Here s what s on the Tuesday menu.
ICYMI: In its proxy statement published earlier this month, Apple is recommending that shareholders vote against a proposal to diversify its board and senior management, saying the company s diversity efforts are under way and calling the proposal unduly burdensome.
Facebook launches Initiative for Civil Courage Online campaign in Europe amid calls for the social network to do more to fight racist and extremist posts. The company is committing about $1 million to NGOs that fight such posts.
U.S. District Court in San Jose backs Apple, orders Samsung to stop using software in the U.S. that infringes on Apple s patents for autocorrect, slide-to-unlock and auto detection. But the ruling applies to Samsung s older phones.
Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is joining Index Ventures, is working on fitness-related software startup. (NYT)
Microsoft is buying MinecraftEdu, launching an education edition of Minecraft.
Verizon introduces toll-free data, in which content providers pay for their content to be exempted from people s data caps. The FreeBee Data service is likely to raise net neutrality questions.
Photo: Dick Costolo, former Twitter CEO, addresses a session at the National Venture Capital Association s annual conference in San Francisco, Calif. on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. Costolo is reportedly working on a fitness startup. (Kristopher Skinner/Bay Area News Group)
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