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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
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Tweets: @jakemarsh, @owensd, @bgurley, @_davidsmith, @mdudas and @jyarow
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Apple stops patching QuickTime for Windows despite 2 active vulnerabilities — If your Windows computer is running Apple's QuickTime media player, now would be a good time to uninstall it. — The Windows app hasn't received an update since January, and security researchers from Trend Micro …
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Tweets: @kunikos, @uscert_gov and @trendmicro
| Sarah McBride / Reuters: |
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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Tweets: @joewalkerwsj, @dtunkelang, @eff and @geekwire
| 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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Apple Support, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, Ubergizmo, Engadget, The Daily Dot, Tech Times and TechCrunch. Tweets: @bzamayo
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Updated Apple webpage suggests company will rebrand OS X to MacOS, possibly as early as WWDC — Apple hints at future ‘MacOS’ name change on new environmental webpage — Earlier today, Apple unveiled the beginnings of its efforts for Earth Day 2016, and with it came an updated webpage …
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| 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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Tweets: @kevinweil, @jwherrman and @joshconstine
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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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The Next Web, Silicon Republic, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com, Motherboard, MacNN, Engadget, BlackBerryCentral RSS-Feed, Softpedia News, ZDNet, Business Insider, MobileSyrup.com and CrackBerry.com
Tweets: @maxclark, @normative, @srw, @csoghoian, @kennwhite, @saila, @alexanderabdo, @michaelsderby, @csoghoian, @benthompson, @zackwhittaker, @b_fung, @emptywheel, @csoghoian and @kevinbankston
| 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.| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
TaskRabbit names current COO and former Google executive Stacy Brown-Philpot as CEO; she replaces founder Leah Busque, who becomes executive chairwoman — Brown-Philpot Tapped as New TaskRabbit CEO — Stacy Brown-Philpot, the COO of TaskRabbit, has been named CEO of the San Francisco-based errand and personal services platform.
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Leah Busque, Fortune, The Hill, Forbes, USA Today, Business Insider and Silicon Valley Business …
Tweets: @labusque, @plumalleyco, @belaurie, @s_m_i, @katies, @blackfounders and @sbp04
See also Mediagazer| 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 …
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TechCrunch, Forbes, Business Insider, Fortune and SiliconANGLE
Tweets: @dmac1, @rolfewinkler, @cat_zakrzewski, @gartenberg and @karaswisher
Thanks:@owenthomas| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Jeremy Guillory files counter-complaint against Kyle Vogt and Cruise Automation, noting he was listed as cofounder with 50% ownership stake on YC application — Jeremy Guillory, who says he was ousted as Cruise co-founder, files counter-complaint — A strange new battle … | 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, InvestorPlace, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, Engadget, Investor's Business Daily, Fast Company and Variety. Tweets: @anshelsag
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