Tracked By Carrier IQ; Facebook NYC Engineering Office; Switzerland Shrugs Off Piracy

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The Week in Tweets: Tracked By Carrier IQ?; Facebook Opening
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The Week in Tweets: Tracked By Carrier IQ?

Is Carrier IQ '1984' come to life or are we overreacting?
Twitter weighs in.

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Facebook Opening First East Coast Engineering Office in NYC

Facebook on Friday announced that it will open an engineering
office in New York City.

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Piracy Pays for Itself, Swiss Government Says

The Swiss government has decided that it will not implement an
additional legislative solution to copyright infringement,
arguing that the money consumers save via piracy is spent later
on other entertainment expenses.

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Carrier IQ Controversy Results in Class-Action Suits

Class-action lawsuits have been filed in California and Missouri
that accuse Carrier IQ, as well as Samsung and HTC, of violating
federal wiretap laws.

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Verizon Pays $3.6B for Cable Companies' Spectrum

Verizon Wireless on Friday announced a $3.6 billion deal to
purchase more than 100 spectrum licenses from three of the
nation's top cable providers, a move that comes as rival AT&T is
pumping its cash into its troubled bid for T-Mobile.

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Kindle Fire Is Number Two Tablet, But No iPad Killer

Amazon's Kindle Fire has easily become the number two tablet on
the market, but it's no iPad killer.

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Is Google Chrome the New IE6?

With Google-only features and "standards," Chrome is going down
a proprietary path.

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RIM Takes $485M Hit Over Unsold PlayBook Tablets

Research in Motion continued its difficult year Friday by
announcing a $485 million hit related to lackluster sales of its
PlayBook tablet.

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