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July 21, 2013, 7:35 PM
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Parmy Olson / Forbes:
SIM Cards Have Finally Been Hacked, And The Flaw Could Affect Millions Of Phones  —  Security researcher Karsten Nohl says some SIM cards can be compromised because of wrongly configured Java Card software and weak encryption keys; Photo credit Luca Melette  —  Smartphones are susceptible …
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Apple Developer Center Was Hacked; Site Remains Down While Company Overhauls Security  —  Apple's developer site was accessed by “an intruder” last Thursday, the company has disclosed, and Apple has not ruled out the possibility that developers' names, mailing addresses, and/or email addresses were compromised.
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
As part of iPhone sales push, Apple Store app to be redesigned & gain free iTunes content  —  Next week, Apple will debut a new element of Tim Cook's plan to sell more iPhones direct from Apple Retail.  The company, on Tuesday, July 23rd, will release an updated version of its Apple Store application …
Justine Sharrock / BuzzFeed:
“What Is That Box?”  — When The NSA Shows Up At Your Internet Company  —  For nine months, this Utah ISP had a little black box in the corner, courtesy of the NSA.  Its owner tells his story.  When people say the feds are monitoring what people are doing online, what does that mean?  How does that work?
More: The Verge, ZDNet and b0ing
Peter Kafka / AllThingsD:
Dish Pulls the Plug — For Now — On NimbleTV's Web TV Service  —  NimbleTV wants to deliver pay TV, over the Web, to any device, anywhere in the world.  —  But right now the startup, which launched a trial service last summer, isn't delivering any TV anywhere.
More: The Verge
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Locket Puts Ads On Smartphone Lock Screens, Pays You To Use Your Phone  —  Would you install an Android app that put ads directly on your smartphone's lock screen?  No?  What if you were paid to do so, and whenever you swiped to unlock your device, you made a little money?
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
After Disney Quietly Acquired Owner SpotMixer A Year Ago, Video App Vlix Is Shutting Down  —  Vlix — a video app that let users add filters and other features and then share them with others — is shutting down in August, about a year after its developer, SpotMixer, was quietly acquired by Disney.
Phil Nickinson / Android Central:
NVIDIA Shield now shipping July 31  —  NVIDIA this morning announced that Shield — its handheld, Android-based gaming system — will ship on July 31, a little more than a month late.  Shield originally was to ship June 27, but an unspecified “mechanical issue” with a “third-party component” pushed the launch into July.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Zune 2.0: is Microsoft making the same mistakes with Surface RT?  —  History is in danger of repeating itself  —  Back in June of last year, Microsoft started teasing a “major announcement” that would soon be revealed as its first tablet: the Surface RT. There was an air of excitement …
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Mozilla unveils ‘aggressive’ Firefox OS schedule: Quarterly feature releases, security updates every six weeks  —  With Firefox OS version 1.0 out the door, Mozilla has decided that it's time to unveil its strategy for new versions.  The company is planning to make feature releases available …

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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Indian streaming service JioCinema launches an ad-free subscription plan with the lowest tier costing $0.35/month for a single device, undercutting rivals

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
Warner Music Group sells Uproxx, HipHopDX, and other assets to a new company, Uproxx Studios, formed by Jarret Myer, Rich Antoniello, and will.i.am

New York Times:
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