Getting ALL your data out of Google Reader  —  There remain only a few days until Google Reader shuts down.  Besides the emotions1 and the practicalities of finding a replacement2, I've also been pondering the data loss aspects.  As a bit of a digital pack rat, the idea of not being able …

Facebook's outmoded Web crypto opens door to NSA spying  —  It's relatively easy for the National Security Agency's spooks to break outdated Web encryption after vacuuming up data from fiber taps, cryptographers say.  But Facebook is still using it.  —  A Facebook data center.

Apple Finds It Difficult to Divorce Samsung  —  Apple is finding that breaking up with Samsung is hard to do.  For evidence, look no further than Apple's effort to find a company other than ferocious rival Samsung Electronics Co. to make the sophisticated chip brains used in Apple's iPads and iPhones.

Beware: a massive (fruity) spam attack is hitting Instagram  —  Updated at 1.59 pm, June 29, 2013: If you are an Instagram user, there's a good chance that you've seen quite a few photos of fruit appearing in your stream recently, along with messages extolling a miracle fruit diet.

Google's TV white space database approved for operation  —  Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) TV white space (TVWS) database system won approval for operation from the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology.  —  TVWS supporters such as Google contend the unlicensed spectrum is suitable …

A Venture SLA  —  There is an opportunity for a new VC Firm to brand itself.  Recent brands in Venture Capital arose from transparency and founder-friendliness.  YCombinator gives new, young, technical talent an entry into Silicon Valley.  500 Startups does it globally.  Fred Wilson blogs the business.

Secret Court Declassifies Yahoo's Role in Disclosure Fight  —  In the secret court that authorizes national security surveillance requests, everything is considered confidential — even the existence of communications between companies and the court.  But this week, the court drew back the curtain slightly …

In the Instagram Vs. Vine War for Social Video, We Still Don't Know Who's Winning  —  Everyone loves a battle royale.  —  And in one fell swoop of video announcements last week, we've all watched and waited to see Facebook's Instagram and Twitter's Vine go to the mattresses.