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Venezuela's Maduro offers asylum to U.S. fugitive Snowden — (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday he had decided to offer asylum to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who has petitioned several countries to avoid capture by Washington.

More: BBC, Engadget, Associated Press and The Hill. Tweets: @wikileaks. See also Mediagazer

Andrew Leonard / Salon:

AdBlock Plus lets some advertisers pay to play — The hugely popular browser extension charges a fee from big advertisers such as Google to let some ads go through — If you use AdBlock Plus to keep your Web browsing experiencing free of annoying clutter, this is the kind of tweet that might grab your attention:

More: The Verge, Gizmodo and Examiner. Tweets: @labnol

Eric Mack / CNET:

Moto X not on agenda for upcoming Google event, says source — A popular podcaster claims to have received a personal invite to an exclusive event from Motorola's Guy Kawasaki. — See any hidden messages here? — Despite speculation that Google could be planning to reveal the Moto X …

More: Forbes, Droid Life, 9to5Google and IntoMobile

Tweets: @stevekovach and @stevekovach

Elyse Betters / Pocket-lint:

Google sends invites to 11 July press event - subtly hints at Moto X unveiling in ad?

More: Examiner

Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:

Amazon and Barnes & Noble slash prices on tablets in Europe — Consumers in Europe are getting better deals on tablets this week, as both Amazon and Barnes & Noble dropped prices on their devices. — Barnes & Noble, which sells Nook products only in the U.K. and not the rest of Europe …

More: The Digital Reader, AndroidOS.in, Android Authority, IntoMobile, The Next Web, GSMArena Blog, SlashGear and Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Joshua Brustein / Businessweek:

Want to Listen to Jay-Z's New Album? Get Ready to Spam Your Friends — Music critics get paid for their unusual insights into songs and albums. This can mean pointing out something in the rhythm or timbre of a song that we might have missed. As musicians experiment with using mobile apps as albums …

More: New York Times, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, GigaOM, TorrentFreak, BBC, VentureBeat, Daring Fireball, Salon and The Verge

Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

FCC officially approves Softbank buyout of Sprint and Sprint buyout of ClearWire — As previously rumored, the FCC has officially approved Softbank's purchase of Sprint and, furthermore, Sprint's purchase of the rest of ClearWire. Acting FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn and commissioner Ajit Pai …

More: Sprint Newsroom, The Register, Engadget, Computerworld, CNET, DealBook, GigaOM, Yahoo! News, ZDNet, Reuters, iMore, iClarified, DSLreports and AllThingsD. See also Mediagazer

Chris Davies / SlashGear:

Glass Boutique app store, MP3 player, Lock-screen & more revealed — Google's recent XE7 update for its Glass Explorer Edition already shows signs of an unactivated locking system for the wearable, as well as a “Boutique” app store and media player. The official changes in XE7 include a web browser …

More: ReadWrite, Engadget, Gizmodo, AndroidHeadlines.com, AndroidOS.in, Android Beat, TechCrunch, Softpedia News and SelfScreens. Thanks:@c_davies

Cody Toombs / Android Police:

Falcon Pro Updates To v2.0.4 Outside Of The Play Store, Now Supports A Way To Blatantly Skirt Twitter's Token Limit — Falcon Pro users have had a front-row seat to quite a bit of drama over the last few months. The events started when the app struck its 100,000 user token limit …

More: Joaquim Verges, ZDNet, The Verge, Techie Buzz and Android Beat

Jeff John Roberts / GigaOM:

Who will get Hulu? No clear answer at close of latest bidding — The Hulu rumor mill churns on. Friday marked the deadline for would-be buyers to submit bids for the over-the-top TV service but, even with the reported departure of one big contender, it's hard to say who will close the sale — or if a sale will occur at all.

More: AllThingsD, The Verge, CNET, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, MSN Entertainment, PandoDaily and VentureBeat. See also Mediagazer

John Koetsier / VentureBeat:

‘Restore The 4th’ galvanizes over 100 nation-wide protests against NSA, PRISM, and government spying — “Stop the surveillance! Restore the fourth amendment!” — It's the largest online protest since SOPA. And perhaps an even larger offline protest, as protestors galvanized by the Restore …

More: Motherboard, Techdirt, The Huffington Post and Feld Thoughts

Charles Arthur / Guardian:

European watchdogs order Google to rewrite privacy policy or face legal action — European watchdogs threaten tech company with legal action over 2012 policy which ‘violates commitment to transparency’ — Privacy watchdogs in the UK, Germany and Italy have told Google to rewrite …

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

Newly Published Apple Mapping Patent Details Route Feedback System, Real-Time Accident Reporting — The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has published an Apple patent application that pertains to expanded mapping features, including real-time crowd-sourced traffic information …

More: AppleInsider, Forbes, The Register, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, SiliconBeat, iPhone Hacks, GSMArena Blog, iClarified, App Advice, VentureBeat, Ubergizmo and BGR India

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