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<title>Apple conforms warranty policies in Belgium, France, Germany</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/06/12/extends.coverage.to.two.year.period.demanded.by.eu.law/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn3.macnn.com/news/1203/Apple-AppleCare-box-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has updated its default warranties in Belgium, France, and Germany to reflect European Union law, reports say.  EU regulations require covering the sort of goods Apple sells for two years.  Until now, though, Apple only marketed its warranties as covering one year in the above countries, drawing criticism from governments and consumer groups.  The company was only giving two-year warranties ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple Germany now allowing online store payments via PayPal</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/22/feature.may.be.in.testing.for.broader.international.launch/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1369248449_Apple-PayPal-option-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A German Mac enthusiast site has noticed that the Apple online store in Germany is now accepting PayPal as a payment option, a new wrinkle that could appear in the US and other countries over time. While PayPal has been an option for payment in the iTunes App Store and the Mac App Store, it was never previously available for any kind of hardware or online retail purchase from Apple....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 18:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>German court overturns Google autocomplete defamation dismissal</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/14/case.previously.dismissed.appeal.sends.ruling.back.for.review/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1368580416_googlegermany-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The German Federal Court of Justice has demanded that Google must censor autocomplete suggestions if they are defamatory or insulting. An unidentified company selling nutritional supplements brought the suit, claiming that when the company name was entered on Google Germany's website, it alleged fraud, and directed searchers to controversial Scientology sites....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/14/case.previously.dismissed.appeal.sends.ruling.back.for.review/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 01:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>German court rules against Apple data privacy terms</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/07/apple.cant.ask.for.global.consent.for.data.use.court.finds/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1203/germanflag-new.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A Berlin court has struck down eight provisions in Apple's terms of use for data because they violate German law, Bloomberg reports, citing local consumer group Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (VZBV).  The ruling states that Apple can't ask for "global consent" to use personal data, including location information.  Previous to the decision, Apple had already signed a binding agreement that i...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple erects product displays outside upcoming Berlin Apple Store</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/30/draws.attention.to.otherwise.low.key.entrance/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1367353364_applestore-berlin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has erected special displays promoting the iPhone 5 outside of its first Berlin Apple Store, scheduled to open May 3rd, notes German site ApfelPage.  The displays -- featuring mock, oversized white iPhones -- are unusual for an Apple Store, but may be necessary to help draw attention to the outlet.  Although the building the store is housed in has an elaborate facade, the only other signs of...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Berlin Apple Store gets May 3 grand opening</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/25/apple.picks.unusual.friday.debut/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1366896173_appleuberalles.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple will finally open its first Berlin Apple Store on May 3 at 5 PM local time, according to the company's website. The timing of the Kurfürstendamm launch is unusual, as Apple normally prefers to host openings on Saturday mornings. Between May 3 and 5, the store will also be operating at unusual hours: on the 3rd and 4th it will be open until 10 PM, and on the 5th it will operate between 1 PM a...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nokia Google Play-related suit against HTC dismissed by Mannheim court</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/23/nokia.suffers.defeat.after.having.settled.with.rim.dealing.with.viewsonic/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1341616350_mannheimcourt-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Earlier today, the Mannheim Regional Court in Germany ruled on Nokia's assertion that HTC was infringing on its patent on "a communication network terminal for accessing Internet." Judge and Doctor Holger Kircher, presiding over the board of judges hearing the case, ruled that Nokia's case was dismissed based on a finding of non-infringement. The decision is appealable, but is unlikely to be overt...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/23/nokia.suffers.defeat.after.having.settled.with.rim.dealing.with.viewsonic/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Google fined $189,000 in Germany over Street View Wi-Fi data</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/22/street.view.wi.fi.data.collection.issue.strikes.again/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/googlestreetview-car.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Google has been fined 145,000 euros ($189,230) by a government regulator in Germany for collecting data from Wi-Fi connections in the country. The fine stems from when the company's Street View cars were in operation between 2008 and 2010, inadvertently collecting data packets from individuals and businesses as the fleet drove around the country....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/22/street.view.wi.fi.data.collection.issue.strikes.again/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Berlin Apple Store edges closer to completion</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/17/construction.workers.remove.black.facade.in.front.of.future.outlet/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1366212562_berlapplestore-construction.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Long in development, the first Apple Store in Berlin is almost finished, photos obtained by AppleInsider show.  The outlet is being constructed inside a former movie theater at Kurfürstendamm 26, and earlier today construction workers began removing a black facade that was masking the front of the location.  Kurfürstendamm is a major shopping street in Berlin, home to many high-end stores....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple wins German invalidation of Samsung 3G patent</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/11/comes.shortly.after.invalidation.of.apple.patent/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn3.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1363225576_legal-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Germany's Federal Patent Court has ruled in favor of Apple, and invalidated the entirety of the German part of a Samsung patent on a "turbo encoding/decoding device and method for processing frame data according to QoS," says FOSS Patents.  Samsung had declared the patent essential to the UMTS 3G standard.  The ruling was handed down late Wednesday, and also discards any of Samsung's proposed amen...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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