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Apple pushes for ban of HTC's Android devices in the US, wants them taken off store shelves
www.theverge.com
In a complaint filed today with the US International Trade Commission, Apple has requested for HTC devices running Android to be banned from entering the US, and for those devices already in the US that violate a previously issued exclusion order to be pulled from store shelves, Bloomberg reports....
Apple Is Rejecting Apps That Use Dropbox
www.businessinsider.com
Apple is rejecting applications that use Dropbox, an online storage system, because it violates rules against sending users to a new purchase, according to a support thread on Dropbox. If the user of the new app doesn't have Dropbox installed, it redirects the user to the web-based version of Dropbox...
ITC denies Apple's request for emergency ban on HTC devices
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HTC's flagship 2012 phones were delayed from gaining entry into the US last month thanks to US Customs holding shipments while the International Trade Commission investigated whether HTC had violated Apple patents. Luckily for HTC, the ban was lifted after a short time, but Apple countered that HTC's claims...
Apps using Dropbox are being rejected because Apple is playing hardball
thenextweb.com
If you’ve ever developed an iOS app, you know that the submission process can be a scary one. Apple provides developers with a HIG (Human Interface Guidelines) that must be followed, but sometimes something obscure trips you up during the process. One such oddity has started causing an issue for...
Microsoft loses EU antitrust fine appeal
www.guardian.co.uk
Europe's general court turns down bid from Microsoft to dismiss £721m fine levied in 2008, but software giant wins £32m discountEurope's general court has upheld almost all of a giant fine levied against Microsoft over an antitrust case first brought by the European Commission's competition watchdog in 1998.The General Court...
HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE delayed at customs due to 'ITC exclusion order'
www.engadget.com
We just got received a statement from HTC indicating the the One X for AT&T and the EVO 4G LTE for Sprint have been delayed at customs due to an "ITC exclusion order". The US availability of the HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE has been delayed...
Report: Microsoft Office for iPad launching on November 10
9to5mac.com
Last week reports claimed that an iPad version of Microsoft Office would be launching in November following several reports from The Daily who claimed Microsoft was readying the app and posted the alleged spy shots above. Today The Daily weighs in again offering an exact launch date of November 10:...
Windows RT browser exclusion draws attention from European, US regulators
www.theverge.com
The European Commission this week announced that it will be keeping a close eye on Microsoft's Windows RT operating system, in response to Mozilla's complaint that the forthcoming platform excludes third-party browsers. At issue is a 2009 antitrust decision that requires Microsoft to provide links to other browsers from...
ISPs told to come clean on broadband speeds
www.guardian.co.uk
TalkTalk and BT the worst offenders in mystery shopping exercise that showed broadband companies often fail to offer a speed quote to potential customersBroadband companies are failing to offer a speed quote to potential customers in 41% of their sales calls, in breach of a code introduced last year to...
Hotstagram: Meet The 27-Year-Old Kid Who Just Resurrected Hot or Not
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Remember Hot or Not, the scandalous website which invited you to rate people on their appearance—and helped inspire Facebook? Now a 27-year-old startup guy has taken Instagram—the photo-sharing website Facebook just paid $1 billion to buy—and used it to resurrect the concept. Meet Captain Kirk, the creator of Hotstagram. We...
First batch of $35 Linux computers arrives in UK, awaiting CE compliance testing
arstechnica.com
The Raspberry Pi foundation issued a statement today with a status update on their much-anticipated $35 Linux computer. The first 2,000 completed units have arrived in the UK, but the devices aren't ready to be shipped out yet because the foundation's retail partners won't distribute them to purchasers until...
HTC devices clear US customs
www.theverge.com
HTC says that it has completed the review process with US customs, and that "HTC devices have been released, as they are in compliance with the ITC's ruling." Developing... Continue reading…...
CA Attorney General says Apple has agreed to make apps disclose privacy policy BEFORE download
thenextweb.com
Following several weeks of controversy surrounding the way that applications were handling customer data, the California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that several companies with a stake in the app game have agreed to new privacy protections for users of apps. The agreement signifies a change from the way that the...
Facebook "Likejackers" agree to stop sending misleading spam
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A US-based advertising firm has promised to stop bombarding Facebook users with fraudulent messages in exchange for Washington State officials dropping a lawsuit that claimed the practice violated a federal antispam statute. Adscend Media also agreed to pay $100,000 in attorneys' fees to settle charges Washington state's attorney general...
Microsoft guide explains how to submit apps to the Windows Store (video)
www.engadget.com
Microsoft is serious about Windows 8, and if you're serious about submitting Metro-style apps then there's now a healthily long and detailed blog post (at the source link) explaining how. The post suggests that Redmond's app police are looking at a roughly a six-day turnaround for signing off and...
