The Mysterious Hacking Charges Against Groupon
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Major news outlets this week reported that merchants filed a lawsuit against Groupon (NSDQ: GRPN) for tampering with electronic contracts. T… Read more »
Updated: In Samsung v. Apple, Are Injunctions A Viable Nuclear Option?
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Two more advances in the ongoing, international fight between Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Android tablet maker Samsung over alleged patent violat… Read more »
Facebook Countersues Timelines.com
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On the same day that Facebook announced the launch of Timeline in New Zealand, the company took another decisive step in rolling out its dig… Read more »
Updated: Apple TV Streaming Quietly Goes International
Back in August, we wrote about how Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) had started to offer U.S.-based users of its Apple TV device the ability to stream sho… Read more »
Facebook's Video Views Rising, But Mostly For Discovery
Consumers are increasingly using Facebook for video – but, despite studios and broadcasters hosting more of their content on the social netw… Read more »
The E-book Investigations: Are Publishers And Apple Breaking The Law?
It’s been a week to forget for publishers after both the Justice Department and the European Commission announced investigations into e-book… Read more »
UltraViolet's First Web Channels Are Now Live, Now It's Going Global
The new technology allowing consumers who buy entertainment in physical formats to consume it online for no additional cost has gone live an… Read more »
As Facebook Rolls Out Timeline, Netflix Inches Closer To U.S. Sharing Deal
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Two more advances for Facebook in its ongoing quest to make its service ever more sticky and useful for its 800 million-plus base of subscri… Read more »
EU Trouble Looms For Google As Lawsuit Seeks $31 Million Over AdWords
A French company has filed a new claim to reflect the harm it says it incurred after Google (NSDQ: GOOG) unplugged it from its AdWords progr… Read more »
Sirius XM Wins Consumer Lawsuit, Digs In Against Stern and Shareholders
Sirius XM (NSDQ: SIRI), flying high on a brighter balance sheet, received more good news after a California judge tossed a class action laws… Read more »
Europe Probing Apple And Publishers For E-book Price 'Cartel'
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After carrying out unannounced inspections at the companies back in March, the European Commission is now starting a formal antitrust invest… Read more »
How Crocs Are Helping Apple Stomp On Samsung
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What do Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and its elegant iPads have in common with plastic, waterproof clogs that people love to hate? More than you might… Read more »
BSkyB Could Be Forced To Host On-Demand Movie Rivals
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BSkyB’s set-top boxes may have to offer services like Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), Lovefilm and Blinkbox alongside its own Sky Movies, under new pr… Read more »
Update 2: The Next Chapter For Apple vs. Android: HTC At The ITC Next Week
Update: After this story was posted, the ITC announced it would delay the date of the hearing by eight days, to December 14, to give it more… Read more »
Case Study: Numbers Behind Mooted 'Bailout' Of Wales' National Newspaper
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Last week, I gave online evidence to a Welsh Assembly committee’s inquiry in to the future of media. Read more »
Five Solutions To The Privacy Problem: Why They Work And Why They Don't
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Last week brought alarming accounts about how a firm called Carrier IQ may have used key logging technology to record millions of phone mess… Read more »
Apple Loses Bid For Preliminary Injunction On Samsung's Galaxy Tab In U.S.
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After months of forcing Samsung to scramble in courtrooms around the world, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) was denied an injunction against sales of the… Read more »
Why Both You And Carrier IQ Are Pawns In The Fight For Mobile Data
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There is no question that we love our mobile devices. There’s also no question that we are paranoid about how much of ourselves we pour into… Read more »
SOPA Supporters Push Back Against Antipiracy Alternative
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Opponents of the Stop Online Piracy Act this week proposed an anti-piracy bill of their own that they claim will address counterfeiting issu… Read more »
Cable Operators To Sell Verizon Advanced Wireless Spectrum For $3.6 Billion
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A big move for Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) today, and something of a seismic shift for the cable industry as it moves away from its fixation… Read more »
Samsung And HTC Hit By Wiretapping Lawsuit Over Tracking Software [UPDATED]
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The swirling controversy over a company that reportedly installed tracking software on users’ mobile phones has already produced its first t… Read more »
Groupon's Exaggerated Deals Will Be Probed By UK Government
Back in June, paidContent reported how the UK’s advertising regulator had started reprimanding Groupon (NSDQ: GRPN) after a growing number o… Read more »
Android Store Opens In Oz, But It Won't Have The Galaxy Tab 10.1 Just Yet
One superstore step forward for Android in Australia, but another step back for Android-maker Samsung. Today saw what could be Google’s answ… Read more »
Carrier IQ Responds More To Privacy Allegations, But Many Questions Remain
As more detail unfolds of companies swearing off any involvement with Carrier IQ (and some admitting using it for diagnostics) amid allegati… Read more »
AT&T: Can You Believe Those Guys At The Freaking FCC?
