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U.S. intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program — The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio, video, photographs, e-mails, documents and connection logs …
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NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection program — Through a Top-Secret program authorized by federal judges working under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the U.S. intelligence community can gain access to the servers of nine internet companies for a wide range of digital data.
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Administration, lawmakers defend NSA program to collect phone records — The Obama administration and key U.S. lawmakers on Thursday defended a secret National Security Agency telephone surveillance program that one congressman said had helped avert a terrorist attack in recent years.
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| Harrison Weber / The Next Web: |
Facebook, Apple and Google deny participation in US government spying program PRISM — Shortly after reports of PRISM surfaced — a program which reportedly enables the US government to tap directly into the central servers of nine US-based Internet companies — three of the major tech companies involved …
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| Anna Palmer / Politico: |
Verizon on offense behind the scenes — Officially, telecom giant Verizon has no comment about turning over millions of customers call logs to the government. — But behind the scenes, the company is vetting requests from senior Capitol Hill aides and others, asking Obama administration officials …
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| Peter Burrows / Bloomberg: |
Apple Said to Start iPhone Trade-In Program in Stores — Apple Inc. (AAPL) is starting an iPhone trade-in program this month aimed at getting users to upgrade to the iPhone 5 and turn in older models, people with knowledge of the plans said. — Apple has teamed up with Brightstar Corp. …
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| Christina Bonnington / Wired: |
Why Google Reader Really Got the Axe — When Google announced its plans to shutter Google Reader in March, the Internet freaked out. Twitter users raised their virtual pitchforks in outrage. Bloggers wept, scrambling to find a suitable replacement by the service's July 1 death date.| Brian Klug / AnandTech: |
Apple Not Throttling iPhone or iPad Cellular Throughput via Carrier Bundles — Yesterday there were some allegations made about whether Apple is intentionally throttling cellular data throughput on iPhones and iPads via some files used for network provisioning.
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| Jason Snell / Macworld: |
Meet Vesper, a notes app with an all-star development team — Three people you may have heard of—writer John Gruber, developer Brent Simmons, and designer Dave Wiskus—have joined forces to create Q Branch, an app development company whose first product is a $5 iPhone app called Vesper.
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| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
It's back (again): NY courts approve Uber, Hailo, green taxis in one fell swoop — Today, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced two noteworthy decisions by the state's Court of Appeals that is a victory for companies looking to get into the transportation business in the city.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
WWDC 2013 Roundup: iOS 7, OS X 10.9, MacBooks, ‘Genius-like’ Radio app (plus new tidbits) — By this time in 2012, Apple had taken the stage and dominated the news cycle multiple times to announce products like a new iPad, Apple TV, new Mac operating system, and various other software …
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| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Twitter Signs Its Second Big Ad Deal, This Time With WPP — In April, Twitter linked up with ad giant Starcom in a deal worth “hundreds of millions” over a few years. Now it has another one, with Starcom's rival WPP. — WPP's press release doesn't mention a dollar value …
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| Spencer E. Ante / Wall Street Journal: |
3-D Printer Firm MakerBot in Acquisition Talks — MakerBot Industries LLC, the fast-growing maker of 3-D printers, is in talks with suitors that could lead to the sale of the New York-based company, people familiar with the matter said. — The four-year-old startup was recently gauging …
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| Andrew Sinkov / Evernote Blog: |
Evernote Reminders Arrive on Android — Reminders, our most requested feature of all time, is now available on Android! With Reminders you get three great features all rolled into one: alarms, note based to-dos and the ability to pin notes to the top of your note list. Let's take a closer look.
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
‘Uber For Local Home Services’ Provider ClubLocal Launches In The Bay Area — Uber pioneered the market for on-demand, one-click rides from your mobile phone, and over the past few years we've seen a ton of ‘Uber for X’ startups pop up in different categories.
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Facebook Adds Dock Feature in Effort to Make Its Home More Inviting — Facebook on Thursday announced that it has added a new feature designed to make its Facebook Home software more appealing. — The social network is adding a dock to Facebook Home that allows users to more easily access their favorite apps.| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Video Discovery Startup Showyou Launches Channel Platform, Unveils A Revenue Model — We've been following video discovery startup Showyou since its very earliest days. The company has created an app that makes it easier for video viewers on a mobile phone or tablet to find new content, and share it with friends.
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Engadget, GigaOM and VentureBeat
| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Hulu Plus for iPad redesigned with new discovery panel, minimizing during playback, curated collections, and more — Hulu today revamped its Hulu Plus app for iOS, although the redesign is only for the iPad. You can download the new version now directly from Apple's App Store.
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Hulu Blog, AppleInsider, Gizmodo, iDownloadBlog.com, Engadget, GigaOM, MacRumors and 9to5Mac
| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Google: Search hits, YouTube views are key predictors of a movie's box office performance — Google has released a white paper that shows a proportional impact on a movie's box office success based on the number of searches that it receives. Among the insights, the company highlights …
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Google, Betabeat, Business Insider and Ubergizmo
| Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy S4 update addresses storage complaints with move to SD card feature — Samsung has begun rolling out a software update for its Galaxy S4 that adresses a few issues early adopters have been complaining about. The 16GB variant of the Galaxy S4 has been slammed for only giving users 9.15GB … | Christina Farr / VentureBeat: |
Box rolls out new revenue-share plan, SDKs to help its app partners make money — Cloud storage player Box plans to split revenues with the developers writing apps for its storage and collaboration platform. — Box is focused on business customers rather than consumers … | Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Microsoft launches Bing Translator for Windows 8 with over 40 languages, camera translation, and offline support — Microsoft today announced the release of the Bing Translator app for Windows 8 and Windows RT with support for more than 40 languages. You can download the app now directly from the Windows Store.
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Microsoft finally gets specific about Xbox One's internet connection, used games policy and Kinect privacy — Today, Microsoft has posted a series of articles detailing exactly the way that the Xbox One will handle a permanent internet connection requirement, how it allows users to trade … Sponsor Posts
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