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​FTC: Amazon cost parents millions in unauthorized app buys

The Amazon Appstore on a Kindle Fire. Screenshot by CNET The Federal Trade Commision has filed suit against Amazon, alleging that the company illegally billed parents for “millions of dollars” in unauthorized in-app charges made by children through mobile devices. The FTC’s complaint, filed Thursday, asks the court to force Amazon to refund the money to those customers. In-app purchases …

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Australian Netflix use has tripled in the past 12 months

CNET It’s no secret that Australians are big users of Netflix. Thanks to the simplicity of VPNs more and more Aussies are dodging around the geoblock to become paying subscribers of the US-based video on demand service. Now, courtesy of Australian financial app Pocketbook, we have some figures to put on the local Netflix usage. Using data from its own …

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