Poor old granddad. Another tech company is trying to parse the moral crisis at the border. After employees at Salesforce complained about the company’s work for the Customs and Border Protection service, CEO Marc Benioff defended the contract. The company’s software isn’t used to separate children from their parents, he wrote in an email to employees, adding “I’m opposed to separating children from their families at the border. It is immoral.” At Google, the company is trying to tamp down the rhetoric on its internal bulletin board system known as Memegen, the Wall Street Journal reports. “Do your part to keep Google a safe, productive, and inclusive environment for everyone,” the new guidelines say, in part.
They’ll steal your heart away. With subscriptions a rapidly growing source of revenue at Apple, the company is said to be “considering” creating a single offering for one price that would include access to original video programming, music streaming, and magazine articles, The Information reported. That would follow Amazon’s model of including a bevy of services and features under its Prime program, versus duplicating the separate offerings of rivals like Spotify, Netflix, and Dropbox. Apple also settled its seven year patent battle with Samsung over allegedly copying key iPhone features. Terms weren’t disclosed. “If I had to characterize it, it didn’t really accomplish anything,” Santa Clara University law professor Brian Love told the New York Times.
They come on strong and it ain’t too long. The International Olympic Committee and the Global Association of International Sports Federations (which includes both Olympic and non-Olympic sports) announced an eSports forum on July 21 that could eventually lead to popular video gaming leagues participating in the quadrennial event. The meeting will be “to begin a discussion, listen and learn from each other, and understand the potential opportunities for collaboration,” IOC sports director Kit McConnell said.
There’s nothing I can say. After paying about $108 billion including assumed debt to buy Time Warner, AT&T is under the gun to reduce its leverage. So it’s probably not surprising that the giant carrier quietly more than doubled one of its vague fees added to the bottom of wireless customers’ bills. Raising the monthly “administrative fee” to $1.99 from 76 cents could raise almost $1 billion, an analyst said.
Makes you wonder where you are. Freaking out the pharmacy industry once again, Amazon on Thursday said it acquired online prescription filler PillPack for an undisclosed sum. Shares of CVS, Walgreens Boots, and Rite Aid fell as much as 10% in premarket trading.
They’ll trap you, then they use you. While there’s been a ton of focus on the collection of personal data by Internet companies like Google and Facebook, the murky industry of data brokers sails on despite the risks. A researcher on Wednesday announced that Florida-based data broker Exactis had exposed 340 million records on the Internet of consumers and businesses, including phone numbers, home addresses, email addresses, and other highly personal characteristics. Still worried about Facebook? The social network says it’s having trouble tracking down all the data it shared with app developers because many are no longer in business.
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