Friday, March 23, 2012

'Angry Birds' Space Edition Skips Windows Phone in Blow to Nokia - Bloomberg


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'Angry Birds' Space Edition Skips Windows Phone in Blow to Nokia
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The new “Angry Birds Space” edition of the world's most popular mobile-phone game won't appear on Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Windows Phone platform in a blow to handset maker Nokia Oyj. (NOK1V) “We're the No. 1 app in the Windows Phone app store, ...
Angry Birds Space Mirrors Real Rocket ScienceInformationWeek
Great sling shot games that aren't named Angry BirdsCNET
Angry Birds Space Won't Fly on Windows PhonePCWorld
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Facebook Speaks Out On Employee Passwords - WTAE Pittsburgh


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Facebook Speaks Out On Employee Passwords
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By Doug Gross CNN (CNN) -- Facebook has weighed in on a practice by some businesses asking employees or job applicants for their passwords to the popular social-media site. In a nutshell? Facebook says don't do it unless you want to get sued.
Facebook addresses privacy concerns, from policies to employmentNewsOK.com
Facebook Condemns Companies That Demand User LoginsWired News
Senator: Ban bosses from asking for Facebook passwordsPolitico
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Facebook warns employers not to demand passwords - BusinessWeek


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Facebook warns employers not to demand passwords
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY Facebook is warning employers not to demand the passwords of job applicants, saying that it's an invasion of privacy that opens companies to legal liabilities. The social networking company is also threatening legal action against ...
Facebook addresses more privacy concerns; user doubts are still biggest threat ...Washington Post
Facebook 'unfriends' employersRichmond Times Dispatch
Facebook Condemns Companies That Demand User LoginsWired News
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Congress Queries App Developers On Their Data Privacy Practices - Wired News


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Congress Queries App Developers On Their Data Privacy Practices
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By Christina Bonnington Path CEO Dave Morin explained why his app collects address book data on Feb. 8 in San Francisco. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired In the wake of a high-profile privacy scare involving the Path social networking app, ...
Putting the app in therapyLos Angeles Times
Congress probing iOS developers on user privacy, address booksCNET
US lawmakers question iPhone app developers in privacy inquiryComputerworld
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Facebook addresses more privacy concerns; user doubts are still biggest threat ... - Washington Post


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Facebook addresses more privacy concerns; user doubts are still biggest threat ...
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NEW YORK â€" Facebook has taken steps in recent days to address more worries about privacy, warning employers not to ask prospective employees for their passwords and trying to clarify its user “rights and responsibilities” policies.
Facebook May Sue Employers Who Demand PasswordsTom's Guide
Facebook softens its stand on bosses violating applicant privacyLos Angeles Times
Facebook warns against giving passwords to employersHouston Chronicle
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Facebook softens its stand on bosses violating applicant privacy - Los Angeles Times


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Facebook softens its stand on bosses violating applicant privacy
Los Angeles Times
By Michelle Maltais It seemed Friday morning as if Facebook came out with guns blazing, aiming for employers who required applicants or employees to surrender their log-in information. Now there's a softening of that position, a clarification.
Facebook warns against giving passwords to employersHouston Chronicle
Senator promises bill to block invasive employer Facebook checksDigitaltrends.com
Facebook takes steps to address privacy concernsThe Associated Press
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Senator promises bill to block invasive employer Facebook checks - Digitaltrends.com


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Senator promises bill to block invasive employer Facebook checks
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Senator Richard Blumenthal has vowed to put a stop to privacy-invading Facebook checks by employers with a piece of forthcoming legislation. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) announced this week that he plans to submit a bill that would make it illegal ...
Facebook takes steps to address privacy concernsThe Associated Press
Facebook Condemns Companies That Demand User LoginsWired News
Facebook, lawmakers warn employers not to demand passwordsChicago Tribune

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Facebook warns employers not to demand passwords - The Associated Press


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Facebook warns employers not to demand passwords
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NEW YORK (AP) â€" Facebook is warning employers not to demand the passwords of job applicants, saying that it's an invasion of privacy that opens companies to legal liabilities. The social networking company is also threatening legal action against those ...
Facebook Condemns Companies That Demand User LoginsWired News
Connecticut's Blumenthal on Social-Media PrivacyBloomberg
Facebook hits out at snooping employers after job applicants asked to hand ...Sydney Morning Herald
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What's coming on iPhone 5? - Los Angeles Times