AT&T (NYSE: T) issued a strongly worded point-by-point critique of the report released earlier this week by the Federal Communications Commi… Read more »
More Carrier IQ: Nokia, Google, Verizon Say No Dice, Sprint, AT&T Say Yes
Several days into the Carrier IQ story — which raised privacy concerns around software that claims to be an innocent diagnostics tool — an… Read more »
Industry Moves: Vuguru; BBC; Vevo; Jun Group; MWW
– Vuguru: The independent studio founded by Michael Eisner’s Tornante Company has hired entertainment veteran Scott Nocas as head of distri… Read more »
AT&T, Deutsche Telekom Down To Brainstorming: How About A Joint Venture?
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Could AT&T (NYSE: T) want T-Mobile’s spectrum and network assets so badly as to contemplate arranging a joint venture between it and T-Mobil… Read more »
Spotify Launching Integrated Apps Within Its Platform
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek took the stage at Spotify’s first-ever press conference to expand the music streaming service’s Facebook integration t… Read more »
FCC Disses AT&T, But Lets It Drop Its T-Mobile Merger Application
Call this one a not-so-sweet release for AT&T (NYSE: T). The Federal Communications Commission has said has let AT&T drop its FCC applicatio… Read more »
Aussie Court Gives Samsung Galaxy Tab The All-Clear But Is It Too Late?
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A reversal of fortunes, of sorts, for Samsung in its ongoing case against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) in Australia: today, an appeals court unanimous… Read more »
Apple Asks German Court To Rule On Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1N Redesign
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Clever naming strategies aside, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) isn’t buying Samsung’s argument that a revamped version of its Galaxy Tab can skate free… Read more »
FTC Announces 20 Year Privacy Deal With Facebook, Asks To Be 'Liked'
The Federal Trade Commission today released a much-anticipated settlement with Facebook over a series of privacy breaches. The deal has some… Read more »
AT&T's Leap Of Faith: Could Leap Wireless Help It Win T-Mobile?
Facing long odds to get its acquisition of T-Mobile approved by the government, AT&T (NYSE: T) is preparing to offload a significant amount… Read more »
Shazam Is Buying Back Its Own Core Patents To Go Multi-Media
in a move illustrating the growing role of technology patents, mobile music service Shazam is buying back some of its intellectual property… Read more »
Skyhook Teams With Norton On Tracking Service For Android Devices
Skyhook Wireless, the location-services company that has been embroiled in lawsuits with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) over patent infringement and re… Read more »
Twitter Buys Mobile Security Firm Whisper Systems: Enterprise Push Coming?
Another step in Twitter’s mobile acquisition trail: the microblogging and messaging service has acquired Whisper Systems, a enterprise mobil… Read more »
Is The Feds' New PR Campaign Against Film Piracy Even Legal?
Federal law enforcement agents celebrated cyber-Monday in their own peculiar fashion by seizing 150 websites to go along with the 72 they ba… Read more »
Can We Trust The Online Ad Industry To Regulate Itself?
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Internet advertisers this month took a fresh stab at persuading federal privacy regulators to leave them alone. The advertisers are touting… Read more »
One More Step In The Google/Motorola Merger: EU Approval Sought
The Federal Communications Commission in the U.S. may have dealt what might possibly be a fatal blow to AT&T (NYSE: T) in its bid to buy T-M… Read more »
