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Source:Valleywag

Apple tracks how iPhone owners use the “Stocks” and “Weather” widgets installed on each device, Uneasysilence claims. All mobile devices possess a unique International Mobile Equipment Identity number, and as the screenshot below indicates, the iPhone sends its user’s unique IMEI to an Apple server each time the widgets perform a query. The data includes which stock ticker was queried.

This shouldn’t surprise iPhone owners, because of course they all read Apple’s terms of service before agreeing to it:

When you interact with Apple, we may collect personal information relevant to the situation, such as your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, and contact preferences; your credit card information and information about the Apple products you own, such as their serial numbers and date of purchase; and information relating to a support or service issue.

Source:Valleywag

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Hollywood writers striking over Internet compensation plan to resume talks with film and TV producers Monday, November 26. Why? Wouldn’t you rush to terms if you were being forced to spend time “in solidarity” with washed-up actors like Ray Romano, Brad Garrett, and Jason Alexander?

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Facebook has purchased Chinese social network Zhanzuo.com for $85 million, according to reports. Facebook has yet to confirm the news, though an unnamed PR flack told the Financial Times Zhanzuo’s chief executive Jack Zhang and Mark Zuckerberg know each other and that official news should be expected by the end of the month. Zhanzuo.com has 7 million active members and is reportedly popular among students. Meanwhile, now we have at least one theory why Facebook feels comfortable allowing employers to spy on their employees’ private profiles. Facebook could just be preparing to operate in the People’s Republic of China, where your privacy really is an illusion.

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