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Apple releases its 2014 Supplier Responsibility Report, and other news for Feb. 13, 2014

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<p>Apple released its 2014 Supplier Responsibility Report (http://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/), which details how the company's suppliers are meeting Apple's guidelines for eradicating child labor, requiring reasonable working hours, offering adequate pay and meeting environmental standards.</p>

<p>The report highlights progress made in securing tantalum, an important metal used in the manufacture of electronic equipment. Apple confirmed that its tantalum sources have been certified as being conflict-free.</p>

<p>In other news:</p>

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   <li>Rovio has announced a new version of Angry Birds with female characters. Angry Birds Stella (http://www.rovio.com/en/news/blog/463/angry-birds-stella-bffs-most-of-the-time/) will debut later this year.</li>
   <li>Pandora updated its iOS app (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pandora-radio/id284035177?mt=8) with a new sleep timer feature for the iPad and support for push notifications.</li>
   <li>Apple applied for a patent (http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&amp;r=14&amp;p=1&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;d=PG01&amp;S1=(709%2F206.CCLS.+AND+20140213.PD.)&amp;OS=ccl/709/206+and+pd/2/13/2014&amp;RS=(CCL/709/206+AND+PD/20140213)) entitled "Disposable email address generation and mapping to a regular email account," which describes a method for curbing spam email. It uses a smart inbox system and disposable email accounts.</li>
   <li>Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside is leaving the company and joining Dropbox (http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/13/motorola-ceo-and-google-exec-dennis-woodside-to-join-dropbox-as-coo/) as Chief Operating Officer</li>
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