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Dropbox for Business gets security boost as firm opens first UK office
Full text search and password protected files are among the additions
Internet Explorer vulnerabilities have doubled since 2013
Microsoft's web browser has required an 'historic' shedload of security patches
Microsoft Debuts Lumia 530, its Lowest Cost Windows Phone to Date
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Microsoft on Wednesday debuted the Lumia 530, a new entry-level model that packs a 4-inch screen, Windows Phone 8.1 and a sticker price of under $115, without subsidies.
To hit that price, the phone lacks a front-facing camera and support for high-speed LTE phone networks.
The move comes a week after Microsoft announced plans to stop development of the Android-based Nokia X and other non-Windows devices.
“We are moving quickly to help more people experience the uncompromised Lumia technologies, third party apps, and Microsoft services that we deliver on our flagship products,” Microsoft devices unit VP Jo Harlow said in a statement. “Lumia 530 underscores our commitment to making affordable smartphones for everyone, and introducing more people to the best of Microsoft.”
The Lumia 530 is slated to hit the market next month, Microsoft said. Other features include a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm processor, a 5MP rear camera and it will come in both single-SIM and dual-SIM models.
Mi 3 Product Page Rips Off Aperture Icon
Scroll down on the Mi 3 “features” page and you’ll see this image, named “detail-camera.jpg”. (Cached version, for when Mi pulls the original.) Take a good look at the camera in that image, then look at the app icon for the current version of Aperture. (Cached.) It’s a simple copy-paste-skew job of the lens, and not a very good one. Two panels down on the page, they use it again, horizontally flipped. (Shockingly, they cropped out the “Designed by Apple in California”.)
Now re-read this.
Can’t Manage A Standing Desk? Meet Cubii, The Sitting Exerciser
Sitting down — and the sedentary lifestyle it encourages — is killing you, slowly but surely. The problem is, standing desks aren’t for everyone. Making the switch is a big deal. I love mine but it took a week of pain and suffering to go from seat to feet, and it still feels pretty tough on calves and soles after a full day-long standing stretch. So here’s a third… Read More
POP Gets $700K To Make Prototyping Apps Easy, Releases Second Version
POP, an app that lets developers quickly turn paper sketches into prototypes for iOS or Android apps, has raised an angel round of $700,000 from ZPark, Golden Gate Ventures, 500 Startups (which POP participated in last year) , and other investors. POP, which launched for iPhone first, also released a new version that can be used to create apps for iPads, Android devices, and desktop as well. Read More 
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Can the Amazon Fire Phone Take on iPhone and Samsung?
Ever since Amazon.com got into the hardware business with the first Kindle monochrome e-reader in 2007, its devices have been seen mainly as a way for the giant e-tailer to effortlessly sell and deliver its digital content to customers. Even when it launched its series of Kindle Fire color tablets, that remained a fair assessment. These color slates did include a limited number of apps and games, plus a browser and messaging. But they still seemed designed primarily to buy and consume e-books, videos and music sold by Amazon.
On Friday, the company is taking another step into hardware with the Amazon Fire phone, and this time things are a bit different. The new phone again has features tightly tied into its online store. But it also includes an unusual new user interface and a premium price that signals that Amazon is serious about becoming a smartphone power, competing head-on with the two leaders in that market, Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy S series.
That new interface, called Dynamic Perspective, attempts to replace the familiar tap-and-swipe navigation with one-handed tilting gestures that expose menus, reveal added information, and scroll the screen.
So how does it stack up against its main premium competitors?
[Sorry. This video cannot be displayed in this feed. View your video here.]I’ve been testing the Amazon Fire phone since last week, mainly comparing it to the iPhone 5s, which I consider the best smartphone on the market.
I think Amazon deserves credit for creatively trying to change up the familiar tap-and-swipe user experience on phones based on both Apple’s iOS and those, like Samsung’s, that use Google’s Android platform. And the phone is a competent device, with a vivid, crisp display, a very good camera, and dual speakers.
But I consider the Amazon Fire phone no more than an interesting first step. In my tests, I found its big new features less useful than I expected, and sometimes outright frustrating. And, arriving seven years after the debut of the first modern smartphone, Amazon’s new entry lacks some key functions both Apple and Samsung include.
