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June 14, 2013, 5:10 PM

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Joanna Stern / ABCNEWS:

Facebook to Hold Mysterious Product Launch Event on June 20 — Facebook seems to have even more products up its sleeve. On the heels of releasing its new hashtag feature this week and the roll out of its new iPhone and Android features, the company will hold an event on Thursday …

More: Tom Waddington, Inside Facebook, Digital Trends, CNET, TechCrunch, AllFacebook, The Verge, SiliconBeat, Engadget, AllThingsD, IntoMobile, SlashGear, WebProNews, Pocket-lint and Examiner

Tweets: @allnick and @hunterwalk

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Julia White / The Microsoft Office Blog:

Office Mobile for iPhone now available for Office 365 subscribers — Today, we're releasing Office Mobile for iPhone available at no extra charge from the Apple App Store for Office 365 Home Premium and Office 365 ProPlus subscribers. Similar to our free Office Mobile for Windows Phone …

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Office for iPhone: Microsoft delivers basic document editing, but no iPad version — After months of rumors and speculation on Microsoft's Office plans for iOS, the software giant is finally delivering a copy for iPhone today. Office Mobile for iOS will be strictly iPhone only initially …

Michael Riley / Bloomberg:

U.S. Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms — Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving benefits that include access to classified intelligence, four people familiar with the process said.

More: TechCrunch, The Register, VentureBeat, GeekWire, Ars Technica, Yahoo! News, Softpedia News, GigaOM, CNET, Quartz, Politico, www.idigitaltimes.co.uk, Gizmodo, Valleywag, Bloomberg, Softpedia News, The Next Web, Business Insider, Mashable and ReadWrite

Tweets: @dhh, @pkedrosky, @csoghoian, @declanm and @csoghoian

Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:

Secret Court Ruling Put Tech Companies in Data Bind — SAN FRANCISCO — In a secret court in Washington, Yahoo's top lawyers made their case. The government had sought help in spying on certain foreign users, without a warrant, and Yahoo had refused, saying the broad requests were unconstitutional.

More: ZDNet, SiliconBeat, Techdirt, InfoWorld, WebProNews, CNET, Hit & Run, Law Blog, The Daily Caller, The Verge, Softpedia News, The Verge, Gizmodo, emptywheel and Guardian

Tweets: @mathewi, @rsingel, @gerryshih, @csoghoian and @clairecm

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

Microsoft Said To Give Zero Day Exploits To US Government Before It Patches Them — Bloomberg came out with quite a bombshell last night, discussing how lots of tech companies apparently work with the NSA and other government agencies, not to pass data on users over to the government …

Tweets: @karl_sparx

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Sources: Facebook in Talks With Feds to Allow FISA Disclosures

More: The Verge and The Atlantic Wire

James Bamford / Wired:

NSA Snooping Was Only the Beginning, Meet the Spy Chief Leading US Into Cyberwar

More: Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Rubbing Alcoholic blog, Reuters and Business Insider

Reuters:

T-Mobile, Verizon not under U.S. data watch due to foreign ties: WSJ

More: Wall Street Journal, CNET, DSLreports, SlashGear, Engadget and PhoneArena. Tweets: @csoghoian

TechCrunch:

Path Is On The Path To New Funding, Approaching $1B Valuation — We're hearing from multiple sources that private social network Path is raising a new round of funding that could value the company as high as $1 billion. According to one source, the company is in the process …

More: Betabeat, CNET, Valleywag, The Droid Guy and Business Insider

Tweets: @mulligan, @eghosao, @benedictevans, @shaig and @caseynewton

Thanks:@forrestkoba

Christopher Williams / Telegraph:

EU to end mobile roaming charges next year — Consumers will next year be able to use their mobile phones across the European Union for the same price as at home, it is planned, after officials voted to fast-track major reforms of telecoms regulation. — It will cost the same to use …

More: 9to5Mac, TechSpot, The Next Web, Omio, Cult of Mac, www.idigitaltimes.co.uk, PhoneArena, Light Reading, TechCrunch, Electronista, Inquirer, IntoMobile, Mobile Industry Review, iClarified and Softpedia News

Ryan Tate / Wired:

Bloomberg Puts Every New York Neighborhood on Nextdoor — There's been a war brewing between Silicon Valley startups and the New York City government, which recently blocked attempts by online services Airbnb, Uber and RelayRides to compete, perhaps illegally, with Gotham hotels and taxis.

More: The Next Web, PandoDaily, TechHive, AllThingsD, AllThingsD, VentureBeat, ABCNEWS, Gizmodo and TechCrunch

Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:

Carl Icahn May Walk Away From Dell Proxy Fight He Started — Carl Icahn, the billionaire investor who has been one of the key players in the proxy fight over the struggling computer maker Dell, may be ready to take his chips off the table. — CNBC's David Faber reported minutes ago …

More: New York Post and Tech Trader Daily. Tweets: @edbott

Alex Williams / TechCrunch:

CenturyLink Acquiring AppFog To Move Into Platform-As-A-Service Market — According to a source within the company, CenturyLink is acquiring AppFog, a platform-as-a-service company. Terms of the deal were not revealed. — AppFog will become part of Savvis, a Century Link company …

More: VentureBeat, The Register, Data Center Knowledge, GigaOM, Oregonian, Silicon Florist, Web Host Industry Review and GeekWire. Thanks:@marshallk

Carl Franzen / The Verge:

President Obama orders government spectrum to be opened for wireless broadband — President Obama may still be facing many questions over the NSA surveillance efforts of phone and internet users, but he's moving forward with another government technology effort that's not likely to draw quite as much controversy.

More: The White House, The White House, VentureBeat, Engadget, AllThingsD, Washington Post, Mashable and IntoMobile

Shara Tibken / CNET:

Steve Jobs initially didn't want an iBookstore, Eddy Cue says — Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet software and services, says he had to convince Jobs to pursue iBooks, and he only had a couple months to make it happen before the iPad announcement.

More: AllThingsD, Washington Post, 9to5Mac, Business Insider and TIME

Joshua Philipp / The Epoch Times:

Bill Regulating 3D Printed Guns Announced In NYC — NEW YORK—A new bill to regulate 3D printed guns was introduced by Council Member Lewis Fidler (D-Brooklyn) on June 12. — The bill would amend the New York administrative code to make it illegal to use a 3D printer to create any part …

More: NY Daily News, Ars Technica, Motherboard, Betabeat, Computerworld and CNET

Nick Heath / ZDNet:

Amazon launches online store for 3D printers

More: TechHive, TechCrunch and CNET

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