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July 3, 2013, 1:10 PM

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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 …

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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:

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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:

Google Alerts Drops RSS Delivery Option

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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.

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Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Streaming Entertainment Startup Boxee Acquired By Samsung For Around $30M — Israeli and NYC-based streaming media and entertainment startup Boxee has been acquired by South Korean electronics giant Samsung, we've been told by reliable sources. The Tel Aviv-based startup launched …

More: The Verge, AllThingsD, Engadget, NYT Bits, Business Insider, The Jewish Press, GigaOM, Betabeat, VentureBeat, The Next Web, BGR, 9to5Google, Pocket-lint and iClarified

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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: Associated Press, GigaOM, ReadWrite, Softpedia News and GamePolitics blogs

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 …

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Tweets: @wsjcorpintel and @nytimesbits

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: Engadget, DSLreports and iClarified. Tweets: @blackplans

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

USA TV network lands on iOS with new app to watch full show episodes — The NBC-owned USA TV network has launched its own iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch application to bring the USA show viewing experience to the small-screen. The application, like many TV network apps currently on the App Store …

More: TUAW, The Next Web, Engadget, iPhone and MacNN

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.

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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 …

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John McDermott / AdAge:

Motorola Debuts its First Ad for Upcoming Moto X Smartphone

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.

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.

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Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:

Boston University sues Apple over 1997 patent, asks for ban on iPhone sales — How do college students feel about this one? The powers that be at Boston University want a federal court to ban the sale of a wide range of Apple products — including the iPhone 5, the iPad and the MacBook Air …

More: Boston Herald, AppleInsider, CNET, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, iLounge, iDownloadBlog.com, Electronista, iClarified, Patently Apple, BostInno and Cult of Mac

Edward Wyatt / New York Times:

F.C.C. Is Told Verizon Underpaid Data Refunds — WASHINGTON — An independent telecommunications lawyer filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday, claiming that Verizon Wireless had vastly understated the amount it collected from false data charges on customer bills …

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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.

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Tweets: @satariano, @levie and @reneritchie

Erica Ogg / GigaOM:

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

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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.

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Chris Brook / Threatpost:

Skype Vulnerability Can Lead to Android Lockscreen Bypass — A vulnerability in Skype's Android application could enable an attacker to bypass the lockscreen on some Android phones, giving them full access to the device if it's in their possession. — According to Pulser …

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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, Engadget, Telegraph, Crave, Inquirer and Bloomberg. Tweets: @benedictevans

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.

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