Google complaint centers on the lack of ads in Microsoft YouTube app, something it claims is a direct violation of the terms and conditions of the company YouTube API. has learned that Microsoft created the app without Google consent with features that specifically prevent ads from playing. The lack of ads clearly hits Google own revenues, but also those of its third party content creators that are paid through the company AdSense program. Unfortunately, by blocking advertising and allowing...

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Google has sent Microsoft a cease and desist letter demanding Microsoft withdraw its redesigned YouTube app for Windows Phone 8 because it violates Google Terms of Service TOS. The Verge first reported news of the letter, dated May 15, and included a copy of it on its Web site. The TOS that the Microsoft YouTube app violates has to do with it blocking ads and allowing downloads of videos from Google YouTube site. Microsoft built the new YouTube app itself, after complaining that Google was...

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The Windows Phone 8 version of the official YouTube app is getting a major update this morning; Its been completely redesigned to make the most of Windows Phone 8 features. If you already have it, watch for an update notification on your phone. If you dont, grab it here. The app just published, so it might take a few hours to show up.

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Following Google demands for Microsoft to remove its Windows Phone YouTube app, Microsoft has responded saying it happy to include advertising. Google sent a cease and desist letter to Microsoft recently, with concerns that the Windows Phone YouTube app does not display ads. We’d be more than happy to include advertising but need Google to provide us access to the necessary APIs, says a Microsoft spokesperson. Microsoft appears to want to rectify the situation, noting Google CEO Larry Page...

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The Google Talk integration will be implemented similarly to the way Microsoft already integrates Facebook and Skype messaging from inside Outlook.com, according to a new post on the Microsoft Outlook blog. Microsoft said users should expect to be able to send an instant message to Google contacts with a single click over the next couple of days. Microsoft built the support using Google application programming interfaces APIs. As Neowin noted, Google chat integration is widely used among Gmail...

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Right now, the Embedded team isnt share specific SKU details or any other information. There are several Windows Embedded 8 SKUs available currently. But Embedded is aligning with the Windows release schedule, a spokesperson confirmed to me. Microsoft official pronouncement on Windows Blue is that it will be out by holiday 2013. My sources say Windows Blue is on track to RTM by August 2013 or so. So Id say expect Windows Embedded Blue some time this fall. I asked Microsoft and Google officials...

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Wired has obtained a copy of a cease and desist letter sent by Google to Microsoft today, demanding Microsoft immediately remove the YouTube app from its Windows Phone Store and disable existing copies on consumers devices by May 22. The YouTube app for Windows Phone–developed by Microsoft, not Google–strips out ads and allows downloading, both violations of YouTubes terms of service. The letter, from YouTubes director of platform partnerships, reads in part: We recently became aware...

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Windows 8 was built for a world that blends our work and our personal lives, a world where we expect high quality touch experiences everywhere, and a world that is always on the go and always connected. Windows 8 redefines our market from PCs to mobile computing. Our OEM partners have delivered tablets, touch laptops, and convertibles that bring the vision of Windows 8 and mobile computing to life. They have introduced some incredible and unique new form factors like the Dell XPS 12, the Lenovo...

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