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August 14, 2013, 5:45 AM

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David E. Sanger / New York Times:

N.S.A. Leaks Make Plan for Cyberdefense Unlikely — WASHINGTON — Even while rapidly expanding its electronic surveillance around the world, the National Security Agency has lobbied inside the government to deploy the equivalent of a “Star Wars” defense for America's computer networks …

More: netzpolitik.org. Tweets: @kenroth, @willmcavoyacn and @trevortimm

Shane Harris / Foreign Policy:

Irony Alert: Pentagon Now Sees Big Data as ‘National Security Threat’ — The data divers at the Defense Department know better than most how to track down someone just by looking at his phone records. Now they want to know if America's enemies could cause a fiscal meltdown or a massive cyber attack …

More: Zyn Systems, SiliconANGLE, Gawker and The Register

Brendan Sasso / Hillicon Valley:

White House denies intel chief will lead NSA surveillance review

More: ZDNet, ODNI Newsroom Feed, GamePolitics blogs, Techdirt, The Verge and TechCrunch

Tweets: @richardson_mich and @runasand

Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:

NSA “touches” more of Internet than Google

Steve Cheney:

On The Future of iOS and Android — We've entered the age of iOS and Android penetrating beyond mobile, and there's a lot happening with respect to how the entire ecosystem is developing. Mobile advancements / investments are now driving the progression of all converged hardware / software.

More: Business Insider, Fortune and Paul Stamatiou

Tweets: @lukew, @semil, @stevesi, @jessicalessin, @rohit_x_, @disruptivedean and @rabois

John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

The Case for a New Lower-Cost iPhone — Lost amid much of the rampant speculation that Apple is on the cusp of unveiling a new plastic-bodied lower-priced iPhone “5C” is the simple fact that Apple has offered lower-priced iPhones for several years now — year-old and two-year-old models.

More: Fortune, App Advice, Gotta Be Mobile, PhoneArena, Forbes, iClarified and iDownloadBlog.com

Benedict Evans:

Defending iOS with cheap iPhones

More: Tech.pinions, Business Insider, Yahoo! News, iDownloadBlog.com and A VC

Tweets: @lukew and @madewulf

Thanks:@monkbent

Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat:

Apple acquires second screen TV startup Matcha.tv (scoop) — Updated at 6:01 p.m. (PST) with a response from Matcha.tv CEO Guy Piekarz. Update #2 at 7:35 p.m. with clarification on the acquisition price. — Apple's latest acquisition is the recently-shut down second-screen TV/video app Matcha.tv …

More: The Verge, AllThingsD, TechCrunch, Softpedia News, Gizmodo, MacNN, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, Digits, Engadget, Apple Fan Site, Pocket-lint, iPhone Hacks, AppleInsider and App Advice

Tweets: @awallenstein and @sfiegerman

Thanks:@tched. See also Mediagazer

Adi Robertson / The Verge:

Message unread: Silicon Valley's secret, failed bid to save BlackBerry — Could switching to Android and focusing on business have turned the company around? — In the summer of 2012, just a few months into the job, RIM (now BlackBerry) CEO Thorsten Heins was trying to guide the company through an ongoing crisis.

More: Guardian, slideshare.net, TechnoBuffalo, pocketnow.com, IntoMobile, BGR, CITEworld and Facebook

Tweets: @robinchan and @reckless

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

QNX Locks Down Key Contract With Panasonic, Reminding Us That BlackBerry Still Has Some Shine For Buyers

More: QNX, dailywireless.org, Engadget, SlashGear, Businessweek, Ottawa Citizen and BerryReview. Tweets: @lessien

Bloomberg:

BlackBerry Said to Have Sought Buyers Since 2012 Without Success

More: GigaOM, GeekWire and New Yorker

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Here's Zynga's New Executive Org Chart — As AllThingsD previously reported, Zynga announced a complete overhaul of its executive ranks on Tuesday, effectively flattening out its top management levels and reorganizing the chain of command for its existing leadership.

