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Wikimedia releases first transparency report: Over 300 content edit and takedown requests rejected

Aug06
by on August 6, 2014 at 10:57 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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The Wikimedia Foundation today released its first transparency report, giving a crucial first glimpse at the volume of government requests it receives for user data, content alterations and takedowns. Between June 2012 and June 2014, the Foundation received 56 requests for information about its users. Of these, the Foundation categorised 43 as “informal,” or submissions that didn’t involve a formal legal process. “For example, this would include a situation where a government sends us a letter or an email requesting nonpublic information about one of our users,” the Foundation explains. To break this figure down further; 15 requests were from…

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Xiaomi announces a 4G version of its budget phablet, the Redmi Note, for $162

Aug06
by on August 6, 2014 at 10:03 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Gadgets

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Popular Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi has just introduced 4G support in China for one of its budget devices, the Redmi Note phablet. This comes as Xiaomi has much to catch up in terms of 4G as more customers demand support for the speedier network — it only finally solidified 4G plans with the announcement of its new flagship smartphone, the Mi 4. In a Weibo post today, Xiaomi revealed that the Redmi Note with 4G support is lighter than its predecessor by 10 grams, comes with a 5.5-inch screen, and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 1.6GHz processor and…

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Twitter just dropped a huge hint that it will introduce shopping services

Aug06
by on August 6, 2014 at 8:56 am
Posted In: Around the Web

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The evidence that Twitter is planning a move into e-commerce is stacking up, after a handful of users noticed a new (and seemingly dormant) setting for “payment and shipping” inside the company’s Android app. The setting was first highlighted by user @am_Bix, who found the option — which cannot be activated or opened at this point — buried inside the settings menu. @jonrussell twitter payments and shipping? pic.twitter.com/51NcNxhtmI — Peter. (@am_Bix) August 5, 2014 He’s not alone. A search shows at least four other Twitter users who took screenshots of the same menu bar, while TNW’s own editor-in-chief Martin Bryant also has the setting in his Android app….

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Twitter just dropped a huge hint that it will introduce shopping services

Aug06
by on August 6, 2014 at 8:56 am
Posted In: Around the Web

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The evidence that Twitter is planning a move into e-commerce is stacking up, after a handful of users noticed a new (and seemingly dormant) setting for “payment and shipping” inside the company’s Android app. The setting was first highlighted by user @am_Bix, who found the option — which cannot be activated or opened at this point — buried inside the settings menu. @jonrussell twitter payments and shipping? pic.twitter.com/51NcNxhtmI — Peter. (@am_Bix) August 5, 2014 He’s not alone. A search shows at least four other Twitter users who took screenshots of the same menu bar, while TNW’s own editor-in-chief Martin Bryant also has the setting in his Android app….

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Microsoft Surface Pro 3 coming to 25 new markets from August 28, available to pre-order now

Aug06
by on August 6, 2014 at 8:49 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Updates

Microsoft has confirmed that its Surface Pro 3 device is now available to pre-order in 25 new countries ahead of its launch at the end of the month. Already on sale in the US, Canada and Japan, the devices is now set for release in other markets from August 28 via Microsoftstore.com, various Surface retail partners, and Authorized Device Resellers. The full list of new markets is as follows: Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand and the United Kingdom. While the device is…

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