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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 …
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Apple testing deep LinkedIn integration for iOS 7 — Further bolstering the presence of third-party social networks in iOS, Apple is testing deep LinkedIn integration for the upcoming release of iOS 7, according to code-based references found inside of the first beta of iOS 7.
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Grasping for a Vine: Video for Instagram Will Be Sole Reveal at Facebook Event Thursday — Instagram plans to release a video product this Thursday at a press event at Facebook's headquarters, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter, marking the first time the robust … | Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Ready for the Industrial Internet? GE Announces “Predictivity” Platform, New Partnership With Amazon Web Services. — At the recent D: All Things Digital conference, General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt talked a lot about the savings that could be realized via a massive expansion of the so-called …
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| 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 …
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| 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 … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Onion Pi turns Raspberry Pi into Tor proxy and wireless access point — The do-it-yourselfers at Adafruit have provided step-by-step instructions for turning a Raspberry Pi into a Tor proxy and wireless access point. A good project for users looking to anonymize their Internet traffic …
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| 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 … | 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 …
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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 …
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| 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.
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Maker of ‘Candy Crush Saga’ Plans IPO — Candy Crush Saga is lining up something besides jelly beans: bankers. — Midasplayer International Holding Co., the publisher of online and mobile games including the popular Candy Crush Saga, has hired banks to pursue a U.S. initial public offering … | Bloomberg: |
Facebook's Zuckerberg Meets Samsung Executives Amid Mobile Push — Facebook Inc. (FB) Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg, seeking to boost advertising sales from mobile devices, is meeting with Samsung Electronics Co. executives today in Seoul. — Zuckerberg was seen entering Samsung offices … | Reuters: |
Dish abandons Sprint bid for now to focus on Clearwire — (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp said it would not make a new offer to buy No. 3 U.S. wireless provider Sprint Nextel in time for a Tuesday deadline and will instead focus on its tender offer for Clearwire Corp.| 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 …
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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 …
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| 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 …
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| 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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| 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.
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| 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 …
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