Chinese Officials Close Two of Three Fake Apple Stores

By Maria Joyce Cabilao, on July 26th, 2011%
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Officials of China have ordered two fake Apple shops in the city of Kunming to close.

The fake Apple shops were highlighted previous week by a blogger who writes in the name BirdAbroad.  According to her, there were three fake Apple shops in the city in southeastern China.

Officials have closed two of the stores since they were selling Apple products without permission.  On the other hand, the reports said that the shop emphasized by BirdAbroad was not closed since it is applying for a license of a reseller.

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User Data, Released to the US Government by Google

By Jan Paul Ronaldo Manching, on June 28th, 2011%
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Google says the US government inquires Google for user data more than twice as frequently as any other and is more probable to obtain its own means.

The US completed 4,601 requests, next by Brazil with 1,804 and India with 1,699 over the second half of previous year.  The figures relate to the entire Google services, counting YouTube videos, Gmail, Blogger blog posts and search results.

Google says in its transparency statement that it fulfilled with US demands in 94% of cases, compared with 90% of Japan, 88% of Singapore and 81% of Australia.

Matt Braithwaite of the company says, “Our . . . → Read More: User Data, Released to the US Government by Google

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