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Google challenges FISA court on government data requests, asks for ability to release more details
Posted On 18 Jun 2013 By Donald Melanson. Under: Uncategorized.
Google and other companies have already made general calls for more transparency in the wake of the PRISM revelations, and it looks like Mountain View is now escalating those requests to a court challenge. As The Washington Post reports, Google is...
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Pink Floyd’s entire back catalog headed to Spotify, sooner or later
Posted On 14 Jun 2013 By Donald Melanson. Under: Uncategorized.
There aren't as many big bands and artists holding out on streaming or downloaded music as there used to be, but there's unquestionably still some noticeable omissions on today's most popular services. One of those gaps now looks set to be filled,...
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Apple’s Eddy Cue acknowledges e-book price increases at antitrust trial, reveals talk of Amazon deal that would split books/music control
Posted On 13 Jun 2013 By Donald Melanson. Under: Uncategorized.
The issue of e-book prices, and alleged price fixing, has come up again and again in recent years, with the focus most recently shifting to a Manhattan courtroom where Apple is at the center of an antitrust trial. After revealing new details of th...
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Apple revises warranty policies in France, Germany and Belgium in response to EU law
Posted On 12 Jun 2013 By Donald Melanson. Under: Uncategorized.
Apple revised its warranty policy in Italy last year after being hit with a €900,000 fine for not complying with an EU-mandated two-year term, and it looks like those changes are now starting to spread further throughout Europe. The company h...
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Google asks US government to let it publish more national security requests for data, including FISA disclosures (update: Microsoft, Facebook too)
Posted On 11 Jun 2013 By Donald Melanson. Under: Uncategorized.
Google CEO Larry Page and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond made a general call for more transparency in their response to the PRISM revelations last week, and Drummond has gotten quite a bit more specific with that request today. In a post on th...
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Canada’s NFB releases McLaren’s Workshop for iPad, lets you create your own animated films
Posted On 07 Jun 2013 By Donald Melanson. Under: Uncategorized.
The National Film Board of Canada already has a few apps to its name, in addition to some other innovative internet-based efforts, and it's now branched out even further with a full-fledged filmmaking app. Now available for the iPad, McLaren's Wor...
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Amazon introduces Storyteller tool to turn scripts into storyboards
Posted On 07 Jun 2013 By Donald Melanson. Under: Uncategorized.
Amazon Studios has been forging ahead with its push to develop original movies and TV series, and it has now introduced a new tool that it's hoping will help foster further development. Dubbed Amazon Storyteller, the tool lets writers quickly turn...
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Lockheed Martin wraps up functional testing of next-gen GPS III satellite systems
Posted On 05 Jun 2013 By Donald Melanson. Under: Uncategorized.
Lockheed Martin flipped the switch on its first (still Earth-bound) GPS III satellite earlier this year, and it's now announced that it's completed functional testing on the satellite's key electronic systems. In a press release, the company says ...
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AMD says it’s open to developing chips for Android and Chrome OS after all
Posted On 05 Jun 2013 By Donald Melanson. Under: Uncategorized.
It was only last fall that AMD said it didn't see a need to make its new "Hondo" chip for tablets to work with Android in addition to Windows and Linux, but it seems that the company now sees things a bit differently. Speaking with PC World at Com...
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Fairphone hits its production goal, promises to deliver more ethical smartphone by October
Posted On 05 Jun 2013 By Donald Melanson. Under: Uncategorized.
It's spent the last few months talking up its ambitious plan to produce what it describes as a more ethical smartphone, and Dutch startup Fairphone is now one fairly big step closer to realizing that goal. The company hit its production target of ...
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