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| Lana Lam / South China Morning Post: |
Edward Snowden: US government has been hacking Hong Kong and China for years — US whistle-blower Edward Snowden yesterday emerged from hiding in Hong Kong and revealed to the South China Morning Post that he will stay in the city to fight likely attempts by his government to have him extradited for leaking state secrets.
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| Daniel Strauss / The Hill: |
NSA revelations only ‘the tip of the iceberg,’ says Dem lawmaker — The federal surveillance programs revealed in media reports are just “the tip of the iceberg,” a House Democrat said Wednesday. — Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) said lawmakers learned “significantly more” … | Mark Hosenball / Reuters: |
Feds hunted for Snowden in days before NSA programs went public — (Reuters) - U.S. government investigators began an urgent search for Edward Snowden several days before the first media reports were published on the government's secret surveillance programs, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.| Bloomberg: |
Hong Kong to Handle NSA Leaker Extradition Based on Law — Hong Kong will deal with any U.S. extradition request for a former National Security Agency contractor who disclosed secret information, based on the city's legal system, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said.
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| Mark Rumold / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
FISA Court Rejects Catch-22 Secrecy Argument in FOIA Case — In the first publicly known victory by a non-government party before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), the secret court today granted a motion filed by EFF related to an ongoing Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
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| Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web: |
Why does the design of iOS 7 look so different? — If you caught Apple's iOS 7 presentation on Monday or have followed any of the numerous bits of coverage, then you know that the home screen icons have quickly become a point of contention. They're certainly a radical departure from the deep …
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The Independent, MacNN, The Verge, iMore, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, AppleInsider, Yahoo! News, iClarified, MacRumors, Network World and iLounge. Thanks:@panzer
| Matt Gemmell: |
iOS 7 — Earlier this week, Apple announced and previewed iOS 7. As widely expected, it sports a new interface aesthetic characterised by strong, simple lines, areas filled with flat or gradient colours, and a lack of ornamentation. — I'd like to discuss some aspects of the new UI style here, in comparison to iOS 6.
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| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
Aiming for the Real-Time Interest Graph, Facebook to Introduce Hashtags — Imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery. And Twitter should be very flattered right now. — As we reported in March, Facebook plans to introduce the hashtag symbol to its network …
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| Joseph Volpe / Engadget: |
This is the HTC One Mini — The leaks are true: HTC's rumored M4 is indeed the One Mini. We know because a trusted source in possession of the “petite” 4.3-inch handset has fed us a direct image, while also confirming some specs. From what we've seen, the few renders and blurrycam shots …
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| Bloomberg: |
Time Warner Cable Content Incentives Thwart New Web TV — Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) and other pay-TV operators are offering incentives to media companies that agree to withhold content from Web-based entertainment services such as those pursued by Intel Corp. (INTC) and Apple Inc. (AAPL), people with knowledge of the matter said.
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| Valleywag: |
Did Path Cheat Its Way to The Top? — Path is not a popular app. Outside of privacy crusaders and various geek niches, it's virtually unknown—a sanctimonious social network built to appeal to Facebook's haters, that ended up appealing to few. But for some reason, it's spiking in popularity around the world.
Tweets: @nitashatiku, @nickbilton and @alex
| John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
DOJ Misfires on Jobs Email in Apple E-Book Case — It Was a Discarded Draft — So that seemingly smoking gun e-mail from Apple CEO Steve Jobs to SVP Eddy Cue in the Department of Justice's e-book price fixing case against Apple? The one that appeared to undermine the company's argument …
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Fortune, MacRumors, AllThingsD, Electronista and AppleInsider. Tweets: @pkedrosky. See also Mediagazer
| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
IBM Said to Start U.S. Job Cuts Today Amid Global Reduction — International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) began cutting U.S. jobs today as part of a plan announced in April to spend $1 billion globally to trim its workforce, according to a person familiar with the move.
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Business Insider and ZDNet
| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo Acquires Advanced iOS Photography App Maker GhostBird Software — Yahoo has just quietly announced that they've acquired GhostBird Software, the creators of advanced iOS photography apps, KitCam and PhotoForge2. Though details of the deal are still underwraps, Yahoo is explicitly saying …
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Thanks:@ryanlawler| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
WhatsApp hits new record after processing 27 billion messages in one day — Mobile messaging service WhatsApp has announced record user numbers, after revealing that the service just processed 27 billion messages over a 24 hour period. That's significantly up on its previous best of 18 billion from the final day of 2012.| Julia / iFixit: |
AirPort Extreme Teardown — Our teardown artists kept the midnight oil a'burning to take apart the AirPort Extreme—Apple's first ever 802.11ac wireless base station. — And, we'll tell you this for free: the AirPort Extreme totally lives up to its name. It's extremely tall and extremely easy to disassemble.
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, CNET, SlashGear and ZDNet
| Evelyn M. Rusli / Digits: |
Stealth Data Startup RelateIQ Raises $29 Million — RelateIQ, a big data startup that has raised $29 million, despite being in so-called stealth mode for two years. — The investment, which values the company at north of $100 million, includes Accel Partners, an early investor in Facebook …
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TechCrunch and Wall Street Journal
| Christian Zibreg / iDownloadBlog.com: |
Apple posts iAd Workbench tool, eases minimum ad spend requirement — It is no secret that iAd, Apple's mobile advertising network based on its Quatro Wireless acquisition, is struggling. Originally conceived to help app makers improve their bottom line by injecting highly engaging interactive iAds …
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GigaOM, 9to5Mac, TUAW, AppleInsider, Cult of Mac, MacNN, App Advice and The Mac Observer
| Wall Street Journal: |
Clearwire Committee to Back Dish's Offer, Delay Sprint Vote — A special committee of Clearwire Corp.'s board is planning to push back a Thursday shareholder vote and recommend the full board endorse a tender offer from Dish Network Corp., according to a person familiar with the situation …
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Bloomberg, Reuters, ZDNet, Engadget, The Verge, FierceWireless, PhoneArena and RTTNews
| Rajeev Syal / Guardian: |
Google must face comprehensive inquiry into its tax affairs, say MPs — Internet giant's version of events ‘makes no sense’ says all-party committee, which also criticises tax authorities — Google should face a comprehensive inquiry into its tax affairs from HM Revenue & Customs …
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The Independent, Bloomberg, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal and Reuters
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