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Wearable Computers Add Complex Wrinkle To Workplace

In theory, companies that have policies covering the use of mobile electronics at work are prepared for the arrival of wearable computers. Executives, corporate attorneys and vendors say that wearables, the best-known of which is Google’s (GOOGL) Glass, are just new portables. Wearables can record video and audio and share it wirelessly, but so can laptops, smartphones and tablets. Yet there is something different about wearables — in particular

Pandora Falls As DOJ Reviews Licensing

The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday opened a review of decades-old rules for paying licensing fees to songwriters and composers, a move that could affect royalties paid by Pandora Media (P), Apple (AAPL) and other music streamers. Competition among Internet music streamers has been intensifying, with Apple last year launching iTunes Radio and Google (GOOGL) launching its own radio service. Stockholm-based startup Spotify hit 40 million users

Google Says 65% Of Outgoing Gmail Is Encrypted

About 65% of email sent via Google Gmail is encrypted during transit, the company said Tuesday. But only about 50% of emails arrive at Gmail accounts encrypted, the Google (GOOGL) report says. Sending an email without encryption is similar to sending a message in an unsealed envelope or on the back of a postcard, Brandon Long, a team leader for the Google (GOOG) Gmail delivery team, wrote in a blog post. “Emails that are encrypted as they’re