Just One Carrier
Perhaps the biggest problem for this new phone, out of the gate, is that it’s only available on a single carrier, AT&T, and I am led to believe that this exclusivity, while not unlimited, isn’t just a brief promotion. Currently, Amazon doesn’t even have a model that could work on Verizon. Of course, the iPhone famously was exclusive to AT&T for several years, but that was a long time ago, when the whole device category was new. Consumers who don’t like AT&T’s coverage or plans won’t want the Fire.
Premium Price
The Amazon Fire phone will cost $199 with a two-year contract, or $650 without a contract. Those are the same prices AT&T charges for the base iPhone 5s, but the Fire offers twice the storage capacity at those prices — 32 gigabytes versus the iPhone’s 16GB. A 64GB model will cost $100 more. And for an unspecified limited time, Fire buyers get a free one-year subscription to Amazon’s Prime program, which otherwise costs $99.
The Fire has a 4.7-inch screen, compared with four inches on the current iPhones (bigger screens are likely in new iPhones in the fall) and 5.1 inches for Samsung’s Galaxy S5. I found it generally comfortable in the hand.
Dynamic Perspective
The phone’s two big new features are Dynamic Perspective and Firefly. The first is powered by four special sensors, small cameras with infrared LEDs in each corner. These detect the presence and position of a user’s head in relation to the phone.
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It was cool to be able to look at things like clothing items on Amazon from all sides. And Dynamic Perspective is a plus when playing games designed to make use of it.
But the most frequent use of the feature is flicking the phone sharply to the left or right to expose information. The screen contents are actually on three panels, and the left and right panels only appear when you do this sharp tilting. They overlap the larger central panel.
Typically, the left panel contains menus, and the right panel has added information. For instance, in email, the left panel lists accounts and mailboxes, while the right panel collects all your attachments for handy use. On the home screen, the left panel lists categories like apps, music, and so forth; the right has the weather, calendar, and some notifications.
It’s a neat trick, but, in my tests, I found that I tired of it, partly because you have to flick the phone just right to make the panels appear, and then again to dismiss them. Call me impatient, but after too many frustrating flicks I resorted to swiping the side panels open and closed, even when I was using the phone one-handed, because I found it quicker and surer.
I was also disappointed with the auto-scrolling. It wasn’t that it didn’t work well — it did. But so far it only works in the Web browser and in lists of book, music and video titles. It doesn’t work, for instance, while reading a Kindle book, though Amazon plans a software update for that in a few months.
Firefly
The other big feature, Firefly, also disappointed. It uses the camera to identify products, books, songs, TV shows, movies, printed email addresses and more. And when it identifies something Amazon sells, it displays the link to let you buy it. Firefly is the shopping-cart feature of the Fire phone, and you launch it by long-pressing on the dedicated camera key on the side.
My problem with Firefly was its inconsistency. One morning, it correctly identified Quaker Oats, but not Cheerios. Dial liquid soap was seen as Dial soap bars. And it never could identify the Samsung Galaxy S5 box. It also got the email address wrong when scanning the business card of an Amazon executive.
But it correctly identified many other things, and did especially well on songs and popular TV shows.
Camera, Calls and Speakers
I found the camera to be very good, with accurate colors and good performance indoors and out. Voice-call clarity wasn’t the best I’ve ever experienced, but it was okay. The twin speakers, oddly, sounded a bit tinny to me and to another person I asked, when compared to the iPhone’s single speaker.
Voice Assistant
The voice assistant did a decent job of recognizing my requests, but it does far fewer things than Apple’s Siri. At launch, it can only make phone calls, send text messages (and have new messages read to you), send emails and search the Web. There’s also a dictation key on the keyboard.
Downsides
In my tests, AT&T’s data-network speeds on the Fire were a tad below Verizon’s on the iPhone. But the big surprise was the Fire’s Wi-Fi speed. When it was near a wireless router, it delivered the full 35 Mbps my service provides. But just a room away, the speed would drop drastically to about a tenth of that. The iPhone remained constant. Amazon says this may have to do with my particular router, and is studying the issue.
