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Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and Others Call for More NSA Transparency — Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft are part of a broad alliance of technology companies and civil liberties groups that will tomorrow demand dramatically increased transparency around U.S. government surveillance efforts.| Philip Bump / The Atlantic Wire: |
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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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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| 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 … | Sam Biddle / Valleywag: |
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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| 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 … | Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Revenue Falls, But Yahoo Shares Jump 7% To Reach A Five-Year High — Shortly after the stock market opened, Yahoo shares (NASDAQ:YHOO) have jumped to 28.91, representing a 7.55 percent increase over yesterday's closing price of 26.88. More importantly, it represents a five-year high for the Silicon Valley veteran.
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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 … | Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat: |
Smart ‘creative tech’ marketplace Grand St. opens up to all — Grand St. has put up the “open for business” sign. — The online marketplace for buying “creative technology” products has taken down its invite-only wall so anyone on the web can check out and buy their products.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Chrome for iOS adds improved Google apps integration, ‘experimental’ data compression — Google has just released a fairly significant update for Chrome on iOS. Now available in the App Store, the latest version introduces some anticipated features like fullscreen browsing on iPad and access …
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| 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.
| 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 … | 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 … | TechCrunch: |
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 … | Mary Iqbal / CircleID: |
First Four Registry Agreements Signed for New TLDs — The first four new Top Level Domains (TLDs) have signed contracts with ICANN, known as Registry Agreements, to allow the applicants to operate new TLDs on the Internet. This is a historic event and marks the first of many new Registry Agreements …
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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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| 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.| Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM: |
iPad publisher Inkling nabs $16M and partners with Pearson and Elsevier — Interactive iOS publishing platform Inkling has closed a $16 million series C funding round and established strategic partnerships with educational publishers Pearson and Elsevier, the company plans to announce Wednesday.| 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.| 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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Apple Wants to Sell More iPhones Through Its Own Stores — But Can It? — Apple sells a lot of iPhones through its retail stores — but not nearly as many as it would like. Indeed, at a recent gathering of Apple Store leaders, CEO Tim Cook said he was dismayed that only 20 percent …
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