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July 18, 2013, 12:40 AM

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John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
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.
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 …
Phil Nickinson / Android Central:
Exclusive first look: Pics and video of the new Nexus 7  —  The new Nexus 7 sports an updated look, adds a rear camera  —  Here we go, folks.  The first probable pictures of what we believe is the long-awaited successor to the Nexus 7.  We've had to do a little Photoshop surgery to protect the source …
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.
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 …
Horace Dediu / asymco:
“Everybody has got a smartphone”  —  ... says UBS analyst John Hodulik, as quoted by the Wall Street Journal.  —  No they haven't.  —  According to the latest comScore survey data, 98 million Americans above the age of 13 don't use a smartphone as their primary phone.  That's 41% of US mobile phone users.
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 …
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 …
Ian Cutress / AnandTech:
Samsung launch the 840 EVO: Up to 1TB and Faster Writes for 120GB  —  As part of the 2013 Samsung SSD Global Summit here in Korea, Samsung announced that latest member to their SSD lineup - the Samsung SSD 840 EVO, under the banner ‘SSDs For Everyone’.  This new drive will be available …
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 …
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 …
Jake Smith / Pocket-lint:
Official: LG names the LG G2 as the flagship Optimus G successor, ahead of August media event  —  Well, it's official folks.  LG has officially named the successor to its flagship Optimus G as the “LG G2”.  In a press release Thursday morning, the South Korea-based company …
More: Engadget, CNET and The Verge
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.
More: Reuters

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