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Apple was fined 3 million won for collecting such data even when some users turned off location-recognition features on their iPhones, the Korea Communications Commission said Aug. 3. Google Inc

Earlier this year, Apple was sued in the U.S. by two iPhone and iPad users who claimed the devices secretly collected information on their movements.

“I’m an iPhone user myself, so when I first heard about this in the media, I reviewed the legality of the matter based on Korean law,” Kim Hyeong Seok, an attorney for the plaintiffs

Firefox 6 'Released' Two Days Early

official release for Firefox 6 is scheduled for this Tuesday

A lot of the changes coming in Firefox 6

A new permissions tool (accessed by typing "about:permissions" in the browser's address bar) will give users a chance to set site-specific permission levels for saved passwords, cookies, location-sharing, pop-ups, and images, to name a few options.

The Reset Firefox feature would automatically create a new Firefox user profile and migrate the user’s data, including bookmarks, history and passwords.

Mozilla tackled half the problem in Firefox 8 by blocking automatic third party add-on installations in the web browser. Users now have the option to accept or deny installation of the add-on. The feature is integrated in Firefox 8.

Users upload more than 250 million photos each day

features will be available to users over the next few days.

letting users pre-approve having their names attached to a photo posted by a friend before that photo appears on their profile.

The tagged photo will still appear on the friend’s page and could show up in the news feeds of common friends.

users can remove their names

Given the timing with the launch of Google+ on June 28

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ComScore's data illustrates how many American consumers use Google and the other major search engine

op three internet destinations are all owned by companies with search engines

Mozilla is carefully circumventing the phrase of “waging war” against the creation of closed or “siloed” environments on the web.

competing, but not so by going directly against a rival, but by being “different”

That name would be Apple, which Mozilla’s chairman and chief lizard wrangler Mitchell Baker directly addressed in a series of sequential blog posts that outline Mozilla’s future direction. The attacks aren’t as crude and as we typically see between Mozilla and Microsoft. They are much more carefully worded, perhaps in an effort to remain polite and not to raise any unnecessary attention

“There’s no reason why “apps” can’t incorporate the characteristics that are important about the web. They don’t today because Apple didn’t build them that way. There’s no reason Apple should; Apple has a different view of the world. But we can. In fact, Mozilla is one of the very few organizations that can do this.”

Mozilla has yet to show what it plans to do and leaves us with its vision for now. Mozilla believes that its opportunity is a user’s desire to run anything he wants on any device he owns. Mozilla believes that a user wants to be in charge of his web experience, not Apple, Google or a device. Mozilla believes that a user would want to be in control of her/his identity and the information that is made available. Of course, Mozilla’s model is also based on Firefox and a web browser, which Apple could care less about at this time.

offer better security

fixed a number of bug

that more advanced users can tweak controls such as acceptance of cookies, location sharing, pop-ups, and password

without open up permission

faster tab groups;

easier for users to tell if they are viewing a legitimate site'

fixes ten bugs

released a new version of the browser for the Android platform.

s much less memory

attach some significance to the new release

It's just "the latest."

Mozilla wants to take this a step further

The argument is made that you don't know what version of, say, Twitter or Facebook you're using, so why should your Web browser be any different?

If you're going to force the user to know about every update, it seems a little unfair to refuse to even tell her what version she's using.

he regards the entire discussion as crazy.

new studies reveals

psychological effects of constant Facebooking.

teens who use Facebook

chances to learn how to socialize

ood aspects of the digital lifestyle today's teens were born into.

Facebook can be distracting

negatively impacting teen grades

teaching in compelling ways that engage young students.

more than 1,000 urban adolescents.

omputer, Internet and social-network use, use of mobile Internet devices and phone services like texting, as well as factors related to mental health

, particularly shy teens

experience can give shy kids an easier experience building relationships, by speaking through a keyboard

person

social networks promote healthy social relationships, an important step in teenage development

most frequently had Facebook open

Social networks

addition to the positives

associations between social network use and various mental issues

lack of empathy

, increased aggression and traits associated with mental illnesses

schizophrenia and depression.

detract from a teen's learning and grades

observing 300 teenagers study

can teach teens empathy, or the ability to understand someone else's feelings

lowest retention

similar effect of texting.

notifications after

wo-minute "tech breaks

heck their messages

15 minutes of studying

social networking

negative effects on academics.

BlackBerry 7

new OS

iPhone 5

Samsung's Galaxy II phone

Windows Phone 7 (Mango, or 7.5)

(with a keyboard

In-Depth With The Phones

single-core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm processor

5 megapixel cameras with image stabilization

24-bit

4x zoom

8 megapixel cameras; some have 3-D video capture and playback.

