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Microsoft files lawsuit against US Department of Justice for the right to tell customers about government requests for their data — Microsoft sues U.S. government over data requests — Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) has sued the U.S. government for the right to tell its customers when a federal agency …
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| Brad Smith / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft: keep secrecy the exception, not the rule; DOJ should adopt new limits, or Congress should amend the Electronic Communications Privacy Act — Keeping secrecy the exception, not the rule: An issue for both consumers and businesses — This morning we filed a new lawsuit …
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Court documents reveal Canadian police have had BlackBerry's global encryption key since 2010 — Exclusive: Canadian Police Obtained BlackBerry's Global Decryption Key — A high-level surveillance probe of Montreal's criminal underworld shows that Canada's federal policing agency …
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| Motherboard: |
How Canadian police intercepted and decrypted over 1M BlackBerry messages from 2010 to 2012 — Exclusive: How Canadian Police Intercept and Read Encrypted BlackBerry Messages — Imagine for a moment that everybody's front door has the same key. Now imagine that the police have a copy of that key …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: New Apple team led by former iAd head Todd Teresi explores Google-like paid search model for App Store — Apple Pursues New Search Features for a Crowded App Store — Company explores adding Google-like ‘paid search’ feature — Effort follows last year's App Store leadership change| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram launches personalized video feed and themed channels in Explore — Instagram wants to show you the best videos without completely destroying the sanctity of your main feed, so today it overhauled the Explore page with a slew of new video channels.
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| Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors: |
Apple to End iTunes Allowances on May 25 — Apple has announced that it will be ending support for iTunes Allowances, a feature of the service that allowed parents to automatically place money into a child's iTunes account on a monthly basis. As of April 13, users can no longer create …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft kicks off back-to-school wave with new Windows 10, Office 365 Education apps, services — Microsoft plans to bundle new education-focused apps into Windows 10 Anniversary update, and is readying new Office 365 and MineCraft updates aimed specifically at the academic market.| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
As its marketing increases, Lyft promises investors it will cap losses at $50M a month, while Uber earned an average of 19 cents per ride in US during February — Lyft Is Gaining on Uber as It Spends Big for Growth — The ride-hailing company, known for its pink mustaches …
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| Visual Studio Code: |
Microsoft's cross-platform Visual Studio Code editor comes out of preview, has passed 500K MAUs; 1K extensions built since launch a year ago — Visual Studio Code 1.0! — Today we're very proud to release version 1.0 of Visual Studio Code. Since our initial launch one year ago, 2 million developers have installed VS Code.
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| Tony Romm / Politico: |
Apple hires Cynthia Hogan, top NFL lobbyist and former aide to Joe Biden, as vice president for public policy and government affairs — Apple hires NFL, Biden veteran for key policy role — Apple has hired Cynthia Hogan, a top lobbyist for the National Football League and former aide …
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Macworld, iMore, Daring Fireball, Business Insider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Re/code, Cult of Mac, The Hill, iPhone in Canada Blog and AppleInsider. Thanks:@tonyromm
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
HTC 10 review: a well-made phone but generic design and $699 price tag mean you can get more for your dollar elsewhere — HTC 10 review: great isn't good enough — Contrary to popular opinion, the smartphone world has been extremely interesting over the past year or so.
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eWeek, Wall Street Journal, BGR, BGR, Engadget, BetaNews, 9to5Google, Wall Street Journal, Mobile Fun Blog, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, Mashable and ZDNet
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
GoPro announces developer program to let third parties create mobile apps, accessories, and mounts for GoPro products with over 100+ firms already signed up — GoPro is partnering with over 100 companies to put its cameras everywhere — GoPro has announced the launch of its new developer program …
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GoPro, ZDNet, Fast Company, Variety, InvestorPlace, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Next Web, Digital Trends and Investor's Business Daily. Tweets: @anshelsag
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| Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Shuddle, an Uber-style service for kids, is shutting down after failing to raise more money and exhausting its $12.2M earlier funding — Shuddle ‘Uber for kids’ service reaches end of road — San Francisco's Shuddle, a pioneering ride service for kids, is going out of business this week … | Eilene Zimmerman / New York Times: |
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