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July 3, 2013, 11:35 AM

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Marco Arment / Marco.org:

Lockdown — Officially, Google killed Reader because “over the years usage has declined”.1 I believe that statement, especially if API clients weren't considered “usage”, but I don't believe that's the entire reason. — The most common assumption I've seen others cite is that …

More: 25hoursaday.com. Tweets: @theromit, @davewiner, @panzer and @waxpancake

Alex Kantrowitz / Forbes:

Google Reader Founder: I Never Would Have Founded Reader Inside Today's Google — After watching Google disarm and then kill the product he launched nearly eight years ago, Google Reader founder Chris Wetherell said that if the idea came to him in today's Google, he would leave the company …

Official Google Reader Blog:

A final farewell — Thank you for stopping by. — Today, we powered down Google Reader. We understand you may not agree with this decision, but we hope you'll come to love these alternatives as much as you loved Reader. — Sincerely, — The Google Reader Team — Frequently-asked questions:

More: SiliconANGLE, memeburn, GSMArena Blog, eWeek, TechnoBuffalo, Wonkblog, Building Feedly, BuzzFeed, gHacks Technology News, NBC Bay Area and InfoWorld

Tweets: @tcarmody and @edbott

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:

Google Alerts Drops RSS Delivery Option

More: ZDNet, Google Operating System and TechLifeWeb

John McDermott / AdAge:

Motorola Debuts its First Ad for Upcoming Moto X Smartphone — A Made-In-America Claim But No Images of the Phone — Motorola has set a patriotic tone for its Moto X smartphone campaign, the company's first since being acquired by Google last summer. — “What we are doing which is very different …

Nilay Patel / The Verge:

Moto X will not be a Droid on Verizon — The new flagship stands alone, but the Droid lives on — Motorola's forthcoming Moto X phone will not be a Droid device on Verizon, multiple sources tell The Verge. The change marks a sharp inflection point in the tight relationship between the two companies …

More: Android Geeks, PhoneArena, AndroidHeadlines.com and IntoMobile

Dan Rowinski / ReadWrite:

Google Teases The Moto X, A Fully Customizable Smartphone From Motorola

More: Electronista. Tweets: @dannysullivan

Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:

German minister: Stop using U.S. Web services to avoid NSA spying — Summary: Germany is one of the most privacy conscious nations in the world, with data and privacy laws stronger than any other in the EU. And amid the NSA spying scandal, the country's top security chief has warned users to simply avoid U.S. companies.

More: ReadWrite, GigaOM and Associated Press

Adam Satariano / Bloomberg:

Apple Said to Near Time Warner Cable Deal for TV Programs — Apple Inc. (AAPL) is nearing a deal with Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) to give subscribers of the cable television service access to channels via Apple TV, people with knowledge of the negotiations said.

Jon Fingas / Engadget:

Apple reportedly hires Hulu exec to negotiate future media deals

Dina Bass / Bloomberg:

Microsoft CEO Said to Give Bates Mergers Role in Revamp — Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer is considering a reorganization that would put Skype president Tony Bates in charge of acquisitions and relationships with software developers, according to people familiar with the matter.

More: BGR, CNET, Wall Street Journal, BGR India, TechnoBuffalo, VG247, LiveSide.net, Engadget, The Seattle Times, GamesIndustry International, Polygon and gameinformer.com

Mike Dano / FierceWireless:

AT&T prepping sale of customers' anonymous location information and Web, app usage data — AT&T (NYSE:T) said it “may” begin selling anonymous information about its customers' wireless and Wi-Fi locations, U-verse usage, website browsing, mobile application usage and “other information” to other businesses.

More: DSLreports. Tweets: @blackplans

Tom Gara / Corporate Intelligence:

How Facebook's IPO Created the Best-Paid County In America … It's not very often that the actions of a single company register in national economic statistics, but Facebook Inc. 's 2012 initial public offering appears to have hit the mark. — The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics …

More: Forbes, Venture Capital Dispatch, Business Insider and Softpedia News

Tweets: @wsjcorpintel and @nytimesbits

Michal Conger / Washington Examiner:

State Department bureau spent $630,000 on Facebook ‘likes’ — State Department officials spent $630,000 to get more Facebook “likes,” prompting employees to complain to a government watchdog that the bureau was “buying fans” in social media, the agency's inspector general says.

