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July 23, 2013, 6:45 AM
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Macworld:
Apple: One billion iTunes podcast subscriptions and counting  —  Apple on Monday announced that the iTunes Store eclipsed 1 billion podcast subscriptions.  That's a whole lot of talking.  A special promotion appeared in the iTunes Podcasts directory to commemorate the big number.
Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:
Netflix's Q2 Misses Due To Lower-Than-Expected Subscriber Adds, Earns 49 Cents Per Share On $1.07B In Revenue  —  Netflix just released its second-quarter earnings report, missing analyst expectations with lower-than-expected subscriber numbers.  For the second quarter …
Mat Smith / Engadget:
Nokia Lumia 625 official: Entry-level LTE Windows Phone with a 4.7-inch display (video)  —  The rumors were (unsurprisingly) true.  Nokia's revealed its biggest phone to date, with a screen measuring in at 4.7 inches.  It's the Lumia 625 and the series has certainly grown a fair bit since the Lumia 620 launched earlier this year.
Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:
Exclusive: Yahoo Loses Its Media Head, as Mickie Rosen Ankles From Company  —  According to sources, Yahoo's media head Mickie Rosen is leaving the Silicon Valley Internet giant.  —  Rosen, who reported to COO Henrique De Castro, is one of the highest-ranking execs to depart the company in recent months.
Rob Williams / HotHardware:
MIT Researchers Develop Computer-Generated TCP for Network Connections That are Twice as Fast  —  Thanks to the efforts of some MIT researchers, our use of the Transmission Control Protocol could soon experience a nice upgrade.  Since its introduction decades ago, TCP has become an integral part …
Wendy Davis / MediaPost:
Google Settles Vanity-Searcher's Class-Action Lawsuit For $8.5 Million  —  Google has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that it leaked the names of search users via referrer headers, according to court papers filed on Friday in San Jose, Calif.
More: SiliconBeat.  Tweets: @wendyndavis
Casey Johnston / Ars Technica:
Samsung to cut out Google middleman with own developers' conference  —  Samsung's own devcon will put the hardware manufacturer first.  —  Samsung plans to hold its first developers' conference this October in San Francisco, the company announced Monday morning.
Jeffrey Burt / eWeek:
ARM, Oracle to Optimize Java for 64-Bit ARM-Based Servers  —  ARM officials are continuing to lay the groundwork for the company's plans for a greater role in the data center, reaching a multi-year agreement with software giant Oracle to expand the capabilities of Java Platform Standard Edition on ARM's chip architecture.
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Finland Writes History With Crowdsourced Copyright Law  —  Since last year the Finnish public has had the option of suggesting the kind of laws they want to be governed under.  —  A recent modification of the national Constitution allows citizens to make legislative proposals for Parliament to vote on …
Robert McMillan / Wired:
Google Now Serves 25 Percent of North American Internet Traffic  —  Everyone knows Google is big.  But the truth is that it's huge.  On an average day, Google accounts for about 25 percent of all consumer internet traffic running through North American ISPs.
Reuters:
KPN's 8 billion euros deal with Telefonica tests Europe antitrust stance  —  (Reuters) - Dutch telecoms group KPN (KPN.AS) will sell its German unit to Telefonica Deutschland (O2Dn.DE) for some 8.1 billion euros ($11 billion) in cash and shares, in a long-awaited deal that will test regulators' views in Europe's largest mobile market.
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Surplus computing power on your Android?  Donate it to science  —  Users of Android 2.3 or higher can become citizen scientists by downloading software and choosing the projects they want to power, such as fighting AIDS and finding new stars.  —  Mom said to reach for the stars, right?  Now you can.

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From Mediagazer

Nancy Scola / Washingtonian:
A deep look at FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's moves favoring the Trump administration; former chair Tom Wheeler warns against the agency becoming a political tool

Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal says he's stepping down after a year in the role; his hiring was part of a push to promote “personal liberties and free markets”

Matt Stout / The Boston Globe:
The Massachusetts Senate passes an amendment that would in many instances bar judges, grand juries, and others from forcing reporters to identify their sources

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Marguerite Reardon / CNET:
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David Meyer / GigaOM:
Game on! Canonical wants to crowdfund $32M in a month to make Ubuntu Edge
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