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Seeking to map the entire internet, NSA and GHCQ have broken into Deutsche Telekom's networks — The NSA Breach of Telekom and Other German Firms — According to top-secret documents from the NSA and the British agency GCHQ, the intelligence agencies are seeking to map the entire Internet, including end-user devices.
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Apple Pay's in-app checkout option competes directly with PayPal, could pose a greater threat if Apple offers checkout button for mobile web — Why Apple Pay Will Hurt PayPal — Apple's new payment system hopes to change the way people make purchases both in stores and in apps …
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| Bill Rigby / Reuters: |
Source: Microsoft will announce $2.5B deal to buy Minecraft maker Mojang on Monday — Microsoft needs Minecraft to boost mobile ambitions — (Reuters) - Microsoft's impending purchase of Mojang, the Swedish developer with 100 million players of its open world Minecraft game … | Alexia Tsotsis / TechCrunch: |
Product Hunt Raises $6 Million From A16Z — Product Hunt, the aggregation site that many people consider a direct competitor to TechCrunch and other tech blogs due to its ability to surface new tech products and startups, has raised a hefty series A, we're hearing.| Mat Honan / Wired: |
A requiem for the click wheel iPod, discontinued after almost 13 years — On Death and iPods: A Requiem — Have you ever loved a car? Maybe it was an old truck you drove for hundreds of thousands of miles, or maybe it was your very first car: where you had your very first beer and your very first kiss.
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T-Mobile CEO says Sprint is “not the enemy”, applauds new CEO's efforts to “stop the bleeding” — T-Mobile CEO on Sprint: 'Put a fork in it. They're done' — In an interview, outspoken John Legere talks about the suddenly lively Sprint as a competitor …
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| Nick Bilton / New York Times: |
Steve Jobs and several other tech execs have imposed time limits on their kids' use of gadgets — Steve Jobs Was a Low-Tech Parent — When Steve Jobs was running Apple, he was known to call journalists to either pat them on the back for a recent article or, more often than not, explain how they got it wrong.
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Business Insider, iPhone Hacks, ITProPortal and Bijan Sabet
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| Timothy B. Lee / Vox: |
Since Supreme Court's Alice decision, 11 lower court rulings have invalidated software patents — Software patents are crumbling, thanks to the Supreme Court — The Supreme Court's June ruling on the patentability of software — its first in 33 years — raised as many questions at it answered.| Kashmir Hill / Forbes: |
NSA employees increasingly leave the agency to start security companies like Synack, Virtru, and Morta Security — The NSA Gives Birth To Start-Ups — Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has been sweating it out in the spotlight this summer for converting his spy cred into a lucrative … | Tanya Dua / Digiday: |
Vimeo targets YouTube with nationwide TV commercial and updated iOS app for easier mobile uploads — The YouTube-ification of Vimeo: Now with more baby videos — If you've hopped on to the New York City L train recently, chances are that you've come across a sea of blue: shrink-wrapped subway cars, plastered with Vimeo messaging.
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Vimeo Staff Blog and Vimeo
| Chance Miller / 9to5Google: |
Motorola to restock the Moto 360 and open preorders for Moto X (including “Pure Edition") and Moto Hint on Tuesday — Motorola to open pre-orders for new Moto X, restock Moto 360 on Tuesday — Last week, Motorola finally took the wraps off of a handful of new products.| Mathew Ingram / Gigaom: |
Facebook is under fire from gay and transgender users who are being forced to use real names — There have been multiple reports that Facebook is forcing gay and transgender users to use their legal names instead of their online personas or chosen names, as part of a crackdown on pseudonyms, despite the danger this poses to some usersSponsor Posts
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