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Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind revelations of NSA surveillance — The 29-year-old source behind the biggest intelligence leak in the NSA's history explains his motives, his uncertain future and why he never intended on hiding in the shadows — • NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: ‘I do not expect to see home again’
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TechCrunch, The Huffington Post, The Verge and Hillicon Valley
Tweets: @matthewkeyslive, @matthewkeyslive, @nerdtalker, @mathewi, @evanchill and @ggreenwald
See also Mediagazer| New York Times: |
How the U.S. Uses Technology to Mine More Data More Quickly — WASHINGTON — When American analysts hunting terrorists sought new ways to comb through the troves of phone records, e-mails and other data piling up as digital communications exploded over the past decade, they turned … | Washington Post: |
U.S., company officials: Internet surveillance does not indiscriminately mine data — The director of national intelligence on Saturday stepped up his public defense of a top-secret government data surveillance program as technology companies began privately explaining the mechanics of its use.| Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
Government Says Secret Court Opinion on Law Underlying PRISM Program Needs to Stay Secret — In a rare public filing in the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), the Justice Department today urged continued secrecy for a 2011 FISC opinion that found the National Security …
| Christopher Soghoian / slight paranoia: |
Analyzing Yahoo's PRISM non-denial — Today, Yahoo's General Counsel posted a carefully worded denial regarding the company's alleged participation in the NSA PRISM program. To the casual observer, it might seem like a categorical denial. I do not believe that Yahoo's denial is as straightforward as it seems.
| Ron Bell / Yahoo!: |
Setting the Record Straight — We want to set the record straight about stories that Yahoo! has joined a program called PRISM through which we purportedly volunteer information about our users to the U.S. government and give federal agencies access to our user databases. These claims are false.
| Reuters: |
Spy agency seeks criminal probe into leaks — (Reuters) - A U.S. intelligence agency requested a criminal probe on Saturday into the leak of highly classified information about secret surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency, a spokesman for the intelligence chief's office said.
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Post Politics and Business Insider
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Tweets: @guardianus, @samfbiddle, @dannysullivan and @ggreenwald
| Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land: |
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Tweets: @felixsalmon and @brendansasso
See also Mediagazer| Globes Online: |
Google set to acquire Waze for $1.3b — The acquisition of the Israeli navigation app and traffic report start up will be completed after months of speculation involving Google, Facebook and Apple. — Sources inform “Globes” that Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) will acquire Waze Ltd. for $1.3 billion.
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The Next Web, The Verge, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Engadget, GigaOM, Screenwerk, Business Insider, The Atlantic Wire, CNET, Skift, SlashGear, Electronista, Quartz, T3 News and Professional Blog
Tweets: @howardlindzon and @spencerchen
| Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg: |
Rdio's Larner to Step Down as CEO of Streaming Service — Rdio Inc. Chief Executive Officer Drew Larner is leading a search for a new CEO to expand efforts to sell combined music and video subscriptions to the streaming entertainment service. — After a transition period, Larner …
| Nick Bilton / NYT Bits: |
Disruptions: Celebrities' Product Plugs on Social Media Draw Scrutiny — In 1982, Bill Cosby appeared on television showing off a snazzy new computer. “Looking for a powerful home computer?” he said as he waved his hands over a Texas Instruments PC that looks archaic now. “This is the one!| Jennifer Van Grove / CNET: |
Ask.fm, the troubling secret playground of tweens and teens — Insanely popular with kids, the question-and-answer service thrives on anonymity, making it fun and dangerous. — Spy on Ask.fm's public stream and you'll feel like you've been transported back to middle school …
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The Verge
| Matt McGee / Marketing Land: |
Vine Passes Instagram In Total Twitter Shares — Still not sure about the idea of making and sharing six-second looping videos? Consider this: On Friday there were more Vines shared on Twitter than Instagram photos. — According to Topsy Analytics, there were about 2.37 million links … Sponsor Posts
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