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July 8, 2013, 3:15 PM

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Wall Street Journal:
Secret Court's Redefinition of ‘Relevant’ Empowered Vast NSA Data-Gathering  —  The National Security Agency's ability to gather phone data on millions of Americans hinges on a secret court ruling that redefined a single word: “relevant.”  The National Security Agency's ability to gather phone data …
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Bloomberg:
Zynga's Mattrick Looked to Buy Company While at Microsoft  —  Don Mattrick, the former head of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s entertainment division who takes the reins as chief executive officer of Zynga Inc. (ZNGA) today, has been hankering to run all or part of the social-gaming company for at least three years.
Josh Barnes-Hoyt / Twitter Blog:
Direct message sync, mobile search improvements and more  —  People use Twitter to connect to the things and people they care about.  Today, we're making that even easier with a coordinated update for seven different apps: Android, iPhone, iPad, Mac, twitter.com, mobile.twitter.com and TweetDeck.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Nokia Lumia 1020 with 41-megapixel camera confirmed in sample photos from Joe Belfiore  —  Nokia's 41-megapixel Windows Phone will be called the Nokia Lumia 1020.  That's according to sample photos posted on Flickr by Microsoft Windows Phone manager Joe Belfiore.
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Windows 8.1 update to be finalized in ‘late August,’ ready for PC makers  —  After releasing a preview version of Windows 8.1, Microsoft says it's ready to deliver a final version to its OEM customers in “late August.”  Speaking at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference on Monday …
Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft's Products Need More Horsepower  —  By - ROLFE WINKLER -  —  Microsoft keeps hitching its fortunes to lame horses.  It shows how rickety parts of the software giant's business are.  —  Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Nokia, Yahoo and Dell all face very difficult circumstances of their own.
Jon Fingas / Engadget:
LG teasers drop not-so-subtle hints of G2 launch at August 7th event (video)  —  While LG initially gave no clues as to the focus of its August 7th event, the company isn't leaving much room for doubt now.  It's sending both formal invitations and a teaser video (after the break) …
Sam Byford / The Verge:
Top iOS apps and games go free ahead of App Store's fifth anniversary  —  ‘Infinity Blade II,’ Traktor DJ, ‘Sword and Sworcery,’ Day One, and more  —  A host of highly regarded apps for iPhone and iPad have gone free today in what could be a major celebration to mark five years since Apple launched the App Store.
Joanna Stern / ABC News:
With New Improvements, Facebook Brings Graph Search Function to All U.S. Users  —  Get ready for your Facebook search bar to start looking a little different.  —  Starting Monday Facebook will begin rolling out the advanced search feature it announced earlier this year to all users in the United States.
Greg Bensinger / Digits:
Amazon's Diapers.com Founders Jump Ship  —  Amazon's Quidsi unit, home of Diapers.com and Soap.com, has lost its two co-founders.  —  Quidsi Chief Executive Marc Lore and Chief Operating Officer Vinit Bharara have both left the Jersey City, N.J. company.  In automated email replies …

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