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August 9, 2013, 5:05 PM

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Tony Romm / Politico:
Apple's Tim Cook, tech execs meet with Barack Obama to talk surveillance  —  President Barack Obama hosted Apple CEO Tim Cook, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, Google computer scientist Vint Cerf and other tech executives and civil liberties leaders on Thursday for a closed-door meeting about government surveillance, sources tell POLITICO.
New York Times:
Obama Offers Plan Meant to Ease Concerns on Surveillance  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday sought to get his administration ahead of the roiling debate over National Security Agency surveillance, releasing new information about spying activities and calling for changes aimed …
Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:
In ebook case, Apple wants a stay, and DOJ argues publishers are conspiring again  —  In advance of a Friday afternoon conference where a federal judge, Apple and the DOJ will meet to discuss Apple's punishment in the ebook pricing case, both sides submitted new filings and Kobo and the Consumer Federation of America jumped in as well.
Chris O'Brien / Los Angeles Times:
Apple faces three major legal showdowns Friday  —  Get your legal scorecard ready.  You're going to need it Friday to keep track of all of Apple's legal maneuverings.  By total coincidence, the tech giant faces three big legal events.  None of them will offer any definitive conclusions to the underlying cases.
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Russell Holly / Geek.com:
Asus to manufacture Nexus 10 refresh  —  The largest of Google's three Nexus devices is soon due for a refresh, and it looks like Asus will be the manufacturer this time around.  —  Google's Nexus program is something of a bidding war in the planning stages.
Reuters:
Exclusive: BlackBerry open to going private, sources say  —  (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd is warming up to the possibility of going private, as the smartphone maker battles to revive its fortunes, several sources familiar with the situation said.  —  Chief Executive Thorsten Heins …
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Armstrong Confirms “Hundreds” Of Layoffs At Patch, 400 Sites Shuttered Or Partnered Off, And A New CEO  —  We reported yesterday that AOL's hyper-local news service would lose hundreds of employees today, and now we have confirmation from a well-placed Patcher privy to the call …
Phone Arena:
New Google Nexus 7 having GPS problems  —  Several owners of the new Google Nexus 7 have resorted to posting on online forums about a problem they are having with their new tablet.  The problem has to do with the GPS system on the slate.  According to one owner of the new Nexus 7 …

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