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Facebook no longer showing results from Bing when searching on its site — Facebook dumps Microsoft Web search results — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) has stopped including results from Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) Bing search engine on its social networking site.
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| Jeff Elder / Wall Street Journal: |
Former iTunes Engineer Tells Court He Worked to Block Competitors — A former iTunes engineer testified in a federal antitrust case against Apple Friday that he worked on a project “intended to block 100% of non-iTunes clients” and “keep out third-party players” that competed with Apple's iPod.
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| Jim Finkle / Reuters: |
Exclusive: Iran hackers may target U.S. energy, defense firms, FBI warns — (Reuters) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation has warned U.S. businesses to be on the alert for a sophisticated Iranian hacking operation whose targets include defense contractors, energy firms and educational institutions …
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| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
How GCHQ used malware to penetrate Belgium's largest telecom and remain undetected for 2 years — The Inside Story of How British Spies Hacked Belgium's Largest Telco — When the incoming emails stopped arriving, it seemed innocuous at first. But it would eventually become clear that this was no routine technical problem.
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| Ken Hoetmer / Google Geo Developers Blog: |
Google to turn off Google Earth API on December 12, 2015 — Announcing deprecation of the Google Earth API — Over six years ago we introduced the Google Earth API, enabling developers to build rich 3D mapping applications in the browser, using JavaScript.
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| Joshua Brustein / Businessweek: |
Verizon says Voice Cypher, its new encrypted voice call app, will include backdoors for law enforcement — Verizon's New, Encrypted Calling App Plays Nice With the NSA — Verizon is the latest big company to enter the post-Snowden market for secure communication, and it's doing … | Stuart Dredge / Guardian: |
GCHQ releases Cryptoy, a free Android tablet app that teaches children “basic encryption techniques” — Which surveillance agency just released an encryption app for kids? Answer: GCHQ — Cryptoy Android app focuses on historic cryptography tools, despite chief's recent criticism … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
YouTube Is Testing An Autoplay Feature That Streams Suggested Videos Automatically — YouTube, always on the lookout for ways to keep people watching more videos and staying on its site longer, is testing out a new feature that could prove to be a honeypot (or major annoyance!) for casual visitors …
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| Jonathan Feist / Android Authority: |
Google Fit update includes 100 new activities that can be entered manually, offline step tracking for Android Wear — Google Fit supports 100 new activities with latest update — With Android 5.0.1 Lollipop and a mass of app updates rolling out this week, Google is also pushing out a new version of Google Fit.| Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: |
Sony tries crowdfunding again for Qrio Smart Lock, which lets smartphones control door locks — Sony Taps Crowdfunding Wisdom on Smart Lock — After a positive response to its e-paper Fes Watch, Sony Corp. has turned to the Makuake crowdfunding site again as it seeks to fine-tune the Qrio Smart Lock … | Sean Cameron / WinBeta: |
Bing becomes the first search engine to adopt new ‘safe preference’ standard — It is a concern for parents around the globe: how to keep one's children safe online. Particularly through search engines, vulnerable children of any age can find themselves exposed to vulgar and crude content, even from seemingly innocuous requests.
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