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New York: Facebook Inc. has proposed a revised $20 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit accusing it of violating users’ rights through its Sponsored Stories advertising feature after a US judge ruled a had rejected earlier agreement. The new settlement agreement, filed Saturday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, drops provisions that would provide …

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The rare apology follows Apple’s launch of its own maps service earlier this month, when it began selling the iPhone 5 and introduced iOS 6, the much-anticipated update to its mobile software platform. Users complained that the new Maps service – based on data from Dutch navigation device and digital map maker TomTom NV – …

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RIM, based in Waterloo, Ontario, a pioneer in the smartphone space, has lost market share in North America in recent years to Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, whose more versatile and user-friendly devices have taken off. RIM is trying to reinvent itself through a line of beefed up smartphones that will run on …

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Apple Inc. has asked for a court order permanently banning Samsung Electronics from selling Samsung Electronics products it claims infringed its patents, as well as additional damages of $707 million on top of the billion-dollar judgment that the iPhone maker achieved in the last month. Samsung has responded and asked for a new trial version. …

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