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Antitrust: Commission sends Statement of Objections to Google on Android operating system and applications — The European Commission has informed Google of its preliminary view that the company has, in breach of EU antitrust rules, abused its dominant position by imposing restrictions …
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EU antitrust complaint against Android focuses on Google's prioritizing of its own services; Google says its business model keeps costs low, flexibility high — EU lodges formal antitrust complaint against Android — The European Union has notified Google of formal antitrust charges …
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| Samit Sarkar / Polygon: |
Microsoft stops manufacturing new Xbox 360 consoles, will continue to sell remaining inventory and support existing consoles — Microsoft ending Xbox 360 production — IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE, THOUGH
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| Pras Sarkar / Gmail Blog: |
Google updates Inbox with feature that gathers emails related to specific events, Save to Inbox feature for links, newsletter previews — Inbox by Gmail: a better way to keep track of events, newsletters and links — Life can get really busy. Inboxes too.
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| Mario Anima / Google Docs Blog: |
Google Keep gets updated with label support for organizing notes; now you can easily save web links and images to Keep from Android, iOS, and desktop Chrome — Stay on task with today's updates in Google Keep — How many times have you found yourself with a great idea, but no easy way to jot it down for later?
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Tech coalitions pen open letter to Burr and Feinstein over bill banning encryption — A group of tech coalitions has written an open letter to Senators Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), concerning their bill requiring all encryption to be breakable on command …
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| Alex Heath / Tech Insider: |
Snapchat comes under fire for ‘digital blackface’ filter that turns you into Bob Marley — Snapchat is facing backlash over a new filter that turns anyone into Jamaican singer Bob Marley. The filter appears to be timed to coincide with April 20, a special day for cannabis enthusiasts.
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Thanks:@alexeheath| John Ribeiro / Computerworld: |
Mesosphere makes its data center management software, DC/OS, open source — Mesosphere open-sources data center management software — Cloud computing startup Mesosphere has decided to open source its platform for managing data center resources, with the backing of over 60 tech companies …
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Mesosphere, The New Stack, Wired, Citrix Blogs, Mesosphere, BetaNews, Forbes, Redmond, Microsoft Azure, TechCrunch, Marketwire, eWeek, FierceCIO News, SiliconANGLE, The Register, OpenStack Superuser, EnterpriseTech and TechCrunch. Tweets: @derrickharris
| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Facebook rolls out group voice calls in Messenger on iOS and Android globally — Facebook Messenger now lets anyone make group calls — Facebook announced today that it is letting anyone make group voice calls within its Messenger app. This capability is rolling out over the next 24 hours …
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| Martyn Williams / PCWorld: |
EFF sues Justice Department to uncover govt. demands to decrypt communications, says USA Freedom Act compels DOJ to publish significant decisions of FISC court — EFF sues to uncover government demands to decrypt communications — The group says the USA Freedom Act compels the DOJ …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Chrome for Android and iOS passes 1 billion monthly active users — Google today announced that its browser has passed 1 billion monthly active users on mobile. In other words, Google has managed to add another 200 million Chrome for Android and iOS users in just five months.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook floats the idea of letting users add a tip jar to profit from posts, among others, in user survey about monetization — Facebook considers letting users add a tip jar to make money from posts — Facebook is exploring new ways for individual users to profit from their posts on the network, The Verge has learned.
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