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June 30, 2014, 12:55 PM

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Paulo Golgher / Orkut Blog:

Google to shut down Orkut on September 30, will create archive of all public communities — Tchau Orkut — Ten years ago, Orkut was Google's first foray into social networking. Built as a “20 percent” project, Orkut communities started conversations, and forged connections, that had never existed before.

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Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:

Exclusive: A review of the Blackphone, the Android for the paranoid — Built for privacy, the Blackphone runs a beefed-up Android called PrivatOS. — Based on some recent experience, I'm of the opinion that smartphones are about as private as a gas station bathroom.

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Sharif Sakr / Engadget:

Privacy-focused Blackphone starts shipping for $630

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Adam Sherwin / The Independent:

Google Glass to be banned from all UK cinemas — If you've just acquired a Google Glass headset for £1,000, don't show it off at the movies. UK cinemas are to ban the headsets over fears that the gadgets can be used to make pirate copies of Hollywood blockbusters.

Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times:

Some LA schools choosing between six different laptops for students after botched iPad rollout — LAUSD shifts gears on technology for students — Los Angeles school district officials have allowed a group of high schools to choose from among six different laptop computers for their students …

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Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

More details on Microsoft's desktop-focused Windows ‘Threshold’ release; public preview expected in fall 2014, release in spring 2015 — Windows ‘Threshold’: More on Microsoft's plan to win over Windows 7 users — Summary: One of Microsoft's main goals with 'Threshold …

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David E. Sanger / New York Times:

New N.S.A. Chief Calls Damage From Snowden Leaks Manageable — FORT MEADE, Md. — The newly installed director of the National Security Agency says that while he has seen some terrorist groups alter their communications to avoid surveillance techniques revealed by Edward J. Snowden …

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Kashmir Hill / Forbes:

Facebook Doesn't Understand The Fuss About Its Emotion Manipulation Study — * Updated with an additional statement from Adam Kramer, the Facebook data scientist who conducted the study. — This weekend, the Internet discovered a study published earlier this month in an academic journal …

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Twitter Rolls Out App Install And Engagement Ads, And New Click Pricing, Globally — Social networking platform Twitter says its MoPub ad network now reaches more than 1 billion iOS and Android users every month, and so today it is making its latest move to build out that mobile advertising business with more products.

More: 9to5Mac, The Twitter Blog, The Next Web, Wall Street Journal, VentureBeat and Business Insider

Tyler Hayes / Liisten:

Fire TV's advanced streaming and prediction feature can consume 80GB a day — The Secret Little Problem With Amazon's Fire TV — I got a little nervous that something was wrong when I go a notice from my Internet service provider, Cox Cable, saying that I had hit my monthly download cap.

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Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Apple announces iTunes U update with iPad Course Creation, Student Discussions & more — Screenshot showing new iTunes U “Student Discussions” feature — Apple today announced an update to its iTunes U educational app that includes a number of new features for iPad including course creation tools …

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Catherine Shu / TechCrunch:

Japanese E-Commerce Giant Rakuten Launches $100M Global Investment Fund — June is barely over, but Rakuten has already had a busy year. In addition to purchasing messaging app Viber for $900 million, the Japanese consumer Internet conglomerate also made investments in several companies based …

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