's iPhone 6s and 6s Plus are now available for purchase in Taiwan, marking the start of the second wave iPhone launch. Beginning October 9, iPhone 6s and 6s Plus availability is expanding to more than 40 countries …
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CNET, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, AppleInsider, NEWS.com.au, TechnoBuffalo, Computerworld, SiliconANGLE, Fone Arena, iPhone Hacks, The Verge, The Register and iMore
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Mozilla Firefox will drop support for NPAPI plugins by the end of 2016 but will keep Flash around — Mozilla today announced its intention to remove Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI) plugin support from Firefox “by the end of 2016.” The company has been working … | Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Twitter announces new offering for automatically matching 6-second ads to publishers' videos; Twitter takes 30% of revenue, with publisher retaining 70% — Twitter's Video Ad Strategy Now Looks Like YouTube's Ad Strategy — Earlier this week, Twitter showed off Moments, a new way of organizing content on the social network.| Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
Leaked TPP agreement requires member countries to honor copyright takedowns — Wikileaks has released what it says is the final text of the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, a “free trade” deal between the United States and eight other countries.
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WikiLeaks and Electronic Frontier Foundation
| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
Patent lawsuit filings down 33% year-over-year in Q3 2015, driven by drop in East Texas troll cases — New patent lawsuits down, driven by drop in East Texas “troll” cases — At this point, filing numbers are tied to just a few “non-practicing entities.”| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Wi-Fi Calling Now Available for AT&T Users — AT&T has flipped the switch on Wi-Fi calling, making it available to customers with eligible plans that are running iOS 9. MacRumors has received tips from customers who were able to activate Wi-Fi calling and we were able to activate the feature on our own iPhones.
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AT&T, SlashGear, MacNN, VoIPWatch, CNNMoney, Network World, Ubergizmo, TechSpot, Phandroid, Pocketnow, Engadget, ZDNet, The Verge, TechCrunch, TechnoBuffalo, iMore, USA Today, iPhone Hacks, The Loop, App Advice and PhoneDog.com. Tweets: @zpower
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft Developer Division Chief Somasegar to leave after 27 years — Twenty-seven-year Microsoft veteran Soma Somasegar is moving on from heading Microsoft's developer division to pursue the next phase of his career. — Microsoft Developer Division Corporate Vice President S.
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Microsoft News, TechCrunch, Windows Central, WinBeta and WMPoweruser
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