August 6th, 2012

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Social radio app Wahwah.fm has shut down its current version, blaming licensing for its failure to get off the ground. The app let people broadcast their own radio channels of music. After an initial trial...

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May 24th, 2012

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It’s been a bad few months for Yahoo, which was pilloried for slapping Facebook with a patent infringement lawsuit, then saw its CEO forced to step down after allegations about the accuracy of his...

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February 23rd, 2012

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There has been a resolution, of sorts, to the ongoing controversy around social apps storing their users’ personal data without telling them. The attorney general in California has announced an agreement...

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February 23rd, 2012

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British mobile web startup Wapple says it has prevailed in a long-running trademark battle with Apple over its name, with the UK’s Intellectual Property Office ruling in Wapple’s favour. Wapple...

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October 7th, 2011

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Microsoft’s planned acquisition of Voice-over-IP company Skype is expected to be approved by the EU competition commissioner, according to a report in the Financial Times. There have been concerns...

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June 27th, 2011

It’s all kicking off in the US broadcast industry, as the TV networks get increasingly hard-nosed about cable TV providers streaming their channels to their own-branded iPad apps. Earlier this year,...

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