BlackBerry battery life standards

fairly heavy mobile phone user, consuming apps

5.5 hours of talk time on GSM

9810 rates 6.5

Torch 9800

768 MB

of RAM

Torch 9850 has 4 GB of storage on board, expandable to 36 GB, while the Torch 9810 has 8 GB on board, upgradeable to 32 GB. The Bold starts with 8 GB, and maxes out at 40 GB.

Only time will tell exactly how all of these apps will work. One thing is for sure having these types of apps will make the Vita an overall more appealing product.

The real app that we are waiting to hear confirmation about is NetFlix, with the Vita’s amazing screen it would be a great viewing experience

They can also see what other Facebook fans and friends have said while watching the movie.

The cult classic The Big Lebowski is now available to rent on Facebook.

reward up to five friends with a $1 discount on the Facebook rental

Even though the film is available on DVD, Blu-ray and through digital download services such as Amazon, Cinema Now and Vudu, we think a Facebook offering makes sense for this type of film.

this would be a great way for friends spread out across the country to share a funny, infinitely quotable movie together.

ban the sale of three phones are "too similar" to the iPhone. The ban begins October 15.

Missing from the ban, however, are the Galaxy Tab tablets,

included in the original suit filed this month.

evidence that it may have doctored photos in that case, as well.

get the Tab banned in Germany,

A Dutch court found Samsung to be infringing on an Apple patent

technologies related to a “Portable Electronic Device for Photo Management.”

covers the various aspects of a photo gallery user interface

Samsung’s Galaxy S, SII, and Ace smartphones have thus been banned from sale.

use of touchscreen gestures

ban takes effect October 15

phones will be barred in Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the Netherlands.

ruling will not be enforceable in other EU member-states because Apple failed to pay the administrative costs necessary in order to make the patent valid, tech patent blog FOSS Patents reports.

Apple’s failure to keep its paperwork in order

ban could have disruptive effects on Samsung sales across Europe.

fact that a good portion of Samsung’s distribution system for the region runs through the Netherlands:

sell these devices, the company will now need to ship them into various countries directly.

Samsung is obviously not pleased with the ruling, and has vowed to take “all possible measures including legal action” to ensure there will be no disruption in sales of its devices.

That said, Samsung still has options: the injunction found that Android 2.3 infringed on the patent but Android 3.0 and above did not.

Korean electronics maker needs to do is update the banned phones and the injunction will be un-enforceable, something Judge E.F. Brinkman

Pushing out patches to fix security holes or resolve bugs does not qualify as a new version of the browser

Firefox 4.1, and Firefox 6 is really just Firefox 4.2

Firefox launching a "new version" every six weeks is a nightmare.

but it still has 50 percent more market share than Firefox and Chrome combined

latest flagship browser from Microsoft--Internet Explorer 9-

It breaks add-ons--again

5 was launched, many users complained that it broke add-ons

It is filled with serious security vulnerabilities

no longer supported by Mozilla

Firefox isn't riddled with security holes

Firefox 6 officially debuted earlier this month

the survey found that Firefox 6 has already garnered at least 8 per cent of the total traffic from browsers,

45 per cent of all Firefox-stemming traffic.

don't get too excited for Firefox 6 just yet;

Chitika found that the growth rate for Firefox 6 is starting to taper off,

This means that Mozilla has some work to do, in order to get other Firefox users and beyond to jump on this version now.

Hewlett-Packard

HP’s bombshell revelations

where it holds the global No. 1 spot

TouchPad

Apple (AAPL) has positioned its iPad very well for years to come against challengers in the tablet market.

Apple’s iPad was announced in January 2010

no tablet has caught up to what Apple offers.

happy with a Google (GOOG) Android Honeycomb tablet; fewer have purchased a BlackBerry (RIMM) Playbook.

third-party app support,

table the TouchPad?

For most people, the iPad is the most complete tablet available.

Apple holds the tablet crown.

phone apps,

a media store,

tens of millions were already used to.

earliest

tablet contenders appeared and they’re just now gaining certain key features: movie stores, for example, and stretch and zoom capabilities for phone apps. Consumers want a complete tablet experience, not one that’s “coming soon.”

HP’s $1.2 billion investment in webOS persuaded me that it was in the tablet race for the long haul. I defended the company’s move to sell the TouchPad at a discount and even bought one, only to find out days later that I was wrong: HP wasn’t selling the tablet at low prices to expand the user base quickly and help attract developers. HP apparently gave the TouchPad only a brief chance to gain an audience.

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