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Tom Warren / The Verge:

Nokia Sirius: a 10.1-inch Windows RT tablet that looks like a Lumia — Nokia is preparing to back Windows RT by launching a 10.1-inch tablet soon. Sources familiar with Nokia's plans have revealed to The Verge that the tablet, codenamed Sirius, will be launched shortly.

Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Windows ARM tablet rumors heat up: Surface 2, Nokia ‘Sirius’ on deck

More: AdDuplex Blog, Examiner, SuperSite for Windows and Windows Phone Central

Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

Apple planning to launch iPhone trade-in program in September — Apple is beginning final preparations to launch an iPhone trade-in program in its retail stores as soon as next month, according to sources with knowledge of the initiative. This trade-in program will allow customers …

More: MacRumors, AllThingsD, BGR, Fortune, iMore, GigaOM, Redmond Pie, SlashGear, I4U News, Gotta Be Mobile, Apple Bitch, App Advice, T3 News, Pocket-lint, iDownloadBlog.com, iClarified, TechnoBuffalo, Patently Apple, MacNN, iLounge and CNET. Tweets: @markgurman. Thanks:@justinkahnmusic

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Apple's iPhone Trade-in Program Is Already Being Piloted, Here's How It Works — Apple is about to introduce an iPhone trade-in program that will allow users to walk into a Retail store and trade up from an old model to a new one. We've heard some interesting details about the way that the program …

More: AppleInsider, Los Angeles Times, iPhone Hacks and Gotta Be Mobile. Tweets: @panzer

Kurt Wagner / Mashable:

Facebook Unveils Shared Photo Albums — A picture's worth a thousand words, and now Facebook is letting others add to your conversation. — The world's largest social network announced shared photo albums on Monday, a new feature that allows multiple users to upload images to the same album.

More: Digits, TechHive, PC Magazine, AllThingsD, The Next Web, Inside Facebook, Engadget, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, The Verge, Ubergizmo, Macgasm, PetaPixel, WebProNews, iClarified and Gizmodo

Tweets: @tvnewslab and @mikeisaac

NBC News:

How Snowden did it — When Edward Snowden stole the crown jewels of the National Security Agency, he didn't need to use any sophisticated devices or software or go around any computer firewall. — All he needed, said multiple intelligence community sources, was a few thumb drives …

More: Techdirt, Techdirt, ZDNet and The Daily Caller

Tweets: @dhh, @kaepora, @csoghoian, @runasand and @raghos

Spiegel Online:

How America Spies on Europe and the UN

More: Techdirt, Network World, The Switch, emptywheel and Softpedia News. See also Mediagazer

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Ballmer Departure From Microsoft Was More Sudden Than Portrayed by the Company — According to sources close to the situation, the departure of CEO Steve Ballmer from Microsoft last week was more sudden than was depicted by the company in its announcement that he would be retiring within the next year in a planned smooth transition.

Aaron Levie / TechCrunch:

Microsoft's Next Era

More: Associations Now and Reuters. Tweets: @andreascon, @kgale, @monkbent, @liggs, @levie, @alexwilliams and @fxshaw

Paul Mozur / China Real Time Report:

Denial-of-Service Attack Shut Down Chinese Internet on Sunday Morning … Part of the Chinese Internet went down early Sunday morning in what the government is calling the largest denial-of-service attack it has ever faced. — The attack began at 2 a.m. Sunday morning and was followed …

Chris Welch / The Verge:

Google blocks Chromecast app that let you stream your own videos — Google hasn't provided a clear answer on whether Chromecast will eventually let users stream their own local videos and music to the TV screen. But if early updates for the $35 dongle are any indication …

More: Koushik Duttap, Wired, Businessweek, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, PC Magazine, Daring Fireball, Android Police, SlashGear, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, GigaOM, Droid Life, Ars Technica, Android and Me, WebProNews, IntoMobile, TechSpot, Pocket-lint, Electronista, The Register, Engadget, TechHive, Softpedia News and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @fer_sure. Thanks:@themadhacker

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Apple Wants To Use The iPhone To Take A Bigger Bite Out Of Russia — With all eyes focused on what new iPhone handsets Apple may be launching very soon — if reports are to be believed, two new models, and a new color, on September 10 — some of Apple's top executives this week are making …

More: MacRumors, Forbes, iDownloadBlog.com, Computerworld and iClarified

Bloomberg:

