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Janos Lazar, the top aide to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban who himself was called a racist by the UN human rights chief this week, accused Facebook of censorship after the social network had removed his post.
BlackBerry is claiming infringement on patents it holds for message encryption and notifications, and is seeking an injunction as well as damages for lost profits, although no figure was given.
Hangouts Chat supports instant messaging across devices between workers, including group conversations. It also allows users to integrate widgets to access data from other corporate software in a chat window.
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