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Philip Bump / The Atlantic Wire:
The NSA Admits It Analyzes More People's Data Than Previously Revealed  —  As an aside during testimony on Capitol Hill today, a National Security Agency representative rather casually indicated that the government looks at data from a universe of far, far more people than previously indicated.
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Google Glass Had a Vulnerability for Being Taken Over Via QR Code, But It Has 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 …
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.
Sam Biddle / Valleywag:
Tumblr Is Pushing Porn Into an Internet Sex Ghetto  —  Since Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer began circling around Tumblr's billion dollar GIF vortex, we wondered what it'd do with the nasty stuff: the dog sex, the rape porn.  Or even the more mild takes on f**king.  Now we're starting to see: porn gets put where no one can find it.
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.
More: GigaOM and Techonomy
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.
Simon Bisson / CITEworld:
Xamarin raises $16 million to build “delightful” tools for mobile devs  —  Mobile application development tools company Xamarin today announced a series of significant milestones.  With over 358,000 registered developers (and approaching 20,000 paid seats), the company has today closed a $16 million Series B funding round.
Spencer E. Ante / Wall Street Journal:
Smartphone Upgrades Slow as ‘Wow’ Factor Fades  —  Fewer Customers Trade in Devices—A Potential Problem for AT&T, Apple and Others  —  Fewer people are upgrading their smartphones—a trend that could make it harder for companies from AT&T Inc. to Apple Inc. to keep up the pace of revenue growth.
TechCrunch:
Withings Raises $30 Million From Bpifrance And Others To Fuel International Growth  —  Health gadget company Withings will announce in a few minutes a new funding round from Bpifrance, Idinvest Partners, 360 Capital Partners and existing investor Ventech.  Out of the $30 million …
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 …
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
IBM Raises Annual Forecast After Earnings Top Analyst Estimates  —  International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), the largest computer-services company, topped estimates with its second-quarter earnings and raised its forecast for the year after cutting costs and buying back shares.
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.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Almunia Says The EU Antitrust Ball Is In Google's Court, While FairSearch Releases More Data Against Google's Proposed Remedies  —  We are still waiting for the antitrust commissioner in Europe to make his next formal statement on negotiations with Google, after the search giant in April …

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