Here s what s on the Friday menu.
Apple Music executive Ian Rogers, formerly CEO of Beats and the architect of Apple s online-radio strategy, is leaving. That s according to the Financial Times. ( No paywall: Business Insider)
A U.S. appeals court throws out ruling that would have blocked the NSA s bulk phone-records collection.
Google turns down a hearing in its fight against Europe s antitrust charges. (It issued a rebuttal to the charges yesterday.)
HP layoffs: Company looks to be saving money by not offering severance pay, instead offering employees jobs at a different consulting company.
Is Facebook refusing to move servers to comply with Russian law?
Airbnb is latest startup to snag another political strategist: Chris Lehane, former adviser to Bill Clinton, Al Gore and most recently Tom Steyer, becomes the S.F. company s head of policy.
Noel Biderman, CEO of Ashley Madison s parent company, steps down after high-profile hack.
Uber China reportedly closes $1 billion funding round.
ICYMI:
- Facebook is addressing freebooting — the posting of stolen videos — by that identifies duplicate videos.
- Obi Worldphone, a company co-founded by former Apple CEO John Sculley, is in the Middle East, Africa and Southeast Asia in October.
Photo of HP headquarters in Palo Alto by Jim Gensheimer/Mercury News archives
