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August 8, 2013, 4:55 PM

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Steve Dent / Engadget:
Vindu Goel / NYT Bits:
YouTube's Founders Challenge Vine and Instagram with New Video App  —  After months of teasing, the wait is over: Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, who brought us the video-sharing site YouTube, are taking the wraps off their newest project, a video creation app called MixBit.
Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
N.S.A. Said to Search Content of Messages to and From U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency is searching the contents of vast amounts of Americans' e-mail and text communications into and out of the country, hunting for people who mention information about foreigners under surveillance, according to intelligence officials.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft unboxes Xbox One, reveals final design and a bundled headset  —  Microsoft's next Xbox console won't go on sale until November, but that isn't stopping the company from unboxing it a little early.  In a new video featuring one of the first Xbox One production units …
Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:
Lavabit, email service Snowden reportedly used, abruptly shuts down  —  Remember when word circulated that Edward Snowden was using Lavabit, an email service that purports to provide better privacy and security for users than popular web-based free services like Gmail?
Horace Dediu / asymco:
Signs of US Android net user decline  —  ComScore's latest survey for US smartphone users showed that Android had 52% share of about 142 million users.  That amounts to 73.84 million Android devices in use.  —  ComScore's previous such survey showed that Android had 52.4% of about 141 million users.
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
With KeyMe, an iPhone Pic Now Means You Can Always Print More House Keys Later  —  A little bit of prepping in advance could save a lot of headache next time you lock yourself out, lose your keys, or need to let a friend into your place when you're not there.
Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:
Rdio launches personalized radio stations to steal listeners away from Pandora  —  Choice is great - except when you have to choose.  Subscription music service Rdio made it a bit easier for its users to just sit back and listen by launching personalized radio stations that deliver a never-ending stream of music Thursday.
Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:
Aereo will go live in Miami, Houston, and Dallas this September  —  Aereo continues to push forward its aggressive 2013 expansion plan — the company has just announced that the streaming TV service will be live in Miami, Houston, and Dallas in September.  Miami is up first and will be active …
Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
BlackBerry first to secure U.S. DOD device management approval  —  Summary: The smartphone maker retains its security crown as it becomes the first mobile device management provider to be awarded an “authority to operate” on the U.S. Defense Dept. networks.  —  Zack Whittaker
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
GetTaxi Raises Another $12 Million, Launches G-Car Service To Take On Uber In New York City  —  GetTaxi is one of a growing number of companies focused on getting passengers from point A to point B, having already launched service in the more than 20 cities around the world.
Brad Stone / Businessweek:
eBay's John Donahoe on E-Commerce and Mobile Payments' Future  —  What's the next set of goals, beyond returning to growth?  —  In the eyes of the consumer, e-commerce and retail are now one.  It's just shopping, right?  And that's why you see us taking steps to get more involved in the full commerce environment.
More: on the build and SiliconBeatTweets: @bradstone
Chad Bray / Wall Street Journal:
Publishers Object to E-Book Plan for Apple  —  Provisions of Proposal Would Punish Them, They Said  —  Five major U.S. publishers objected to the Justice Department's proposal to limit Apple Inc.'s influence in the electronic-books market, saying it would effectively alter their existing settlements with the U.S. government.

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