DoCoMo Rises on Speculation Carrier to Release Apple IPhone

More: AppleInsider, The Next Web, AppleTell, 9to5Mac, FierceMobileIT News, TheStreet.com, MacRumors, TUAW, iDownloadBlog.com, I4U News, iMore, App Advice, iPhone Hacks, Electronista, Patently Apple and iClarified

Steven Levy / Wired:

Zuckerberg Explains Facebook's Plan to Get Entire Planet Online — Mark Zuckerberg wants to get everyone on Earth connected to the internet. — Last week, in an effort to reach this lofty goal, the Facebook CEO announced the establishment of Internet.org, a consortium that allied his company …

More: GigaOM, The Atlantic Wire, AllFacebook, Quartz, The Verge, Betabeat and GeekWire

Tweets: @stevenlevy and @om

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / Digits:

Open Secret About Google's Surveillance Case No Longer Secret — The Justice Department recently won a court battle to keep an Internet company from talking about federal demands for user data, arguing that even disclosing the company's name would damage national security.'

More: Techdirt, The Verge, ZDNet and Daily Dot

Tweets: @antderosa and @jenvalentino

See also Mediagazer

Jason Del Rey / AllThingsD:

Google's Local Business Is “Really Struggling,” in “Constant Chaos,” Yelp CEO Tells Charlie Rose (Video) — Based on their relationship today, it's hard to believe that Google almost owned Yelp. — The acquisition never went through, and today the two companies seem firmly entrenched …

More: bizjournals. Thanks:@lutherlowe

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Yahoo Releases Recycled Usernames To Those Who Sent In Requests, Lets You Stalk Your Own For $1.99 — Today, Yahoo will begin notifying those who requested a particular user ID through the company's newly expanded pool of usernames if their choice has been granted.

More: Yahoo!, ReadWrite, PC Magazine, The Verge, AdAge, The Next Web, Macgasm and WebProNews

Rachel King / ZDNet:

VMware aims to define software-defined data center with new portfolio — Summary: The buzz around software-defined data centers is still cloudy (so to speak) for some, but it defines VMware's game plan for the near future. — SAN FRANCISCO — If you're still unsure about what exactly …

More: SiliconANGLE, Ars Technica, eWeek, The Register, InfoWorld and GigaOM

Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:

Hackers target, ‘deface’ Google Palestine site — Summary: UPDATED 3: The local Google Palestine homepage was hijacked and ‘defaced’ by hackers, who appear to be protesting the terms used in Google Maps. — Zack Whittaker — Hackers have successfully attacked Google.ps, the Palestinian version of the Google search page.

More: The Next Web, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Washington Post and tbreak

Laura Hazard Owen / GigaOM:

Feedly Pro launches to everyone, offering search and Evernote integration for $5/month — RSS reader Feedly, which has emerged as the leading alternative to Google Reader, is making its paid version, Feedly Pro, available to everyone on Monday. The general launch comes a few weeks …

More: Building Feedly, TechHive, BetaNews, Marketing Land, TechCrunch, PC Magazine, Computerworld, The Verge, Engadget, VentureBeat, Lifehacker, The Next Web, App Advice and CNET

Agam Shah / PC World:

Intel developing 3D laptop cameras that can follow your glare and read your emotions — From mundane 2D devices, integrated cameras in laptops and tablets in the future will change into powerful 3D tools that can sense movement, track emotion, and even monitor reading habits of children, according to Intel.

More: GigaOM, Engadget and SlashGear

Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Motorola Moto X comes to Verizon this Thursday — Motorola's Moto X just hit AT&T's shelves last Friday, and this week it's Verizon's turn. Motorola's Sunit Poni announced last weekend that the X would arrive on other carriers “in days,” and today Verizon confirmed that customers will be able …

More: BGR, 9to5Google, Engadget, Android Phone Fans, Android and Me and SlashGear. Tweets: @vzwnews

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Pew: 30% Of U.S. Adults Don't Have Broadband; 10% Use Smartphones As Sole Internet Access; 20% Have Zilch — As Facebook teams up with other tech titans to put more effort into ubiquitous internet access worldwide, Pew Research is today is releasing the results of a survey that shows …

More: Pew Internet, TechHive, Wired, Pew Internet, VatorNews, Los Angeles Times and Adotas. Tweets: @stshank

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