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June 20, 2013, 11:40 AM

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New York Times:

Web's Reach Binds N.S.A. and Silicon Valley Leaders — WASHINGTON — When Max Kelly, the chief security officer for Facebook, left the social media company in 2010, he did not go to Google, Twitter or a similar Silicon Valley concern. Instead the man who was responsible for protecting …

More: Softpedia News, Mashable, The Atlantic Wire, Gawker and SlashGear

Tweets: @csoghoian, @davewiner and @csoghoian

Peter Cohan / Forbes:

Project Chess: How U.S. Snoops On Your Skype — If you thought that the U.S. government only tracks meta-data on your calls or scoops up your Facebook page and YouTube videos, think again. Skype — a subsidiary of Microsoft since October 2011 when Redmond bought it for $8.5 billion …

More: New York Times

Don Mattrick / Xbox Wire:

Your Feedback Matters - Update on Xbox One — Last week at E3, the excitement, creativity and future of our industry was on display for a global audience. — For us, the future comes in the form of Xbox One, a system designed to be the best place to play games this year and for many years to come.

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft reverses Xbox One online check and used games policies following backlash

More: www.idigitaltimes.co.uk, BetaNews, GamesIndustry International, NEWS.com.au, Guardian, The Register and VentureBeat

Mat Honan / Wired:

Inside Digg's Race to Build the New Google Reader — Andrew McLaughlin is, like, California-enthusiastic. Like, we're-totally-going-to-do-this- guys enthusiastic. The 43 year-old CEO of the recently re-imagined Digg is a believer in the way the Internet can make the world better.

More: Gizmodo and Softpedia News

Pratik Naik / Fstoppers:

Adobe Photoshop CC Has Already Been Pirated In Just One Day — With all the recent discussion about Adobe's Creative Cloud model and the polarizing opinions surrounding it, one of the topics people have been mentioning is how it will stop the pirating of Photoshop and other Adobe products in the suite.

More: PetaPixel, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, CNET, The Verge, Softpedia News, 1001 Noisy Cameras, Photo Rumors, Cult of Mac and MACé" blog

Bloomberg:

Google Gets 3 Months to Fix Privacy or Face French Fines — France gave Google Inc. (GOOG) (GOOG) three months to amend its policy regarding Internet users' data to avoid fines, and said five other European countries will follow suit by the end of July. — The U.S. search engine giant …

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Marguerite Reardon / CNET:

Google Fiber spawns startup renaissance in Kansas City — Google's super-fast Internet service launched a year ago in Kansas City. CNET's Marguerite Reardon takes a look at the impact it has on the local startup scene. — KANSAS CITY, Kan. —The modest two-story bungalow on State Line Road looks …

More: 9to5Google

Ben Gilbert / Engadget:

NVIDIA's Shield now $300, arrives on June 27th (video) — Even before hitting store shelves, NVIDIA's Shield is shedding $50 from its original $350 asking price — the little Android portable gaming console will cost $300 when it arrives at retail on June 27th.

Alyn Griffiths / Dezeen:

Interview with Richard Sapper on turning down a job at Apple — Interview: German industrial designer Richard Sapper has launched a new website chronicling his work dating back to the 1950s. In an interview looking back on his career he tells Dezeen how he turned down the chance to work at Apple …

More: Business Insider and MacRumors

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Yahoo completes Tumblr acquisition, re-emphasizes it will be independently operated and developed separately — Yahoo today announced it has completed its acquisition of Tumblr. The company first announced plans to snap up the blogging platform exactly a month ago, on May 20, for …

More: Engadget, TechCrunch and Yahoo! Inc.. See also Mediagazer

Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:

Yahoo rejects fears hackers will exploit old user IDs — (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc on Wednesday downplayed concerns that its plans to recycle inactive user IDs could leave users exposed to hackers, saying only 7 percent of those IDs are tied to actual Yahoo email accounts.

More: CNET and memeburn

Mat Honan / Wired:

Yahoo's Very Bad Idea to Release Email Addresses

More: TechHive, Domain Name Wire, Forbes, The Verge, Help Net Security and Graham Cluley

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Rasul Bailay / Times of India:

Google brings Android Nation store to India to spice up its retail market — NEW DELHI: In a significant move that will help increase Android penetration in India, its promoter Google is now vying for a piece of the retail market with brick-and-mortar stores called Android Nation.

More: 9to5Google, Tech in Asia, The Next Web, MediaNama, techshout.com, Forbes, Technology Personalized, NextBigWhat and MyTechSkool

Edward Wyatt / New York Times:

F.T.C. Is Said to Plan Inquiry of Frivolous Patent Lawsuits — WASHINGTON — The chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission is expected on Thursday to recommend a sweeping investigation of “patent trolls,” companies that buy large portfolios of technology patents and use them to sue software designers …

More: Ars Technica, BGR, Hillicon Valley, CNET, ZDNet, Engadget, Ubergizmo and Techdirt

Wall Street Journal:

Microsoft-Nokia Advanced Talks Recently Broke Down — Microsoft Corp. was recently in advanced discussions with Nokia Corp. about a purchase of the Finnish company's device business, according to people familiar with the matter, in a marriage that could have reshaped the mobile-phone industry.

