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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Revamped Google Maps for iOS launches: supports iPad, indoor maps, enhanced navigation  —  In line with last week's expectations of an updated Google Maps app, Google has begun rolling out version 2.0 of Google Maps for iOS today.  Most notably, the new application includes support …
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Google Glass Had a Vulnerability for Being Taken Over Via QR Code, But It's Been Fixed  —  A Google Glass security vulnerability that allowed an outsider to take control of the wearable computing device via QR code has been fixed.  —  Basically, since Glass allows users to connect to Wi-Fi …
Wall Street Journal:
Google Pitches Online TV Service to Media Companies  —  Streaming of Traditional TV Programming Is Also Planned by Others  —  Google Inc. has approached media companies about licensing their content for an Internet TV service that would stream traditional TV programming, people familiar with the matter say.
Bill Gurley / Above the Crowd:
Transitioning To a Mobile Centric World  —  “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.”  — Freewill, Rush  —  If you happen to be a sports fan (I am), one of the coolest features to emerge in our lifetime is the ability to program your DVR remotely.
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
Acer preparing 8-inch Windows 8 tablet successor to address complaints  —  Acer is preparing to release a refreshed version of its Iconia W3 tablet.  After only being announced in early June, and recently released to retailers, Acer's 8-inch Windows 8 tablet has been criticised over its poor display and bulky size.
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Universities Face a Rising Barrage of Cyberattacks  —  America's research universities, among the most open and robust centers of information exchange in the world, are increasingly coming under cyberattack, most of it thought to be from China, with millions of hacking attempts weekly.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Fortune:
Russia says ‘nyet’ to Apple's iPhone  —  Why the big three Russian mobile phone carriers cut their ties with Apple.  —  FORTUNE — There's good money to be made selling cell phones in Russia, a country with more than 180 million mobile subscribers.  Three Russian carriers account for eight …
David Meyer / GigaOM:
UK spies aren't breaking law by using PRISM data, security oversight committee claims  —  The British Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee has rebuffed claims that UK intelligence services broke local law by taking PRISM data from the Americans.  However, the committee also said it needed to study the law more closely.
Amir Efrati / Digits:
How Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Plans to Tackle Video  —  Yahoo took the unprecedented step of broadcasting live video of its second-quarter earnings call.  Perhaps it's fitting, then, that CEO Marissa Mayer talked up video as a top priority for the Internet company.
More: eWeek and TechCrunch
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Next-Gen iPhone Production Kicks Into Gear; Will There Be a Mid-Tier iPhone, Too?  —  Apple is ramping up production of its next-generation iPhone ahead of an expected fall introduction that could include a second, lower-cost version of the device.  —  That's the latest from Jefferies analyst Peter Misek …
Michelle Meyers / CNET:
In another Aereo win, court refuses to rehear New York case  —  Appeals court clears the way for the TV-over-the-Web service to continue around New York City.  But broadcasters aren't giving up their legal battle against the Barry Diller-backed service and its ambitious expansion plans.
Jason Green / Mercury News:
Google buys nearly 15 acres in Palo Alto  —  Google Inc. appears to be staging a return of sorts to Palo Alto, where the tech titan opened its first office in 1999.  —  A spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday that the Mountain View-based company has snapped up seven parcels on the 1000 block …
Brad Smith / TechNet Blogs:
Responding to government legal demands for customer data  —  Today we have asked the Attorney General of the United States to personally take action to permit Microsoft and other companies to share publicly more complete information about how we handle national security requests for customer information.
Chris Davies / SlashGear:
Tumblr iPhone app fixed after plaintext password goof spotted  —  Tumblr has been forced to rush out a patched version of its iPhone and iPad apps, and has advised all users to change their password, after researchers discovered the apps had been transmitting login credentials in plain text.

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Lachlan Murdoch says there is evidence of “viewer fatigue” at Fox News, whose total-day viewership fell 16% in Q3, with viewership in the 25-54 demo down 24%

Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Nigel Farage's regular Telegraph column is set to end; sources suggest Axel Springer terminated his contract, but others close to Farage claim he has resigned

Jasper Ward / Reuters:
Filing: a US judge dismisses with prejudice Trump's defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal regarding a birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein signed by Trump

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