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Rapping Woot! Monkeys Announce Amazon Deal, Apple Gets Served Over Antenna

by Warren Riddle on July 1, 2010 at 11:45 AM

Amazon Buys Woot
Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • Online retailer Woot! just gained a massive new corporate parent, as the site has reportedly inked a deal with Amazon. The venture is apparently similar to previous Amazon purchases, which have allowed sites like Zappos and Audible to operate as independent entities. The quirky Woot! crew has already released a video detailing the acquisition, and it's a must-see for lovers of monkeys and really geeky raps. [From: Woot!]
  • A group of Maryland consumers is taking Apple to court over the iPhone 4's antenna issues. Unsatisfied with Apple's "It is a fact of life" company line, the group's class action includes harsh, accusatory language, including terms and phrases like "General Negligence," "Defect in Design," "Deceptive Trade Practices" and "Fraud by Concealment." [From: Gizmodo]
  • The self-congratulatory enthusiasm over Foursquare's $20 million cash influx may soon wane as accusations of privacy invasion emerge. According to Wired, hacker Jesper Anderson discovered several site flaws, and determined Foursquare "was leaking user data on a massive scale in plain violation of its privacy policy." Anderson later acknowledged Foursquare fixed the flaw, but the site apparently never bothered to inform users that it had violated its own policies. [From:Wired]
  • Facebook recently simplified its criticized privacy settings, and the site is apparently implementing another new practice. The upcoming alteration will provide more transparency to the outside application process by requiring apps to divulge exactly what information will be accessed and pulled from member profiles. [From: The Huffington Post]
  • The rivalry between HTML5 and Flash seems to have inspired a rift in the house of Google. While the search engine has previously offered public support for HTML5, a blog post from YouTube -- which Google owns -- indicated that "Adobe Flash provides the best platform for YouTube's video distribution requirements." [From: Yahoo! News]
  • In just two weeks, Amazon has significantly slashed its Kindle prices, and upgraded the e-reader's Apple capabilities. CEO Jeff Bezos recently announced the company's desire to allow Kindle owners to "read everywhere" on any device, and, with a new "Kindle Previewer for HTML5" program, owners will be able to access book previews from their Web browsers. [From: The New York Times]

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