More: DailyFinance.com, Computerworld, The Next Web, TechEye, Unwired View, InfoWorld, Tech-Thoughts, The Register, Inquirer, Bloomberg and PC Pro. Tweets: @afairweather

Anurag Kotoky / Reuters:

India sets up elaborate system to tap phone calls, e-mail — (Reuters) - India has launched a wide-ranging surveillance program that will give its security agencies and even income tax officials the ability to tap directly into e-mails and phone calls without oversight by courts or parliament, several sources said.

More: The Next Web

Ashley Feinberg / Gizmodo:

Best Buy Is Recalling Thousands of MacBook Pro Batteries Over Fire Risk — Best Buy is recalling 5,100 third-party replacement MacBook Pro batteries after the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported 13 separate cases in which the batteries caught fire, at least one causing serious injury.

More: U.S. Consumer Product …, bigstory.ap.org, Digital Trends, CNET, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, Electronista and AppleInsider

Michael Brown / PC World:

Wi-Fi Alliance announces 802.11ac certification program — The Wi-Fi Alliance is finally kicking off a certification program for routers, adapters, and other wireless networking gear based on the IEEE 802.11ac draft standard. The organization has a strong track record when it comes to ensuring …

More: Ars Technica, The Register, PC Magazine, Los Angeles Times, CNET, FierceBroadbandWireless News, Pocket-lint and CNNMoney.com

Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch:

The Case For And Against Candy Crush-Maker King's Possible IPO — Zynga cast a long shadow when its stock tanked by about 75 percent in the first year after going public. But that apparently isn't scaring off other contenders in the gaming industry from an IPO.

Thanks:@techcrunch

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Microsoft gives a sneak peek of Office Web Apps real-time co-authoring across Windows, Android, and iOS devices — Microsoft today released a sneak peek of how Office Web Apps real-time co-authoring will work across Windows, Android, and iOS devices. Unfortunately, the company still …

More: The Microsoft Office Blog, LiveSide.net, ZDNet, Neowin and Gearburn

Adam Pasick / Quartz:

Google admits those infamous brainteasers were completely useless for hiring — You can stop counting how many golfballs will fit in a schoolbus now. — Google has admitted that the headscratching questions it once used to quiz job applicants (How many piano tuners are there in the entire world?

More: New York Times, The Next Web, Business Insider, AllThingsD, SocialTimes, SlashGear, Softpedia News, Mashable, Valleywag, Beyond Search, larry borsato and Business Insider. Tweets: @hunterwalk

Brian Klug / AnandTech:

LG to include Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 in next Optimus G Series Smartphone — Hot off the heels of the Snapdragon 800 benchmarking event in San Francisco, LG has dropped a press release by noting that its next Optimus G series smartphone will include the aforementioned SoC.

More: LG Newsroom, Electronista, Inquirer, dailywireless.org, Android Beat, Unwired View and Pocketnow

Michael Harper / AppleInsider:

Parallels Desktop 8 updated to support Apple's OS X Mavericks — Popular desktop virtualization client Parallels released an update to their desktop app for Mac on Wednesday, allowing Apple developers to run beta versions of OS X Mavericks in tandem with older versions of the Mac operating system.

More: Consumer Tech Blog, TUAW, Cult of Mac, MacDailyNews, MacNN, 9to5Mac, Macgasm and The Mac Observer

Alex de Joode / LeaseWeb Blog:

LeaseWeb: Statement on former client MegaUpload — On Twitter today we saw Kim Dotcom tweeting some statements saying LeaseWeb wiped data from dedicated servers formerly in use by his storage service MegaUpload. I think this calls for a reaction. — First of all, we appreciate the long period …

More: SiliconANGLE, BBC, Reuters, Guardian, RAPPLER, Softpedia News and Wired.co.uk. Tweets: @kimdotcom

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Twitter Acquires Social Startup Spindle — Twitter has acquired Spindle, a social startup focused on the location and check-in space, and discovering local places of interest nearby. — “We've spent the past two and a half years building a product that helps you answer the question: 'What's happening nearby right now?'”

More: Spindle, Mobile Marketing Watch, Inquirer, Business Insider, InfoWorld, www.idigitaltimes.co.uk, TechCrunch and The Verge

Caitlin Fitzsimmons / Business Review Weekly:

IBM cutting up to 1500 jobs in Australia as cloud computing upsets server market — The 1500 jobs on the line at IBM's Australian operation mirrors the decline in the server market as business customers shift to cloud computing and software as a service. — The number of job cuts reportedly looming …

More: Sydney Morning Herald, ITWire.com and ZDNet

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