More: Zynga Company Blog, TechHive, Digits, Ars Technica, BuzzFeed, VatorNews, GamesIndustry International, Polygon, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Kotaku, bizjournals, ZDNet, VentureBeat and Electronista

Tweets: @obrien and @akrejcik

Tomio Geron / Forbes:

Zynga Restructures With Three Top Execs Out

More: AllThingsD, Reuters, VG247 and Joystiq. Tweets: @forbestech

Matt Levine / Dealbreaker:

77-Year-Old Man Good At Twitter — Once upon a time before there were activist hedge funds there were corporate raiders, whose business model was — This model had many delights of which perhaps the greatest was that you couldn't really, like, do damage to your reputation.

More: Forbes, DealBook and MoneyBeat

Tweets: @johnstieger and @ktbenner

Thanks:@mattlynley

Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:

Carl Icahn Makes a Large Investment in Apple

More: Wall Street Journal, ielp.com, Bloomberg, Forbes, CNBC, AppleInsider, GigaOM, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, The Verge, Bloomberg, TechnoBuffalo, TUAW, Electronista, BGR, MacRumors, VentureBeat, Fortune, Yahoo! News, Deadline.com, CNNMoney.com, BuzzFeed, ZDNet, Business Insider, Tech Trader Daily, Mashable and MoneyBeat

Tweets: @carl_c_icahn, @carl_c_icahn, @zpower, @parislemon, @stevekovach, @miguelrios, @cnbc, @johnpaczkowski, @pkedrosky and @edbott

Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily:

AAPL Ends Up 5%: Icahn Tweets ‘Large Position,’ Nice Chat with CEO Cook

More: Wired, Softpedia News and Gotta Be Mobile

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Facebook Testing VIP App With Some Celebs — The VIP app, which sources say Facebook is currently testing with a small group of famous people, essentially lets celebs (or their handlers) easily monitor Facebook fan chatter about themselves from a mobile device.

More: PC Magazine, Android Community, PhoneArena, Pocket-lint, VentureBeat, SlashGear, Los Angeles Times, Ubergizmo, iDownloadBlog.com, The Atlantic Wire, TechCrunch, Inside Facebook, AllFacebook, The Verge, bizjournals, iClarified and App Advice

Tweets: @evelynrusli and @caseynewton

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Starts Sharing Mobile User Counts For Each Country: 78% Of US Users Are Mobile — A new level of transparency from Facebook will help the world see whether its mobile growth is entirely propped up by international users that don't earn the company as much money.

More: Marketing Land, Inside Facebook, The Verge and AllFacebook. Tweets: @corybe. Thanks:@joshconstine

Sam Biddle / Valleywag:

AOL CEO Apologizes for Public Shame-Firing — It turns out, even Tim Armstrong finds Tim Armstrong obnoxious—the trouble chief of AOL just sent an apology email to his company for firing a subordinate on a conference call. — The email is carefully pasted here in its entirety:

More: TechCrunch, Business Insider, AllThingsD, Poynter and Mashable. See also Mediagazer

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Microsoft's YouTube Windows Phone app returns following Google complaints — Microsoft's YouTube app for Windows Phone is returning to the Store today. After Google forced Microsoft to remove the app, the pair have been working together to create the updated application.

More: Windows Phone, Windows Phone Central, Engadget, SlashGear, The Next Web, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Ubergizmo, GeekWire, WMPoweruser and MobileSyrup.com. Tweets: @tomwarren

Bloomberg:

3-D Printing Stirs Copyright Clash on Homemade IPhone Gear: Tech — Fernando Sosa had no doubt his sword-covered iPhone dock inspired by the hit TV series “Game of Thrones” would become a top seller for his small manufacturing startup. Then he heard from HBO.

More: Business Insider and SiliconBeat

Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg:

Phone Hackers Build Networks to Deliver Legitimate Ads and Malicious Code — To keep hackers off your smartphone, the standard advice has been to avoid downloading dodgy applications. Digital criminals love to hide their attack code in free porn apps and counterfeit versions of popular programs such as Angry Birds.

More: Softpedia News, Network World, Business Insider, TechHive and AdExchanger. Tweets: @weldpond

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