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Apple's Commitment to Customer Privacy — Two weeks ago, when technology companies were accused of indiscriminately sharing customer data with government agencies, Apple issued a clear response: We first heard of the government's “Prism” program when news organizations asked us about it on June 6.
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| Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
Apple claims it can't decrypt FaceTime and iMessage data, details extent of government requests — In the wake of the PRISM scandal, Apple has issued a public statement detailing the extent of US government data requests. In the statement, it repeats that it does not provide any agency …
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| T.C. Sottek / The Verge: |
Edward Snowden says ‘the truth is coming,’ but when will we see the rest of his evidence? — Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old intelligence contractor who exposed the secret NSA PRISM surveillance program on June 6th, is answering questions from the public for the first time since revealing himself to the world.
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Digg Reader Update! — Over the last 90 days, the Digg engineering team — all 5 of them — has been heads-down building an updated take on the RSS reader. For our first public release, in time to (just) beat the shutdown of Google Reader, our aim has been to nail the basics …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Source: Instagram Will Get Video On June 20 — We've been working on getting more details on a press event that Facebook is having this week. Earlier, we wrote it could launch a news-reading app, but we have since heard more details that point to something else entirely.
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Samsung to launch faster Galaxy S4 smartphone — (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed, the head of its mobile business said on Monday. — J.K. Shin, also co-chief executive …
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| Aaron Souppouris / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE Advanced coming soon, but most carriers aren't ready — Samsung is planning to release a variant of the Galaxy S4 that supports LTE Advanced (LTE-A), the next generation of superfast mobile data. The device will come to South Korea within weeks, according …
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| David Shapiro / The Official Google Blog: |
Chromebooks: coming to more stores near you — In Northern California where I live, summer is here, which means family vacations, kids' camps, BBQs and hopefully some relaxation. But it also means back-to-school shopping is just around the corner. So in case you're on the hunt for a laptop …
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| Owen Good / Kotaku: |
Here's a Look at One of the iPhone's New Game Controllers — With Steve Jobs no longer around to tell us these things aren't elegant enough for his device, it appears we'll finally get a proper gamepad for the iOS this year. This will be one of them, made by Logitech.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
New screenshots from hacked iPad iOS 7 simulator show potential Maps, Safari, Game Center UIs — This past weekend, we highlighted a couple of screenshots from a hacked version of the iOS 7 simulator that supports the iPad, and we also provided some steps to tweak the simulator yourself.
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| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
Skype video messaging officially launches on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android — but not Windows Phone — Out of beta and free, Skype today launches its video messaging service across all its major platforms. You can now send an unlimited number of messages (video missives were previously limited during beta … | Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
New DRM Changes Text of eBooks to Catch Pirates — With e-readers becoming more popular year after year, book piracy is seen as a growing problem for the publishing industry. — To counter this threat, publishers are constantly looking for new forms of DRM.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Disconnect, An Ex-Googler's Social Enterprise/Privacy Startup, Raises $3.5M, Extends To More Browsers — As we continue to see more details brought to light in how the government requests and uses information about what we do on the web and on our mobile devices, an ex-Googler …
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