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Apple and Google have agreed to drop all current patent infringement lawsuits between them, the two companies said in a joint statement on Friday. They’ve also agreed to work together in some areas of patent reform.

However, they have NOT agreed to cross-license each other’s patents, notes the IDG News Service (http://tinyurl.com/m88ru6t). Apple filed a lawsuit with the U.S. International Trade Commission in 2010 against Motorola Mobility, which was subsequently acquired by Google. Google has since agreed to sell the smartphone business to Lenovo, but the deal hasn’t been finalized.

Google, the company who’s famous mantra is “Don’t be evil”, has grown to become one of the largest spenders on lobbying in the United States. Once surely considered “evil” by the company’s idealistic founders, lobbying has become essential to the search giant, that has repeatedly been subject to antitrust allegations.

In 2013, the company spent a total of US$15.8 million on lobbying, making Google the fifth largest corporate lobbying spender in Washington D.C. The accompanying graphic is courtesy of Statistica (http://tinyurl.com/l8eun6m).

Google released its latest Transparency Report this week, in which the company discloses how many user data requests it received from law enforcement agencies around the world.

U.S. government agencies are by far the most eager for Google’s user data. In 2013, they filed 21,492 requests with Google, 83% of which the search giant at least partially complied with. Today’s chart is furnished by Statistica (http://tinyurl.com/m9qstwa).

Bitrix24 has released a new desktop app for its online collaboration service, adding the ability to synchronize and work with group and company files, as well as including the activity stream and collaboration tools in the app.
 
In addition to sharing, editing and collaborating on documents with colleagues, the Bitrix24 desktop app makes it possible to send instant messages to co-workers, participate in group chat, make telephone calls, and hold video conferences with other Bitrix24 users.