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October 30, 2013, 11:25 PM

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Washington Post:

NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say — The National Security Agency has secretly broken into the main communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world, according to documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden …

Andrea Peterson / The Switch:

PRISM already gave the NSA access to tech giants. Here's why it wanted more. — reveals that the NSA has been tapping into the primary communications links that connect Yahoo and Google data centers around the world. That allowed the agency to collect metadata and content from hundreds …

More: CNET, Mercury News, Washington Post, 9to5Google, PandoDaily, New York Times and Business Insider. Tweets: @d_seaman

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

NSA Issues Non-Denial Denial Of Infiltrating Google & Yahoo's Networks

More: emptywheel

Facebook:

Facebook Reports Third Quarter 2013 Results — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the third quarter, which ended September 30, 2013. — “For nearly ten years, Facebook has been on a mission to connect the world,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO.

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Tweets: @jonerlichman, @tim, @nickbilton, @thestalwart, @hunterwalk, @panzer, @hamburger and @benedictevans

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Admits Some Decrease Of Usage Amongst Young Teens For The First Time — Facebook may be feeling the pinch from teen-focused, mobile-first social networks like Snapchat, as CFO David Ebersman said on today's earnings call that Facebook “did see a decrease in daily users specifically …

More: Digits, ReadWrite, TechHive, Los Angeles Times, CNET, The Huffington Post, VatorNews and Mashable

Tweets: @pkedrosky and @joshconstine

Thanks:@chrisvelazco

Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Facebook's Q3 '13 Beats With $2.02B Revenue, $0.25 EPS, With 49% Of Ad Revenue Now Via Mobile — No, Madam Secretary, Prices On Healthcare.gov Are Not A “Hypothetical Situation” — Facebook announced its Q3 2013 results today, posting $2.02B in revenue with earnings of $0.25 a share.

More: AdExchanger, The Register, eWeek, VatorNews, bizjournals, ReadWrite, internetretailer.com and Electronista

John Koetsier / VentureBeat:

Facebook grows per-user revenue in every single global territory

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Facebook passes 1.19 billion monthly active users, 874 million mobile users, and 728 million daily users

More: The Verge and BuzzFeed

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

Sprint promises 60Mbps LTE today, demos gigabit cellular in the lab — Sprint today said it has demonstrated 1Gbps “over-the-air speed at its lab,” in an early preview of things to come. — The cellular company calls the technology “Sprint Spark.” Sprint claims that Spark …

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Kevin C. Tofel / Gigaom:

Sprint intros first phones to tap its trio of 4G LTE network frequencies

More: Sprint, AndroidHeadlines.com, Computerworld and Droid Life

Matt McGee / Marketing Land:

Google's Glass Accessory Store Is Coming Online (Wow. Stuff's Expensive!) — Google is bringing an official accessory store for Google Glass online this evening, based on reports first shared in a private Google forum for Glass Explorers. — The store appears to be part of the “My Glass” …

More: The Next Web, IntoMobile, Electronista, Phandroid and Glass Almanac. Thanks:@mattmcgee

Steve Rosenbush / The CIO Report:

Facebook Tests Software to Track Your Cursor on Screen — Risk-based authentication solutions can help thwart cyber intruders' attempts to access enterprise systems. By learning users' expected log-in patterns, and by setting appropriate risk thresholds for various systems …

More: Ars Technica, AllFacebook, Digits, CNET, Ubergizmo, Pocket-lint, Soshable, Valleywag, The Verge, Engadget, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, The Raw Story, Mashable and Consumerist. Tweets: @evelynrusli

Matt McGee / Glass Almanac:

California Woman Gets the First Ticket for Driving with Google Glass — This is history: the first known case of a Glass Explorer getting a ticket for driving while wearing Google Glass. — Cecilia Abadie told her story on Google+ late Tuesday night, and shared this image of the citation …

John Poole / Primate Labs Blog:

iPad Air Geekbench: Over 80% faster than iPad 4, A7 processor 100MHz faster than iPhone 5s — iPad Air Benchmarks — Geekbench 3 results for the new iPad Air are starting to appear on the Geekbench Browser. I've charted the results for all iOS 7 capable iPads below.

More: MacDailyNews, PadGadget, TechnoBuffalo, MacRumors, AppleTell, iDownloadBlog.com, Redmond Pie, 9to5Mac, BGR, Daring Fireball and ZDNet

Josh Lowensohn / CNET:

Apple working on a fix for new Retina MacBook input issues — Apple on Wednesday acknowledged an issue with some models of its newest MacBook Pro with Retina Display that would leave the keyboard and trackpad unresponsive. — Those computers were released last week alongside the debut of new iPads.

More: AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, AppleTell, Ubergizmo and Cult of Mac

Josh Lowensohn / CNET:

Apple's R&D up 32 percent in 2013, still dwarfed by rivals — Apple's research and development expenses hit new highs this year, but continue to remain a sliver of how much it spends — especially when stacked up to competitors. According to Apple's annual report, which was filed …

More: The Verge, AppleInsider and iDownloadBlog.com

Kara Swisher / AllThingsD:

Is Marissa Mayer's Year-Old Employee Review System at Yahoo Finally Taking Aim at Underperformers? — A little over a year ago, only a few months into her tenure, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer sent out an internal “goals” memo to employees that outlined a new system of evaluating the efficacy of its staff.

Kashmir Hill / Forbes:

Lavabit And Silent Circle Join Forces To Make All Email Surveillance-Proof — In recent months, Lavabit, based in Texas, and Silent Circle, based in Washington, D.C., both shuttered their encrypted email services. The companies said they couldn't keep them running knowing they were vulnerable …

More: Slate, Silent Circle Blog, Techdirt and SlashGear. Tweets: @glynmoody

AllThingsD:

Intel May Turn Over Its Web TV Project to Verizon — Intel's efforts to break into the TV business may be coming to a close. — Sources say the chipmaker is close to a deal to hand over control of Intel Media, the unit that has been trying to build a Web-based subscription TV service …

More: New York Times, The Verge, Reuters, CNET, Forbes, Digits, PC World, Gigaom, Ubergizmo, TechSpot, BGR, PC Magazine, eWeek, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, HotHardware.com News, Gizmodo and Electronista. Tweets: @lessien. See also Mediagazer

BBC:

Dell users: Latitude 6430u laptops ‘smell of cat urine’ — A number of Dell users have complained that their Latitude 6430u Ultrabooks “smell of cat urine”. — Dell engineers have ruled out biological contamination, and said the smell was not a health hazard.

More: Engadget, Guardian, CNET, Ars Technica, TechnoBuffalo, PC Magazine, Digital Trends, Mashable, ZDNet, PC Pro, Examiner, Smart News, Consumerist, Inquirer, PC World, Boing Boing, Geek.com and The Register

Taylor Soper / GeekWire:

World's first Bitcoin ATM sees 81 exchanges, $10,000 in transactions during first day — History was made in Bitcoin world on Tuesday when the world's first Bitcoin ATM opened in Vancouver, B.C. — At the Waves Coffee House in downtown Vancouver, 81 people made Bitcoin transactions that totaled $10,000.

More: CBC News, ABC News, Mashable, Reuters, TIME, ctvnews.ca, english.cri.cn and SiliconANGLE

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