Why Apple's iOS 6 Privacy Protection Will Backfire | Accelerate Your Database: MemSQL Launches With $5M From Ashton Kutcher, Max Levchin & More | Apple may have partnered with Skobbler to perfect iOS 6 maps | Russia's Oleg Tinkoff plots a new $20m ad venture | Microsoft and Google Suddenly Want to Be Like Apple

Why Apple's iOS 6 Privacy Protection Will Backfire

Posted by PCWorld
People don?t like it when apps surreptitiously steal personal information. Apparently Apple?s primary concern is the ?surreptitious? part, though, rather than preventing personal data from being leaked or collected. New dialog boxes in iOS 6 may protect Apple, but will do little to help users safeguard their privacy.
Earlier this year the proverbial ?stuff? hit the fan when it was discovered that Path--a popular social networking app--was stealing contact info from the address books of the iOS devices it was installed on. That incident was followed by other revelations of privacy infringement, and congressional inquiries demanding stricter protection for users.
New privacy permissions seem d[...]
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Accelerate Your Database: MemSQL Launches With $5M From Ashton Kutcher, Max Levchin & More

Posted by TechCrunch
Last year, we introduced you to MemSQL, a plucky young Y Combinator alum that was building technology that would let developers give their databases a Nitrous boost, while simplifying application development and maintenance. Founded by ex-Facebookers Eric Frenkiel and Nikita Shamgunov, MemSQL raised $2.1 million in seed funding last July from an impressive roster of investors, before going silent to plug away at their private beta.
After a year of development, MemSQL is officially ready for primetime. Today, the startup launches its next-gen database into the world, and it’s got some shiny new coin to go with its new product, bringing total investment to $5 million. As part of the foll[...]
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Apple may have partnered with Skobbler to perfect iOS 6 maps

Posted by VentureBeat
Apple may be developing its upcoming Maps feature in iOS 6 with help from Skobbler, a mobile company that uses Open Street Maps to create its own map applications.
A developer with early access to iOS 6 was allegedly playing around with the maps feature when the app error-ed out, according to a source of Infinite Loop Mobile’s. It showed a splash page for ForeverMap, an app created by Skobbler that is currently for sale in the iOS app store. Skobbler bases its map app on Open Street Maps’ data, the same data that Apple is using in its iOS map function. The company also helps others create applications using Open Street Maps.
The mystery developer claims that upon failing, the iOS[...]
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Russia’s Oleg Tinkoff plots a new $20m ad venture

Posted by Gigaom
Here’s one to watch: serial entrepreneur Oleg Tinkoff — best known for starting a groundbreaking online bank in his home country of Russia — is putting together a new business, with substantial backing from Goldman Sachs.
The 45-year-old, who has built a reputation as one of Russia’s most successful businessmen with a range of ventures including technology, brewing and restaurants, announced the creation of a new advertising company, Tinkoff Digital, on Tuesday.
It’s being set up with $20 million, raised from Goldman and Tinkoff himself, with the aim of developing new online and mobile ad technologies.
Goldman Sachs will be a co-investor and shareholder in the[...]
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Microsoft and Google Suddenly Want to Be Like Apple

Posted by PCWorld
Two tech giants have learned a few tricks from Apple. Here's why that's a good thing[...]
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