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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.| 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.
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Bipartisan Backlash Grows Against Domestic Surveillance — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration faced a growing Congressional backlash against the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance operations on Wednesday, as lawmakers from both parties called for the vast collection … | Brad Molen / Engadget: |
New Nexus 7 coming to retail outlets next week, according to documents (update: pricing and pics) — It appears that the rumored sequel to the Nexus 7 is close at hand, according to internal documents sent to us by an anonymous tipster. Apparently, the new device will be sold in stores alongside …
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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 …
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| Declan McCullagh / CNET: |
Google tests encryption to protect users' Drive files against government demands — Encryption is being tested to armor user files stored on Google Drive, sources say, a move that could curb surveillance attempts by the U.S. and other governments. — Google has begun to experiment …
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| 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.
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| The Verge: |
Everything you need to know about PRISM — A cheat sheet for the NSA's unprecedented surveillance programs — Since September 11th, 2001, the United States government has dramatically increased the ability of its intelligence agencies to collect and investigate information on both foreign subjects and US citizens.
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| Horace Dediu / asymco: |
“Everybody has got a smartphone” — ... says UBS analyst John Hodulik, as quoted by the Wall Street Journal. — No they haven't. — According to the latest comScore survey data, 98 million Americans above the age of 13 don't use a smartphone as their primary phone. That's 41% of US mobile phone users.
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| Samit Sarkar / Polygon: |
Viacom loses Harmonix lawsuit, must pay $299M disputed bonuses — The Delaware Supreme Court ruled against Viacom yesterday in the company's years-long court dispute with Harmonix over bonus payments, and the media conglomerate must now pay the $299 million it owes to the studio.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Chrome for iOS adds improved Google apps integration, ‘experimental’ data compression — Google has just released a fairly significant update for Chrome on iOS. Now available in the App Store, the latest version introduces some anticipated features like fullscreen browsing on iPad and access …
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Dell Buyout Pushed to Brink — Large Shareholders Expected to Reject Deal — By - SHIRA OVIDE, - SHARON TERLEP and - DAVID BENOIT - — Dell Inc.'s $24.4 billion buyout plan was foundering late Wednesday evening, as a group of big investors signaled their intent to vote against a deal …
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| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Adobe Social update brings predictive publishing and integration with Foursquare, Instagram and LinkedIn — Adobe today launched its updated social marketing platform. With this release, Adobe Social is now featuring social predictive publishing capabilities, a new mobile interface …
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| Mary Iqbal / CircleID: |
First Four Registry Agreements Signed for New TLDs — The first four new Top Level Domains (TLDs) have signed contracts with ICANN, known as Registry Agreements, to allow the applicants to operate new TLDs on the Internet. This is a historic event and marks the first of many new Registry Agreements …
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| 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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| Kate Holton / Reuters: |
Facebook mobile users jumped around 20 percent in U.S., UK in June — (Reuters) - The number of users accessing Facebook via their mobile phones in June jumped around 20 percent in the United States and Britain, the social network said, touting its appeal for brands trying to reach consumers during the summer months.
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| Emil Protalinski / The Next Web: |
Microsoft expands Bing's autosuggest for people to include animals, brands, movies, albums, places, and more — Microsoft today announced it is expanding its Bing's People Autosuggest feature to include more than just humans. In fact, the search engine will now automatically suggest brands … | Leena Rao / TechCrunch: |
Driven By Marketplace And PayPal Growth, eBay's Q2 Revenue Up 14 Percent To $3.9B — As expected, eBay reported decent financial results in Q2 2013 today. Revenue was up 14% to $3.9 billion, compared to the same period of 2012. The company reported second quarter net income on a GAAP basis … | Chris Velazco / TechCrunch: |
Intel Misses In Q2 2013, Reports EPS Of $0.39 And Revenue Of $12.8 Billion — Intel reported its fiscal Q2 2013 earnings a few moments ago, and they just fell short of analyst predictions. The legendary chipmaker reported earnings of $0.39 per share and $12.8 billion in revenue … | John Paczkowski / AllThingsD: |
Apple Wants to Sell More iPhones Through Its Own Stores — But Can It? — Apple sells a lot of iPhones through its retail stores — but not nearly as many as it would like. Indeed, at a recent gathering of Apple Store leaders, CEO Tim Cook said he was dismayed that only 20 percent … | Sean Ludwig / VentureBeat: |
Smart ‘creative tech’ marketplace Grand St. opens up to all — Grand St. has put up the “open for business” sign. — The online marketplace for buying “creative technology” products has taken down its invite-only wall so anyone on the web can check out and buy their products.
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TechCrunch, Betabeat, Y Combinator Posthaven, Gizmodo and The Next Web
| Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Samsung launch the 840 EVO: Up to 1TB and Faster Writes for 120GB — As part of the 2013 Samsung SSD Global Summit here in Korea, Samsung announced that latest member to their SSD lineup - the Samsung SSD 840 EVO, under the banner ‘SSDs For Everyone’. This new drive will be available …
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CNET, The SSD Review, PC Perspective, Forbes, Electronista and Engadget
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Revenue Falls, But Yahoo Shares Jump 7% To Reach A Five-Year High — Shortly after the stock market opened, Yahoo shares (NASDAQ:YHOO) have jumped to 28.91, representing a 7.55 percent increase over yesterday's closing price of 26.88. More importantly, it represents a five-year high for the Silicon Valley veteran.
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