Techmeme: Goldman says Google has blocked email with leaked client data (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)

Open Links In New Tab

Mobile Archives Advertise Site News

July 3, 2014, 8:15 PM

Top News

Panorama:

Investigation of leaked source code reveals NSA tracks users of Tor website, calls visitors to Tails and Linux Journal sites “extremists” — NSA targets the privacy-conscious — The investigation discloses the following: Two servers in Germany - in Berlin and Nuremberg - are under surveillance by the NSA.

More: Boing Boing, Schneier on Security, Linux Journal, The Verge, Ars Technica, RT, Gigaom, Ars Technica, The Hill, Wired, Techdirt, PandoDaily and The Register

Tweets: @ioerror, @csoghoian, @csoghoian, @nsa_pr, @arrington, @botherder and @csoghoian

Richard Stiennon / securitycurrent:

Bruce Schneier and other security experts believe code leaks originate from an NSA leaker other than Snowden — Is there Another NSA Leaker? — This morning a partial analysis of the NSA's XKEYSCORE code was published in Germany. Jacob Applebaum, an evangelist for the The Onion Project (TOR), was one of the authors.

Tweets: @nikcub, @antderosa, @edfelten and @nirajc

comScore:

Android, Windows Phone market share unchanged from 3 months ago, iOS up 0.6%, BlackBerry down 0.6% — comScore Reports May 2014 U.S. Smartphone Subscriber Market Share — Smartphones Achieve 70 Percent Mobile Market Share — comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world …

More: AppleInsider, MacRumors, Patently Apple, Ubergizmo, GeekWire, TechCrunch, WMPoweruser, iPhone in Canada Blog, Windows Phone Central, iMore and WinBeta

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:

Goldman says Google has blocked email with leaked client data — (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) on Wednesday said Google Inc (GOOGL.O) has blocked access to an email containing confidential client data that a contractor sent to a stranger's Gmail account by mistake …

More: Wall Street Journal, Engadget, Electronista, SlashGear, Ars Technica, TIME, Mashable, VentureBeat, Daily Dot, Softpedia News, CNET and The Verge

Kellex / Droid Life:

Verizon Prepaid is Finally Getting 4G LTE, Likely on July 17 — According to sources of ours, Verizon prepaid is finally getting access to the carrier's massive 4G LTE network come July 17. As those of you in the prepaid game know, Verizon has lagged behind others in terms of prepaid data speeds …

More: Gigaom, 9to5Google, PhoneNews.com and SeekingAlpha.com

Joe Rossignol / 9to5Google:

EFF warns that Android might be broadcasting your location history, Google investigating possible changes — Last month, Apple quietly unveiled a new feature in iOS 8 that automatically scrambles an iOS device's MAC address when it is searching for Wi-Fi networks.

More: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Computerworld, The Register, The Next Web, Electronista, BGR, The Verge and Daily Dot

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Becomes A Local Party Discovery Tool With “Events For You” Redesign — Just because you weren't invited, doesn't mean Facebook can't help you crash the party. Facebook Events on the web got a slick visual overhaul today that includes a new “Events For You” tab that recommends gatherings …

Tweets: @joshconstine

Andy Greenberg / Wired:

miniLock: A free and open-source browser plugin to let anyone easily encrypt and decrypt files — The Ultra-Simple App That Lets Anyone Encrypt Anything — Encryption is hard. When NSA leaker Edward Snowden wanted to communicate with journalist Glenn Greenwald via encrypted email …

Mark Scott / New York Times:

London Transport Regulator Says Uber Can Legally Operate — LONDON - In the battle between Europe's taxi drivers and the ride-sharing service Uber, score one for Uber. — On Thursday, London's transport regulator said that Uber, the West Coast technology start-up that has faced protests …

More: Bloomberg, The Next Web, Businessweek, VentureBeat, Re/code, CNET, Engadget and PandoDaily. Tweets: @nytimesbusiness

Jessica Guynn / USA Today:

Consumer privacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center files complaint with the FTC over controversial Facebook study — Privacy watchdog files complaint over Facebook study — SAN FRANCISCO — A privacy watchdog group filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission …

More: New York Times, NationalJournal.com, The Hill and epic.org

Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:

Charles River Ventures Raises $393 Million For Its 16th Fund — Charles River Ventures, the early stage venture capital firm that's jointly based in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Silicon Valley, has raised $393 million for a new investment fund, according to documents filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

More: VentureBeat

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Messenger Finally Gets An iPad Version — Three years after Facebook acquired Beluga and turned it into Messenger for smartphones, its dedicated chat app today got a version specially designed for iPad rather than just running as an enlarged iPhone app.

Sponsor Posts

Soxton:

Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!

F5:

Accelerate AI Adoption at F5's AI Virtual Summit — Learn how to architect, secure, and scale AI for production with real-world insights from industry leaders on June 23. Register now to save your spot.

Zoho:

Zoho RPA named a Leader in the 2026 RPA Technology Value Matrix by Nucleus Research — Zoho RPA has been named a Leader in the 2026 RPA Technology Value Matrix, published by Nucleus Research …

IDrive:

Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.

Sponsor Techmeme

Featured Podcasts

Access:

A top iPhone app developer reacts to Apple's new Siri

A show about the tech industry's inside conversation, hosted by tech reporter Alex Heath and founder whisperer Ellis Hamburger.

Subscribe to Access.

Hard Fork:

'Hard Fork' Live, Part 1: Satya Nadella and Cindy Cohn

The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech.

Subscribe to Hard Fork.

The Upstarts Podcast:

TBC's Alex Ksendzovsky: The Neurosurgeon Using Brain Cells To Build Better AI

Veteran tech reporter Alex Konrad sits down with breakout entrepreneurs taking on the status quo to shake up their fields in AI, design, nuclear energy, space, and more.

Subscribe to The Upstarts Podcast.

BG2 Pod:

The SpaceX IPO, Fable 5, AI Capex Update & Market Check w/ Gavin Baker, Andrew Fox & Clark Tang

Open-source podcast on all things tech, markets, investing, and capitalism, hosted by Brad Gerstner.

Subscribe to BG2 Pod.

The Nick, Dick and Paul Show:

All about Interest Rates

Nick Bilton, Dick Costolo, and Paul Kedrosky pull back the curtain on AI, startups, and the future rushing toward us, all with healthy dose of irreverence.

Subscribe to The Nick, Dick and Paul Show.

Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:

AI's Mythos Moment: Rishi Sunak on preparing governments for AI

Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.

Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.

Add your podcast here

About This Page

This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 8:15 PM ET, July 3, 2014.

The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.