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July 22, 2013, 12:10 PM

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Lorraine Luk / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Tests Larger Screens for iPhones, iPads  —  Tests Suggest Apple Exploring More Ways to Draw Consumers  —  TAIPEI—Apple Inc. and its Asian suppliers are testing larger screens for iPhones and tablets, officials at the company's suppliers say.  —  In recent months …
Guardian:
Cameron cracks down on ‘corroding influence’ of online pornography  —  • Children to be protected by automatic filtering of adult material  —  • Possession of violent porn to be outlawed  —  • Illegal image searches to be blocked  —  Every household in Britain connected …
Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Apple Developer Center Was Hacked; Site Remains Down While Company Overhauls Security  —  Apple's developer site was accessed by “an intruder” last Thursday, the company has disclosed, and Apple has not ruled out the possibility that developers' names, mailing addresses, and/or email addresses were compromised.
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Michael Gorman / Engadget:
Leap Motion controller review  —  When the Leap Motion controller was revealed to the world, it brought with it the promise of a new and unique computer user experience.  And, ever since we first got to see what the Leap Motion controller could do — grant folks the ability to interact …
Ran Makavy / Facebook Newsroom:
Feature Phone Milestone: Facebook for Every Phone Reaches 100 Million  —  We are excited to announce that there are now more than 100 million people using Facebook For Every Phone each month.  —  This is an important milestone for us.  Facebook's mission is to make the world more open and connected …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Google Takes 6.3% Stake In Google Glass Tech Supplier Himax Display As It Preps To Ramp Up Production  —  Shares of semiconductor maker Himax Technologies are jumping in pre-market trading with the news that Google has taken a 6.3% stake in Himax Display (HDI).
Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal:
HTC Reorganizes America Operations  —  Smartphone Maker Establishes New Unit for ‘Emerging Devices’  —  TAIPEI—HTC Corp. is establishing a new unit for “emerging devices” and putting its global sales president back in charge of its key America operations as reorganization continues …
David Carr / New York Times:
TV Foresees Its Future.  Netflix Is There.  —  Apple and Google were back making waves in the television world last week, with reports suggesting they were renewing efforts to use technology to transform the box in your living room.  —  But Netflix already has.  —  Netflix knows a little about transformation.

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