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U.S. intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program — The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio, video, photographs, e-mails, documents and connection logs …
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NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection program — Through a Top-Secret program authorized by federal judges working under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the U.S. intelligence community can gain access to the servers of nine internet companies for a wide range of digital data.
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U.S. Collects Vast Data Trove — NSA Monitoring Includes Three Major Phone Companies, as Well as Online Activity WASHINGTON—The National Security Agency's monitoring of Americans includes customer records from the three major phone networks as well as emails and Web searches … | Harrison Weber / The Next Web: |
Facebook, Apple, Google and Microsoft deny participation in US government spying program PRISM — Shortly after reports of PRISM surfaced — a program which reportedly enables the US government to tap directly into the central servers of nine US-based Internet companies …
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| New York Times: |
Anti-Surveillance Activist Is at Center of New Leak — After writing intensely, even obsessively, for years about government surveillance and the prosecution of journalists, Glenn Greenwald has suddenly put himself directly at the intersection of those two issues, and perhaps in the cross hairs of federal prosecutors.
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U.S. Government: Reports About PRISM Contain “Numerous Inaccuracies” — After the flurry of reports about the NSA's alleged PRISM surveillance program earlier today, the U.S.'s Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper just released an official statement.
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| Peter Burrows / Bloomberg: |
Apple Said to Start iPhone Trade-In Program in Stores — Apple Inc. (AAPL) is starting an iPhone trade-in program this month aimed at getting users to upgrade to the iPhone 5 and turn in older models, people with knowledge of the plans said. — Apple has teamed up with Brightstar Corp. …
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| Christina Bonnington / Wired: |
Why Google Reader Really Got the Axe — When Google announced its plans to shutter Google Reader in March, the Internet freaked out. Twitter users raised their virtual pitchforks in outrage. Bloggers wept, scrambling to find a suitable replacement by the service's July 1 death date.
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| Brian Klug / AnandTech: |
Apple Not Throttling iPhone or iPad Cellular Throughput via Carrier Bundles — Yesterday there were some allegations made about whether Apple is intentionally throttling cellular data throughput on iPhones and iPads via some files used for network provisioning.
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| Jason Snell / Macworld: |
Meet Vesper, a notes app with an all-star development team — Three people you may have heard of—writer John Gruber, developer Brent Simmons, and designer Dave Wiskus—have joined forces to create Q Branch, an app development company whose first product is a $5 iPhone app called Vesper.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
WWDC 2013 Roundup: iOS 7, OS X 10.9, MacBooks, ‘Genius-like’ Radio app (plus new tidbits) — By this time in 2012, Apple had taken the stage and dominated the news cycle multiple times to announce products like a new iPad, Apple TV, new Mac operating system, and various other software …
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| Mary Ellen Gordon, PhD / The Flurry Blog: |
The iOS and Android Two-Horse Race: A Deeper Look into Market Share — Over the past four years, Apple's iOS and Google's Android have been locked into a two horse race for mobile OS ownership. In the past year, there has been a lot of focus on the rise of Android and its lead in device market share.
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| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
It's back (again): NY courts approve Uber, Hailo, green taxis in one fell swoop — Today, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced two noteworthy decisions by the state's Court of Appeals that is a victory for companies looking to get into the transportation business in the city.
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3-D Printer Firm MakerBot in Acquisition Talks — MakerBot Industries LLC, the fast-growing maker of 3-D printers, is in talks with suitors that could lead to the sale of the New York-based company, people familiar with the matter said. — The four-year-old startup was recently gauging … | Bloomberg: |
TiVo Settles DVR Patent Dispute With Google's Motorola — TiVo Inc. (TIVO) settled a patent dispute with Google Inc. (GOOG)'s Motorola Mobility unit over digital-video recording technology, averting a trial that was scheduled to start next week. TiVo surged the most since January 2012.
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| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
Amazon Demanded Same Terms From Publishers For Which Apple is Now On Trial — When Apple negotiated its e-book contracts with the five publishers with which it would ultimately launch iBooks, the company demanded a “most favored nation provision” that required publishers to match …
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| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Google: Search hits, YouTube views are key predictors of a movie's box office performance — Google has released a white paper that shows a proportional impact on a movie's box office success based on the number of searches that it receives. Among the insights, the company highlights …
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| Liz Gannes / AllThingsD: |
Yahoo Mulling Buy of Address Book App Maker Xobni — Yahoo is in serious discussions to buy Xobni, maker of address book apps and plugins, according to sources familiar with the situation. — The two companies have been talking for a while, but a deal appears more imminent now, the sources said.| Chris Strohm / Bloomberg: |
Hackers to Be Kept From U.S. in House Cybersecurity Bill — Computer hackers who target U.S. agencies and companies on behalf of countries such as China and Russia would be denied entry into the U.S. and have their bank accounts frozen under legislation to be unveiled today.
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
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