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June 19, 2013, 12:55 AM

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Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment  —  Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests it makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it's forced to give the government.
Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
NSA Implementing ‘Two-Person’ Rule To Stop The Next Edward Snowden  —  The next Edward Snowden may need a partner on the inside.  —  On Tuesday, National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander told a congressional hearing of the Intelligence Committee that the agency is implementing a …
Vindu Goel / NYT Bits:
Jason Del Rey / AllThingsD:
As Fab Raises Another $150 Million at a $1 Billion Valuation, E-Commerce Industry Looks On Warily  —  Here's an interesting exercise I tried recently when talking with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists involved in e-commerce: “I say ‘Fab,’ you say?”  —  “Inspiring.”  —  “Ballsy.”  —  “Ambitious.”
Cade Metz / Wired:
Amazon's Invasion of the CIA Is a Seismic Shift in Cloud Computing  —  The rumors are true.  Amazon is providing cloud services to the CIA.  But what's most intriguing about the multi-million-dollar deal is not what Amazon is doing, but how the company is doing it — and what that means …
Alexis Kleinman / The Huffington Post:
Last Telegram Ever Will Be Sent In India Next Month  —  The world's final telegram will be sent next month by India's state-run telecommunications company, the Christian Science Monitor reported.  The July 14 stop date will be over 160 years after Samuel Morse sent the first telegram in the U.S. in 1844.
Josh Taylor / ZDNet:
Privacy authorities issue Google a ‘please explain’ on Glass  —  Summary: Ten privacy authorities from countries including Australia, Canada, and Israel have sent a joint letter to Google asking the company to address privacy concerns over Google Glass.  —  Josh Taylor
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Ubuntu phone OS has eight carriers signed on to boost development  —  Canonical has formed a “Carrier Advisory Group” of eight mobile operators who will collaborate to influence the development of Ubuntu for smartphones.  —  Canonical said the first members of the group are Deutsche Telekom …
Janko Roettgers / paidContent:
Netflix will launch in the Netherlands in late 2013, as its international expansion slows  —  Love Amsterdam?  So does Netflix: The streaming service revealed that it's going to launch in the Netherlands later this year.  —  Netflix revealed the next target of its ongoing international …
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Inside Pocket: how a startup beat its rivals to build the ‘DVR for everything’  —  Nate Weiner turned down millions from Evernote to stay independent — but how big a business can you build off a bookmarklet?  —  The day before he turned 27, Nate Weiner drove from San Francisco to Mountain View …
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Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Dell Committee Slams Icahn's Latest Offer, Saying It Falls Short  —  The special committee of Dell's board of directors overseeing its go-private process fired back at activist investor Carl Icahn's latest proposal today in a letter to shareholders, saying it is “not, in its present state …
Reuters:
Huawei says has no plans to buy Nokia  —  (Reuters) - Chinese network equipment and cellphone maker Huawei Technologies Co said it “has no plans to acquire Nokia”, responding to a Financial Times report that it would consider buying the Finish phone maker.  —  The denial came …
More: The Verge
Wall Street Journal:
Maker of ‘Candy Crush Saga’ Plans IPO  —  Candy Crush Saga is lining up something besides jelly beans: bankers.  —  Midasplayer International Holding Co., the publisher of online and mobile games including the popular Candy Crush Saga, has hired banks to pursue a U.S. initial public offering …
Shelly Banjo / Wall Street Journal:
Wal-Mart's E-Stumble  —  After Years Giving Short Shrift to Web, Retailer Plays Catch-Up With Amazon  —  A Wal-Mart distribution center in Bentonville, Ark., serves stores in neighboring states.  The company plans to add e-commerce distribution centers.  —  Amazon.com Inc. has become …
Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD:
Power Testing: Can Two New Laptops Really Last All Day?  —  Most consumers pay little or no attention to the processors and other chips that power their computers, and rightly so.  In recent years, changes to the design of these chips haven't made major, noticeable differences in everyday computing tasks.

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