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Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
Google challenges U.S. gag order, citing First Amendment  —  Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday 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.
Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
NSA Implementing ‘Two-Person’ Rule To Stop The Next Edward Snowden  —  The next Edward Snowden may need a partner on the inside.  —  On Tuesday, National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander told a congressional hearing of the Intelligence Committee that the agency is implementing a …
Vindu Goel / NYT Bits:
The Latest to Disclose Government Requests, Yahoo Reveals the Least
Cade Metz / Wired:
Amazon's Invasion of the CIA Is a Seismic Shift in Cloud Computing  —  The rumors are true.  Amazon is providing cloud services to the CIA.  But what's most intriguing about the multi-million-dollar deal is not what Amazon is doing, but how the company is doing it — and what that means …
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 …
More: iPhone in Canada Blog.  Tweets: @backlon
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Ubuntu phone OS has eight carriers signed on to boost development  —  Canonical has formed a “Carrier Advisory Group” of eight mobile operators who will collaborate to influence the development of Ubuntu for smartphones.  —  Canonical said the first members of the group are Deutsche Telekom …
Shelly Banjo / Wall Street Journal:
Wal-Mart's E-Stumble  —  After Years Giving Short Shrift to Web, Retailer Plays Catch-Up With Amazon  —  A Wal-Mart distribution center in Bentonville, Ark., serves stores in neighboring states.  The company plans to add e-commerce distribution centers.  —  Amazon.com Inc. has become …
Reuters:
Huawei says has no plans to buy Nokia  —  (Reuters) - Chinese network equipment and cellphone maker Huawei Technologies Co said it “has no plans to acquire Nokia”, responding to a Financial Times report that it would consider buying the Finish phone maker.  —  The denial came …
More: The Verge
Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD:
Power Testing: Can Two New Laptops Really Last All Day?  —  Most consumers pay little or no attention to the processors and other chips that power their computers, and rightly so.  In recent years, changes to the design of these chips haven't made major, noticeable differences in everyday computing tasks.
Nick Summers / The Next Web:
Google adds ‘carousel’ of search results for nearby restaurants, bars and other local places  —  Google is updating its search results pages on the desktop today to show an interactive “carousel” of nearby restaurants, bars and other local places.  —  It works as expected; type in a query such as …
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Dell Committee Slams Icahn's Latest Offer, Saying It Falls Short  —  The special committee of Dell's board of directors overseeing its go-private process fired back at activist investor Carl Icahn's latest proposal today in a letter to shareholders, saying it is “not, in its present state …
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 …
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.
Noel Randewich / Reuters:
Nvidia to license graphics technology: CEO  —  (Reuters) - Nvidia Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang said he will license graphics technology to other companies, a new model for the chipmaker that could lead to new business with Apple, Samsung and other mobile device makers.
Josh Taylor / ZDNet:
Privacy authorities issue Google a ‘please explain’ on Glass  —  Summary: Ten privacy authorities from countries including Australia, Canada, and Israel have sent a joint letter to Google asking the company to address privacy concerns over Google Glass.  —  Josh Taylor

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Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg:
The FCC approves Paramount's request for foreign ownership above 25% in its proposed WBD acquisition; foreign owners would hold 49.5% of its Class B shares

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