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Facebook offered to license its network and code to avoid antitrust action

The Verge

In the wake of the groundbreaking Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against Facebook, The Washington Post is reporting new details of the company’s negotiations with regulators in the run-up to the case, including an unusual offer to license its code and network to competitors.

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Facebook strikes News Corp deal to license news from Australian media outlets

The Verge

Facebook last month shut off the ability for Australian users and media organizations to share news links in the country , and now it seems the company’s extraordinary measure has resulted in a compromise for the most interested parties as media giant News Corp has struck a licensing deal with the social network.

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Fountainhead: Only in Silicon Valley: License Plate Sightings in the.

Fountainhead

Only in Silicon Valley: License Plate Sightings in the Field. Only in Silicon Valley: License Plate Sightings in. Cloud Computing Journal. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Mobility. (2). Power Management. (37).

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Google will pay publishers to license content for ‘new news experience’

Venture Beast

Google announced that it will begin paying news publishers for "high-quality content" for a "new news experience" the company will launch later this year. Read More.

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T-Mobile CEO calls latest data breach ‘humbling,’ claims it’s committed to security

The Verge

The 21-year-old hacker who says they’re responsible for the attack already did an interview with the Wall Street Journal calling its security “awful,” and now CEO Mike Sievert is speaking out. A recent T-Mobile data breach coughed up the information of more than 50 million people , including some who aren’t current customers or never were.

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Fed Tech Roundup August 27

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Iowa testing digital driver's licenses - GCN.com. The License Plate Surveillance Technology That Caught the Virginia Shooter - Newsweek. ATF CIO Rick Holgate to Step Down - Wall Street Journal (blog). DigitalGov Podcast: The Secrets Behind CIA Social Media. Army tries to speed cyber acquisition process - FCW.com.

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Microsoft says U.S. should copy Australian law targeting Google and Facebook over news content

GeekWire

Smith used the occasion in his post to dive deeper on threats to democracy and journalism and the erosion of traditional news sources at the hands of the internet and social media. Microsoft also touted its MSN licensing agreements with 1,200 publishers worldwide, generating $1 billion in revenue for those publishers since 2014.