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Michael Riley / Bloomberg:
U.S. Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms  —  Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving benefits that include access to classified intelligence, four people familiar with the process said.
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
Secret Court Ruling Put Tech Companies in Data Bind  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In a secret court in Washington, Yahoo's top lawyers made their case.  The government had sought help in spying on certain foreign users, without a warrant, and Yahoo had refused, saying the broad requests were unconstitutional.
James Bamford / Wired:
NSA Snooping Was Only the Beginning, Meet the Spy Chief Leading US Into Cyberwar  —  Infiltration.  Sabotage.  Mayhem.  For years four-star General Keith Alexander has been building a secret army capable of launching devastating cyberattacks.  Now it's ready to unleash hell.
Julia White / The Microsoft Office Blog:
Office Mobile for iPhone now available for Office 365 subscribers  —  Today, we're releasing Office Mobile for iPhone available at no extra charge from the Apple App Store for Office 365 Home Premium and Office 365 ProPlus subscribers.  Similar to our free Office Mobile for Windows Phone …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Office for iPhone: Microsoft delivers basic document editing, but no iPad version  —  After months of rumors and speculation on Microsoft's Office plans for iOS, the software giant is finally delivering a copy for iPhone today.  Office Mobile for iOS will be strictly iPhone only initially …
Greg Barto / TechCrunch:
Lucas And Spielberg Predict “Massive Implosion” Of Hollywood Caused By Tech Industry  —  George Lucas and Steven Spielberg aren't so bullish on the future of the film industry.  At a talk at USC, the pair agreed that it's on track to have a “massive implosion”.
Ed Payne / CNN:
New Jersey law would allow cops to search phone after crash  —  (CNN) — You've been in an accident.  The police officer goes through the normal drill, asking for your license and registration.  —  Then she goes a step further.  “Could I have your cellphone, please?” she says.
Josh Elman / Medium:
“How will they make money?” is the wrong question  —  Seems like every year we hear about a few new consumer networks raising large amounts of money at high valuations.  And right on cue, we hear cynics asking, “But how will they ever make money?” let alone “enough money to justify the valuation.”
Parmy Olson / Forbes:
What Waze Adds To Google: A View From Waze's CEO  —  When Google confirmed earlier this week that it had bought Waze for what we understand to be more than $1 billion, a senior exec in Google's geo-location division talked about Waze's community of users several times.  He described it as the service's “DNA.”
More: Forbes.  Thanks:@parmy
Emily Gogolak / NYT Bits:
Smartphone Makers Pressed to Address Growing Theft Problem  —  Seeking to curb the nationwide increase in smartphone thefts, New York State's attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, and the San Francisco district attorney, George Gascón, on Thursday announced an initiative to try to address the problem.
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Symantec Cutting up to 1,700 Jobs as Early as Today  —  Security software company Symantec may lay off as many as 1,700 employees as early as today, sources familiar with the company's plans tell AllThingsD.  —  The cuts are part of a company-wide reorganization first announced in January …
Microsoft:
Microsoft and Best Buy announce the Windows Store only at Best Buy  —  Store-within-a-store will launch this summer at more than 600 Best Buy locations, offering Windows-based PCs, tablets, accessories and support from dedicated, Microsoft-trained staff.  —  Microsoft Corp. and Best Buy Co …
Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
Microsoft to open 600 Windows Stores inside Best Buy and Future Shop locations in the US and Canada this summer

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The Wrap:
The FCC votes to repeal the national broadcast ownership cap and replace it with a case-by-case review, approving the measure by a 2-1 margin

Lucas Manfredi / The Wrap:
Paramount commits to keep UK linear channels separate from streaming, maintain news and kids' networks' editorial independence, and boost Channel 5 funding

Jaspreet Singh / Reuters:
Fox reports Q4 revenue up 28% YoY to $4.21B, above $3.64B est., ad revenue up 78% to $1.92B, driven by its World Cup broadcast and growth at Tubi; FOX jumps 5%+

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