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Revealed: how Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages — • Secret files show scale of Silicon Valley co-operation on Prism — • Outlook.com encryption unlocked even before official launch — • Skype worked to enable Prism collection of video calls
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Statement from Microsoft About Response to Government Demands for Customer Data — In response to an article in the Guardian on July 11, Microsoft issued the following statement:
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Microsoft is cutting the price of its Surface RT tablets, base model to cost $349 — Microsoft is planning to cut the price of its Surface RT tablets. Sources familiar with Microsoft's Surface plans have revealed to The Verge that the price cut could occur as early as next week, with each model being cut by $150.| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Nokia Lumia 1020's Pro Camera app coming to the 920, 925, and 928 — Nokia Pro Camera, the application taking center stage on the photography-focused Lumia 1020, will be making its way to more of the company's smartphones. A post on Nokia's official blog notes that the app will come …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google Will Shut Down Alfred, The Local Recommendations App, July 19 — Looks like Latitude wasn't the only Google product that got shut down yesterday in the wake of a new version of Google Maps. Alfred, the local recommendations app that Google picked up through its acquisition …
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Instant Bitcoin Purchases at Coinbase — You know what's really satisfying? Being able to buy Bitcoin without a lot of hassle. That's what Coinbase has always let you do. But you know what's really awesome? Being able to buy Bitcoin instantly, on-demand, any time you want …
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| Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
Chairman Eric Schmidt: Google's Relationship With Apple Has Improved — On Thursday, Google chairman Eric Schmidt revealed a surprising thing: Google's relationship with Apple has improved after many meetings, he said. — He praised Apple alongside Google saying, “These are two proud, well-run, different companies.”| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Following Amazon And Netflix, Rakuten Is Expanding Its Wuaki Video Service Across Europe; First Stop UK — E-commerce giant Rakuten, often called the Amazon of Japan, is taking another step in a bid to square up to is rival: today it is officially launching a beta of its Wuaki video streaming service …
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| Nancy Gohring / CITEworld: |
Three big takeaways from the Microsoft reorg — Microsoft's rumored reorg was officially announced today. Perhaps more interesting than the executive moves are the underlying themes that Microsoft unveiled in a couple of memos. The company is clearly focused on consumerization …
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| Harry McCracken / TIME: |
PCWorld Exits Print, and the Era of Computer Magazines Ends — The last of the big general-interest PC magazines is no longer a magazine. — By Harry McCracken @harrymccrackenJuly 11, 2013 — The news isn't shocking. In fact, it's sort of a shock it didn't happen several years ago.| Mike Isaac / AllThingsD: |
More Moves Abroad for Twitter's Top Brass as Three Execs Head Overseas — Three of Twitter's top execs are moving away from the company's headquarters in San Francisco, charged with overseeing international offices across multiple countries. — The changes, noted in the three executives' Twitter profiles … | Nathan Olivarez-Giles / The Verge: |
Vine for Android updated with revining, channels, new capture widget — Twitter rolled out an update for Vine on Android today that brings over features previously only found in iOS such as revining, channels, and an improved camera user interface. The Android version will also receive …
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| Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
YouWeb Founder Peter Relan Debuts New Company Building Studio And Accelerator, 9+; Raises $2M In Funding — As we reported a couple of weeks ago, serial entrepreneur Peter Relan is sunsetting his gaming and mobile focused incubator YouWeb, which spawned Crowdstar, Agawi, Spaceport, OpenFeint and others.
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| Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: |
NSA's Snowden case review focuses on possible access to China espionage files, officials say — A National Security Agency internal review of damage caused by the former contractor Edward Snowden has focused on a particular area of concern: the possibility that he gained access to sensitive files …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Verizon joins Ubuntu's potential smartphone launch partners — Verizon will help “shape” Ubuntu phone OS, possibly sell the phones. Verizon Wireless today joined Canonical's “Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group (CAG),” meaning the company is exploring smartphones based on Ubuntu.
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| David Kravets / Wired: |
RIAA Wants Infamous File-Sharer to Campaign Against Piracy — Did you hear the one about the world's most infamous music file-sharer being asked to publicly extol the virtues of the Recording Industry Association of America's anti-piracy platform? — The RIAA is suggesting Jammie Thomas-Rasset do just that.| David Meyer / GigaOM: |
AT&T and Verizon lose bid to maintain secrecy of French interconnection deals — AT&T and Verizon have failed in their attempt to block the French telecoms regulator from examining their secret interconnection agreements - deals that may be key to the erosion of net neutrality.| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
New peak: Amazon shares surpass $300 for first time — The rapid growth of Amazon.com was echoed Thursday on Wall Street, as the company's stock briefly topped $300 for the first time ever during the trading session. Shares rose $7.27, or 2.5 percent, to close at $299.60.| jessica lessin: |
Andreessen Says Foreign Web Co.'s Could Take Advantage of Prism Fallout — SUN VALLEY, Idaho- Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen said in an interview that U.S. Internet companies may lose business to foreign competitors following revelations about Prism, the government data-mining effort.
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