Google's Most Active Big Brother Is the U.S. Government
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What’s the nation most likely to ask Google to take down user content or hand over user data? The United States, and increasingly so. The U.S. government asked Google to hand over user data 6,321 times in the second half of 2011, an increase of 37 percent from the same...
HTC Delays Evo 4G LTE Launch as U.S. Customs Investigates Shipments for Breach of Apple Patent
www.macrumors.com
Last December, Apple won a U.S. International Trade Commission case against HTC, with the agency ruling that several of HTC's handsets infringed upon a pair of Apple-held patents. The agency's ruling included a ban on the import of infringing devices beginning in April, although HTC quickly responded to say that...
Browser Shootout Shows Minor Variations In Performance – It’s Still A Matter Of Taste
techcrunch.com
The browser wars are in a tense state of suspension right now. The once-obvious advantages of one and disadvantages of another can’t be counted on as much as they could a year ago, and fast-changing standards and interaction methods have produced a sort of uneasy détente while everyone awaits the...
DealBook: On Wall St., Keeping a Tight Rein on Twitter
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Financial firms must monitor communications to ensure that they are in compliance with securities regulations as they tiptoe into the fast-paced world of social media....
Now there’s an iPhone app to pick your iPhone carrier
gigaom.com
Want a new iPhone, but not sure which U.S. carrier is best suited for your needs? Enter CarrierCompare, an iPhone app that uses real network tests in your location combined with crowdsourced data to help you choose the carrier that’s right for you. The app isn’t brand new as it...
Obama admin: War is peace, IP negotiations are transparent
arstechnica.com
Speaking before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk touted the openness and transparency of negotiations over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and the newer Trans Pacific Partnership. Both of those contain numerous copyright and patent provisions. Kirk's statements are sharply at odds with those...
Twitter confirms support for Do Not Track
arstechnica.com
Twitter will officially support the Do Not Track feature in Firefox, Ed Felten, chief technology officer for the Federal Trade Commission, announced on Thursday. Twitter itself confirmed its compliance in a tweet shortly after the announcement, meaning those who visit the site will be able to opt out of cookies...
iOS Apps with Dropbox Integration Running Afoul of Apple's App Store Rules
www.macrumors.com
The Next Web points to a recent thread in the Dropbox support forums revealing that a number of developers have been seeing their iOS apps with Dropbox integration being rejected by Apple. The apps have been rejected because users without the Dropbox iOS app installed on their devices who attempted...
Google Documents Government Snooping
www.readwriteweb.com
Google disclosed government requests for user data in the latest installment in its Transparency Report. The report documents an upward trend in requests that Google itself finds "troubling." For this fifth installment of the interactive report, Google added the ability to view aggregated court orders and other requests across all countries. From July...
Apple patent spats finally pay off
www.bgr.com
The launch of Sprint’s flagship EVO 4G LTE has been delayed indefinitely and supply of AT&T’s flagship HTC One X will be constrained as a result of ongoing patent disputes between HTC and Apple. HTC confirmed in a statement emailed to BGR on Tuesday evening that shipments of its...
Now Europe wants you to prove how old you are online
gigaom.com
Is the age of online anonymity coming to an end? If you live in the European Union, that might soon be the case. New information came out regarding an EU project called the pan-European framework for electronic identification, authentication and signature (PEFIAS) is out — and it’s had some interesting...
Apple supplier monitoring shows 95% overtime compliance in March
www.appleinsider.com
Apple's supplier responsibility group reports that overtime compliance among a set of 500,000 workers it collects data on reached 95 percent in March, up from 89 percent in February....
Microsoft v EU: Living proof that big fines don’t work
gigaom.com
Eight years ago, Europe slapped Microsoft with a huge fine — a then-record of €497 million — after an antitrust investigation found that the company had been unfairly using its market dominance and locking out competitors. Two years later, it added another €280.5 million because even though Microsoft had paid...
HTC handsets held up at US customs due to ITC injunction over Apple patent
www.appleinsider.com
Taiwanese handset maker HTC revealed on Tuesday that shipments of its HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE devices have been delayed because they are being reviewed by U.S. Customs to check for compliance with an injunction by the International Trade Commission....
Facebook obtains money transmitter licenses in 15 states
www.insidefacebook.com
Facebook holds money transmitter licenses in at least 15 states, according to an analysis by American Banker. In it’s filing for an initial public offering, Facebook said it applied for certain money transmitter licenses and planned to apply for more in the U.S. It did not state that it had...
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