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July 26, 2013, 2:35 PM

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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Ballmer admits Microsoft built too many Surface RTs, disappointed with Windows sales — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has admitted that the company built too many Surface tablets, and it's not selling as many Windows devices as it wants. During an internal town hall event earlier this week …

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Todd R. Weiss / CITEworld:

Los Angeles plans to give 640,000 students free iPads — Students in the Los Angeles Unified School District will receive 31,000 free iPads this school year under a new $30 million program launched by the district. The goal is to improve education and get them ready for the workforce …

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Digits:

Google Has Shown Another Living Room Device — Google's home-entertainment experiments extend beyond the gadget the company announced Wednesday, which turns TV sets into an extra screen for watching Web videos and other content. — The Internet giant in January used the Consumer Electronics Show …

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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Google reportedly demoed Android set-top box with camera and motion sensor in January

Andy / TorrentFreak:

UK Porn Filter Will Censor Other Content Too, ISPs Reveal — On Monday David Cameron told his citizens that by the end of the year broadband subscribers will be required to go through a compulsory system which will decide what they can and cannot see on the Internet.

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Dave Lee / BBC:

Chinese firm Huawei controls net filter praised by PM

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Vlad Savov / The Verge:

Best Buy, Amazon, and Walmart selling the new Nexus 7 four days early — Having already launched its pre-orders ahead of the official Nexus 7 announcement, Best Buy is keeping up the habit of preempting Google by making the new Android slate available early.

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Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land:

Compared: What You Can Watch On Google Chromecast, Apple TV & Roku — Want to stream content from the internet to your TV? There's a new player in town, Google's Chromecast. It's super easy to use and priced to move. What's not to like? If you're happy with just Netflix, you're good.

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Dieter Bohn / The Verge:

Keeping it simple: Chromecast, Google TV, and the zen of a $35 dongle

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Salvador Rodriguez / Los Angeles Times:

Google ends Chromecast-Netflix promotion ‘due to overwhelming demand’

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Nick Bilton / NYT Bits:

Pinterest Allows Users to Opt-Out of Being Tracked — In Silicon Valley there are hundreds of companies that track people's habits with the hopes of offering more intrusive advertising. There are, in comparison, very few Valley start-ups that give people the opportunity to opt out of that tracking.

More: Oh, How Pinteresting!, Electronic Frontier Foundation, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Marketing Land, AllThingsD, The Verge and Center for Democracy …

Scott Buscemi / 9to5Mac:

Google+ Local iOS App to be retired August 7 — Now that the updated Google Maps iOS application has Google+ Local features baked in, the company has made the decision to axe the Google+ Local application. The announcement was made through an email: … Thanks, Michael! — B

More: TechCrunch, Engadget, TechCrunch, App Advice, Search Engine Land, The Next Web, iMore, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone, SocialTimes, WebProNews and AppleInsider

Jon Russell / The Next Web:

IDC: Apple, Samsung lose smartphone market share as Lenovo and others see greater growth — Apple and Samsung have both reported their financials for Q2 2013 so, as is customary, analyst firms are now putting out their estimates for the quarter. IDC is out of the blocks …

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Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

Samsung Accounted for a Third of Smartphone Sales Last Quarter, While Apple's Share Fell

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

T-Mobile goes $0 down for all devices, including iPhone 5 for $27/month — As part of its new “un-carrier” strategy, T-Mobile USA today announced that it will begin a new deal tomorrow: $0 down for all devices. Now, eligible customers can receive a phone with no money down and pay for the device over 24 months.

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Brad Stone / Businessweek:

Jeff Bezos Doesn't Care What You Think About Amazon's Quarterly Earnings — If you are watching Amazon's quarterly earnings today, probing the numbers for signs of the online giant's continued vigor, feel free. But honestly, Jeff Bezos doesn't care what you think.

More: Business Insider, Beyond Search and GeekWire

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Amazon hits 97,000 employees, more than tripling in size in three years

More: Digits, Business Insider and Xconomy

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Amazon's Q2 Disappoints, Sales Up 22 Percent To $15.7B, Net Loss Of $7M

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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

Personalized Financial Planning Service LearnVest Raises $16.5M From Accel, American Express And Others — LearnVest, a personalized financial planning program, has raised $16.5 million in strategic funding from existing investor Accel Partners, and new investors: American Express Ventures …

More: Business Insider, Betabeat, VentureBeat, The Next Web, New York Times and Forbes

John Koetsier / VentureBeat:

Apple is America's computer, tablet, and smartphone brand of the year — It's been years since the company was Apple Computer Inc., but America still loves Apple. — Just not only for its computers anymore. — Apple has been declared America's computer brand of the year …

More: PR Newswire, The Register, MacRumors, iMore, Macgasm, iPhone in Canada Blog, TUAW, Digital Trends, iDownloadBlog.com, AllThingsD, 9to5Mac, Softpedia News and App Advice

Aaron Souppouris / The Verge:

Android 4.3 code reveals granular app controls and 4K support are coming soon — As developers get their hands on the latest version of Google's operating system, Android 4.3, we're discovering some hidden features of the platform that hint at what's to come. Android Police reports on one such gem, “App Ops.”

Richard Lawler / Engadget:

Sky's Now TV box is a £9.99 Roku clone that streams iPlayer and more — BSkyB started investing in Roku last year and it's leveraged that involvement to develop this new Now TV set-top box. Going on sale today for just £9.99 (including shipping), it brings a rebranded Roku 2 XS …

More: NOW TV Community, The Next Web, GigaOM, Gearburn, iMore, AllThingsD and The Verge. See also Mediagazer

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