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Phil Nickinson / Android Central:
Exclusive first look: Pics and video of the new Nexus 7  —  The new Nexus 7 sports an updated look, adds a rear camera  —  Here we go, folks.  The first probable pictures of what we believe is the long-awaited successor to the Nexus 7.  We've had to do a little Photoshop surgery to protect the source …
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
Verizon adds 941,000 subscribers, activates 3.9 million iPhones during second quarter  —  Verizon has just released its financial report for the second quarter of this year, and unsurprisingly, it's another solid quarter for the largest carrier in the US.  Verizon reports adding 941,000 …
John Paczkowski / AllThingsD:
Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and Others Call for More NSA Transparency  —  Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft are part of a broad alliance of technology companies and civil liberties groups that will tomorrow demand dramatically increased transparency around U.S. government surveillance efforts.
Daniel Cooper / Engadget:
Nokia reports smaller $150 million loss in Q2 2013, Lumia sales up to 7.4 million  —  After BlackBerry's disastrous earnings a couple of weeks back, Nokia and Microsoft have clear bragging rights over third place in the ecosystem war — but does a bronze medal earn you any cash?
Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Dell Buyout Vote Delayed  —  No vote, no deal.  More delay.  —  Dell shareholders didn't vote today on a proposal to take the company private in a leveraged buyout.  The meeting of shareholders at which the proposal was to be considered has been adjourned without the vote taking place …
Mat Smith / Engadget:
HTC One mini announced: Flagship looks, UltraPixel camera and 4.3-inch 720p display (hands-on)  —  Currently, the wireless industry's mantra is that good things come in large packages.  But let's not just forget about the massive demographic of users that don't care about having the biggest phone on the planet.
Brian Klug / AnandTech:
HTC Announces One mini - 4.3 inch display, aluminum, and Snapdragon 400
Farhad Manjoo / Slate:
Android vs. iPhone: Why Apple still has the edge over Google's operating system  —  Android is a wonderful operating system.  But most Android phones are crap.  —  Six years ago, Google launched an unconventional effort to gain a toehold in the growing smartphone business.
Olga Khazan / The Atlantic Online:
The Creepy, Long-Standing Practice of Undersea Cable Tapping  —  The newest NSA leaks reveal that governments are probing “the Internet's backbone.”  How does that work?  —  In the early 1970's, the U.S. government learned that an undersea cable ran parallel to the Kuril Islands off …
Lindsay Gellman / Wall Street Journal:
Why Startups Are Sporting Increasingly Quirky Names  —  Lack of Short, Recognizable URLs Prompts Use of Misspellings, Word Mash-Ups  —  David Leiberman, left, and Sammy Rubin, co-founders of digital sing-along storybook business Mibblio.  The name combines “music” and “biblio.”
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Acquires Assets Of UK Mobile Bug-Checking Software Developer Monoidics  —  Facebook has just agreed to acquire certain assets and hire some employees of UK software verification developer Monoidics.  Pending closing conditions, Monoidics' engineers and tech staff will join Facebook's London office.
David Meyer / GigaOM:
Open-Xchange pulls in $20M to help ISPs and hosting providers battle Microsoft and Google  —  Telecoms companies and old-fashioned hosting providers are all about added value these days - the services they provide are highly commoditized, so they want to differentiate themselves through bolted …
Patrick Hoge / bizjournals:
PandoDaily steps in it  —  PandoDaily, a tech news site launched last year with money from prominent Silicon Valley venture backers, published an inaccurate story July 2 stating that L.A.-based consumer goods startup BeachMint had “ousted” its founders and would be returning $20 million to investors.
Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:
Twitter's Mobile Update Can Keep Your Sensitive Eyes Safe From Sexy Tweets  —  No one wants to look at porn in a tweet.  (At least, not without expecting it first.)  —  That's likely part of why Twitter introduced its latest little safety tweak in the last mobile update for iOS and Android …
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Kaylene Hong / The Next Web:
Google cleared of unfairly using Android to aid its search business in Korea  —  South Korea's Fair Trade Commission watchdog has acquitted Google of anti-competitive charges following a two-year-long investigation, Yonhap News reports.  —  The FTC had reportedly reviewed the case and concluded …
Lora Kolodny / Venture Capital Dispatch:
Bjork Brings Biophilia to Android With a Little Help From Apportable  —  Music and design icon Björk spent two years creating her 11th record, Biophilia, as an “app album” — songs in app form, games, and educational content that can get users involved so they're not just passively listening.
The Physics arXiv Blog:
Edit Wars Reveal The 10 Most Controversial Topics on Wikipedia  —  An analysis of the most highly contested articles on Wikipedia reveals the controversies that appear invariant across languages and cultures  —  Wikipedia, the encyclopaedia that anybody can edit, is one of the more extraordinary collective efforts of the crowd.
Eric Johnson / AllThingsD:
Ouya Plans $1 Million Kickstarter Matching Campaign to Encourage Exclusive Titles  —  Starting next month, Ouya will match some of the Kickstarter funds raised by games for its Android-powered console.  —  The developer-aimed “Free the Games Fund” will dole out $1 million to eligible Ouya game projects …

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