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June 6, 2013, 5:00 AM

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Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:

Revealed: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily — Exclusive: Top secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over all call data shows scale of domestic surveillance under Obama — • Read the court order in full here — The National Security Agency …

Guardian:

Verizon forced to hand over telephone data - full court ruling — The US government is collecting the phone records of millions of US customers of Verizon under a top secret court order. Read the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court order

More: New York Times, The Raw Story, Post Politics, Engadget, Telegraph, SlashGear and Business Insider

Tweets: @mazmhussain, @mattblaze, @ellievhall and @kurtopsahl

Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:

Report: Verizon providing all call records to U.S. under court order

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

MacBook Air refresh looks set for WWDC, potentially with faster Wi-Fi — Apple appears set to release new versions of its MacBook Air notebook computer at next week's Worldwide Developers Conference, according to information provided by a source. Earlier this week, we reported that Apple …

More: iMore, Gotta Be Mobile, Digital Trends, BGR, MacRumors and Business Insider. Thanks:@llsethj

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

N3twork raises a $12M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins to build an Internet based on your interests — Today N3twork announced that it has raised a $12 million Series A round of funding, led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, and participated in by Floodgate, and Google Ventures.

More: TechCrunch, GigaOM, AllThingsD, VentureBeat and Forbes

Shara Tibken / CNET:

Focus, criticism shifts to Amazon in Apple e-book trial — The online retailing giant is accused of being a bully by two publishing company CEOs who testified during the trial. — NEW YORK — Amazon acted like a bully and threatened the publishers when discussing a new e-book sales structure …

More: Cult of Mac, MacNN and Reuters

John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:

Apple Says Differences in Publisher Deals Belie E-Book Conspiracy Charges

More: CNET, Fortune, AppleInsider, IOL and The Verge

Roger Cheng / CNET:

BlackBerry's next flagship phone: the all-touchscreen A10 — Sprint has already committed to selling the A10, which is the successor to the Z10, in November, CNET has learned. — BlackBerry's next flagship smartphone, the all-touchscreen BlackBerry A10, will launch during the holidays, CNET has learned.

More: BGR India, IntoMobile, The CIO Report, Unwired View, PhoneArena, Pocketnow, iDigitalTimes, MobileSyrup.com, Business Insider, GigaOM, Ars Technica and BGR

Roger Cheng / CNET:

BlackBerry in talks to preload BBM on rival handsets — BlackBerry Chief Operating Officer Kristian Tear tells CNET that the company is talking to a number of partners and handset manufacturers. — BlackBerry is working with other handset manufacturers to get its BlackBerry Messenger service preloaded …

More: AndroidOS.in, The Verge, BGR, The Register, BGR India, Pocketnow, Macgasm, MobileSyrup.com, PhoneArena, Yahoo! News and Pocket-lint

Agam Shah / PC World:

AMD breaks from Windows exclusivity, adopts Android and Chrome OS — After years of Windows OS exclusivity, Advanced Micro Devices is opening the door to design chips to run Google's Android and Chrome OS in PCs and tablets. — AMD is expanding OS options as it designs chips based on x86 …

More: CNET, Fudzilla, Neowin, Business Insider, Examiner, Ubergizmo, eWeek, PhoneArena, Ars Technica, Pocket-lint, SlashGear, The Verge and Engadget

Aaron Smith / Pew Internet:

56% of American adults are now smartphone owners — Findings — 56% of American adults are now smartphone owners — For the first time since the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project began systematically tracking smartphone adoption, a majority of Americans now own a smartphone of some kind.

More: Washington Post, CNET, Examiner, The Verge, Computerworld, Ars Technica, TelecompetitorTelecompetitor, Marketing Land, AllThingsD and WebProNews

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft goes public with Windows 8.1 upgrade policies — Summary: Microsoft is sharing more on how existing Windows 8 and Windows RT users will be able to upgrade to Windows 8.1 ‘Blue’ preview and final. — With the public preview builds of Windows 8.1 due out later this month …

More: WPDang, CNET, Softpedia News, The Register, Ubergizmo, The Next Web, Neowin and PC World

John McDermott / AdAge:

Apple to Sell Audio Ads on iRadio, its Upcoming Streaming Music Service — New Ad Product Could Be Pricier Than Pandora, Thanks to Targeting Abilities — Now hear this: Apple will sell audio ads on its forthcoming streaming music service, already being dubbed “iRadio” by many.

