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August 8, 2013, 7:20 PM

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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:
Kashmir Hill / Forbes:
Email Company Reportedly Used By Edward Snowden Shuts Down Rather Than Hand Data Over To Feds  —  When Edward Snowden emailed journalists and activists in July to invite them to a briefing at the Moscow airport during his long stay there, he used the email account “edsnowden@lavabit.com” according to one of the invitees.
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.
Ina Fried / AllThingsD:
T-Mobile CEO Says More Apple Products Coming  —  T-Mobile CEO John Legere says that it is the company's message, not the arrival of the iPhone, that is behind a recent surge in new customers.  —  In an interview after the company's second-quarter earnings announcement …
Steve Dent / Engadget:
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 …
Nancy Gohring / CITEworld:
Acer the latest to turn to Google after poor Windows sales  —  Acer, the electronics maker that once seemed to be a big Windows 8 booster, is turning its back on Microsoft.  —  After posting a second quarter loss this week, it said it's going to aggressively work on selling more Chromebooks and Android devices.
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
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Mozilla launches Persona Identity Bridge for Gmail, lets users sign in with their existing account credentials  —  Mozilla today announced the Persona Identity Bridge for Gmail users.  If you have a Google account, this means you can now sign into Persona-powered websites with your existing credentials.

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