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For Sale: Old Apple, Very Expensive

Peter Kafka in News on June 21, 2013 at 8:47 am PT

One of Steve Jobs’s first computers might sell for more than $500,000.

After Months of Hacks, Twitter Launches Heightened Security Features

Mike Isaac in Social on May 22, 2013 at 12:35 pm PT

A new form of identity verification could help deter account hackers.

Some Guardian Twitter Accounts Hacked, Likely More to Follow

Mike Isaac in Social on April 29, 2013 at 11:02 am PT

Another day, another high-profile hack.

U.S. Stocks Tank Briefly in Wake of Associated Press Twitter Account Hack

Mike Isaac in Social on April 23, 2013 at 10:29 am PT

A sharp reaction to an errant, disturbing tweet.

Yahoo Is Among Those Mulling a TVGuide.com Bid for About $20 Million

Kara Swisher in Media on November 19, 2012 at 5:36 pm PT

Kicking the tires of the entertainment listings, video and news site.

Speeding Up the Wire

AP chides reporters for tweeting about Occupy news before the news hits the wire bit.ly/rTpLzE So shouldn’t the wire speed up?!

— The New York Times’ (and former Facebook and Twitter product guy) Brian Stelter, in response to an email by Associated Press managing editor Lou Ferrara, reprimanding reporters for breaking news on Twitter before it hit the wire

News.me, the iPad News Aggregator Blessed by Big Publishers, Gets Ready to Launch

Peter Kafka in Media on April 19, 2011 at 9:23 pm PT

The 99-cents-a-week service looks like the kind of thing that could drive the New York Times and the Associated Press batty. Instead, they’ve signed on for a piece of the action.

When Media Giants Attack! Cease-and-Desist Letter to News Reader Zite Claims All Kinds of Copyright Damage

Kara Swisher in News on March 30, 2011 at 3:24 pm PT

A panoply of big media giants sent a cease-and-desist letter today to Zite, the Apple iPad news reader app. The Washington Post, AP, Gannett, Getty, Time, Dow Jones and many other media organizations were part of the copyright violations action, which you can read all about after the jump.

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Associated Press Settles Copyright Case With Obama Poster-Maker Shepard Fairey

Peter Kafka in Media on January 12, 2011 at 11:05 am PT

Good to get this one cleared up before the 2012 election: The Associated Press has settled its copyright case with artist Shepard Fairey, who used an AP photograph to create the once-famous Obama “Hope” poster in 2008. The case has been worth watching for digital types because it hinges on the concept of “fair use,” but an AP press release notes that “neither side surrenders its view of the law.” The two sides will work together to generate revenue from the poster and related images, and Fairey plans on making more stuff using AP photos, with the news group’s permission.