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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Revamped Google Maps for iOS launches: supports iPad, indoor maps, enhanced navigation — In line with last week's expectations of an updated Google Maps app, Google has begun rolling out version 2.0 of Google Maps for iOS today. Most notably, the new application includes support …
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| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Google: |
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| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Google Glass Had a Vulnerability for Being Taken Over Via QR Code, But It's Been Fixed — A Google Glass security vulnerability that allowed an outsider to take control of the wearable computing device via QR code has been fixed. — Basically, since Glass allows users to connect to Wi-Fi … | Wall Street Journal: |
Google Pitches Online TV Service to Media Companies — Streaming of Traditional TV Programming Is Also Planned by Others — Google Inc. has approached media companies about licensing their content for an Internet TV service that would stream traditional TV programming, people familiar with the matter say.| Bill Gurley / Above the Crowd: |
Transitioning To a Mobile Centric World — “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.” — Freewill, Rush — If you happen to be a sports fan (I am), one of the coolest features to emerge in our lifetime is the ability to program your DVR remotely.
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| Spencer E. Ante / Wall Street Journal: |
Smartphone Upgrades Slow as ‘Wow’ Factor Fades — Fewer Customers Trade in Devices—A Potential Problem for AT&T, Apple and Others — Fewer people are upgrading their smartphones—a trend that could make it harder for companies from AT&T Inc. to Apple Inc. to keep up the pace of revenue growth.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Lumia 625 leaks with LTE and Nokia's biggest screen ever — Nokia is preparing to launch a Lumia 625 in the coming weeks with a 4.7-inch display and LTE support. Sources familiar with Nokia's plans have confirmed to The Verge that the handset will debut as one of the cheapest and biggest Lumias yet.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Almunia Says The EU Antitrust Ball Is In Google's Court, While FairSearch Releases More Data Against Google's Proposed Remedies — We are still waiting for the antitrust commissioner in Europe to make his next formal statement on negotiations with Google, after the search giant in April … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Acer preparing 8-inch Windows 8 tablet successor to address complaints — Acer is preparing to release a refreshed version of its Iconia W3 tablet. After only being announced in early June, and recently released to retailers, Acer's 8-inch Windows 8 tablet has been criticised over its poor display and bulky size.| Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times: |
Universities Face a Rising Barrage of Cyberattacks — America's research universities, among the most open and robust centers of information exchange in the world, are increasingly coming under cyberattack, most of it thought to be from China, with millions of hacking attempts weekly.
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| BBC: |
Driverless cars to be tested on UK roads by end of 2013 — Driverless cars will be tested on public roads by the end of 2013, says the UK government. — So far, UK trials of the autonomous vehicles have taken place only on private land. — Driverless cars are guided by a system of sensors …
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PC Magazine, PC World, The Verge, Ars Technica, Engadget, Out-Law News, Digital Trends, I4U News and SlashGear
| Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune: |
Russia says ‘nyet’ to Apple's iPhone — Why the big three Russian mobile phone carriers cut their ties with Apple. — FORTUNE — There's good money to be made selling cell phones in Russia, a country with more than 180 million mobile subscribers. Three Russian carriers account for eight … | David Meyer / GigaOM: |
UK spies aren't breaking law by using PRISM data, security oversight committee claims — The British Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee has rebuffed claims that UK intelligence services broke local law by taking PRISM data from the Americans. However, the committee also said it needed to study the law more closely.
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| Mark Rogowsky / Forbes: |
Chat Sensation WhatsApp Is Now Free — Sort Of — The enormously successful mobile chat tool WhatsApp, which Apple recently listed as the 6th most popular paid app of all time, is now free. It had been 99 cents, so this might not seem like a big deal. But for some people …
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WhatsApp Blog, CNET, TUAW, TechCrunch, Guardian, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac and CNET. Tweets: @nichcarlson
| Amir Efrati / Digits: |
How Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Plans to Tackle Video — Yahoo took the unprecedented step of broadcasting live video of its second-quarter earnings call. Perhaps it's fitting, then, that CEO Marissa Mayer talked up video as a top priority for the Internet company.
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| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
Next-Gen iPhone Production Kicks Into Gear; Will There Be a Mid-Tier iPhone, Too? — Apple is ramping up production of its next-generation iPhone ahead of an expected fall introduction that could include a second, lower-cost version of the device. — That's the latest from Jefferies analyst Peter Misek … | Michelle Meyers / CNET: |
In another Aereo win, court refuses to rehear New York case — Appeals court clears the way for the TV-over-the-Web service to continue around New York City. But broadcasters aren't giving up their legal battle against the Barry Diller-backed service and its ambitious expansion plans.
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AllThingsD, Los Angeles Times, Ars Technica, Forbes, GigaOM and DSLreports
| Jason Green / Mercury News: |
Google buys nearly 15 acres in Palo Alto — Google Inc. appears to be staging a return of sorts to Palo Alto, where the tech titan opened its first office in 1999. — A spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday that the Mountain View-based company has snapped up seven parcels on the 1000 block …
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| Brad Smith / TechNet Blogs: |
Responding to government legal demands for customer data — Today we have asked the Attorney General of the United States to personally take action to permit Microsoft and other companies to share publicly more complete information about how we handle national security requests for customer information.
| Dan Rayburn / StreamingMediaBlog.com: |
Apple Owns 56% Of The Streaming Devices Market, Roku Second With 21% — We've just released our latest Frost & Sullivan report on the size of the Consumer Video Devices Market, which details the market drivers, restraints to market growth, product and pricing trends, competitive landscape …
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GigaOM, Mobile Marketing Watch, 9to5Mac, Macgasm, I4U News, Business Insider, TUAW and Bloomberg. Thanks:@danrayburn
| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Hunter Walk And Satya Patel's Homebrew Is A $35M Seed-Stage Fund To Invest In The “Bottom Up Economy” — Former Googler/YouTuber Hunter Walk has been making angel investments for some time now, and recently began observing that although he was one of the smallest parts of the cap table …
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AllThingsD, Digits, Hunter Walk, GigaOM, The Next Web, Homebrew Blog and Venture Generated Content
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| Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
Tumblr iPhone app fixed after plaintext password goof spotted — Tumblr has been forced to rush out a patched version of its iPhone and iPad apps, and has advised all users to change their password, after researchers discovered the apps had been transmitting login credentials in plain text.
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Tumblr Staff, The Register, The Register, The Verge, TechHive, Business Insider, The Next Web, CNET, Graham Cluley, BuzzFeed, Digital Trends, MobileSyrup.com, TechnoBuffalo, Mashable, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, ZDNet and Engadget
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