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June 18, 2013, 10:35 AM
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President Obama Defends NSA Spying  —  It's “transparent,” the president tells Charlie Rose in an interview.  Here's a portion of that transcript, from PBS.  —  Image by Matt Dunham / AP  —  Barack Obama: Well, in the end, and what I've said, and I continue to believe …
Kaylene Hong / The Next Web:
Yahoo discloses government data requests, will introduce transparency reports from this summer
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Next: Yahoo Also Eyeing Automated Video App Maker Qwiki in $50 Million Deal  —  According to sources close to the company, Yahoo is considering paying up to $50 million for Qwiki, the New York startup that makes an Apple iPhone app that allow users to turn photos, music and videos into short movies automatically.
Roger Cheng / CNET:
Ex-HTC execs can't quit phone game, create startup Kazam  —  Kazam is a smartphone manufacturer focused on design, customer service, and the European market.  But the company faces an extreme uphill climb.  —  Two former HTC executives are hoping for a fresh start with their own company.
Sam Biddle / Valleywag:
Top Wall Street Journal Reporter Jessica Lessin Going Solo  —  Jessica Lessin, a San Francisco-based senior technology reporter at the Wall Street Journal of several years, is quitting (somewhat abruptly) to launch her own tech website.  It will sting a bit.
Jackie Dove / Macworld:
Adobe releases Creative Cloud into the wild  —  Adobe has released its long-awaited and highly controversial Creative Cloud suite of applications for both longtime professional devotees and the newcomers it hopes to attract.  Having historically operated on an upgrade schedule of every 12 to 16 months …
Anton Troianovski / Wall Street Journal:
How Clearwire Became the Darling of Telecom  —  Clearwire Corp. has long been the U.S. wireless industry's most embattled carrier.  In recent months, the money-losing company has also emerged as its crown jewel.  —  The company, which covers less than half the U.S. population …
Reuters:
Sprint files lawsuit against Dish and Clearwire
David Shapiro / The Official Google Blog:
Chromebooks: coming to more stores near you  —  In Northern California where I live, summer is here, which means family vacations, kids' camps, BBQs and hopefully some relaxation.  But it also means back-to-school shopping is just around the corner.  So in case you're on the hunt for a laptop …
AppleInsider:
Apple TV gets iTunes Radio, Conference Room display option in beta update  —  Apple TV received little attention during Worldwide Developers Conference, but the diminutive set-top box still has the Cupertino company's attention, as new videos reveal iTunes Radio and a new Conference Room mode …
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Yahoo Offer to Buy Contact Startup Xobni Is at a Price of $30M to $40M  —  According to numerous sources close to the company, Yahoo is offering to pay $30 million to $40 million for the maker of address book apps and plugins.  —  That's below the more than $40 million raised …
Priceonomics:
Airbnb vs Hotels: A Price Comparison  —  Price of Airbnb vs Hotel by US City  —  Mouseover to get price comparison detail  —  Size of bubble corresponds to number of Airbnb listings (logarithmic scale)  —  At Priceonomics, we like to get more for our money.
Ken Yeung / The Next Web:
Voice recognition tool Dragon updates Android app with hands-free driver mode and voice notifications  —  Nuance Communications today released an update to its Dragon Mobile Assistant app for Android.  Users with supported devices will find that it now includes hands-free driver technology …
Tim Peterson / AdAge:
Microsoft Builds Its Own iAd for Windows 8 Apps  —  New Technology Means a Banner Can Watch You  —  Microsoft is creating its own new native ad formats for Windows 8, not unlike Apple's iAd, which is designed to increase ad revenue in the iOS ecosystem.  —  The new ads — which will be …
Don Clark / Digits:
AMD Prepares Move to ‘Seattle,’ Its First ARM Chip  —  Advanced Micro Devices has been using the same technology foundation as Intel since the 1980s.  Now the underdog chip supplier is fleshing out plans to diverge.  —  The company on Tuesday is announcing “Seattle,” the code name …
Priya Kumar / Internet Monitor:
Twitter's Geography: Visualized and Explained  —  Twitter's CEO Dick Costolo has called the popular microblogging service “the pulse of the planet.”  With a little less than eight percent of the world's population on Twitter, that pulse has room to grow.  Nevertheless, recent big data research …
Ben Gilbert / Engadget:
Digg's Google Reader replacement beta opens on June 26th, friends and family get access on the 19th  —  Digg — yes, that Digg — has a replacement in the works for Google Reader, and it looks like it'll arrive just ahead of the final days of Google's RSS aggregation service.
Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:
Accel Closes $100M For Big Data Fund 2 To Invest In The ‘Second Wave’ Of Big Data Startups  —  The tech industry has been buzzing about “big data” for years now.  And according to venture capital firm Accel Partners, the excitement around the big data space is not set to die down any time soon …
Alex Williams / TechCrunch:
GitHub Rolling Out Major Redesign, Emphasis On Speed, Content And Interactivity  —  GitHub is rolling out a major redesign over the next few days with the intent of putting more emphasis on content, speed and interactivity.  —  A year in the making, the new redesign is meant to be optimized …
More: GitHub and VentureBeat
Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review:
A Popular Ad Blocker Also Helps the Ad Industry  —  Millions of people use the tool Ghostery to block online tracking technology—few realize that it feeds data to the ad industry.  —  WHY IT MATTERS  —  There are few options for those wishing to avoid being followed around on the Web.
GigaOM:
Having problems with your Netflix?  You can blame Verizon  —  If you are trying to get Netflix and use Verizon's broadband, then there is a good chance that your video performance is less than optimal.  Some Verizon customers might even go as far as calling it a crappy Netflix experience.

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Michael Sisak / Associated Press:
A US appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction, finding the trial judge let women testify about allegations that were not part of the case

Eli Stokols / Politico:
Interviews with 24 people reveal the tense relationship between President Biden and the New York Times, beset by misunderstandings, grudges, and a lack of trust

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Indian streaming service JioCinema launches an ad-free subscription plan with the lowest tier costing $0.35/month for a single device, undercutting rivals

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