The senate chambers at the California state capitol building Richard Nieva/CNET SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After a long debate on the Senate floor, California legislators narrowly rejected a bill on Thursday that would have required anti-theft software to come preloaded and automatically enabled on all smartphones sold in the state. The law, spearheaded by California State …
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San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon is one of the regulators leading the push on smartphone antitheft legislation. James Martin/CNET Early in 2013, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon reached out to Tim Cook with a proposal: How about putting anti-theft software on the iPhone? A year later, he still hasn’t spoken to Apple’s CEO. The cold shoulder hasn’t prevented …
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Sarah Tew/CNET We know this much: Since taking the helm as Yahoo’s chief executive, Marissa Mayer has tried to bolster the company’s efforts in search, but a report published Wednesday by Recode suggests that her ambitions are even bigger. Mayer and Yahoo mobile chief Adam Cahan are reportedly spearheading the effort to make Yahoo search the first option on Apple’s …
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Stephen Elop introducing the Lumia 630 and 635 at Microsoft Build 2014. James Martin/CNET AT&T, T-Mobile, and MetroPCS are the first US carriers to throw support behind the new Nokia Lumia 365 , one of three new Windows Phone 8.1 handsets that Nokia announced Wednesday at Microsoft Build in San Francisco. While the exact ship dates aren’t yet determined, the …
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James Martin/CNET Apple is in negotiations with senior executives at record labels about launching an on-demand streaming music service that would compete with Spotify and Beats music, according to a report by Billboard. Citing three unnamed sources, the publication said the “exploratory talks” are right now in very early stages. The report also said Apple is mulling creating an iTunes …
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Motorola Mobility, which was acquired by Google in 2012, lost a bid to invalidate a Microsoft patent that has to do with mobile calendar syncing. The patent was originally used by Microsoft to win a ban on US imports of some models of Motorola phones, according to Bloomberg. Related posts Best Phones Under $500 for 2022: Pixel 6A, iPhone SE, …
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