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Bloomberg:
Samsung Loses Bid for Presidential Veto of Apple-Won Import Ban  —  Samsung Electronics Co. must stop importing certain models of its smartphones and tablet computers after President Barack Obama's administration let stand a ban won by Apple Inc. in a patent-infringement dispute.
Steven Levy / Wired:
Nest Gives the Lowly Smoke Detector a Brain — And a Voice  —  One day in June, about 20 engineers and managers at the startup company Nest went on a field trip.  They didn't need to pack a lunch.  Their destination: a storage closet near the bathrooms at their new headquarters in Palo Alto.
Ken Yeung / The Next Web:
Nest unveils its $129 Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detector, available from November  —  Connected home provider Nest is expanding its offering as launches a new product designed to redefine what you come to expect out of appliances in your domicile.  On sale this November …
Sarah Silbert / Engadget:
Google announces HP Chromebook 11 for $279, we go hands-on  —  Today Google announced some new hardware: the HP Chromebook 11.  Priced at $279, this 11-incher is available today, and we've already spent had a change to get our hands on several units.  —  The laptop is sleek and attractive …
Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal:
Meltdowns Hobble NSA Data Center  —  Investigators Stumped by What's Causing Power Surges That Destroy Equipment  —  Chronic electrical surges at the massive new data-storage facility central to the National Security Agency's spying operation have destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth …
Bloomberg:
iTunes Radio to reach UK and Canada before Pandora, also expanding to Australia and NZ in early 2014  —  Apple Said to Expand ITunes Radio to U.K. Before Pandora  —  Apple Inc. (AAPL) plans to expand iTunes Radio to English-speaking countries outside the U.S. by early 2014 …
Artem Russakovskii / Android Police:
All But Confirmed - Google Hangouts 1.3 Screenshots Suggest SMS/MMS Integration; Video Sharing Capabilities Coming Too  —  Several days ago, I started a series of rumor posts on my personal Google+ account discussing some Android rumors I felt were interesting enough to share …
Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Mail Gets Cross-Platform Themes, 1TB of Storage, ‘Mail Plus’ Features For All And Better ‘Conversations’  —  Yahoo is updating its Mail app across all platforms with a fresh design that includes syncing themes, a new compose experience, collapsible toolbar and better handling of threaded conversations.
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Announces Azure For US Government, Satya Nadella Dodges The CEO Question  —  At the San Francisco offices of Yammer, Microsoft's Satya Nadella today announced a new instance of its Azure cloud product built for U.S. government customers.  The product, formally called …
Kyle VanHemert / Wired:
Early Apple designer and Frog Design founder Hartmut Esslinger on 4 areas ripe for innovation  —  The Godfather of Apple Design Spots 4 Looming Tech Trends  —  Before there was Jony Ive, there was Hartmut Esslinger.  The founder of the influential design consultancy Frog started working …
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John Cook / GeekWire:
Zulily files for $100M IPO — reveals $331M in 2012 revenue, 2.2M active customers  —  Fast-growing Zulily is looking to take the IPO plunge.  —  The Seattle company, which sells clothes, toys and accessories for babies, kids and moms, today filed to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering.
Sean Silcoff / Globe and Mail:
BlackBerry, Kik Interactive settle lawsuit over instant-messaging app  —  BlackBerry Ltd. has settled its lawsuit against Kik Interactive, a company started by one of its former co-op students which developed a rival instant messaging application to its BlackBerry Messenger that eventually surpassed it in popularity.
Ki Mae Heussner / GigaOM:
Basis bags $12M for health-tracking watch amid growing competition in wearable tech  —  Seven months after announcing an $11.5 million Series B round of funding, Basis Science is filling its coffers once again.  On Tuesday, the startup behind the Basis health-tracking wristwatch …
Joe Flint / Los Angeles Times:
Fox, Sinclair and Local TV file suit against Aereo in Utah  —  This post has been updated.  Please see details below.  —  The fight over Aereo is moving to Utah.  —  On Monday afternoon, Fox Broadcasting Co., Sinclair Broadcast Group and Local TV filed suit in federal court in Utah against Aereo …
Steven A. Ballmer / Microsoft:
Steve Ballmer's final shareholder letter: “We are still in the early days of our transformation”  —  Shareholder Letter  —  TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS, CUSTOMERS, PARTNERS AND EMPLOYEES: This is a unique letter for me — the last shareholder letter I will write as the CEO of the company I love.
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Google chairman Eric Schmidt's next book will tell you how to lead a tech company  —  Eric Schmidt will reveal stories and advice from how he led Google for a decade in an upcoming book.  The former Google CEO's first book, The New Digital Age, was just released this past April …
Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch:
Those Giant Fox News Touchscreens Are Microsoft Perceptive Pixel Displays Running Windows 8  —  Huge iPads or tiny journalists?  That's the question that many are asking after Fox News released a video detailing a new set that includes a number of analysts sat before massive touch interfaces.

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Matthew Weaver / The Guardian:
Three men have been found not guilty of murdering the journalist Lyra McKee in 2019; the New IRA claimed responsibility for the killing

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
The EU antitrust watchdog hits Vivendi with additional charges for its 2023 Lagardere purchase, saying Vivendi made the deal before getting approval

Associated Press:
After a short-term hold, SCOTUS denies former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge's bid to stay an $800-a-day fine if she refuses to reveal a source

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Richard Lai / Engadget:
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