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George Soros boosts stake in Apple (Malaysia-Chronicle)
CARL Icahn isn’t the only billionaire investor with an appetite for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s stock. Financier George Soros more than doubled his stake in the iPhone and iPad maker in recent months, according to regulatory documents filed on Wednesday. Soros’ fund held 66,800 shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock at the end of June, up from 26,800 shares in March. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s stock finished Wednesday at $US498.50 ($A549.52), its highest closing price since January 23. At that price, Soros’ holdings are currently worth about $US33 million ($A36.38 million).

Is Google Complicit in J2 Global’s Monopoly Over the Online Fax Industry? (HuffingtonPost)
J2 Global Communications, a company known for the internet fax services as well as other online services such as cloud storage and email marketing, has long been accused of pushing the boundaries of what can be deemed acceptable in the online market. Now their business practices have begun to gain notice, and have the potential threaten to drag down Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s name as well. …For those who have never used the services, online fax is, essentially, a service that uses the Internet in place of traditional phone lines for faxing documents. This helps to cut costs by assigning a telephone number that routs faxes scanned in from a fax machine directly to email, or from email to a recipient fax machine.

Microsoft Kills ‘Always On’ Camera Requirement After Outcry (Law360)
A Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) executive confirmed Monday that the company is abandoning plans to require that a motion-sensor camera attachment be perpetually activated in order for its new Xbox One gaming console to function, following an outcry from consumer advocates over the device’s privacy implications. In a Q-and-A session with the gaming site IGN, company executive Marc Whitten said that the yet-to-be-released console will function even when the Xbox Kinect attachment is turned off or unplugged. This change comes as an apparent concession to gamers and privacy…