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EU votes to back a proposal to break Google search away from its other services

Nov27
by on November 27, 2014 at 12:58 pm
Posted In: antitrust, Around the Web, Google, Monopoly, Search

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Following a four-year antitrust investigation in the region, the European Parliament has voted to break up Google and separate its search business from the company’s other services. The Parliament does not have the power to break up Google: its vote in Strasbourg is more of a recommendation to EU member states and the European Commission to break up Google and similar companies involved in search and other digital services. It might also alert regulators to the issue of Google’s monopoly in the European Web search space, where it has a 90 percent market share across searches. In 2010, some of…

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Virgin Media subscribers can now get Sky Movies on Android

Nov27
by on November 27, 2014 at 12:17 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates, Sky Movies, Virgin Media

Virgin Media customers have had access to Sky Movies and Sky Sports on iOS devices since the summer but the Android fans among them were left out.  That’s changed today for movie lovers at least. The latest Sky Movies Android app update has unlocked access for eligible Virgin Media subscribers. If you’re signed up to the M+ Virgin TV package or higher, you can now log in to the Sky Movies app with your account details. However, if you’ve upgraded to Android 5.0 Lollipop, the developers warn you might suffer video streaming issues. There’s no sign of access to the Sky…

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Uber’s Android app is not ‘literally malware’, despite what you may have read

Nov27
by on November 27, 2014 at 12:13 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

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A single blog post sparked a strange, worrying headline this week: “Uber’s app is literally malware,” proclaimed a thread on Hacker News. Despite the blog post itself being oddly inflammatory, a number of media outlets have picked up the story’s claims that Uber may send unnecessary amounts of data back from your phone, like your private SMS’ and images stored on your phone. Let’s nip this one in the bud: it’s incredibly unlikely that Uber’s app is any kind of malware, and from our investigations, the worries in the original post are unfounded. The majority of the permissions listed in the post that calls the…

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This is the simplest company logo generator you’ll ever use

Nov27
by on November 27, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider, Product Launches, Product Reviews

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If you’re somewhat lacking in design skills but really need a logo and a name to get your business up and running, there are a few tools out there that can help you. Last week, we brought you a surprisingly useful business name generator and this time around we’re looking at Withoomph’s logo creation platform. Of course, there’s always the option of designing your own from scratch if you’re handy with Photoshop and have the skills, time and inspiration to pull it off, but I’ll let you in on a (not very good) secret: I’m color-blind, which has always been enough to…

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4oD iOS app gets AirPlay support and HDMI mirroring

Nov27
by on November 27, 2014 at 11:10 am
Posted In: 4oD, Apps, Around the Web, catch up TV, Channel 4, ios, streaming

Channel 4 has given the iOS app for its streaming catch-up service a welcome update. The refreshed 4oD app will now let you AirPlay shows to Apple TV. If you’ve updated to iOS 8 and have the right cables, you can also now mirror the output on your TV via HMDI. Channel 4 added 3G/4G streaming and mobile downloads for offline viewing to the app in the summer. ➤ 4oD [iTunes]  

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