Then there is a whole list of features offered by Apple and Samsung that the Fire lacks. Among these are things like fingerprint readers, built-in health sensors, integrated video calling and more. The Fire’s built-in app for viewing Microsoft Office documents can’t edit those documents unless you buy a premium version of the app. And the phone doesn’t support Bluetooth Low Energy, though that’s coming via a software update.
Finally, there are only about 185,000 apps available for the Fire, less than 20 percent of what’s available for Apple and Android phones. Amazon has added a bunch of key apps, but some, like an official YouTube app, are still missing.
Bottom Line
The Amazon Fire phone is perfectly suited for people heavily invested in the company’s ecosystem, and who like to use their smartphones one-handed, as long as they like AT&T. But to top Apple and Samsung, Amazon needs to do better.
Broadcom Cuts 2,500 Jobs as It Winds Down Baseband Unit
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Broadcom Corp said on Tuesday it is winding down its money-losing cellular baseband chip business and cutting one-fifth of its total workforce, instead of selling the unit.
Chief Executive Scott McGregor told analysts on a conference call that after Broadcom said in early June it would exit baseband and then tested the market for a possible sale, the company decided to shut the unit down.
“We made the decision to pursue a wind-down, which minimizes the ongoing losses from the business and enables us to focus on our core strengths that much more quickly,” McGregor said.
Broadcom said it has cut 250 sales and administrative jobs and expects to reduce worldwide headcount by an additional 2,250 employees. Those jobs are equivalent to about 20 percent of the 12,550 employees Broadcom cited in its 2013 annual report.
Earlier Tuesday, Broadcom reported stronger-than-expected adjusted second-quarter earnings and gave a third-quarter gross margin forecast that pushed the chipmaker’s stock higher.
Broadcom’s connectivity chips are used widely in smartphones, including Apple’s iPhones. But the company lost market share in baseband chips and made slow progress in leading-edge 4G technology, which is dominated by Qualcomm Inc.
The Irvine, Calif., company is the latest chip maker to abandon the baseband market. Texas Instruments cut 1,700 jobs in 2012 after failing to sell its mobile chip business.
Developing baseband technology to combine with its connectivity chips had been seen as Broadcom’s response to low-cost smartphone makers in China. Abandoning baseband will reduce Broadcom’s costs, but it may leave the chip maker at a competitive disadvantage.
Broadcom forecast an adjusted gross margin of 55 percent for the third quarter, higher than the 53 percent expected by Wall Street.
"This tells me that getting out of (baseband) was the right news," RBC analyst Doug Freedman said of Broadcom’s outlook.
Smartphone chip makers have been adjusting as industry growth shifts away from North America toward China and other developing countries, where consumers favor handsets selling for under $200 rather than such top-tier devices as the iPhone.
Broadcom reported second-quarter revenue of $2.04 billion, down 2.3 percent from the year-ago period. It said revenue in the third quarter would be between $2.10 billion and $2.25 billion. The midpoint of its forecast is $2.175 billion. Analysts on average had expected second-quarter revenue of $2.05 billion and third-quarter revenue of $2.19 billion, according to Thomson Reuters. In the second quarter, Broadcom lost $1 million, compared with a loss of $251 million, or 43 cents a share, last year. Non-GAAP earnings per share were 65 cents in the second quarter. Analysts on average expected 61 cents.
Broadcom’s stock rose 3.23 percent in extended trading after closing up 0.31 percent at $38.75 in regular Nasdaq trade.
Threat of Fight With Activist Fund Looms Over EMC’s Q3 Report
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When the enterprise data storage company EMC reports quarterly earnings on Wednesday, it will be the first time company executives will face the public since the disclosure of a large investment by the activist investment firm Elliott Management, which wants to break the company up.
Sources close to both camps who are familiar with the situation tell Re/code that EMC executives have not yet met with representatives from the investment firm. Elliott asked EMC for a meeting last week but EMC declined, citing quiet-period rules ahead of its earnings report.
EMC CEO Joe Tucci (pictured) is described by sources as willing to meet and hear Elliott’s ideas, but as yet there has been no formal back and forth between the two companies.
Elliott is an activist hedge fund controlled by billionaire Paul Singer, and it has a tendency to use its leverage as a significant shareholder to push for changes in how a company operates. Having bought up a two percent stake in EMC worth about $1.1 billion, Elliot is now pressing EMC to spin off VMware, a software company it controls.
