Twitter engineers didn’t do the work that went into relaunching its Mac app, this week, according to former employee Jonathan Wight. Rather, the social giant outsourced the project to a third-party developer, Wight claims in a tweet. After confirming the claim, The Verge notes: “There's nothing scandalous about a software company employing a third-party developer to do work on its behalf.”

Following a four-month ban, Twitter is letting social media watchdog Politwoops back into the fray. “It automatically monitors the Twitter feeds of politicians and highlights whenever they delete a tweet,” Business Insider writes of Politwoops. “Twitter justified the decision on the grounds that it violated the Developer Agreement, which requires services not to point out when material is deleted.”

Spotify is facing a fresh $150 million class-action lawsuit over unpaid royalties, Billboard reports. “Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker frontman David Lowery, retaining the law firm of Michelman & Robinson, LLP, has filed a class action lawsuit seeking at least $150 million in damages against Spotify,” the trade publication reports.  

A New York state appeals court has thrown out Facebook’s malicious prosecution lawsuit against the law firms representing a fugitive who claimed a 50% stake in the social giant. “Reversing a lower court ruling, the Appellate Division in Manhattan rejected ‘conclusory’ allegations by Facebook … that the firms knew or should have known that their client Paul Ceglia's case was fraudulent,” Reuters reports.

Egyptian authorities have pulled the plug on Facebook’s free Internet service, known in some regions of the world as Free Basics. “It was not immediately clear why the program was halted,” The Associated Press reports. “The service, which is aimed at users in developing countries, connects a billion people worldwide, providing free health, education, and economic information.”

TechCrunch considers the resistance Facebook is facing in India from critics of the social giant’s Internet.org and Free Basics initiative. “Facebook’s control over the technical guidelines for what qualifies for free access and its ability to highlight its own services have sparked on-going backlash from net neutrality advocates,” it writes.  

TechCrunch considers the resistance Facebook is facing in India from critics of the social giant’s Internet.org and Free Basics initiative. “Facebook’s control over the technical guidelines for what qualifies for free access and its ability to highlight its own services have sparked on-going backlash from net neutrality advocates,” it writes.

How is Jack Dorsey doing as head of both Twitter and Square? Well, it can’t be great for his personal life, The Wall Street Journal speculates. “Dorsey, 39 years old, who isn’t married and doesn’t have children, will likely have little free time as both Twitter and Square are at critical junctures,” it notes. Meanwhile, “Dorsey has looked to Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Robert Iger as something of a mentor because of the multifaceted businesses he oversees,” The Journal notes.

The good news for Foursquare is that it’s about the raise up to $40 million. The bad news is that the social directory is reportedly raising the funds at a valuation of around $250 million -- “less than half of what investors thought the company was worth two years ago,” Re/code reports. Meanwhile, “Sources say the startup … has also talked to potential buyers.”

At least for the moment, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India -- an independent regulator of the country’s telecom industry -- has asked Reliance Communications to stop the Free Basics service of Facebook. “Reliance Communications is Facebook's sole telecom partner in India to offer a set of basic internet services free to its subscribers,” The Economics Times reports. “Earlier known as Internet.org, Free Basics has been criticised by several experts as being against the spirit of net neutrality.”