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What's coming on iPhone 5?
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Sure, the new iPad just came out a week ago. But it's never too early to talk about what everyone's expecting next on the iFrontier â€" iPhone 5, of course. There's no shortage of speculation on what it could have and what it should have.
Next iPhone rumor: Autumn, LTE, new dock plugCNET
Awesome!Unlock and Jailbreak iPhone 4/4S iPhone 5.1 Untehtered Solution OnlineThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Next-gen iPhone rumored to arrive in fall 2012 with LTE 4G, 3.5-inch screenApple Insider
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Facebook Condemns Companies That Demand User Logins - Wired News


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Facebook Condemns Companies That Demand User Logins
Wired News
By Caleb Garling Is your boss trying to peer through the window at your Facebook Account? (Photo: Laughing Squid/Flickr) Facebook has spoken out against businesses that demand Facebook usernames and passwords from their employees and prospective hires.
Facebook's Privacy Two-Step On Passwords, EmployersInformationWeek
Facebook privacy chief fires warning shot at bosses who demand accessThe Guardian
Facebook joins fight to ban employers from requiring workers' passwordsChicago Tribune
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RIM to Give Developers Prototypes for New BlackBerry in May - Bloomberg


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RIM to Give Developers Prototypes for New BlackBerry in May
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Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) plans to give software developers prototypes for its new BlackBerry smartphone platform in early May, signaling RIM is a step closer to debuting a handset it's betting on to lift sales. As many as 2000 of the BlackBerry 10 ...
Apple Beating BlackBerry in Canada, Microsoft Looks to ChinaeWeek
RIM promises new BlackBerry prototype in MaySlashGear
RIM to give out BlackBerry 10 prototypes to developersCNET
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Facebook's Privacy Two-Step On Passwords, Employers - InformationWeek


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Facebook's Privacy Two-Step On Passwords, Employers
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Facebook says sharing your password with a potential employer violates its rules. But will Facebook enforce this rule, when it still doesn't confirm user ages? Is anyone surprised that it has come to this? Employers have started asking prospective ...
Facebook privacy: Can firms legally demand passwords from job applicants?Christian Science Monitor
Facebook Discourages Businesses From Asking for User PasswordsSan Francisco Chronicle
Facebook blasts snooping employersAFP
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'Angry Birds Space' Confirmed for Windows Phone - PC Magazine


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'Angry Birds Space' Confirmed for Windows Phone
PC Magazine
By Mark Hachman No, no mischievous green pigs have stolen your eggs, Windows Phone owners. Rovio's chief executive said Friday that the new Angry Birds Space game will eventually come to Windows Phone. Initially, Peter Vesterbacka, chief marketing ...
Angry Birds Space will indeed hit Windows Phones, CEO saysCNET
Angry Birds Space Mirrors Real Rocket ScienceInformationWeek
Angry Birds maker heads into spaceFinancial Times
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Angry Birds Space Mirrors Real Rocket Science - InformationWeek


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Angry Birds Space Mirrors Real Rocket Science
InformationWeek
Did you know Rovio's Angry Birds Space was developed in collaboration with NASA through a Space Act Agreement? The game illustrates microgravity, a concept fundamental to current NASA experiments. The day before Rovio Entertainment released its new ...
Angry Birds Space will indeed hit Windows Phones, CEO saysCNET
Rovio: Actually there will be Angry Birds Space on Windows PhoneRegister
Angry Birds Space Won't Fly on Windows PhonePCWorld
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Facebook Condemns Those Requesting Passwords of Interviewees, Employees - PC Magazine


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Facebook Condemns Those Requesting Passwords of Interviewees, Employees
PC Magazine
By Leslie Horn "This practice undermines the privacy expectations and the security of both the user and the user's friends," Facebook's chief privacy officer, Erin Egan wrote in a blog post. "It also potentially exposes the employer who seeks this ...
Facebook: Users shouldn't be forced to share info with prospective employersWashington Post
Facebook Warns Employers Not to Ask Job Applicants for Log-in CredentialsPCWorld
Facebook tells employers: Hands off our users' passwordsLos Angeles Times
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Did you know Verizon also throttles unlimited data service? - CNET


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Did you know Verizon also throttles unlimited data service?
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Ask Maggie explains Verizon's data 'throttling' policy and offers some advice on which Google Android to buy for Big Red's 4G LTE network. by Marguerite Reardon March 23, 2012 6:52 AM PDT Follow @maggie_reardon AT&T has taken a lot of heat over the ...
AT&T Should Look To Partner With Dish Rather Than Buy SpectrumForbes
LTE option poses data dilemma for iPad, smartphone usersComputerworld
Video Speed Trap Lurks in New iPadWall Street Journal
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New iPad Battery Keeps Charging Despite 'Battery Full' Message - PCWorld


