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Terms of Service update — We are updating the Google Terms of Service. The new Terms will go live on November 11, 2013 and you can read them here. — Because many of you are allergic to legalese, here's a plain English summary for your convenience. — We've made three changes:
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How To Opt Out Of Google's Plan To Sell Your Endorsements To Advertisers — Google announced Friday that it is “pulling a Facebook.” Google is making a change to its terms of service that will allow it to monetize the reviews, comments and “+1″s its users have doled out around the Web.| Eric Schmitt / New York Times: |
C.I.A. Warning on Snowden in '09 Said to Slip Through the Cracks — WASHINGTON — Just as Edward J. Snowden was preparing to leave Geneva and a job as a C.I.A. technician in 2009, his supervisor wrote a derogatory report in his personnel file, noting a distinct change in the young man's behavior … | Mercury News: |
Apple's new headquarters: Exclusive images of Cupertino plan — The Mercury News was given an exclusive look at a model of Apple Computer's circular new corporate headquarters, proposed to be built on a 175-acre plot of land bounded by North Wolfe Road and East Homestead Road.
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Yahoo Acquires Bread, Will Shut Down The URL Shortener That Earned You Money — Yahoo has just acquired Bread, a 2.5 year old startup that had raised $3.5 million [Update: and we hear was low on cash and shopping itself around to several companies]. Bread let people make money or generate donations by designing interstitial ads.| Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy: |
Lavabit Challenges Contempt Order in the Fourth Circuit: An Analysis of Its Arguments — Today Lavabit filed a brief before the Fourth Circuit challenging a civil contempt order for its refusal to turn over its encryption key that the government wants to enable the government to conduct surveillance of Edward Snowden.
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iPhone 5S users report ‘Blue Screen Of Death’ reboots — Apple's latest iPhone 5S has an unexpected feature: the Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD). While it's typically an error found on older Windows PCs, a number of iPhone 5S users are reporting random reboots on their handsets following a BSOD.| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
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Major Internet organizations announce break with US, as ICANN president aligns with Brazil — The core Internet institutions abandon the US Government — In Montevideo, Uruguay this week, the Directors of all the major Internet organizations - ICANN, the Internet Engineering Task Force …
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AT&T to streamline traditional voice plans in favor of Mobile Share on October 25th — AT&T is planning to axe its traditional monthly calling and data plans for new customers — both individual and family — in favor of the network's latest shared data options, Engadget has learned … | Wall Street Journal: |
Microsoft CEO Search Reveals Board Rifts — Directors Have Approached at Least Two Microsoft Executives and Eight Outsiders, Including Ford's Mulally. Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT +1.10% search for a new chief executive is exposing divisions of opinion among directors over the 38-year-old company's …
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Sony to focus on Europe and Japan smartphone markets, leaves US and China for the future — Without grand plans for China, U.S., Sony set to lag in smartphones — (Reuters) - Kazuo Hirai's plan to restore Sony Corp to lasting profitability rests in large part on its smartphones leapfrogging rivals …
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Kevin Systrom, Instagram's man of vision, now eyes up world domination — The man who sold his photo-sharing app to Facebook for $1bn at the age of 28 talks about his continuing ambition for Instagram — Kevin Systrom might be the luckiest man in technology.| Brendan Sasso / Hillicon Valley: |
Court: NSA can continue sweeping phone data collection (Video) — The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has granted the National Security Agency (NSA) permission to continue its collection of records on all U.S. phone calls. — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence announced …
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Verizon Nokia Lumia 2520 set to launch 3rd week of November, priced at $499 — This morning we've received some confirmation from a trusted source about the Verizon Nokia Lumia 2520, the 10.1-inch Windows RT 8.1 tablet with the codename ‘Sirius’. The tablet will be Nokia's first Windows RT 8.1 tablet …
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Exclusive: Kleiner Perkins makes major changes — Memo reveals slimmed-down investment committee. — FORTUNE — Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is making some major changes to its early-stage investment practice, Fortune has learned. — The venerable VC firm this week sent a memo …
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