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June 15, 2013, 1:15 AM

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Ted Ullyot / Facebook Newsroom:

Facebook Releases Data, Including All National Security Requests — Over the last week, in press statements as well as Mark's post last Friday, we've repeatedly called for governments worldwide to be willing to provide more details about programs aimed at keeping the public safe.

More: Reuters, Digits, Digital Trends, NYT Bits, BuzzFeed, Los Angeles Times, GigaOM, Forbes, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Engadget, Mashable and Reuters

Tweets: @dbfarber, @declanm, @qhardy, @shiraovide, @mattbuchanan and @evelynrusli

John Frank / TechNet Blogs:

Microsoft's U.S. law enforcement and national security requests for last half of 2012 — This afternoon we are publishing additional information about the volume of law enforcement and national security orders served on Microsoft. For the first time, we are permitted to include the total volume …

More: AllThingsD, The Next Web, Reuters, Engadget, The Verge, SlashGear and Gizmodo. Tweets: @kurtopsahl

Declan McCullagh / CNET:

Facebook, Microsoft release NSA stats to reassure users — In an effort to reassure users, Facebook discloses it has received legal orders to turn over details on about one-thousandth of one percent of user accounts. So does Microsoft, and Google plans to do the same.

More: ABCNEWS

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Google Calls Facebook's Data Disclosure Deal With The Feds “A Step Back For Users” — Facebook disclosed information on how many information requests it received from government agencies on Friday, the first a major internet company has been able to do so. — But Google, in a statement released …

More: The Verge and Engadget. Tweets: @benl

Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:

Governments Requested Information On as Many as 19,000 Facebook Accounts

Moxie Marlinspike / Wired:

Why ‘I Have Nothing to Hide’ Is the Wrong Way to Think About Surveillance — Suddenly, it feels like 2000 again. Back then, surveillance programs like Carnivore, Echelon, and Total Information Awareness helped spark a surge in electronic privacy awareness.

More: Guardian, Of Interest and The Ümlaut

Lana Lam / South China Morning Post:

Edward Snowden: Classified US data shows Hong Kong hacking targets — Top-secret US government records shown to Post by whistle-blower give details of computer IP addresses hacked by NSA in HK and mainland — Classified US government data shown to the South China Morning Post …

More: BBC. Tweets: @pindarninja, @declanm, @samgustin and @donachaidh

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

Microsoft Said To Give Zero Day Exploits To US Government Before It Patches Them

Tweets: @dhh and @karl_sparx

Burgess Everett / Politico:

Bills would clip NSA's wings on phone data

More: TechCrunch, Senator Wyden's Press Feed, The Next Web, The Huffington Post, KTVZ-TV, Daily Kos, Washington Times and Mediaite

Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:

Secret Court Ruling Put Tech Companies in Data Bind

More: ZDNet, Mashable, Techdirt, SiliconBeat, Daily Kos, WebProNews, Wall Street Journal, Hit & Run, InfoWorld, The Atlantic Wire, Guardian, TechSpot, The Daily Caller and Law Blog

Tweets: @ggreenwald and @mathewi

Michael Riley / Bloomberg:

U.S. Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms

More: Yahoo! News, Wall Street Journal, The Register, ScreenwerkScreenwerk, TechCrunch, PC World, VentureBeat, VentureBeat, GeekWire, Quartz, Valleywag, Ars Technica, Politico and Business Insider. Tweets: @pkedrosky

Joanna Stern / ABCNEWS:

Facebook to Hold Mysterious Product Launch Event on June 20 — Facebook seems to have even more products up its sleeve. On the heels of releasing its new hashtag feature this week and the roll out of its new iPhone and Android features, the company will hold an event on Thursday …

Mike Cassidy / The Official Google Blog:

Introducing Project Loon: Balloon-powered Internet access — The Internet is one of the most transformative technologies of our lifetimes. But for 2 out of every 3 people on earth, a fast, affordable Internet connection is still out of reach. And this is far from being a solved problem.

More: Wired, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, NEWS.com.au, The Verge, Engadget, Gizmodo, CNET and Idealog. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Horace Dediu / asymco:

What's an Apple user worth? — This week Apple announced that iTunes has 575 million accounts. This is the 8th update (that I know of) over the last four years. The history of this data is shown in the following graph. — The number of accounts has increased by almost a factor of six since late 2009.

More: BGR, iClarified, The Droid Guy, Mashable and MacRumors

Christopher Williams / Telegraph:

EU to end mobile roaming charges next year — Consumers will next year be able to use their mobile phones across the European Union for the same price as at home, it is planned, after officials voted to fast-track major reforms of telecoms regulation. — It will cost the same to use …

More: The Next Web, TechSpot, TUAW, Cult of Mac, TechCrunch, Electronista, 9to5Mac, Pocket-lint, www.idigitaltimes.co.uk, Omio, PhoneArena, Light Reading, Inquirer, IntoMobile, Mobile Industry Review, iClarified and Softpedia News

TechCrunch:

Path Is On The Path To New Funding, Approaching $1B Valuation — We're hearing from multiple sources that private social network Path is raising a new round of funding that could value the company as high as $1 billion. According to one source, the company is in the process …

More: CNET, Valleywag, Digital Media Wire, Betabeat, The Droid Guy, Business Insider and larry borsato

Tweets: @andykleinman, @benedictevans, @eghosao, @shaig, @mulligan and @caseynewton

Thanks:@forrestkoba

AT&T Consumer Blog:

Wireless Emergency Alerts Coming to iPhone 5, 4S — Starting today, customers using iPhone 5 and 4S will begin receiving a software update that includes Wireless Emergency Alerts. — These are government-issued safety messages that include AMBER Alerts, emergency alerts …

More: AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Electronista, TUAW and iDownloadBlog.com

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

New for accessory makers in iOS 7: Open AirPlay audio, Apple-designed hearing aid tech, device management, much more — We already told you about a few big new features in terms of improvements to Bluetooth coming in iOS 7: Developers will now have a standardized controller framework …

Thanks:@dunn32

Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:

Apple unlocks full Notification Center access & much more for Bluetooth LE devices in iOS 7

More: Bluetooth Blog, SelfScreens, Pocket-lint, Macworld, www.idigitaltimes.co.uk and WMPoweruser

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

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