European Commissions Action Plan on Intellectual Property deemphasizes automotive industry concerns (noreply@blogger.com (Florian Mueller)/FOSS Patents)

Today the European Commission formally adopted and announced its Action Plan on Intellectual Property (“IP Action Plan”). A near-final draft of the document already leaked last week and generated... Read more »

Microsoft Hints at Turning Xbox Into an App For Your TV (Slashdot)

Microsoft is in the early phases of rolling out its xCloud streaming service on mobile devices, but TVs are the next logical step. From a report:In an interview with... Read more »

Retired engineer confesses to role in sliding Microsoft Bob onto millions of XP install CDs (webmaster@theregister.co.uk (Richard Speed)/The Register)

‘While Bob never got to play on the big stage, he always followed the band around and got to ride on the bus’ One anniversary unlikely to be marked... Read more »

How to stop Google from tracking your Androids location (insider@insider.com (Dave Johnson)/Business Insider: Tech)

You can stop Google from tracking your Android device by disabling Google’s “Location History” option, or by disabling specific apps. Related coverage from Tech Reference: How to stop Google from... Read more »

Apple: Ming-Chi Kuo sees AirPods sales falling 5% to 10% in early 2021 (Philip Elmer-DeWitt/Apple 3.0 – Philip Elmer-DeWitt)

From AppleInsider’s “Kuo: Apple’s major product lines enjoy healthy demand in Q4, but AirPods shipments muted” posted early Wednesday. From AppleInsider’s “Kuo: Apple’s major product lines enjoy healthy demand... Read more »

Premarket: Markets are down, Apple is green (Philip Elmer-DeWitt/Apple 3.0 – Philip Elmer-DeWitt)

From the wsj’s “Stock Futures Pause After Dow’s 30000 Milestone” posted early Wednesday. From the wsj’s “Stock Futures Pause After Dow’s 30000 Milestone” posted early Wednesday: Stocks have been... Read more »

Silicon Valley expects a chillier relationship with Biden than Obama (Mark Sullivan/Fast Company)

Times have changed since the Obama administration did little to regulate the tech industry. “I’ve never been a big Zuckerberg fan,” says Biden. Now that the Biden administration has... Read more »

Amazon aims to stop counterfeit products with “Operation Fulfilled Action” (Satsuki Then/SlashGear)

Amazon announced today that it was working with the United States government’s National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) to launch a joint operation to stop counterfeit goods... Read more »

Intels CEO Just Asked Joe Biden to Do This (newsfeedback@fool.com (Billy Duberstein)/Fool.com -GOOG)

These companies would benefit. When a President is elected and begins setting their administration’s agenda, numerous business luminaries voice their opinions about what the new leader needs to do.... Read more »

Heres Why Apple Is My No. 1 Dividend Paying Stock for the Next 20 Years (newsfeedback@fool.com (Danny Vena)/Fool.com -GOOG)

The iPhone maker has a lot going for it. There’s little doubt Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has become one of the best-performing stocks over the past decade. It was also... Read more »
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