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August 8, 2013, 6:45 PM

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Vindu Goel / NYT Bits:

YouTube's Founders Challenge Vine and Instagram with New Video App — After months of teasing, the wait is over: Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, who brought us the video-sharing site YouTube, are taking the wraps off their newest project, a video creation app called MixBit.

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Scoop: This is Mixbit, the new video site of YouTube founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley

More: MixBit Blog, Mashable, bizjournals, Computerworld, TechnoBuffalo, Pulse 2.0, iPhone Hacks, Redmond Pie, memeburn, I4U News, ReelSEO Video Marketing, App Advice, POPSUGAR and Geek.com

Ina Fried / AllThingsD:

T-Mobile CEO Says More Apple Products Coming — T-Mobile CEO John Legere says that it is the company's message, not the arrival of the iPhone, that is behind a recent surge in new customers. — In an interview after the company's second-quarter earnings announcement …

More: TechnoBuffalo, The Mac Observer, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, SlashGear, Pocket-lint, Gotta Be Mobile, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, Electronista and iClarified

Marguerite Reardon / CNET:

T-Mobile downplays iPhone's role in record customer gains

More: ZDNet, AndroidGuys and TechSpot

Steve Dent / Engadget:

T-Mobile gains 1.1 million customers in Q2 2013, ups revenue 20 percent to $6.3 billion

More: App Advice, Business Wire, GeekWire, eWeek, New York Times, CNET, BGR, Reuters, GigaOM, IntoMobile, Yahoo! News, AndroidHeadlines.com, AppleInsider, Macgasm, VentureBeat, WebProNews, MacRumors, DailyFinance.com, 9to5Mac, ITworld.com, iDownloadBlog.com, I4U News and Ars Technica

Tweets: @inafried, @inafried and @gaborfari

Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:

Lavabit, email service Snowden reportedly used, abruptly shuts down — Remember when word circulated that Edward Snowden was using Lavabit, an email service that purports to provide better privacy and security for users than popular web-based free services like Gmail?

More: The Verge, Engadget, Techdirt, NEWS.com.au, DSLreports, Forbes, Washington Post, VentureBeat, Guardian, The Register, Quartz, The Huffington Post, The Tell, RT, NPR, The Atlantic Wire, Gizmodo, Graham Cluley, Ars Technica and TechCrunch

Tweets: @georgemaschke, @tlrobinson, @normative, @declanm, @hoverbird, @declanm, @declanm, @kashhill, @ggreenwald, @essobi, @ia, @juliaangwin and @ioerror

Marco Arment / Marco.org:

Shell Company Related To Cowardly Patent Troll, Nathan Myhrvold's Intellectual Ventures, Forced To Settle Frivolous Lawsuit Against One-Man Business After Law Firm Donates Nearly $200,000 Worth Of Defense — This story will circulate a lot today. I'd like to suggest a more informative …

More: Daring Fireball and Boing Boing

Charlie Savage / New York Times:

N.S.A. Said to Search Content of Messages to and From U.S. — WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency is searching the contents of vast amounts of Americans' e-mail and text communications into and out of the country, hunting for people who mention information about foreigners under surveillance, according to intelligence officials.

More: Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Forbes, Ars Technica, PE Hub Blog, The Verge and Techdirt

Tweets: @mattbuchanan, @trevortimm, @nathanlfuller, @mattbuchanan, @jesselynradack, @aclu, @ggreenwald, @nytimes, @froomkin, @palafo, @glynmoody, @charlie_savage, @razhael, @punditreview and @kgosztola

Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:

With KeyMe, an iPhone Pic Now Means You Can Always Print More House Keys Later — A little bit of prepping in advance could save a lot of headache next time you lock yourself out, lose your keys, or need to let a friend into your place when you're not there.

More: TechCrunch, Gizmodo, PandoDaily, GadgeTell, GigaOM, iDownloadBlog.com, Mashable, I4U News and MacRumors

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft unboxes Xbox One, reveals final design and a bundled headset — Microsoft's next Xbox console won't go on sale until November, but that isn't stopping the company from unboxing it a little early. In a new video featuring one of the first Xbox One production units …

More: Xbox Wire, Xbox Live's Major Nelson, Guardian, WebProNews, Engadget, Kotaku, gameinformer.com, The Next Web, VentureBeat, Gotta Be Mobile, Polygon, VG247, All Games Beta, Business Insider, CNET, Gematsu and Ars Technica

James Temple / The Technology Chronicles:

NSA spying may cost cloud companies $35 billion — The National Security Agency surveillance programs aren't just costing the United States credibility on the world stage — they're costing domestic tech companies big money. — The recent revelations that the NSA is closely tracking …

More: ITIF, ZDNet, Digits, Guardian, Federal Computer Week, PRWeb, Daily Dot and GigaOM. Tweets: @jayrosen_nyu

Horace Dediu / asymco:

Signs of US Android net user decline — ComScore's latest survey for US smartphone users showed that Android had 52% share of about 142 million users. That amounts to 73.84 million Android devices in use. — ComScore's previous such survey showed that Android had 52.4% of about 141 million users.

