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Sen. Wants FTC to Take a Hard Look at Mobile Apps' Snooping Practices
Data Breach? Try Rubbing Some Free Credit Services on It
OMG, Apple and Microsoft Have Traded Places
In the Field of To-Do Apps, This One's a Clear-Cut Winner
Raspberry Pi and Cotton Candy: Computing's Newest Treats
SpeechJammer: Big Brother Is Shushing You
Loophole Could Give Android Devs a Private Picture Show

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Google's Walls Come Crashing Down (12:23 minutes)
In this episode: Google implements a new privacy policy that tears down
the data-sharing barriers between its various services, much to the
displeasure of regulators on both sides of the Atlantic; Apple
reportedly prepares to issue an extremely rare dividend to shareholders;
the fight heats up between Apple and Proview over ownership of the word
"IPAD"; Yahoo stares down Facebook, threatening a patent suit shortly
before the social network plans to go public; Lytro releases its
shoot-first, focus-later camera.
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Today's Story Highlights

Sen. Wants FTC to Take a Hard Look at Mobile Apps' Snooping Practices
Neither Apple nor Google are doing enough when it comes to addressing
how iPhone and Android applications can access users' private
information, according to Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. On Monday Schumer
called for the Federal Trade Commission to launch an investigation into
reports that iPhone and Android applications can essentially steal data
like private photos and address books.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74568.html

Data Breach? Try Rubbing Some Free Credit Services on It
Before your company finds itself embroiled in a lawsuit over a data
breach that spills personal information about your customers all over
the Internet, you might want to take a look at some recent research by
Carnegie Mellon and Temple Universities. Data breach victims are six
times less likely to file litigation against a company if they receive
free credit monitoring following a breach, according to the analysis.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74564.html

OMG, Apple and Microsoft Have Traded Places
Apple and Microsoft have kind of switched places with their recent
operating system refreshes. Microsoft, which is dominant with PCs but
anything but on tablets and smartphones, is leveraging its smartphone
platform heavily to create a new PC product. Apple, which is a small
player with PCs but massively dominant with smartphones and tablets, is
keeping the two technologies at arm's length.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74555.html

In the Field of To-Do Apps, This One's a Clear-Cut Winner
With the proliferation of list-based to-do apps, including Apple's own
category-thumping Reminders app, one thing has become plain to me: The
very best to-do app or list app is 100 percent subjective. Why? The best
to-do app is the one that you, the holder of the iPhone, actually use.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74565.html

Raspberry Pi and Cotton Candy: Computing's Newest Treats
There has never been any shortage of interesting names here in the Linux
world, but recently a decidedly sugary theme has emerged. Just in the
past week, we saw the debut of Cotton Candy and the long-awaited
Raspberry Pi -- two diminutive computing devices that may have the
potential to shake up the computing world.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74562.html

SpeechJammer: Big Brother Is Shushing You
The First Amendment is meant to protect freedom of speech, but a new
device could thwart it -- not through censorship but by affecting the
brain's cognitive processes. In George Orwell's seminal novel 1984 , the
Ministry of Truth controls news, entertainment and information, while
the Ministry of Love is there to monitor, arrest and convert dissidents,
real or imagined.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74552.html

Loophole Could Give Android Devs a Private Picture Show
Similar to Apple's iOS, Android is apparently vulnerable to apps
secretly copying photos. Android developer Ralph Gootee created a test
app that masquerades as a simple timer but steals the most recent image
on the user's smartphone and posts it on a public photo-sharing site.
Critics said the development further emphasizes the danger of Google's
hands-off approach to the Android Market.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/74560.html

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