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NSA loophole allows warrantless search for US citizens' emails and phone calls — Exclusive: Spy agency has secret backdoor permission to search databases for individual Americans' communications — The National Security Agency has a secret backdoor into its vast databases under …
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Thanks:@alex| 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 …
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See also Mediagazer| Jennifer Epstein / Politico: |
President Obama: Edward Snowden ‘not a patriot’ — President Barack Obama laid out new measures Friday aimed at giving Americans more information about national security surveillance programs, and said his administration will aim to be more transparent on the issue.| 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.| Chance Miller / 9to5Google: |
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Samsung faces sales ban on older devices in U.S. — The U.S. International Trade Commission says Samsung infringes on a pair of Apple patents with some of its older phones. — The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled in favor of Apple in a decision to ban some of Samsung's phones in the U.S.| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
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Rumor: Amazon developing Android console to release this year — Online retail giant Amazon will enter the Android console market later this year, according to Game Informer sources. In a brief report, the site claims people with “knowledge of the in-development hardware” … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
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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 …
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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 …
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ASUS pulls out of Windows RT due to financial losses and ‘industry sentiment’ — This isn't a huge shock, given that ASUS has already publicly expressed woes about poor sales of its Windows RT products, but CEO Jerry Shen's latest comments have a surprising edge of finality to them.
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Windows Phone update in testing, includes rotation lock and text syncing to PCs — While Microsoft's latest Windows Phone 8 update is slowly rolling out to existing handsets, the company is prepping new changes that will be made available by the end of the year.
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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.
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
T-Mobile Pulls iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 From Its “No Money Down” Promotion — If you want to get the iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S as part of T-Mobile's “no money down” offer, you'd better make some plans to head to a store pronto. — T-Mobile confirmed to AllThingsD that, starting Saturday …
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The next Xbox 360 system update will replace Microsoft Points with local currency — Microsoft today announced the next Xbox 360 update will feature local currency. That's right: Microsoft Points are finally going away. — The move has been a long time coming.
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Twitter joins Washington's influence economy, forms PAC — Twitter on Friday became an official member of Washington's influence economy, with the formation of a political action committee and the appointment of its first registered lobbyist. — The seven-year-old privately held company …
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Google Wallet pulling support for gift, loyalty cards — A little bit of bad news tonight if you use Google Wallet for gift cards and loyalty cards. According to an e-mail that just went out, support for NFC redemption of gift cards and loyalty cards will end on Aug. 21.
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Nervous About Backlash, Facebook Moves Cautiously on Video Ads — CEO Zuckerberg Tries to Find Right Balance for Users and Advertisers — Facebook has been planning for months to dive into the lucrative market for online video ads. The holdup: CEO Mark Zuckerberg doesn't want to annoy its 1.1 billion members.| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter #music app gets new ways to discover artists, scans iPhone library for personalized recommendations — Twitter updated its Twitter #music iPhone app today with several new ways to discover new artists in addition to personalized recommendations based on the content in your iPhone's music library.
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