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Line extends sales of user-created stickers to the US, UK, Brazil and 6 other countries

Jun27
by on June 27, 2014 at 5:36 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia

After bringing in more than $1.5 million in revenue in its first month, Japan-based chat app Line is extending sales of its user-generated stickers initiative – Creators Market – out of Asia and into the US, UK, Brazil and six other countries. The initiative allows independent artists, or indeed anyone, to create animations for sticker packs which, if approved, are sold across Line’s messaging service to its 470 million registered users. Creators keep 50 percent of the proceeds, the rest goes to the app store gatekeepers — Apple or Google — and Line. Sales first began in Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand, and the initiative attracted over 100,000 creators and 14,000 sets – now…

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Facebook lifts the lid on its battle against New York court’s ‘unprecedented’ user data request

Jun27
by on June 27, 2014 at 4:52 am
Posted In: Around the Web, court, Insider

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Facebook has been striving for transparency in its dealings with various law enforcement agencies around the world, particularly with its Government Requests report which was first released in August 2013, but it faces several challenges. To illustrate this (and reassure users of its transparent approach), the company has just revealed details of its fight against a set of sweeping search warrants issued by a court in New York last summer. As reported by Bloomberg, the case concerned an investigation conducted by the Manhattan District Attorney to weed out people suspected of cheating to obtain disability benefits. Facebook’s deputy general counsel, Chris…

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Samsung follows Motorola’s lead, lets US customers try its Galaxy devices before buying

Jun27
by on June 27, 2014 at 4:05 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, samsung

As competition among smartphone manufacturers heats up, Samsung is now letting interested customers in five US cities try its Galaxy devices for 21 days before deciding whether to make the purchase. The deal is available in New York, Los Angeles, Santa Clara, Houston and Dallas currently, and devices on offer include the Galaxy S5 and Note 3, as well as wearables like the Gear 2 and Gear Fit. This comes after Motorola launched its ‘Try then Buy’ deal earlier this month for its Moto X device. LG has also launched something similar – but targeting developers instead — by letting them borrow its…

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