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New iPad Battery Keeps Charging Despite 'Battery Full' Message
PCWorld
By Daniel Ionescu, PCWorld Mar 23, 2012 6:14 AM You shouldn't stop charging your new iPad as soon as it shows a 100 percent battery. Instead, to get the most from the battery, keep it charging for at least another hour after it says it is full, ...
The iPad's charging challenge, reduxMacworld
LTE option poses data dilemma for iPad, smartphone usersComputerworld
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iPhone outsells RIM's BlackBerry in Canada for the first time - Register


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iPhone outsells RIM's BlackBerry in Canada for the first time
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By Anna Leach • Get more from this author The iPhone is outselling the BlackBerry in its home territory, Canada, in another humiliating mark of decline for mobe-makers RIM. BlackBerry sold 2.08 million handsets in Canada in 2011 compared to iPhone ...
BlackBerry Loses Top Spot to Apple at Home: Corporate CanadaBloomberg
The iPhone overtakes RIM in CanadaTG Daily
Apple's iPhone takes top spot from RIM in CanadaCNET
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RIM pushes HTML5 apps amid Canada user exodus - SlashGear


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RIM pushes HTML5 apps amid Canada user exodus
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RIM has turned to courting HTML5-curious developers as a stopgap solution to slumping BlackBerry sales in Canada and elsewhere, arguing the case for universal webapps to counter coder apathy. BlackBerry marketshare in Canada â€" not RIM's biggest single ...
The iPhone overtakes RIM in CanadaTG Daily
Apple knocks RIM off smartphone top spot in CanadaInquirer
BlackBerry Loses Top Spot to Apple at Home: Corporate CanadaBloomberg
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iPhone beating BlackBerry in Canada shows how bad RIM is broken - VentureBeat


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iPhone beating BlackBerry in Canada shows how bad RIM is broken
VentureBeat
Research in Motion has lost its home field advantage in Canada to Apple for the first time ever, another sign that RIM is almost hopelessly broken when it comes to smartphone innovation. The long-time co-CEOs of RIM, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, ...
Apple knocks RIM off smartphone top spot in CanadaInquirer
Apple's iPhone takes top spot from RIM in CanadaCNET
BlackBerry Loses Top Spot to Apple at Home: Corporate CanadaBloomberg
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AT&T 'defrauded' US in Nigerian 419 scams by $16M - Computerworld (blog)


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AT&T 'defrauded' US in Nigerian 419 scams by $16M
Computerworld (blog)
AT&T has been knowingly defrauding the US taxpayer by helping Nigerian 419 fraudsters. So says an ex-AT&T (NYSE:T) whistleblower, Constance Lyttle. The Justice Department says it's cost $16 million. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers would like you help to ...
AT&T Sued Over Cheating Government DutiesJDJournal.com
AT&T Accused of Improperly Billing for Service for DeafNew York Times
Gov't sues AT&T over Internet callsUSA TODAY
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Apple's iPhone takes top spot from RIM in Canada - CNET


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Apple's iPhone takes top spot from RIM in Canada
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By Aloysius Low on Mar 23, 2012 It could be a warning sign that the Waterloo-based company has more to worry about besides the lack of new handsets. Based on data from IDC and Bloomberg, Apple has sold 2.85 million iPhones in Canada while RIM has only ...
BlackBerry Loses Top Spot to Apple at Home: Corporate CanadaBloomberg
RIM wants to hire iPhone app developersTimes of India
BlackBerry Loses to Apple in Home MarketBusinessWeek
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AT&T Accused of Improperly Billing for Service for Deaf - New York Times


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AT&T Accused of Improperly Billing for Service for Deaf
New York Times
The Justice Department has accused AT&T of knowing that a calling service it offered for the deaf was being used by Nigerian swindlers and others to steal from American merchants. The department, which intervened in a whistle-blower lawsuit in federal ...
Gov't sues AT&T over Internet callsUSA TODAY
Summary Box: Gov't sues AT&T over Internet callsBusinessWeek
AT&T collected millions from taxpayers in fraudulent charges, US saysArs Technica
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Summary Box: Gov't sues AT&T over Internet calls - BusinessWeek


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Summary Box: Gov't sues AT&T over Internet calls
BusinessWeek
By AP THE LAWSUIT: The Justice Department is accusing AT&T of improperly billing the government for services that are designed for use by the deaf and hard-of-hearing who place calls by typing messages over the Internet. ABOUT THE SYSTEM: The federal ...
AT&T Accused of Improperly Billing for Service for DeafNew York Times
Gov't sues AT&T over Internet callsUSA TODAY
Government sues AT&T over services for users with disabilitiesNewsOK.com
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