The investment firm’s position, according to people familiar with its thinking, is that EMC’s operations and share price have been impaired by its majority ownership of VMware and vice versa. VMware, for instance, hasn’t pursued software-defined storage in part because it conflicts with EMC’s core enterprise storage business.
The potential onset of an activist campaign to break up EMC is coinciding with Tucci’s pending retirement as CEO, now scheduled for February. EMC hasn’t yet named a successor.
And while Tucci will remain chairman, the potential for a proxy fight to change the makeup of EMC’s board will increase in the coming months, said analyst Toni Sacconaghi in a note to clients circulated Monday. EMC’s full board is up for renomination before company’s next shareholder meeting, usually held in the spring. “Elliott is likely to already have an alternative slate of directors to propose and is likely willing to engage in a proxy fight,” Sacconaghi wrote.
The board, he wrote, is said to be supportive of Tucci’s long-term vision. Sources familiar with EMC’s thinking say the company’s executives view the notion of spinning off VMware as mostly an “interesting spreadsheet exercise” and aimed at short-term gains. Tucci has sought to sketch out a longer-term vision, arguing that EMC and VMware are stronger together than apart.
But given EMC’s performance — in a three-year period when the S&P 500 rose 52 percent, EMC shares rose only one percent — there’s likely to be, Sacconaghi said, “meaningful shareholder support” for Elliott’s approach.
As for the quarter: Analysts expect EMC to report a profit of 43 cents a share on revenue of about $5.8 billion. In April, the company disappointed shareholders with the news that it expected to finish the year with a smaller profit than had been expected. Where analysts called for a full-year profit of $1.94 a share, EMC said on April 23 that it expected $1.90. EMC shares have increased by more than 13 percent this year.
There Have Been No Google-Spotify Acquisition Talks
When last we checked in, The Wall Street Journal was surmising, based on a public cocktail between AOL CEO Tim Armstrong and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer in Sun Valley, that a merger could possibly be afoot between their companies.
As I later reported, not so much with the dream team of creaky Internet portals, at least up until then.
Today — based partly on a previous filing by Google about an unnamed foreign company it tried and failed to buy for $4 billion to $5 billion and a line I had in a story that noted that a top exec at the search giant had expressed interest in buying Spotify — the Journal is reporting that Google tried to buy the music service, but walked away because the price was too high.
Riveting, perhaps — but not so much, again.
According to multiple (I just dialed my little fingers off) sources at both companies, there have been neither formal nor informal discussions between the companies about an acquisition, directly or indirectly.
That said, Spotify co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek has indeed met with Google execs about various and substantive commercial deals at YouTube, Google Play and Android.
“There has not been a single conversation about Google’s interest between the two,” said one source, reflecting many others. “There was never a price, never a negotiation, never anything.”
Just a lot of interest on Google’s part in Spotify, which has 10 million paying subscribers and three times that using its free service. And such a purchase of the popular offering makes a lot of sense for Google, since it has one music subscription service and has been trying to create another, with plans to launch this year.
That’s why, in a post largely about a top Google exec joining Spotify’s board and another former one becoming a key adviser, I had offhandedly reported yesterday that Susan Wojcicki, who is now YouTube’s head, thinks a lot of Spotify.
I did this largely because it is easy to jump to the conclusion that two Googlers now helping Spotify represents the first strike in the invasion of the Borg. Cue Uber!
What I was stating was that Wojcicki — who has a big-money kitty for buying stuff now — likes it and might therefore consider buying Spotify if she could. So do other Googlers, but this is a far cry from serious buying chitchat.
Someday maybe, but not today.
“Google likes Netflix too, but it’s not buying it,” joked one person with knowledge of the situation.
In addition, the Journal story noted that it was Wojcicki who was pushing the deal last year. Not so again, as she was only appointed to run YouTube in February and would have had little to do with any such purchase at the massive video service then.
Lastly, the Journal article stated that Google CEO Larry Page has a “lack of enthusiasm for subscription entertainment services.” Also not so — according to multiple sources inside the company who have heard him say it, Page has expressed an interest in the company expanding beyond its online advertising business, including pursuing subscription services.
