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Secret to Prism program: Even bigger data seizure — WASHINGTON (AP) — In the months and early years after 9/11, FBI agents began showing up at Microsoft Corp. more frequently than before, armed with court orders demanding information on customers. Around the world, government spies …
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| Alexander Bolton / The Hill: |
Senators skip classified briefing on NSA snooping to catch flights home — A recent briefing by senior intelligence officials on surveillance programs failed to attract even half of the Senate, showing the lack of enthusiasm in Congress for learning about classified security programs. [WATCH VIDEO]| Carrie Johnson / NPR: |
Source: Obama Considering Releasing NSA Court Order — NPR has learned that the Obama administration, under pressure to lift a cloak of secrecy, is considering whether to declassify a court order that gives the National Security Agency the power to gather phone call record information on millions of Americans.
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| 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.
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| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
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| 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.
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| Steven Levy / Wired: |
How Google Will Use High-Flying Balloons to Deliver Internet to the Hinterlands — The Project Loon team prepared for launch in the pre-dawn frost near Lake Tekapo, New Zealand. — Solar panels and insulated electronics packages, prepared for launch. It takes 4 hours for the solar panels …
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www.idigitaltimes.co.uk, TechCrunch, NEWS.com.au, 9to5Google and Gizmodo
| Sim Ahmed / Idealog: |
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| 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 …
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bigstory.ap.org, The Huffington Post, New York Times, The Atlantic Wire and New York Times
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| Henry Blodget / Business Insider: |
So, Now That Edward Snowden May Blab US Secrets To China, Do You Still Think He's A Hero? — Last weekend, after 29 year-old government contractor Edward Snowden revealed himself to be the source of several major U.S. intelligence leaks, most people regarded him as a hero.
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Xinhua News Agency, Naomi Wolf, RAPPLER and BBC
| Jon Russell / The Next Web: |
Square co-founder Tristan O'Tierney exits the company after 4.5 years, has no immediate plans — Square co-founder Tristan O'Tierney has left the US mobile payments company after more than four years there. — O'Tierney announced his departure on Friday - via Twitter … | Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
Sources: Microsoft Is Paying Developers Up To $100,000 To Write Windows Phone 8 Apps — Microsoft openly pays developers up front for writing Windows Phone 8 apps. — The company right now has an offer to pay $100 for any app that gets published in the Windows store by the end of the month.
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T3 News, PhoneArena, Ars Technica, BGR, SlashGear, Digital Trends, Neowin, The Droid Guy and WMPoweruser
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft Adds Support For Google Cloud Messaging, Git And Custom APIs To Azure Mobile Services — Microsoft today announced a number of updates to its Azure Mobile Services that include support for Git source control, custom APIs and Android push notifications through Google Cloud Messaging to its mobile backend service.
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ScottGu's Blog, The Register, MSDN Blogs, InfoQ and MSDN Blogs
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google To Shut Down Mobile Ad Aggregator AdWhirl Sept 30, Points Developers To AdMob Mediation — Google, the worldwide leader in mobile advertising, today made another move that could help consolidate its position a little bit further. The company today announced to developers … | Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
¿Cómo Ha Crecido Path? By Buying Ads In Spanish — The mystery of Path's mysterious growth deepens. — The app, which has been around for nearly three years, miraculously jumped up the charts from between 500th and 600th place to the teens on the free list about two months ago.
Tweets: @satishd, @andykleinman and @rurbina
| Michael R. Crittenden / Wall Street Journal: |
Banks Urged to Better Fend Off Cyber Attacks — WASHINGTON—U.S. regulators are stepping up calls for banks to better-arm themselves against the growing online threat hackers and criminal organizations pose to individual institutions and the financial system as a whole.| 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 … Sponsor Posts
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