Should employees be paid for the time they spend in line undergoing anti-theft searches at the end of a shift? An employee of an Amazon warehouse is leading an important test… Read more »
Amazon is digging in versus the federal government in a lawsuit over apps — the case is interesting because Amazon picked a fight with a powerful agency even after two of… Read more »
Circle, one of the giants of the bitcoin world, is finally allowing the general public to try out the service. Its offering is tailored to the global market. Read more »
A troll called called Rotatable claimed a patent monopoly on the use of rotating mobile screen displays. Rackspace won a victory for everyone by destroying its patent. Read more »
Apple included language in its first Transparency Report to say that it had not been subject to a Section 215 Patriot Act request. That language is now gone. Read more »
Disconnect Mobile, an app from a privacy company that screens for tracking software, reappeared briefly in Google’s Play Store, then vanished again. Read more »
The mobile version of Disconnect, a tool that helps users screen malicious ads and ad-tracking, is back in the Google Store after being banned for two weeks. Read more »
Apple’s legal headaches over its role in a price-fixing scheme for ebooks appeared to be over. Now, shareholders have piled on with a new lawsuit accusing its executives of mismanagement. Read more »
When a federal judge rejected a wage-fixing settlement by Apple, Google, Adobe and Intel, she suggested that $380 million would be a reasonable number. The companies decided to appeal. Read more »