More: Washington Post, Internet2Go, Android Authority, TechnoBuffalo, Quartz, AppleInsider, Ubergizmo, BGR, Business Insider and Guardian

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Twitter Partners With Datalogix To Track When Tweets Lead To Offline Sales — What's the value of a retweet? Or a follower? Those questions get asked all the time in discussions about social media and advertising. Now Twitter is announcing a partnership with Datalogix …

More: Twitter Blog, Marketing Land, VatorNews, AdExchanger, Computerworld and VentureBeat

John Koetsier / VentureBeat:

Promoted tweets boost offline sales by 29%, Twitter says (and it'll show you how)

More: Businessweek, ZDNet, GigaOM, AllThingsD and WebProNews

Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

Rdio launches personalized radio stations to steal listeners away from Pandora — Choice is great - except when you have to choose. Subscription music service Rdio made it a bit easier for its users to just sit back and listen by launching personalized radio stations that deliver a never-ending stream of music Thursday.

More: Rdio Blog, MacRumors, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, 9to5Mac, BetaKit, The Verge, TechCrunch, Guardian and Macgasm. See also Mediagazer

Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:

Backed With $6M, Max Levchin's Glow App For Tracking Female Fertility Debuts On The App Store — Glow, the fertility tracking iOS app co-founded by Max Levchin, is making its debut in the app store today. The app was first introduced earlier this summer by Levchin to a surprised audience …

More: Los Angeles Times, VatorNews, NYT Bits, Salon, VentureBeat, The Next Web, Betabeat, Business Insider and Forbes

Nancy Gohring / CITEworld:

Acer the latest to turn to Google after poor Windows sales — Acer, the electronics maker that once seemed to be a big Windows 8 booster, is turning its back on Microsoft. — After posting a second quarter loss this week, it said it's going to aggressively work on selling more Chromebooks and Android devices.

More: GigaOM, The Register, Engadget and TechCrunch. Thanks:@mattrosoff

John McDermott / AdAge:

Vevo Developing Apple TV App for 24-7 Music Video Channel — Will Allow It to Sell Video Ads Made Specifically for Televisions — Cord-cutting millennials will soon have a new way to quench their insatiable thirst for '90s nostalgia. Music video website Vevo is developing an app …

More: MacRumors, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, GigaOM, Pocket-lint, The Mac Observer, iDownloadBlog.com and MacNN

Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:

BlackBerry first to secure U.S. DOD device management approval — Summary: The smartphone maker retains its security crown as it becomes the first mobile device management provider to be awarded an “authority to operate” on the U.S. Defense Dept. networks. — Zack Whittaker

More: Engadget, BlackBerry Press Room, Electronista and Yahoo! News

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google Maps for Android and iOS now shows ‘relevant’ ads at the bottom of the screen after you perform a search — Google today introduced what it calls “relevant ads” in the newly updated Google Maps app for Android and iOS. These advertisements now appear at the bottom of the screen after you perform a search.

More: Inside AdWords, The Verge, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, Search Engine Land, MacRumors, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, SlashGear and WebProNews

Nathan Ingraham / The Verge:

Aereo will go live in Miami, Houston, and Dallas this September — Aereo continues to push forward its aggressive 2013 expansion plan — the company has just announced that the streaming TV service will be live in Miami, Houston, and Dallas in September. Miami is up first and will be active …

More: PC World, CNET, Engadget, TechSpot, GigaOM, dailywireless.org, DSLreports and Softpedia News. Tweets: @sandonet. See also Mediagazer

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Mozilla launches Persona Identity Bridge for Gmail, lets users sign in with their existing account credentials — Mozilla today announced the Persona Identity Bridge for Gmail users. If you have a Google account, this means you can now sign into Persona-powered websites with your existing credentials.

More: Identity at Mozilla, ZDNet, TechCrunch and Softpedia News

Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

GetTaxi Raises Another $12 Million, Launches G-Car Service To Take On Uber In New York City — GetTaxi is one of a growing number of companies focused on getting passengers from point A to point B, having already launched service in the more than 20 cities around the world.

More: PandoDaily, Venture Capital Dispatch, BetaKit and VentureBeat

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:

iTunes in the Cloud for Movies Goes Live in Japan and 7 New European Countries — Apple today added movie support to its iTunes in the Cloud service in Japan and seven additional European countries, enabling customers in those countries to re-download content previously purchased from the iTunes Store.

More: 9to5Mac, Macgasm, AppleInsider, GigaOM, iDownloadBlog.com and TUAW

Alex Williams / TechCrunch:

SOASTA Raises $30 Million For Service That Uses The Cloud To Test Apps — SOASTA has raised $30 million in Series E funding for its cloud platform that helps developers test web and mobile apps. New investors, Macquarie Capital and ROTH Capital, joined Canaan Partners, Formative Ventures and Pelion Venture Partners in the round.

More: GigaOM, VatorNews, VentureBeat and Data Center Knowledge

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