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February 17, 2012, 4:45 PM
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Jonathan Mayer / Web Policy:
Safari Trackers  —  Apple's Safari web browser is configured to block third-party cookies by default.  We identified four advertising companies that unexpectedly place trackable cookies in Safari.  Google and Vibrant Media intentionally circumvent Safari's privacy feature.
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Google hit with FTC complaint, says circumventing Safari privacy features accidental  —  The Consumer Watchdog advocacy group today asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether Google violated a previous privacy agreement with the FTC by tracking cookies in a way that circumvents …
David Sarno / Los Angeles Times:
Federal lawmakers question if Google violated FTC agreement  —  Google Inc. has come under fire for the way it tracks users on Apple's Safari Web browser, which operates on iPhones (above), iPads and Macs.  (iPhone screenshot)  —  In the wake of evidence that Google Inc. circumvented privacy protections …
More: parislemon
Wall Street Journal:
Google Tracked iPhones, Bypassing Apple Browser Privacy Settings  —  Web Giant, Others Bypassed Apple Browser Settings for Guarding Privacy  —  Google Inc. and other advertising companies have been bypassing the privacy settings of millions of people using Apple Inc.'s Web browser …
Sam Moreau / The Windows Blog:
Redesigning the Windows Logo  —  We have said that Windows 8 is a complete reimagination of the Windows operating system.  Nothing has been left unexplored, including the Windows logo, to evaluate how it held up to modern PC sensibilities.  The Windows logo is a strong and widely recognized mark …
Clare Jim / Reuters:
iPad maker Foxconn lifts China workers pay again  —  (Reuters) - Foxconn Technology Group, the top maker of Apple Inc's iPhones and iPads whose factories are under scrutiny over labor practices, has raised wages of its Chinese workers by 16-25 percent from this month, the third rise since 2010.
Peter Burrows / Bloomberg:
Foxconn Auditor Finds ‘Tons of Issues’  —  Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) — The Fair Labor Association, a watchdog monitoring working conditions at makers of Apple Inc. products, has uncovered “tons of issues” that need to be addressed at a Foxconn Technology Group plant in Shenzhen, China, FLA Chief Executive Officer Auret van Heerden said.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
US Returns Jotform.com Domain; Still Refuses To Say What Happened  —  There's been a lot of interest in the story of the Secret Service completely shutting down Jotform.com through a request to GoDaddy.  It appears that the suspension is now ending, though it hasn't fully propagated.
Peter Lattman / DealBook:
Court Overturns Conviction of Ex-Goldman Programmer  —  A federal appeals court late Thursday reversed the conviction of Sergey Aleynikov, a former Goldman Sachs programmer found guilty of stealing proprietary code from the bank's high-frequency trading platform.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Brightcove Shares Pop Over 30 Percent On First Trade; Valued At Nearly $400M  —  Online video service Brightcove has just made its public debut on the NASDAQ under the symbol ‘BCOV’, with an opening trade of $14.50.  This is up over 30 percent from the company's original pricing of $11 per share …
WinstonTPB / TorrentFreak:
Pirate Bay: The RIAA Is Delusional and Must Be Stopped  —  The following is a guest post by The Pirate Bay's ‘Winston’ in reply to an article published by RIAA boss Mitch Glazier.  —  The Senior Executive Vice President of the RIAA (wow, what a long title), Mitch Glazier …
Audrey Watters / Hack Education:
iPads in Auburn, Maine's Kindergartens: A First Look at Their Effect on Learning  —  By now, it might not even be newsworthy when a school district announces it's buying a bunch of iPads for students.  But last spring, when the Maine's Auburn School District announced that it was implementing …
Mark Hachman / PC Magazine:
Nevada Approves Rules for Self-Driving Cars  —  In a statement, the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles said that its Legislative Commission today approved regulations allowing for the operation of self-driving vehicles on the state's roadways.  Nevada's rules are the next step in a process began last June …
Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOM:
iPhone app lets visually impaired type and text  —  While Siri and VoiceOver can assist visually impaired iPhone users, new software out of the Georgia Tech College of Computing looks to supplement these accessibility options.  BrailleTouch is a prototype application that uses traditional Braille input …
More: The Verge.  Thanks:@kevinctofel
Eric Eldon / TechCrunch:
BuiltWith Reveals The Tech Used By The 130 Million Web Sites That Matter Most  —  Search engines like Google scour the web to figure out how to rank content.  Measurement firms like comScore sample users to estimate traffic to web sites.  But what if you want to know which of some 2000 technologies a web site is using?
Andrew Tarantola / Gizmodo:
Netflix Is Bringing DVD-Only Rentals Back  —  Since the whole Qwikster debacle, Netflix has tried to distance itself from DVD rentals in favor of its streaming service.  But red envelopes will soon be popping through mail slots again now that Netflix has reintroduced DVD rentals.

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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Michael S. Rosenwald / New York Times:
Mike Shatzkin, a publishing consultant who was among the first in the industry to shake publishers into confronting the digital disruption, died on Nov. 7 at 77

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

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