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The NSA Admits It Analyzes More People's Data Than Previously Revealed — As an aside during testimony on Capitol Hill today, a National Security Agency representative rather casually indicated that the government looks at data from a universe of far, far more people than previously indicated.
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The Verge, Guardian, Politico, USA Today, The Verge and Washington Post
Tweets: @qthrul, @ggreenwald, @tonyromm and @normative
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Tumblr Is Pushing Porn Into an Internet Sex Ghetto — Since Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer began circling around Tumblr's billion dollar GIF vortex, we wondered what it'd do with the nasty stuff: the dog sex, the rape porn. Or even the more mild takes on f**king. Now we're starting to see: porn gets put where no one can find it.
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Colbert Nation, AllThingsD, TechCrunch, Mashable and Business Insider
| Brad Molen / Engadget: |
New Nexus 7 coming to retail outlets next week, according to documents (update: pricing and pics) — It appears that the rumored sequel to the Nexus 7 is close at hand, according to internal documents sent to us by an anonymous tipster. Apparently, the new device will be sold in stores alongside …
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Android Central, Digits, 9to5Google, Android Central, 9to5Google, Engadget, The Verge, 9to5Google, CNET, VentureBeat, Android Central, TechHive, Los Angeles Times, PC World, Forbes, Pocket-lint, AndroidGuys, AndroidHeadlines.com, Gotta Be Mobile, WebProNews, MobileSyrup.com, TechnoBuffalo and Electronista
| Harrison Weber / The Next Web: |
After a lackluster quarter, Yahoo acquires AdMovate to boost its mobile ad team — Yahoo has announced yet another acquisition. This time, the company in question is AdMovate, a startup that says it helps advertisers “deliver personalized, hyper-local targeted offers through the mobile channel.”
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| John Koetsier / VentureBeat: |
6,000 mobile developers: Android most popular, iOS most profitable, Windows Phone most ‘next’ — The biggest mobile developer study in history with 6,000 respondents from 115 countries says that while iOS developers make an average of $5,200 per month in app revenue and Android developers pull in $4,700 … | Declan McCullagh / CNET: |
Google tests encryption to protect users' Drive files against government demands — Encryption is being tested to armor user files stored on Google Drive, sources say, a move that could curb surveillance attempts by the U.S. and other governments. — Google has begun to experiment …
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| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Google Glass Had a Vulnerability for Being Taken Over Via QR Code, But It Has 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 …
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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, Graham Cluley, Los Angeles Times, New Yorker, The Verge, Betabeat, Gizmodo, ReadWrite, The Atlantic Wire, BuzzFeed, The Register, MobileSyrup.com and TechnoBuffalo
Tweets: @isaach, @mattbuchanan, @tcarmody and @panzer
| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Driven By Marketplace And PayPal Growth, eBay's Q2 Revenue Up 14 Percent To $3.9B — As expected, eBay reported decent financial results in Q2 2013 today. Revenue was up 14% to $3.9 billion, compared to the same period of 2012. The company reported second quarter net income on a GAAP basis …
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| Chris Velazco / TechCrunch: |
Intel Misses In Q2 2013, Reports EPS Of $0.39 And Revenue Of $12.8 Billion — Intel reported its fiscal Q2 2013 earnings a few moments ago, and they just fell short of analyst predictions. The legendary chipmaker reported earnings of $0.39 per share and $12.8 billion in revenue … | 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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Withings Raises $30 Million From Bpifrance And Others To Fuel International Growth — Health gadget company Withings will announce in a few minutes a new funding round from Bpifrance, Idinvest Partners, 360 Capital Partners and existing investor Ventech. Out of the $30 million … | 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.| 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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Los Angeles Times, AllThingsD, Techdirt, Plagiarism Today and Forbes
| Simon Bisson / CITEworld: |
Xamarin raises $16 million to build “delightful” tools for mobile devs — Mobile application development tools company Xamarin today announced a series of significant milestones. With over 358,000 registered developers (and approaching 20,000 paid seats), the company has today closed a $16 million Series B funding round.| 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.| 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.| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
IBM Raises Annual Forecast After Earnings Top Analyst Estimates — International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), the largest computer-services company, topped estimates with its second-quarter earnings and raised its forecast for the year after cutting costs and buying back shares.
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AllThingsD, IBM, USA Today, New York Times, ZDNet, Tech Trader Daily and Business Insider
| 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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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
BitTorrent's serverless P2P sync software hits beta, adds Android support — BitTorrent, Inc. today plans to release a beta version of BitTorrent Sync, software that provides Dropbox-like syncing using the same peer-to-peer file sharing technology that powers BitTorrent clients.
| Jordan Novet / GigaOM: |
Puppet Labs acquires Cloudsmith to ease devops' automation burden — Puppet Labs, a fan favorite configuration management tool among devops folks, has acquired Cloudsmith to make Puppet tools easier to use and deploy going forward. Devops refers to the movement to get software developers …
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TechCrunch, Puppet Labs, Wired, ITworld.com and Data Center Knowledge
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