Turkish court rules tweets are free speech
Turkey’s country-wide Twitter ban has already been temporarily lifted on a national level, but the stay-of-execution wasn’t completely universal. One of the three court orders that prompted the original ban forced Twitter to use its Country Withheld Content tool on an account that had reportedly accused Turkey’s former prime minister of corruption, effectively blocking it from the view of Turkish users. The social...
iTunes Festival Coming to SXSW
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BlackBerry wins sales injunction against Typo’s familiar-looking keyboard case
It’s been a tough week for Ryan Seacrest: first, American Idol ratings hit an all-time low, and now, a judge has ruled against his iPhone accessory company in court. BlackBerry has won a court order that bars Typo from selling its very familiar physical keyboards after convincing a judge that the products might’ve infringed on its patents. As Bloomberg reports, the presiding judge said that the Canadian smartphone...
Evan Schuman: Wal-Mart is latest big company with mobile-app security problems
The Computerworld (US) story “Evan Schuman: Wal-Mart is latest big company with mobile-app security problems,” which ran on the wire March 25, contained errors throughout the story. The rest is here: Evan Schuman: Wal-Mart is latest big company with mobile-app security problemsclick here
Daily Roundup: virtual Facebook concept, ThinkPad X1 Carbon review and more!
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy. This is what Facebook could look like on Oculus Rift (video) As you’re probably aware, Facebook...
