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Microsoft launches YouTube app, Google demands it taken down

Microsoft launches YouTube app, Google demands it taken down
  • Posted May 16, 2013, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software
  • Google yesterday issued a cease-and-desist letter to Microsoft, demanding Redmond pull its YouTube app from the Windows Phone Store. The app has been available for over a week; however, it violates YouTube's API usage terms. Google says Microsoft has until…

Microsoft has "no plan" to release DirectX 11.1 for Windows 7 (Updated)

Microsoft has "no plan" to release DirectX 11.1 for Windows 7 (Updated)
  • Posted November 14, 2012, 3:22 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Gaming

  • According to a reply from an engineer on Microsoft's Developer Network forum, DirectX 11.1 will be available exclusively for flavors of Windows 8 only. There are apparently no plans to release 11.1 for Windows 7 or Vista. "DirectX 11.1 is…

Twitter's grip tightens with new API, upsets some devs

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  • Posted August 17, 2012, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Twitter product manager Michael Sippey announced that Twitter's next API revision is expected to launch in "the coming weeks". An API, or "application programming interface", is a framework by which developers are granted the ability to access certain features, data…

Facebook closing Face.com APIs and Klik app

Facebook closing Face.com APIs and Klik app
  • Posted July 9, 2012, 3:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Facebook acquired facial recognition technology company Face.com last month in a deal that was rumored to be valued around $100 million. The social network is already making headway with the new purchase by closing some of the key products from…

Judge rules in favor of Google, APIs cannot be copyrighted

Judge rules in favor of Google, APIs cannot be copyrighted
  • Posted June 1, 2012, 11:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, Software
  • US District Judge William Alsup of San Francisco has ruled against Oracle in their lawsuit with Google. The judge declared that copyright law does not reside over APIs, specifically in this case, with Google’s use of Java when they developed…

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