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A list of the companies, organizations, and individuals that have filed court documents supporting Apple against the FBI — These Are Apple's Allies Against the FBI (Updated) — Some 40 companies and organizations are expected to file briefs today in support of Apple in its fight …
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Apple, Ars Technica, Microsoft on the Issues, Re/code, Google Public Policy Blog, Guardian, MacRumors, Yahoo, PCWorld, Wired, ZDNet, Electronic Frontier Foundation, TechCrunch, The Verge, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Fone Arena, The Media Institute, Mashable, CNET, Silicon Republic, Six Colors, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, The Hill, TechCrunch, Redmond Pie, NPR, Pocketnow, SlashGear, 9to5Google, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Fortune, ZDNet, MacNN, New York Times, Investor's Business Daily, Android Central, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR and Cult of Mac
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| Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg Business: |
Samsung says customer privacy is “extremely important” and backdoors would undermine trust, but stops short of openly supporting Apple, won't file amicus brief — Samsung Echoes Apple's Arguments on Importance of User Privacy — The world's largest smartphone vendor also opposes backdoors
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AT&T Public Policy Blog, New York Times, Reuters, McAfee, ZDNet, The Verge, Access Now, Ars Technica, Morgan Reed, Cult of Mac, Android News, Rumours …, InfoWorld, MacRumors, ABC News, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, The Verge, Insanely Great Mac, Quartz, PCWorld, Yahoo Tech, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, Fortune, iDownloadBlog.com, SiliconBeat, Patently Apple, BGR, iMore, Tech Times and iPhone in Canada Blog
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| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
Palmer Luckey says even high-end Mac Pros aren't powerful enough for the final Oculus Rift hardware — Oculus Founder: Rift will come to Mac if Apple “ever releases a good computer” — Even high-end Mac Pro GPUs aren't powerful enough for VR, Luckey says.
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Shacknews, Cult of Mac, iMore, Forbes, Windows Central, MacRumors, The Verge, GamesIndustry.biz, Neowin, Business Insider, CNET, The Overspill, Tech Insider, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, AppleInsider, Pocketnow, MobileSyrup.com, MacNN, Engadget, VentureBeat, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, Pocket-lint, Silicon Republic, iPhone Hacks and The Next Web. Tweets: @notpatrick
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
Amazon quietly removed support for device encryption in the latest version of Fire OS, which powers its tablets and phones — Amazon Quietly Removes Encryption Support from its Gadgets — While Apple is fighting the FBI in court over encryption, Amazon quietly disabled the option …
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Wired, TechCrunch, The Daily Dot, The Next Web, Engadget, Talking New Media, Ubergizmo, The Verge, Ars Technica UK, Android Central, ZDNet, Pocketnow, Techdirt, New York Magazine, Gizmodo and The Digital Reader
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| Kamal Ahmed / BBC: |
Sources: Facebook revenue in UK will no longer be routed through Ireland, will pay millions of pounds more in UK tax — Facebook to pay millions of pounds more in UK tax — Facebook is set to pay millions of pounds more in tax in the UK after a major overhaul of its tax structure.| Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
Amazon unveils Tap, a $130 Alexa-enabled portable bluetooth speaker, and the $90 Echo Dot, which adds Alexa support to other speakers — Amazon adds the $130 Tap and the $90 Dot to the Echo family — Amazon's voice-operated command center Echo produces something close to modern …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Intuit sells its Quicken business to private equity firm H.I.G. Capital — Intuit sells Quicken unit to H.I.G. Capital — The company's well-known Quicken business has been sold to a private equity firm. Quicken GM Eric Dunn was an investor in the transaction.
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Quicken Community and PCWorld
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Facebook adds Spotify integration to Messenger so users can share songs and playlists — Spotify becomes first music platform to integrate with Facebook Messenger — Music has arrived on Messenger. — Facebook announced today that its mobile messaging platform now integrates with Spotify.
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TechCrunch, Messenger, Android Authority, VatorNews, Mashable, RAIN News, Ubergizmo, The Verge, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Variety, VentureBeat and iMore. Tweets: @jonrussell. See also Mediagazer
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Source: Snapchat raises $175M more from Fidelity at same $16B valuation as a year ago — Snapchat Raises $175 Million From Fidelity at Flat Valuation — Messaging company still worth $16 billion in latest funding — Snapchat Inc. has raised $175 million in fresh funding from Fidelity Investments …
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Fortune, Forbes, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, Re/code, VatorNews and Quartz
Tweets: @joshconstine and @dmac1
| Michael Passalacqua / IGN: |
EA makes $1.3B a year from extra game content, half of that from the “Ultimate Team” mode in FIFA, Madden, and NHL — This Is How Much Money EA Makes on Extra Content — Around $650 million comes from Ultimate Team alone. — EA makes $1.3 billion a year off of extra content …
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GamesIndustry.biz, Forbes, Tech Times, destructoid, NDTV Gadgets360.com, Game Rant, Kotaku, VG247 and Eurogamer.net
| Tim Peterson / Marketing Land: |
Sources: Facebook to announce it will open Messenger to publishers for content distribution at its F8 conference in April — Facebook Plans To Open Messenger To Publishers At F8 In April — Facebook will officially let publishers distribute content through Messenger and will announce … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Instagram bans links on profile pages pointing to Snapchat or Telegram accounts — Instagram starts blocking ‘add me’ deeplinking for Snapchat, Telegram — Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram is flexing its platform muscle by shutting down ‘add me’ deeplinking for some other social media services within its apps.Sponsor Posts
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