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FTC sues Amazon for unauthorised in-app charges
2014-07-10 19:59:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Amazon.com has billed parents and other account holders for millions of dollars in unauthorised in-app charges incurred by children, according to a Federal Trade Commission complaint filed on 10 July in federal court. The FTC's lawsuit seeks a court order requiring refunds to consumers for the unauthorised charges and permanently banning the company from billing parents and other account holders for in-app charges without their consent. According to the complaint, Amazon keeps 30 percent of all in-app charges.
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Clearing of Amazon rainforest for agriculture emits 54 million tons of carbon per year
2014-07-10 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The selective logging and burning of trees carried out to clear land for farming in the Amazon rainforest releases 54 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere every year, according to a new study. While rainforests are invaluable because of their biodiversity and importance to global ecosystems, they also provide an essential service, as trees store significant amounts of carbon. When released, this carbon can be a big contributor to climate change. Such concerns have prompted worries over...
Amazon offers authors all e-book proceeds amid hachette dispute
2014-07-09 04:58:54| IT Services - Topix.net
Amazon.com is offering authors caught up in its dispute with Hachette Book Group all of the proceeds from the sale of any digital book, seeking to bypass the publisher and appeal directly to the writers.
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Amazon rainforest once looked more like savannas of Africa than a jungle
2014-07-08 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: A series of square, straight and ringlike ditches scattered throughout the Bolivian and Brazilian Amazon were there before the rainforest existed, a new study finds. These human-made structures remain a mystery: They may have been used for defense, drainage, or perhaps ceremonial or religious reasons. But the new research addresses another burning question: whether and how much prehistoric people altered the landscape in the Amazon before the arrival of Europeans. "People have been affecting...
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Amazon: America's 'Most Patriotic City' Is Virginia Beach
2014-07-08 05:46:15| IT Services - Topix.net
After examining U.S. cities with 400,000 residents or more, Amazon.com ranked Virginia Beach the "most patriotic city" in America.
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