Thus, mischief managed. Bankers, stand down!
(Please see my disclosure about Google here.)
Tim Cook Says Businesses Could Revive Slowing iPad Sales
Asa Mathat
Although iPad sales were below analyst projections for a second straight quarter, Apple CEO Tim Cook says that the tablet can continue to grow, particularly if Apple can increase sales to businesses.
Cook noted that while Apple has 76 percent market share in the commercial sector, tablets are still far less used inside businesses than laptops.
“We have to do some more things to get the business side of things moving in a faster trajectory,” Cook said.
Of course, Cook pointed to Apple’s recent IBM deal as the chance to gain share inside corporations, noting both IBM’s sales force and its ability to create business applications designed for the iPad.
Sales of the iPad have continued to be strong in emerging markets — growing at greater than 50 percent last quarter in China, India and the Middle East — but have slowed in more mature markets.
“In the developed countries like the U.S., the market is clearly weaker,” Cook said.
Apple sold 13.3 million iPads last quarter, a drop of 9 percent from a year ago and 19 percent from the prior quarter — already a weak quarter for iPad sales.
Last quarter’s sales were in line with Apple’s expectations, but Cook acknowledged they were again less than some analysts had forecast.
Even with some slowing growth, Cook noted that the tablet market remains on track to become larger than the PC market in the coming years.
“We still feel the category as a whole is in its early days and there is significant innovation that can be brought to the iPad and we plan on doing that,” Cook said.
Apple Faces Class-Action Suit for Unpaid Wages
Ina Fried
Apple faces a class-action lawsuit brought by former Apple retail and corporate employees who claim they were denied rest periods and are owed back wages.
The lawsuit, initially filed in 2011 by former Apple store employee Brandon Felczer and other hourly workers, claims they missed meals and rest breaks — and were denied timely payment of their last paychecks.
After years of litigation, the California Superior Court on Tuesday certified the dispute as a class-action suit.
San Diego attorney Tyler J. Belong said the ruling allows his office to represent the interests of approximately 20,000 employees who live in the state in pressing the claims.
Apple, which just reported its quarterly earnings, could not immediately be reached for comment.
Apple’s Earnings Top Estimates, but Sales Trail Expectations
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Apple delivered a mixed bag in its quarterly earnings report, as per-share income came in just ahead of forecasts while iPhone sales and revenue were slightly less than some analysts had hoped for.
The Cupertino, Calif.-based technology giant reported earnings per share of $1.28 on revenue of $37.4 billion for the quarter that ended in June. Analysts expected Apple to report earnings of $1.23 a share on revenue of $38 billion.
Looking forward, Apple said to expect revenue of $37 billion to $40 billion for its July-to-September quarter. Analysts had been forecasting a revenue projection of around $40.4 billion, with per-share earnings pegged at $1.34. Apple didn’t give a per-share earnings forecast but did say to expect gross margins of 37 percent to 38 percent.
And, of course, the company offered its detail-free tease of upcoming products.
“We are incredibly excited about the upcoming releases of iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, as well as other new products and services that we can't wait to introduce," CEO Tim Cook said in a statement.
Apple also took pains to note that it is returning more of its gigantic cash flow to shareholders, something near and dear to investors.
Apple sold 35.2 million iPhones in the June quarter. Analysts forecast Apple would sell about 35 million to 36 million iPhones in its third quarter — which is down 18 percent from the prior quarter but consistent with sales in the months before an anticipated refresh of Apple’s product line.
It also sold 13.3 million iPads. Investors are watching tablet sales, which slumped 16 percent from the prior quarter. That’s also at the low end of Wall Street’s estimates.
Shares of Apple inched lower in after-hours trading following the earnings report, changing hands recently at $94.16, down 56 cents or just more than half of one percent.
Wall Street investors were awaiting results to gauge the strength of Apple’s stalwart iPhone, which accounts for more than half of the company’s revenue. Some analysts note, though, that investors typically look past this quarter’s numbers as they anticipate new product introductions in the fall.
The company will take (but not necessarily answer) all manner of analyst questions in a conference call starting at 2 pm PT.
