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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Circle Sept. 10 on Your Calendar for Apple's Big iPhone Event — Apple is expected to unveil its next iPhone at a special event on Sept. 10, sources told AllThingsD. — D: All Things Digital — The launch comes at an important time for Apple, which continues to make a lot of money …
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| Peter Wallsten / Washington Post: |
Lawmakers say obstacles limited oversight of NSA's telephone surveillance program — The Obama administration points to checks and balances from Congress as a key rationale for supporting bulk collection of Americans' telephone communications data, but several lawmakers responsible for overseeing … | Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine: |
NSA by the numbers — Fear not, says the NSA, we “touch” only 1.6% of daily internet traffic. If, as they say, the net carries 1,826 petabytes of information per day, then the NSA “touches” about 29 petabytes a day. They don't say what “touch” means. Ingest? Store? Analyze?| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
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| Siraj Datoo / Quartz: |
This recycling bin is following you — Recycling bins in the City of London are monitoring the phones of passers-by, so advertisers can target messages at people whom the bins recognize. — Renew, the startup behind the scheme, installed 100 recycling bins with digital screens around London before the 2012 Olympics.
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| Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post: |
For Bezos, The Post represents new frontier — This story was reported by Peter Whoriskey, Brady Dennis, Kimberly Kindy, Holly Yeager, Cecilia Kang and Alice Crites. It was written by Whoriskey. Dennis reported from Seattle. — One summer day as a kid riding in the back seat of his grandparents' car …
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See also Mediagazer| Parmy Olson / Forbes: |
E-mail's Big Privacy Problem: Q&A With Silent Circle Co-Founder Phil Zimmermann — Customers of Silent Circle's encrypted mail service got an unfortunate surprise on Friday: all their messages had been deleted. — The management of Silent Circle, an encryption firm that specializes …
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Forbes, Businessweek, DSLreports, The Mac Security Blog, Boing Boing, Ars Technica, SecurityWeek, Techdirt and The Technology Chronicles. Tweets: @glennf. Thanks:@parmy
| Ben Horowitz / TechCrunch: |
Why Founders Fail: The Product CEO Paradox — Editor's note: Ben Horowitz is co-founder and partner of Andreessen Horowitz. He was co-founder and CEO of Opsware (formerly Loudcloud), which was acquired by HP, and ran several product divisions at Netscape.| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Bitcoin developers say critical Android flaw leaves digital wallets vulnerable to theft — In a blog post the developers of Bitcoin have announced the discovery of a critical weakness in Android that leaves Bitcoin wallet apps subject to theft. The vulnerability affects every Bitcoin wallet app …
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| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Pirate Bay Releases ‘Pirate Browser’ to Thwart Censorship — The Pirate Bay is arguably the most censored website on the Internet. — Courts in the UK, the Netherlands, Italy and elsewhere have ordered Internet providers to block subscriber access to the torrent site, and more are expected to follow.| Jim Edwards / Business Insider: |
Photos, Texts, And Emails Show The Alleged Betrayal At The Heart Of Snapchat — It was becoming unbearable inside the house on Toyopa Drive, just blocks from the beach near Santa Monica. — Frank “Reggie” Brown IV was staying there with his two college buddies, Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy.| Reuters: |
Analysis: Ottawa set to leave telecom door open for Verizon — (Reuters) - Canada's wireless industry is bracing for its biggest shakeup in decades as Ottawa appears impervious to pleas that it block U.S. giant Verizon Communications Inc from the lucrative market.
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| Kenneth Chang / New York Times: |
‘Like’ This Article Online? Your Friends Will Probably Approve, Too, Scientists Say — If you “like” this article on a site like Facebook, somebody who reads it is more likely to approve of it, even if the reporting and writing are not all that great. — But surprisingly …
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Booker's Web Company, Struggling, Sought Buyer as Senate Drive Began — Even as Mayor Cory A. Booker of Newark continued to promote his year-old Internet start-up, Waywire, the company was racing to find a buyer because it had effectively stalled out, according to people aware of the efforts … Sponsor Posts
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