More: BostInno, Foreign Policy, NationalJournal.com, Gizmodo, MarketingVox News & Trends and Marketing Land

AppleInsider:

Apple now No. 1 in customer satisfaction on Samsung's home turf of South Korea — Apple's products are renowned around the world for quality, but now the company's iPhone has achieved yet another milestone: it has taken the top spot for customer satisfaction in South Korea the home country of Apple's chief rival, Samsung.

More: Examiner, 9to5Mac, Electronista, memeburn, Ubergizmo and iDownloadBlog.com

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple hires former YSL CEO Paul Deneve to work on special projects under Tim Cook — Confirming a claim from earlier today, Bloomberg's Adam Satariano reports that Apple has confirmed the hire of former Yves Saint Laurent CEO Paul Deneve. According to Apple, Deneve will report to Apple CEO Tim Cook.

More: Bloomberg, AppleInsider, AllThingsD, TechHive, Computerworld, iDownloadBlog.com, ZDNet, CNET, App Advice, Macgasm, TUAW, Pocket-lint, The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch, Business Insider, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Digits and MacRumors

Tweets: @satariano, @levie and @reneritchie

Erica Ogg / GigaOM:

Apple's decision to hire fashion exec for “special projects” could boost its wearable computing efforts

More: Vogue.com UK, iPhone Hacks, iMore and GeekWire

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Yahoo Buys Qwiki for About $50 Million — As AllThingsD reported two weeks ago that it was likely to do, Yahoo said it has bought Qwiki, the New York startup that makes an Apple iPhone app that allows users to turn photos, music and videos into short movies automatically.

Casey Newton / The Verge:

YouTube renews Vevo deal, buys stake in company to keep music videos off Facebook — Google said today that it has renewed its agreement with Vevo, the music video distributor, keeping its popular programming on YouTube and preventing it from falling into the hands of its rivals.

More: Billboard, TechCrunch, CNET, VentureBeat, www.idigitaltimes.co.uk, ReelSEO Video Marketing, Electronista, The Next Web and Financial Times

Sean Buckley / Engadget:

14-inch Razer Blade gaming laptop review: smaller, faster, lighter — Most companies refresh their products on an annual basis, carefully timing development and release schedules to match consumer demand, product obsolescence and component upgrades. It's the norm, an expected pattern that most PC …

More: Gizmodo, Softpedia News, CNET, AnandTech, The Verge, PC World, CNET, Wired and IGN

Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal:

Southwest Offers Free In-Flight TV in Partnership With Dish Network — Southwest Airlines Co. is offering free live television to fliers' smartphones, tablets and laptops under a partnership unveiled Monday with Dish Network Corp. — The move that marks a departure from other airlines' strategies …

More: CNET, Nuts About Southwest, Southwest Airlines, Hillicon Valley, 9to5Google, MacRumors, SlashGear, Gizmodo, Zatz Not Funny! and iDownloadBlog.com

Todd Shields / Bloomberg:

Softbank Bid for Sprint Said to Win Majority FCC Support — SoftBank Corp. (9984)'s $21.6 billion bid for mobile carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) won the support it needs from the last U.S. regulatory body reviewing the transaction, said people familiar with the matter.

More: VentureBeat, DSLreports, Electronista, The Verge, GeekWire, I4U News, CNET and Engadget

Chris Davies / SlashGear:

EE DoubleSpeed LTE goes live July 4; 802.11ac router, Mobile Payments, more — UK 4G carrier EE has revealed its latest devices, including an 802.11ac router for EE's fiber, as well as detailing its shared 4G plans and double-speed roll-out. EE DoubleSpeed will go live on July 4th …

More: BetaNews, ZDNet, Guardian, GigaOM, The Next Web, Engadget, Engadget, Telegraph, Bloomberg, Crave and Inquirer. Tweets: @benedictevans

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:

Microsoft: Xbox One won't hit Japan until 2014 — When Microsoft announced a November launch date for the Xbox One back at E3, the company pointedly did not include Japan in a list of 21 countries where the system would first be available. Now, a Microsoft employee has used an interview …

More: CNET, DualShockers, GamesIndustry International, SlashGear, Engadget and Digital Trends

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