More: AdExchanger, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, SlashGear, iDownloadBlog.com, Mashable, Electronista, Macworld, AppleInsider, iClarified, App Advice, Macgasm and iLounge. Tweets: @markgurman. See also Mediagazer

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

AT&T Discusses Entering Into a Joint Bid for Hulu With Chernin Group — According to sources close to the telecommunications giant, AT&T is in discussions with the Chernin Group about mounting a joint bid to acquire the Hulu premium video site. — It makes sense — in addition to its core phone business …

More: VatorNews and TechCrunch

Joe / iTweakiOS:

The Ugly Truth: Your iPhone and iPad Are LIMITED (T-Mobile the Exception) — For a long time now, possibly years, Apple iPhone and iPad users have always wondered why their devices seemed to be “out-performed” by Android devices, mainly Samsung Galaxy phones, when it came to cellular networking speeds and performance.

More: iDownloadBlog.com, iClarified, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, CNET, AppleInsider, Electronista, MacRumors, Pocketnow and TmoNews

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

A Fitbit for Fido: Whistle Will Help Track Your Dog's Activity — Ever wish you could talk to your dog? Understand what's bothering him? How much of the time she paces around when you're not home? — Whistle, a startup that makes a wearable tracking device for dogs, wants to help.

More: The Verge, ABCNEWS, GigaOM, TechCrunch, Laughing Squid, Betabeat and Businessweek

Tweets: @tyrangiel and @mathowie

Jessica Dolcourt / CNET:

Leaked Nokia EOS images fuel the rumor fire — Images surfaced today of what could be Nokia's next camera-driven flagship phone. — Not one, but two sources bubbled up photos on Wednesday of a Nokia Windows phone that could be the handset-maker's next flagship, after its freshly-announced Lumia 925.

More: GSMArena.com, Engadget, The Verge, Windows Phone Central, Gearburn, BGR India, BGR, Unwired View, My Nokia Blog and WMPoweruser

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Clever hack brings Plex to the Apple TV, no jailbreak required — Apple hasn't opened up its Apple TV device to all third-party developers yet, but instead just added apps from a few high-profile partners to the platform. But that didn't stop two avid Plex fans, who were able to bring …

More: AppleInsider, everythingiCafe, Hack a Day, TUAW, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, ParisLemon, iLounge and Cult of Mac

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google makes its stock Google Keyboard gesture-typing app available on the Play store — Google today released its Google Keyboard app for phones and tablets running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and above. You can download it now directly from Google Play, although it's only available …

More: Phones Review, GSMArena Blog, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, CNET, PhoneArena, VentureBeat, IntoMobile, Ars Technica, Engadget and 9to5Google

Brian Womack / Bloomberg:

Google's YouTube Triples Mobile Sales Amid Wireless Shift — Google Scores YouTube Mobile Ad Sales Jackpot — Google Inc. (GOOG)'s YouTube has tripled advertising sales on mobile devices in the past six months, the company said, contributing as much as an estimated $350 million to revenue at the video-sharing website.

More: paidContent

Michael Carney / PandoDaily:

Need a quiet place to work? Breather raises $1.5M to offer on-demand spaces, initially in NYC — The sharing economy has transformed our relationship to ownership and accessibility in a variety of categories. In terms of transportation, car- and ride-sharing services like FlightCar …

More: VentureBeat, The Next Web and The Verge

Jim Finkle / Reuters:

Exclusive: Microsoft, FBI take aim at global cyber crime ring — (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and the FBI, aided by authorities in more than 80 countries, have launched a major assault on one of the world's biggest cyber crime rings, believed to have stolen more than $500 million from bank accounts over the past 18 months.

More: TechNet Blogs, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, CNET, PC World, SlashGear, The Next Web and Engadget

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Amazon brings back long dormant Kindle DX, says it's ‘excited’ to do so — Months after being apparently retired from Amazon's e-reader line, the 9.7-inch Kindle DX is back in stock. Amazon has brought back the DX for $299, reflecting the price drop that was implemented late last year.

More: TechCrunch, VentureBeat, GeekWire, WebProNews, Kindle Review, Engadget and Electronista

John Markoff / New York Times:

Device From Israeli Start-Up Gives the Visually Impaired a Way to Read — JERUSALEM — Liat Negrin, an Israeli who has been visually impaired since childhood, walked into a grocery store here recently, picked up a can of vegetables and easily read its label using a simple and unobtrusive camera attached to her glasses.

More: PSFK, The Verge and Wired. Thanks:@hilzfuld

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