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August 8, 2013, 8:00 PM

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Kashmir Hill / Forbes:
Email Company Reportedly Used By Edward Snowden Shuts Down Rather Than Hand Data Over To Feds  —  When Edward Snowden emailed journalists and activists in July to invite them to a briefing at the Moscow airport during his long stay there, he used the email account “edsnowden@lavabit.com” according to one of the invitees.
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.
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 …
Steve Dent / Engadget:
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.
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 …
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.
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
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.

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