Not-So-Smartphone: Microsoft Misses on Earnings Due to, Yep, Nokia
Microsoft turned in a pretty decent fourth quarter, with revenue of $23.4 billion, handily beating analyst estimates of $23 billion. But it missed on earnings per share — 55 cents, which was below the 60 cents expected, due to an eight cent per share loss related to its Nokia acquisition.
Last week, the software giant did a massive layoff of employees that hit particularly hard at the smartphone unit, which still has not yielded the benefits expected when the deal was struck.
In its press release on the quarter, Microsoft noted this about the cuts: “The pre-tax costs associated with this plan are estimated to be between $1.1 billion and $1.6 billion and will be recorded in fiscal year 2015, substantially in the first half of the fiscal year.”
The phone hardware division, said the company, represented “$1.99 billion to current year revenue.”
On a happier note, search revenue for its Bing unit was up 40 percent, with U.S. search share just over 19 percent. Also doing well were Microsoft cloud efforts, up 147 percent.
“We are galvanized around our core as a productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world, and we are driving growth with disciplined decisions, bold innovation and focused execution,” said CEO Satya Nadella. “I’m proud that our aggressive move to the cloud is paying off — our commercial cloud revenue doubled again this year to a $4.4 billion annual run rate.”
Nadella, CFO Amy Hood and other Microsoft execs will be in a conference call with analysts at 2:30 pm PT today to discuss the results.
Until then, here are all the fancy charts and numbers to peruse:
EA Beats the Street Again
After a resounding beat in May, Electronic Arts once again exceeded Wall Street’s expectations for the most recent financial quarter. It reported earnings of 19 cents per share where analysts were expecting a four-cent loss and revenue of $775 million versus expectations of around $713 million. Already riding a five-year high thanks to the new blockbuster game Titanfall, EA shares popped up four percent shortly after hours before reversing course to near the closing bell price; in the next quarter, EA projected non-GAAP net revenue of $1.14 billion and earnings per share of 50 cents.
One Million Net Neutrality Comments Vs. $42 Million in ISP Lobbying
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Newly released lobbying figures show that broadband providers are still far outpacing Internet companies on spending in D.C., as federal regulators consider how to write new rules for Internet lines.
Collectively, Internet service providers (and their trade associations) have spent $42.4 million so far this year lobbying lawmakers and regulators, according to federal disclosure forms. In the second quarter, Comcast* spent $4.45 million on lobbying, while the cable industry's trade group, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, spent another $4 million.
Internet companies have spent significantly less on lobbying, some $25.9 million so far this year. About a third of that total was spent by Google, which increased its spending in the second quarter to $5.03 million, compared to $3.82 million in the first three months of the year.
The discrepancy between the spending by the two industries — which is nothing new — continues to be a potential problem for net neutrality advocates who are hoping to convince federal regulators to adopt strong rules on Internet lines to prevent broadband providers from discriminating against some traffic.
Net neutrality advocates have passion on their side — last week the Federal Communications Commission announced it had received a total of 1.07 million comments about its controversial fast-lane net neutrality plan, which would allow Internet providers to charge content companies for prioritized service to subscribers. But the newly released lobbying figures show that broadband providers continue to far outspend companies that support stronger net neutrality rules.
That's not a huge surprise, since broadband companies are determined to stop FCC officials from regulating Internet lines under Title II of the Communications Act, which was written with old phone networks in mind. Re-regulating Internet lines might be a more legally sound way of adopting net neutrality rules, but broadband providers don't want their networks to be subject to other parts of the law, such as price regulations and requirements to offer wholesale access to competitors.
Even Internet companies that support net neutrality rules – notably Google, Facebook and Microsoft – didn't come out in favor of re-regulating Internet lines under Title II in comments filed last week. Google and Facebook didn't even file individual comments, relying instead on their trade association to express their views.
It's not clear from the filing how much time and money was spent on lobbying about net neutrality and companies on both sides of the debate have plenty of other issues they're using lobbyists to help them solve. Comcast is trying to convince regulators to let it acquire Time Warner Cable, just as AT&T wants the okay to purchase DirecTV. Meanwhile, Google and Facebook lobbyists are spending much of their time on privacy and national security issues surrounding the National Security Agency's bulk data collection program.
*Comcast's NBCUniversal unit is an investor in Revere Digital, Re/code’s parent company.
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