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August 14, 2013, 6:10 AM
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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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Arik Hesseldahl / AllThingsD:
Carl Icahn Makes a Large Investment in Apple
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.
David Meyer / GigaOM:
Samsung sued by Brazilian government over Amazon factory working conditions  —  Samsung, the world's biggest smartphone manufacturer, has run into trouble in Brazil, where it has one of its main manufacturing and packing facilities.  The government there has filed a $108 million lawsuit …
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:
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.
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.

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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Sources: the DOJ issued a subpoena to NYT freelancer Matthew Cole, seeking to force him to reveal his sources about a failed top secret mission in North Korea

Michael Calderone / New York Magazine:
Q&A with Economist EIC Zanny Minton Beddoes on her Elon Musk interview, the move away from de-platforming, the growing visibility of Economist journalists, more

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How lifestyle influencers are having to pivot to retain attention as brands become more selective about who they work with and demanding about post performance

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