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Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment  —  Google is preparing to ask the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests it makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it's forced to give the government.
Vindu Goel / NYT Bits:
The Latest to Disclose Government Requests, Yahoo Reveals the Least  —  Following in the footsteps of Facebook, Microsoft and Apple, Yahoo disclosed late Friday some broad data about the number of requests that American law enforcement authorities had made for data about its users.
Zach Honig / Engadget:
AT&T and Goal Zero deploy solar-powered Street Charge stations in NYC, we go hands-on (video)  —  If you'e lucky, your smartphone's battery can just make it through a full day, with the percentage meter dropping to the single digits as you finally get a chance to plug in.
AppleInsider:
Apple TV gets iTunes Radio, Conference Room display option in beta update  —  Apple TV received little attention during Worldwide Developers Conference, but the diminutive set-top box still has the Cupertino company's attention, as new videos reveal iTunes Radio and a new Conference Room mode …
GigaOM:
Having problems with your Netflix?  You can blame Verizon  —  If you are trying to get Netflix and use Verizon's broadband, then there is a good chance that your video performance is less than optimal.  Some Verizon customers might even go as far as calling it a crappy Netflix experience.
Daniel Cooper / Engadget:
Huawei Ascend P6 announced: 6.18mm thickness, 4.7-inch 720p display  —  We knew it was in the works given the sheer quantity of leaks but, with a small sigh of relief, Huawei's Ascend P6 is now official.  At the company's London launch, the handset has been revealed with a 6.18mm-thick body …
AppleInsider:
AT&T starts nationwide FaceTime over cellular rollout  —  AT&T appears to be in the midst of rolling out support for Apple's FaceTime video calling service for iPhone on its cellular network, making good on a promise to support all video chat apps over wireless by the end of the year.
Brad Molen / Engadget:
BlackBerry Q10 officially available at AT&T on June 21st  —  The pre-order process for the BlackBerry Q10 is already well underway, but AT&T has kept quiet on its official retail and online availability until now.  The company has now confirmed to us that the QWERTY-laden device will be ready …
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
FiftyThree, Maker Of Drawing App Paper, Raises $15 Million From Andreessen Horowitz And Others  —  FiftyThree, the startup behind the wildly popular drawing app Paper, has closed a Series A round of financing led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Highline Ventures, Thrive Capital, SV Angels, and Jack Dorsey.
Cotton Delo / AdAge:
Facebook's Video Ads Now Likely Delayed Until Fall  —  Agencies Had Previously Been Told First ‘Slots’ Would Be Available in July  —  Facebook's hotly-anticipated video ads are likely delayed yet again — this time, until the fall.  —  Earlier this spring, the social network …
Priceonomics:
Airbnb vs Hotels: A Price Comparison  —  Price of Airbnb vs Hotel by US City  —  Mouseover to get price comparison detail  —  Size of bubble corresponds to number of Airbnb listings (logarithmic scale)  —  At Priceonomics, we like to get more for our money.
Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
HP swaps PC, printer unit captains: It's all about China, Lenovo  —  Summary: Todd Bradley steps down from HP's PC and printer unit to be replaced by Dion Weisler, a former Lenovo and Acer executive.  HP is hoping Bradley and Weisler can form an executive tag team that can tackle China and Lenovo.
Sam Biddle / Valleywag:
Tumblr's Media Director Quits  —  Tumblr brought Mark Coatney aboard from Newsweek to bolster the site's editorial side—"to show how [Tumblr] can be key to connecting journalists and readers."  Three years (and a Yahoo acquisition) later, and another early employee is gone.  That's two in only a few weeks.
Sam Biddle / Valleywag:
Top Wall Street Journal Reporter Jessica Lessin Going Solo  —  Jessica Lessin, a San Francisco-based senior technology reporter at the Wall Street Journal of several years, is quitting (somewhat abruptly) to launch her own tech website.  It will sting a bit.
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Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review:
A Popular Ad Blocker Also Helps the Ad Industry  —  Millions of people use the tool Ghostery to block online tracking technology—few realize that it feeds data to the ad industry.  —  WHY IT MATTERS  —  There are few options for those wishing to avoid being followed around on the Web.
Josh Ong / The Next Web:
Blekko releases iPhone and Android smartphone version of Izik search app  —  Blekko has released iPhone and Android smartphone versions of its Izik search app, rounding out the firm's pre-existing tablet and Web offerings.  —  The new version of Izik (which is pronounced “Isaac") …
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Inside Pocket: how a startup beat its rivals to build the ‘DVR for everything’  —  Nate Weiner turned down millions from Evernote to stay independent — but how big a business can you build off a bookmarklet?  —  The day before he turned 27, Nate Weiner drove from San Francisco to Mountain View …
Tweets: @backlon
Priya Kumar / Internet Monitor:
Twitter's Geography: Visualized and Explained  —  Twitter's CEO Dick Costolo has called the popular microblogging service “the pulse of the planet.”  With a little less than eight percent of the world's population on Twitter, that pulse has room to grow.  Nevertheless, recent big data research …
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
A judge approves Paramount's settlement with 12 state AGs who tried to block its WBD deal, and Paramount tentatively sets October 6 to close the acquisition

Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab:
OpenAI doubles support for Lenfest's AI and local news fellowships, committing an additional $10M, after placing AI fellows in 11 local newsrooms across the US

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