Tag Archives: Received

Apple agrees to refund $32.5M for kids’ purchases

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Apple to refund $32.5M to parents who say they unwittingly OK'd purchases during kids' games WASHINGTON (AP) — Plenty of parents have been there — handing over the iPhone or iPad to a...
    






Apple agrees to refund app store purchases totaling $32.5 million

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Parents will be happy to hear that Apple has just agreed to refund app store purchases that were made without their consent.The Federal Trade Commission previously filed a complaint against the...
    






AOL Hands Off Patch To Turnaround Firm Hale Global

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This is the way the saga of Patch and AOL ends: Not with a bang, nor with a whimper, but with a “Huh?” Pressed to find a buyer or partner for his beloved network of community news sites, AOL chairman...
    






Apple’s Cook Says iPhone China Mobile Deal Is The Beginning of A Beautiful Friendship

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Apple CEO Tim Cook did something his predecessor, Steve Jobs, didn’t do in pursuit of a deal for the iPhone with China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier: He actually went to China and...
    






Bitcoin Breaks Out, You Can Now Pay The IRS In Cryptocurrency

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As bitcoin moves away from being known only to the tech cognoscenti and becomes a real viable currency that is adopted broadly, more organizations arise that look to leverage all this attention and...
    






Apple will refund at least $32.5M in app case

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Apple will refund at least $32.5M in case about kids' purchases on apps without permission WASHINGTON (AP) — Apple will refund at least $32.5 million to consumers to settle a federal...
    






Court Rejects FCC Net Neutrality And Leaves Consumers With No Defense Against Greedy Broadband Providers

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The United States Court of Appeals in Washington DC has ruled in favor of Verizon in a case regarding the authority of the FCC to regulate Internet service providers. The decision leaves consumers at...
    






Make Your Book A Bestseller: Platform Building Tips From Michael Hyatt

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By Dorie Clark How can you make your book a bestseller? A good person to ask would be Michael Hyatt, whose 2012 book Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World became an instant New York Times...
    






5 Reasons Nest Sold To Google

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The big obsession yesterday was with why Google spent $3.2 billion on startup Nest Labs. But lost in the shuffle of the breathtaking price and lots of questionable speculation about whether this is...